Howrah district
District in West Bengal, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Howrah. For other uses, see Howrah (disambiguation).
Howrah district (/ˈhaʊrə/, Bengali: [ˈɦao̯ɽa]) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of Howrah.[2]
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Clockwise from top-left: Belur Math, Andul Road and Danesh Sheikh Junction in Howrah, Santragachhi Lake, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Tarani Majhi Ghat at Raspur, Howrah railway station | |
Coordinates: 22.5736296°N 88.3251045°E / 22.5736296; 88.3251045 | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
Division | Presidency |
Headquarters | Howrah |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Howrah, Uluberia, Serampore - partly |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Howrah Uttar, Howrah Madhya, Shibpur, Howrah Dakshin, Bally, Sankrail, Panchla, Uluberia Purba, Uluberia Uttar, Uluberia Dakshin, Shyampur, Bagnan, Amta, Udaynarayanpur, Jagatballavpur, Domjur |
Area | |
• Total | 1,467 km2 (566 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,850,029 |
• Density | 3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi) |
• Urban | 3,074,144 |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 83.31 % |
• Sex ratio | 935 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Major highways | NH 16 , NH 2 |
HDI (2004) | 0.680[1] (medium) |
Average annual precipitation | 1461 mm |
Website | howrah |
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