List of districts of West Bengal

Bankura
Birbhum
Cooch Behar
Dakshin Dinajpur (South Dinajpur)
Darjeeling
Hooghly
Howrah
Jalpaiguri
Jhargram
Kalimpong
Kolkata
Malda
Murshidabad
Nadia
North 24 Parganas
Paschim Medinipur (West Medinipur)
Paschim (West) Burdwan (Bardhaman)
Purba Burdwan (Bardhaman)
Purba Medinipur (East Medinipur)
Purulia
South 24 Parganas
Uttar Dinajpur (North Dinajpur

Divisions
A group of districts forms a division. Divisions are administered by a 'Divisional Commissioner'. West Bengal is now divided in twenty three districts, grouped under five divisions:
Malda divisionBurdwan divisionJalpaiguri divisionPresidency divisionMedinipur division Malda district
 Uttar Dinajpur district
 Dakshin Dinajpur district
 Murshidabad district Birbhum district
 Hooghly district
 Paschim Bardhaman district
 Purba Bardhaman district Alipurduar district
 Cooch Behar district
 Darjeeling district
 Jalpaiguri district
 Kalimpong district Howrah district
 Kolkata district
 Nadia district
 North 24 Parganas district (Uttar 24 Parganas)
 South 24 Parganas district (Dakshin 24 Parganas) Bankura district
 Jhargram district
 Purulia district
 Purba Medinipur district
 Paschim Medinipur district
Alphabetical listing 
CodeDistrictHeadquartersEstablishedHere 'Established' means year of establishment as a district of West Bengal. The state of West Bengal was established in 1947 with 14 districts of erstwhile Bengal province of British India.SubdivisionsAreaPopulation Population DensityMapADAlipurduarAlipurduar2014 Alipurduar1,700,000frameless|142x142pxBNBankuraBankura1947 Bankura Sadar
 Khatra
 Bishnupur3,596,292100px|centerBRPurba BardhamanBardhaman2017 Kalna
 Katwa
 Bardhaman Sadar North
 Bardhaman Sadar South7,723,663100px|centerPaschim BardhamanAsansol2017 Asansol Sadar subdivision
 Durgapur subdivision1,603.17 km2 (618.99 sq mi)2,882,0311,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)100px|centerBIBirbhumSuri1947 Suri Sadar
 Bolpur
 Rampurhat3,502,387100px|centerKBCooch BeharCooch Behar1950 Cooch Behar Sadar
 Dinhata
 Mathabhanga
 Mekhliganj
 Tufanganj2,822,780100px|centerDADarjeelingDarjeeling1947 Darjeeling Sadar
 Kurseong
 Siliguri1,797,422100px|centerMEPurba MedinipurTamluk2002 Tamluk
 Haldia
 Egra
 Contai5,094,238100px|centerHGHooghlyChinsura1947 Chinsurah
 Chandannagore
 Srirampore
 Arambagh5,520,389100px|centerHRHowrahHowrah1947 Howrah Sadar
 Uluberia1,072,161 -100px|centerJPJalpaiguriJalpaiguri1869 Jalpaiguri Sadar
 Malbazar2,172,846100px|centerJHJhargramJhargram2017 Jhargram1,136,548100px|centerKOKolkataKolkata1947 —4,486,679100px|centerKAKalimpongKalimpong2017 Kalimpong251,642100px|centerMAMaldaEnglish Bazar1947 Chanchal
 Malda Sadar3,997,970100px|centerMUMurshidabadBaharampur1947 Barhampur
 Domkol
 Lalbag
 Kandi
 Jangipur7,102,430100px|centerNANadiaKrishnanagar1947 Krishnanagar Sadar
 Kalyani
 Ranaghat
 Tehatta5,168,488100px|centerPNNorth 24 ParganasBarasat1986 Barrackpore
 Barasat Sadar
 Bangaon
 Basirhat
 Bidhannagar10,082,852100px|centerUDUttar DinajpurRaiganj1992 Raiganj
 Islampur3,000,849100px|centerPUPuruliaPurulia1956 Purulia Sadar East
Jhalda
Manbazar
 Purulia Sadar West
 Raghunathpur2,927,965100px|centerPSSouth 24 ParganasAlipore1986 Baruipur
 Canning
 Diamond Harbour
 Kakdwip
 Alipore Sadar8,153,176100px|centerDDDakshin DinajpurBalurghat1992 Balurghat
 Gangarampur1,670,931100px|centerMEPaschim MidnaporeMedinipur2002 Kharagpur
 Medinipur Sadar
 Ghatal5,943,300100px|centerTotal 23 — — 7491,347,736thumb

Demographics
The following is a list of the basic demographic data for the districts of West Bengal by their population rank in India

 Rank  District  Population  Growth Rate  Sex Ratio  Literacy  Density/KM  Comparable Country (by population) 2  North 24 Parganas  11,060,148  12.86 955  84.53  2,445  Bolivia 6  South 24 Parganas  9,161,961  18.17  956  77.51  819  Honduras 7  Bardhaman  7,717,563  11.92  945  76.21  1,099  Togo 9  Murshidabad  7,103,807  21.09  958  66.59  1,334  Bulgaria 14  West Midnapore  5,943,300  14.44  960  79.04  636  Kyrgyzstan 16  Hooghly  5,520,389  9.49  958  82.55  1,753  Finland 18  Nadia  5,168,488  12.24  947  75.58  1,316  Congo 20  East Midnapore  5,094,238  15.32  936  87.66  1,076  Eritrea 23  Howrah  4,841,638  13.31  935  83.85  3,300  Ireland 35  Kolkata  4,496,694  -1.67  908  86.31  24,306  Mauritania 58  Malda  3,997,970  21.50  939  62.71  1,071  Moldova 66  Jalpaiguri  3,869,675  13.77  954  73.79  621  Georgia 80  Bankura  3,596,292  12.64  954  70.95  523  Bosnia and Herzegovina 84  Birbhum  3,502,387  16.15  956  70.90  771  Bosnia and Herzegovina 124  North Dinajpur  3,000,849  22.90  936  60.13  956  Mongolia 129  Purulia  2,927,965  15.43  955  65.38  468  Albania 136  Cooch Behar  2,822,780  13.86  942  75.49  833  Lithuania 257  Darjeeling  1,842,034  14.47  971  79.92  585  Guinea-Bissau 295  South Dinajpur  1,670,931  11.16  954  73.86  753  Bahrain

References

Other websites
 Official website of Government of West Bengal
 Districts of West Bengal 

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