Wast Bengal
West Bengal (/bɛŋˈɡɔːl/) is a state in the eastren region o Indie an is the naition's fowert-maist populous.[3] It is the seivent-maist populous sub-naitional entity in the warld an aw, wi ower 91 million indwallers.[3] Wast Bengal encompasses twa broad naitural regions: the Gangetic Plain in the sooth an the sub-Himalayan an Himalayan aurie in the north.
West Bengal পশ্চিমবঙ্গ | |
|---|---|
 Location o Wast Bengal in Indie | |
 Map o Wast Bengal | |
| Kintra | Indie |
| Region | East Indie |
| Established | 1 November 1956 |
| Caipital | Kolkata |
| Lairgest ceety Largest metro | Kolkata |
| Destricts | 19 total |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | M. K. Narayanan |
| • Chief Meenister | Mamata Banerjee (TMC) |
| • Legislatur | Unicameral (295* seats) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 88752 km2 (34,267 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 13th |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 91,347,736 |
| • Rank | 4t |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| HDI |  0.625 (medium) |
| HDI rank | 19th (2005) |
| Literacy | 77.08%[2] |
| Offeecial leids | Bengali · Inglis |
| Website | westbengal.gov.in |
| ^* 294 electit, 1 nominatit | |
Notes
eedit- ↑ "Area, population, decennial growth rate and density for 2001 and 2011 at a glance for West Bengal and the districts: provisional population totals paper 1 of 2011: West Bengal". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 Januar 2012.
- ↑ "Sex ratio, 0–6 age population, literates and literacy rate by sex for 2001 and 2011 at a glance for West Bengal and the districts: provisional population totals paper 1 of 2011: West Bengal". Government of India:Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 29 Januar 2012.
- ↑ a b "India: Administrative Divisions (population and area)". Census of India. Archived frae the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2009.