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STATES – INFORMATION

WEST BENGAL

CAPITAL
Kolkata (Hoogly River)
ESTABLISHED
26 January, 1950
CHIEF MINISTER
Mamata Benerjee
GOVERNOR
Jagadish Dhankar
RULING PARTY
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
HIGH COURT
Kolkata
STATE ANIMAL
Fishing Cat
STATE BIRD
White Breasted Kingfisher
STATE TREE
Devil Tree
STATE FLOWER
Night – flowering Jasmine
STATE FRUIT
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STATE EMBLEM
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STATE SONG
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STATE SPORT
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STATE LANGUAGE(S)
Bengali (State Language), Hindi, English, Nepali
STATE DANCE(S)
  1. 1Chau (folk dance)
  2. 2Baul dance
  3. 3Kir – tan
  4. 4Gaudiya Nritya (classical dance)
  5. 5Gambhira
  6. 6Jatra
  7. 7Kathi
BOUNDARY STATES (9)
  1. 1Jharkhand
  2. 2Bihar
  3. 3Odisha
  4. 4Sikkim
  5. 5Assam
  6. 6Bay of Bengal
  7. 7Nepal
  8. 8Bhutan
  9. 9Bangladesh
AREA

88,752 sq km (14th), Density: 1029 per sq km

POPULATION

9,13,47,736 (4th), Male = 4,68,09,027 & Female = 4,44,67,088 Male : Female = 1000 : 947

LITERACY

77.08%

ASSEMBLY

295

LOK SABHA

42

RAJYA SABHA

16

TRIBES

Santhalu, Oraon, Kora, Tamang, Sabar

FESTIVALS
  1. 1Charakh
  2. 2Poila
  3. 3Baishaki
  4. 4Boi Mela
  5. 5Durga Puja
  6. 6Vasant Panchami
  7. 7Holi
  8. 8Laxmi Puja
  9. 9Id – Ul – Fitr
  10. 10Kali Puja
  11. 11Shivaratri
  12. 12Ganesh Chaturti
  13. 13Diwali
  14. 14Guru Purnima
  15. 15Budha Purnima
  16. 16Christamas
DISTRICTS (23)
  1. 1Paschim Bardhaman
  2. 2Alipurduar
  3. 3Bankura
  4. 4Birbhum
  5. 5Cooch
  6. 6Dakshin Dinajpur
  7. 7Kalimpong
  8. 8Darjeeling
  9. 9Hooghly
  10. 10Behar
  11. 11Purba Medinipur
  12. 12Jalpaiguri
  13. 13Jhargram
  14. 14Kolkata
  15. 15Nadia
  16. 16Paschim Medinipur
  17. 17Maldah
  18. 18Murshidabad
  19. 19Purulia
  20. 20North 24 Paraganas
  21. 21Howrah
  22. 22South 24 Parganas
  23. 23Uttar Dinajpur
MAIN CITIES
  1. 1Kharagpur
  2. 2Sheharanpur
  3. 3Raniganj
  4. 4Barakpur
  5. 5Chitterajan
  6. 6Beluru
  7. 7Howrah
  8. 8Asansol
  9. 9Murshidabad
  10. 10Sealdah
  11. 11Bandel
  12. 12Siliguri
  13. 13Durgapur
  14. 14Jadhavpur
  15. 15Bardhaman

TEMPLES/CHURCH/MASJID:

#Temple/Church/MasjidLocation
1--------------

INDUSTRIES:

#Industry/Company NameYearLocation
1Durgapur Iron & Steel------
2Haldia Oil Refinery------
3Iron & Steel Plant---Kulti
4Asanol Coal Mine------
5Ranigunj Coal Mine------

POWER PLATNS:

#Power Plant NameYearLocation
1Mayurakshi Hydro Power Plant------
2Farakka Thermal Power Plant------
3Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant------
4Barkeshwar Thermal Power Plant------
5Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Plant------
6Bandil Thermal Power Plant------
RIVERS
  1. 1Damordar
  2. 2Hugli
  3. 3Bhagirathi
  4. 4Mayurakshi
  5. 5Kangsbati
  6. 6Torsha
  7. 7Jaldhaka
  8. 8Subarnarekha
  9. 9Mahananda
  10. 10Ajay
  11. 11Teesta

LAKES:

#Lake NameRiverLocation
1Rindra Sarovar Lake------
2Nalbel Lake------

PROJECTS/DAMS:

#Project/Dam NameRiverLocation
1Farakka barrage------
2Damodar project------

WATERFALLS/BEACH:

#NameLocation
1Digha Beach---

PORTS:

#Port NameLocation
1Halda Port---

HILLS/VALLEY/CAVES:

#NameLocation
1Darjeeling Hills---
2Siliguri Hills---
3Ajodhya Hiils---

BIOSPHERE RESERVES:

Nil

TIGER RESERVES:

#NameYearLocation
1Sundarbans Tiger Reserve1974South 24 Paraganas
2Buxa Tiger Reserve1983Alipurduar District

NATIONAL PARKS:

#NameYearLocation
1Sundarbans National Park1984South 24 Paraganas
2Neora Valley National Park1986Kalimpong District
3Singalila National Park1986Darjeeling District
4Buxa National Park1992Jalpaiguri District
5Gorumara National Park1994Jalpaiguri District
6Jaldapara National Park2012Alipurduar District

WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES:

#NameYearLocation
1Jaldapara W.L.S------
2Mahananda W.L.S1976-
3Chapramari W.L.S1976-
4Haliday Island W.L.S1976-
5Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary1982-
6Ballavpur W.L.S1977-
7Lothian Island W.L.S1976-
8Sajnakhal W.L.S1976-
9Rasikbil Bird Sanctuary---Coochbehal
10Bethuadahari W.L.S1980-
11Bibuthi Bhushan W.L.S1980-
12Buxa W.L.S1986-
13Jorepokhri Salamander W.L.S1985-
14Raiganj/Kulik Bird Sanctuarys1985-
15Ramnabagan W.L.S1981-
16Senchal W.L.S1976-
17West Sundarban W.L.S2013-

ZOO PARKS/MUSEUM:

#Zoo Park/Museum NameLocation
1Alipore Zoological GardenKolkata
2Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological ParkDarjeeling
3Marble Palace ZooKolkata
4Victoria Memorial HallKolkata
5Birla Industrial Technological MuseumKolkata
6Smaranika Tram MuseumKolkata/2014

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS:

#Airport NameCityCategory
1Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International AirportKolkataInternational
2Bagdogra International AirportSiliguriInternational

AIRPORTS:

#Airport NameCityCategory
1Burnpur AirportAsansolPrivate
2Balurghat AirportBalurghatDomestic
3Barrackpore Air Force StationBarrackporeDefense
4Behala AirportBehalaDomestic
5Cooch Behar AirportCooch BeharDomestic
6Kazi Nazrul Islam AirportDurgapurDomestic
7Hasimara Air Force StationHasimaraDefense
8Kanchrapara AirfieldKanchraparaDefense
9Kalaikunda Air Force StationKharagpurDefense
10Malda AirportMaldaDomestic
11Panagarh AirportPanagarhDefense
12Charra AirfieldPuruliaDefense

IIT/IIM/NIT/IIIT/AIIMS:

#NameLocation
1Indian Institute of Management (IIM)Kolkata
2National Institute of Technology (NIT)Durgapur
3Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)Kharagpur

UNIVERSITIES:

#University NameLocation
1Ravindra Bharati Central UniversityKolkata
2Rabindra Bharati UniversityKolkata
3Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda UniversityBelur
4Visva – Bharati UniversityShantiniketan

STADIUMS:

#Stadium NameLocation
1Eden Gardens (Cricket)Kolkata
2Salt Lake StadiumKolkata
FAMOUS PERSONS
  1. 1Swami Vivekananda
  2. 2Ravindranath Tagore
  3. 3Pranab Mukerjee
  4. 4Jyotibasu
  5. 5Asha poornima devi
  6. 6Bipin Chandra Pal – Bengal Tiger
  7. 7B C Roy
  8. 8C R Das – Deshabandhu
  9. 9Saurav Ganguly – Bengal Tiger

MISCELLANEOUS:

Demand for New State – Gorkhaland, Sandakphu Peak – 3636 meters, Ramakrishna Mission – Belur, Siliguri Corridor – Chicken's Neck

Kolkata

  • 1City of Palaces
  • 2City of Joy
  • 3Cutltural Capital of India
  • 4City of Buildings
  • 5City of Castles
  • 66. Heaven of the Aged
  • 7St. Petersburg of East

Siliguri

  • 1The Gate Way of Eastern India
  • 2City of Hospitality

Darjeeling

  • 1Queen of Hills

Asansol

  • 1Land of Black Diamond

Malda

  • 1Mango City

Damodar River

  • 1Sorrow of Bengal

Kolkata

  • 1Botanical survey of India
  • 2Zoological Survey of India
  • 3Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
  • 4Indian Jute Industries Research Association
  • 5All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health
  • 6Central Drug Laboratory
  • 7Chittaranjan Cancer Research Centre
  • 8School of Trophical Medicine
  • 9International Institute of Hotel Management
  • 10Coal India Limited (CIL)
  • 11Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
  • 12Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
  • 13Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences
  • 14S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
  • 15Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
  • 16Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
  • 17Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
  • 18Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibers
  • 19Indian Centre for Space Physics
  • 20Finger Print Bureau
  • 21Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
  • 22Flood Forecasting & Early Warning System (FFEWS)

Durgapur

  • 1Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
  • 2Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute

Kharagpur

  • 1National Digital Library of India (NDLI)

Jadhavpur

  • 1Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute

Haringhata

  • 1Bidan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya

Kalyani

  • 1National Institute of Biomedical Genomics

Chittaranjan

  • 1Chittaranjan Locomotive Works

Darjeeling

  • 1Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

Dankuni (Hoogly district)

  • 1Diesel Component Factory