Names edit

• Common name: West Bengal
  • Pronunciation:
• Local name: Paschim Bongo পশ্চিম বঙ্গ
• Abbreviations and name codes
  • ISO 3166-2 code: IN-WB
  • Vehicle registration code: WB
• Nicknames
  • Bengal
• Adjectivals
  • West Bengal
  • Bengali

Rankings (amongst India's states) edit

• by population: 4th
• by area (2011 census): 14th
• by crime rate (2015): 17th
• by gross domestic product (GDP) (2014): 4th
• by Human Development Index (HDI): 11th
• by life expectancy at birth:
• by literacy rate (2011):76.62%

Geography of West Bengal

• West Bengal is: an Indian state
• Population of West Bengal:
• Area of West Bengal: 88,750 km²
• Atlas of West Bengal

Location of West Bengal edit

• West Bengal is situated within the following regions:
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Eastern Hemisphere
    • Eurasia
      • Asia
        • South Asia
          • India
            • East India
• Time zone: Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Environment of West Bengal edit

• Climate of West Bengal
• Protected areas of West Bengal
• Wildlife of West Bengal

Natural geographic features of West Bengal edit

• Rivers of West Bengal

Regions of West Bengal edit

Ecoregions of West Bengal edit

Administrative divisions of West Bengal edit

Capital of West Bengal edit

Kolkata

Divisions of West Bengal edit

• Jalpaiguri division
• Burdwan division
• Presidency division
• Malda division
• Medinipur division

Districts of West Bengal edit

Districts of West Bengal

• Alipurduar district
• Bankura
• purba Bardhaman
• Paschim Bardhaman
• Birbhum
• Cooch Behar
• Darjeeling
• kalimpong
• East Midnapore
• Hooghly
• Howrah
• Jalpaiguri
• Kolkata
• Malda
• Murshidabad
• Nadia
• North 24 Parganas (Largest in terms of population and population density)
• Uttar Dinajpur
• Purulia
• South 24 Parganas (Largest in terms of area)
• Dakshin Dinajpur
• Jhargram
• West Midnapore

Cities of West Bengal edit

• Municipal Corporations of West Bengal
• Municipalities of West Bengal
• Cities of West Bengal

Demography of West Bengal edit

Demographics of West Bengal

Politics of West Bengal

• Form of government: Indian state government (parliamentary system of representative democracy)
• Capital of West Bengal: Kolkata
• Elections in West Bengal
  • (specific elections)

Union government in West Bengal edit

• Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal
• 2009 Indian general election in West Bengal
• 2014 Indian general election in West Bengal
• 2019 Indian general election in West Bengal
• 2024 Indian general election in West Bengal

Branches of the government of West Bengal edit

Government of West Bengal

Executive branch of the government of West Bengal edit

• Head of state: Governor of West Bengal
• Head of government: Chief Minister of West Bengal
• Council of Ministers of West Bengal

Legislative branch of the government of West Bengal edit

West Bengal Legislative Assembly

• Constituencies of West Bengal Legislative Assembly

Judicial branch of the government of West Bengal edit

Law and order in West Bengal edit

• Law enforcement in West Bengal
  • West Bengal Police

History of West Bengal

History of West Bengal, by period edit

Prehistoric West Bengal edit

Ancient West Bengal edit

Medieval West Bengal edit

Colonial West Bengal edit

Contemporary West Bengal edit

History of West Bengal, by region edit

History of West Bengal, by subject edit

Culture of West Bengal

• Architecture of West Bengal
• Cuisine of West Bengal
• Languages of West Bengal
• Monuments in West Bengal
  • Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal
  • State Protected Monuments in West Bengal
• World Heritage Sites in West Bengal

Art in West Bengal edit

• Cinema of West Bengal
• Music of West Bengal

People of West Bengal edit

• People from West Bengal

Religion in West Bengal edit

Religion in West Bengal

• Islam in West Bengal
• Bengali Hindus

Sports in West Bengal edit

Sports in West Bengal

• Cricket in West Bengal
  • West Bengal Cricket Association
• Football in West Bengal
  • West Bengal football team

Symbols of West Bengal edit

Symbols of West Bengal

• State animal: Fishing cat
• State bird: White-throated kingfisher

   

• State flower: Night-flowering jasmine
• State seal: Seal of West Bengal
• State tree: Devil tree
• Union Day: August 18 ( Day of accession to India )

Economy of West Bengal

• Tourism in West Bengal
• Transport in West Bengal
  • Airports in West Bengal

Education in West Bengal

• Institutions of higher education in West Bengal

Health in West Bengal

• Outline of India

  Wikimedia Atlas of West Bengal

• Official West Bengal Government Web Portal
• Department of Tourism, Government of West Bengal
• Directorate of Commercial Taxes, Government of West Bengal
• West Bengal Information Commission
• West Bengal Encyclopædia Britannica entry
• West Bengal at Curlie