West Bengal

**West Bengal** ( ; Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, romanised: _Paścimbaṅga_, ) is a state in India. It is in the eastern part of the country. It is along the Bay of Bengal. Its area is . Its population was about 91 million in 2011. It became about 103 million in 2023. West Bengal is the fourth-largest state in India by population. It is the thirteenth-largest state in India by area. It is also the eighth-largest administrative division of the world.

## Infobox (indian state or territory)

- **name**: West Bengal
- **native name**: पश्चिम बंगाल
 পশ্চিমবঙ্গ
- **type**: State
- **etymology**: Western part of Bengal
- **nickname**: "Hub of all cultural wikt:trait, traits"
- **motto**: Satyameva Jayate
(Truth Alone wikt:triumph, Triumphs)
- **image map**: IN-WB.svg
- **region**: East India
- **before was**: Bengal Presidency, Bengal Province
- **formation date3**: formation
- **formation date4**: 15 August 1947
- **capital**: Kolkata
- **largestcity**: capital
- **metro**: Kolkata Metropolitan Area
- **anthem**: Banglar Mati Banglar Jol
(_The Soil of Bengal, The Water of Bengal_)
- **districts**: List of districts of West Bengal, 23 (5 divisions)
- **governor**: C. V. Ananda Bose
- **chief minister**: Mamata Banerjee
- **party**: Trinamool Congress, TMC
- **legislature type**: Unicameral
- **assembly**: West Bengal Legislative Assembly
- **assembly seats**: 294 seats
- **rajya sabha seats**: 16 seats
- **lok sabha seats**: 42 seats
- **judiciary**: Calcutta High Court
- **area total km2**: 88752
- **area rank**: 13th
- **length km**: 623
- **width km**: 320
- **elevation m**: 500
- **elevation max m**: 3,636
- **elevation max point**: Sandakphu
- **elevation min m**: 11
- **elevation min point**: Near Bay of Bengal
- **population total**: 91,347,736
- **population as of**: 2011
- **population rank**: 4th
- **population density**: 1,029
- **population urban**: 31.87%
- **population rural**: 68.13%
- **population demonym**: Bengalis, Bengali
- **0fficial langs**: Bengali language, BengaliEnglish language, English
- **additional official**: Nepali language, NepaliUrduHindiOdia language, OdiaSantali language, SantaliPunjabi language, PunjabiKRNB lects, KamtapuriRangpuri language, RajbanshiKurmali language, Kudmali/KurmaliKurukh language, KurukhTelugu language, Telugu
- **official script**: Bengali–Assamese script
- **gdp year**: 2023
- **gdp rank**: 6th
- **gdp per capita rank**: 20th
- **hdi**: 0.674
- **hdi year**: 2022
- **hdi rank**: 24th
- **literacy**: 80.5%
- **literacy year**: 2017
- **literacy rank**: 19th
- **sex ratio**: 950female, ♀/1000 male, ♂
- **sexratio year**: 2011
- **sexratio rank**: 8th
- **iso code**: IN-WB
- **registration plate**: WB
- **website**: wb.gov.in
- **mammal**: Fishing cat
- **bird**: White-throated kingfisher
- **fish**: Ilish
- **flower**: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, Night-flowering jasmine
- **tree**: Alstonia scholaris, Chhaatim tree
- **fruit**: Mango
- **image highway**: SH IN-WB.png
- **sh numbers**: List of state highways in West Bengal, WB SH1 to WB SH15
- **footnotes**: The _Indian Independence Act 1947_ divided the Bengal Presidency, Province of Bengal into two parts: West Bengal and East Bengal. East Bengal became independence, independent to become Bangladesh in 1971.
 Partition of Bengal (1947)