Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar
Koch Bihar | |
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Sagar Dighi Lake Parijat Villa | |
Interactive map of Cooch Behar | |
Cooch Behar Location in West Bengal, India Cooch Behar Cooch Behar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°19′27.084″N 89°27′3.6″E / 26.32419000°N 89.451000°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar |
| Established | 12 September 1949 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Cooch Behar Municipality |
| • Chairman | Rabindra Nath Ghosh (All India Trinamool Congress) |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.29 km2 (3.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 77,935 |
| • Density | 832/km2 (2,150/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali |
| • Additional official | English, Rajbongshi |
| • Regional | Bengali, Rajbongshi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 736101 |
| Telephone code | 03582 |
| Vehicle registration | WB-64/63 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Cooch Behar (SC) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Cooch Behar Uttar (SC), Cooch Behar Dakshin, Natabari |
| Website | coochbehar |
Cooch Behar (Bengali pronunciation: [kot͡ʃ biɦar]), also known as Koch Bihar, is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal and it stands on bank of the Torsa river. The city is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district. During the British Raj, Cooch Behar was the seat of the princely state of Cooch Behar. In the North Bengal region, the only planned city with royal heritage is Cooch Behar. The city is a popular tourist destination and cultural hub in Bengal.