Howrah district |
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Location of Howrah district in West Bengal |
| Coordinates: 22°34′25″N 88°19′30″E / 22.5736296°N 88.3251045°E / 22.5736296; 88.3251045 |
| Country | India |
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| State | West Bengal |
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| Division | Presidency |
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| Headquarters | Howrah |
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| • Subdivisions | Howrah Sadar, Uluberia |
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| • CD Blocks | Bally Jagachha, Domjur, Panchla, Sankrail, Jagatballavpur, Amta I, Amta II, Bagnan I, Bagnan II, Uluberia I, Uluberia II, Shyampur I, Shyampur II, Udaynarayanpur |
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| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Howrah, Uluberia, Serampore |
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| • 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 |
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• Total | 1,467 km2 (566 sq mi) |
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• Total | 4,850,029 |
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| • Density | 3,306/km2 (8,563/sq mi) |
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| • Urban | 3,074,144 |
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| • Literacy | 83.31 per cent |
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| • Sex ratio | 935 ♂/♀ |
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| • Official | Bengali |
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| • Additional official | English |
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| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
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| Website | howrah.gov.in |
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Howrah district (, Bengali: [ˈɦao̯ɽa]) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. Howrah district is one of the highly urbanised 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.