Midnapore district
| Midnapore district | |||||||||||
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| Former district of British and independent India | |||||||||||
| 1760–2002 | |||||||||||
Location and area of Midnapore district in West Bengal (2001) | |||||||||||
| Capital | Midnapore | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 22°25′26″N 87°19′08″E / 22.424°N 87.319°E | ||||||||||
• 1760 | 15,804 km2 (6,102 sq mi) | ||||||||||
• 1822 | 21,394 km2 (8,260 sq mi) | ||||||||||
• 1872 | 13,163 km2 (5,082 sq mi) | ||||||||||
• 2001 | 14,081 km2 (5,437 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1822 | 1,914,060 | ||||||||||
• 1872 | 2,540,963 | ||||||||||
• 2001 | 9,610,788 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Ceded to East India Company | 1760 | ||||||||||
• Dhalbhum, Khatra, Raipur and Simlapal area curved out | 1833 | ||||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||||
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Midnapore (Pron: mad̪aːniːpur), or sometimes Medinipur, is a former district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Midnapore. On 1 January 2002, the district was bifurcated into two separate districts namely Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur. It was the largest district of West Bengal by area and population at the time of bifurcation.