Wast Bengal
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| Wast Bengal | |
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| — State — | |
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| Kintra | Indie |
| Region | East Indie |
| Established | 1 November 1956 |
| Caipital | Kolkata |
| Destricts | 19 total |
| Govrenment | |
| - Govrenor | M. K. Narayanan |
| - Chief Meenister | Mamata Banerjee (TMC) |
| - Legislatur | Unicameral (295* seats) |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 88,752 km2 (34,267.3 sq mi) |
| Aurie rank | 13th |
| Indwallers (2011)[1] | |
| - Tot | 91,347,736 |
| - Rank | 4t |
| - Densitie | 1,029.2/km2 (2,665.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| HDI |  0.625 (medium) |
| HDI rank | 19th (2005) |
| Literacy | 77.08%[2] |
| Offeecial leids | Bengali · Inglis |
| Wabsteid | westbengal.gov.in |
| ^* 294 electit, 1 nominatit | |
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 inhabitants.[3] Wast Bengal encompasses twa broad natural regions: the Gangetic Plain in the sooth an the sub-Himalayan an Himalayan aurie in the north.
Notes [edit]
- ↑ 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 on 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 on 29 Januar 2012. .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 India: Administrative Divisions (population and area). Census of India. Retrieved on 17 Apryle 2009. .
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