West Bengal

West Bengal, a state in , presents some of the marvellous landscape features and natural scenic beauty, from the picturesque hills of to the mangrove rainforest of the .
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, formerly Calcutta, is the capital and largest city of West Bengal and the cultural capital of . is an "in your face" city that shocks and charms the unsuspecting visitor.

is the most populous district of West Bengal. It contains the Northern Suburbs of Greater Kolkata, from Baranagar to , covering a part of the once-thriving industrial belt.

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is a hill station in the northern region of West Bengal. It used to be a lovely Victorian town built among the Himalayan foothills, the remnants of which are still visible around the Chowrasta.

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is the fertile delta region of the state of West Bengal. Many major events of the state's history took place here, and it boasts a strong religious and colonial legacy.

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is the western region of West Bengal, consisting of the districts of Bankura, Birbhum, Paschim Bardhaman, Purba Bardhaman and Purulia.

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is the northern region of West Bengal, known for its mountains and its wide range of animals and forests. It houses many ancient landmarks of historical significance.

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is a region in West Bengal, consisting of the districts of Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur.

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West Bengal

Latitude of center
22.9965° or 22° 59′ 47″ north
Longitude of center
87.6856° or 87° 41′ 8″ east
Population
91,300,000
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Abbreviation
“WB”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2240991970
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1252881
Wiki­data ID
Q1356
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“West Bengal” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wes-Bengale”
  • Albanian: “Bengali Perëndimor”
  • Amharic: “ምዕራብ Bengal”
  • Amharic: “ምዕራብ ቤንጋል”
  • Angika: “पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Arabic: “البنغال الغربي”
  • Arabic: “البنغال الغربية”
  • Arabic: “بنغال الغربية”
  • Arabic: “بنغال الغربيه”
  • Arabic: “غرب البنغال”
  • Arabic: “ولاية البنغال الغربي”
  • Aragonese: “Bengala Occidental”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Բենգալիա”
  • Assamese: “পশ্চিমবংগ”
  • Assamese: “পশ্চিমবঙ্গ”
  • Asturian: “Bengala Occidental”
  • Awadhi: “पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Benqal”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Benqaliya”
  • Balinese: “Benggala Kauh”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Bengala”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Bengal Barat”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Бенгалія”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Бэнгалія”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম বঙ্গ”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম বাংলা”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিমবঙ্গ”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিমবাংলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Bishnupriya: “পশ্চিমবঙ্গ”
  • Breton: “Kornôg Bengal”
  • Bulgarian: “Западна Бенгалия”
  • Catalan: “Bengala Occidental”
  • Cebuano: “Kasadpang Bengal”
  • Cebuano: “West Bengal”
  • Central Kurdish: “بەنگالی ڕۆژاوا”
  • Chechen: “Малхбузен Бенгали”
  • Chechen: “Малхбузера Бенгали”
  • Chinese: “Sai Bengal”
  • Chinese: “西孟加拉邦”
  • Croatian: “Zapadni Bengal”
  • Czech: “Západní Bengálsko”
  • Danish: “Vestbengalen”
  • Dhivehi: “ވެސްޓު ބެންގާލް”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Bengal Rocawani”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Bengalê Rocawani”
  • Dotyali: “पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Dutch: “West-Bengalen”
  • Esperanto: “Okcident-Bengalio”
  • Esperanto: “Okcident-Bengalo”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Bengalio”
  • Estonian: “Lääne-Bengali osariik”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Paschim Bangal”
  • Fiji Hindi: “West Bengal”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Bengali”
  • French: “Bengale occidental”
  • French: “Bengale-Occidental”
  • French: “Bengale”
  • Galician: “Bengala Occidental”
  • Gan Chinese: “西孟加拉邦”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი ბენგალი”
  • German: “Westbengalen”
  • Goan Konkani: “Ostont Bongal”
  • Goan Konkani: “अस्तंत बंगाल”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Βεγγάλη”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Βενγκάλη”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ બંગાળ”
  • Haitian: “Bengal oksidantal”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sî Bengal”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sî-men-kâ-là-pâng”
  • Hausa: “Bengal ta Yamma”
  • Hausa: “Yammacin Bengal”
  • Hebrew: “מערב בנגל”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Hindi: “बंगाल”
  • Hindi: “बांग्ला”
  • Hungarian: “Nyugat-Bengál”
  • Icelandic: “Vestur-Bengal”
  • Indonesian: “Benggala Barat”
  • Interlingua: “Bengala Occidental”
  • Irish: “Beangál Thiar”
  • Italian: “Bengala occidentale”
  • Italian: “Bengala Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・ベンガル州”
  • Japanese: “ウェストベンガル州”
  • Japanese: “西ベンガル”
  • Japanese: “西ベンガル州”
  • Javanese: “Benggal Kulon”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಬಂಗಾಳ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Batıs Bengal”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Batıs Bengaliya”
  • Kashmiri: “مغربی بنگال”
  • Kashmiri: “مَغرَبی بَنٛگال”
  • Kazakh: “Батыс Бенгал”
  • Kirghiz: “Батыш Бенгал”
  • Kirghiz: “Батыш Бенгалия”
  • Komering: “Bengal Topi”
  • Korean: “서벵골 주”
  • Korean: “서벵골”
  • Korean: “서벵골주”
  • Kurdish: “Bengala Rojava”
  • Ladin: “Bengal dl Vest”
  • Latin: “Bengala Occidentalis”
  • Latin: “Bengalia occidentalis”
  • Latvian: “Rietumbengāle”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Bengalija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Westbengalen”
  • Macedonian: “Западен Бенгал”
  • Maithili: “पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Maithili: “पश्चिम बङ्गाल”
  • Malagasy: “Bengal Andrefana”
  • Malagasy: “Bengaly andrefana”
  • Malay: “Bengal Barat”
  • Malay: “Benggala Barat”
  • Malayalam: “പശ്ചിമ ബംഗാൾ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯅꯣꯡꯆꯨꯞ ꯕꯦꯡꯒꯥꯜ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯅꯣꯡꯆꯨꯞ ꯕꯦꯡꯒꯜ”
  • Marathi: “पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Mazanderani: “غربی بنگال”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Să̤ Bengal”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West Bengal”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჟადალი ბენგალი”
  • Mongolian: “Баруун Бенгал”
  • Mongolian: “Өрнө Бенгал”
  • Nepali: “पश्चिम बङ्गाल”
  • Newari: “पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Northern Frisian: “Waastbengaalen”
  • Northern Luri: “بأنگال أفتونئشین”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest-Bengal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vest-Bengal”
  • Norwegian: “Vest Bengal”
  • Norwegian: “Vest-Bengal”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bengala Occidental”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “West Bengal”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ƿest Bengal”
  • Oriya: “ପଶ୍ଚିମ ବଙ୍ଗ”
  • Oriya: “ପଶ୍ଚିମବଙ୍ଗ”
  • Oromo: “Benggal Barataa”
  • Ossetian: “Ныгуылæн Бенгали”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਬੰਗਾਲ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪਛਿੱਮ ਬੰਗਾ”
  • Persian: “بنگال غربی”
  • Polish: “Bengal Zachodni”
  • Portuguese: “Bengala Ocidental”
  • Pushto: “مغربي بنگال”
  • Quechua: “Kunti Banla”
  • Romanian: “Bengalul de Vest”
  • Russian: “Западная Бенгалия”
  • Russian: “Западный Бенгал”
  • Sanskrit: “पश्चिमबङ्गालराज्यम्”
  • Sanskrit: “पश्चिमवङ्गराज्यम्”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱚᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱚᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱟᱸᱜᱽᱞᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱟᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱟᱝᱜᱟᱞ”
  • Saraiki: “مغربی بنگال”
  • Scots: “Wast Bengal”
  • Serbian: “Западни Бенгал”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadni Bengal”
  • Silesian: “Krishnanagar”
  • Sindhi: “اولهه بنگال”
  • Sindhi: “اولھ بنگال”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර බෙංගාලය”
  • Slovak: “Západné Bengálsko”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodna Bengalija”
  • Somali: “Benggal Galbeed”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باتی بنقال”
  • Spanish: “Bengala Occidental”
  • Swahili: “Bengal Magharibi”
  • Swahili: “West Bengal”
  • Swedish: “Bengalen”
  • Swedish: “Västbengalen”
  • Tagalog: “Kanlurang Bengal”
  • Tajik: “Банголистони Ғарбӣ”
  • Tajik: “Бенголи Ғарбӣ”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு பெண்கள்”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு வங்காளம்”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш Бәңгәл”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш Бенгал”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш Бенгалия”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్”
  • Thai: “รัฐเบงกอลตะวันตก”
  • Turkish: “Batı Bengal”
  • Turkmen: “Günbatar Bengal”
  • Turkmen: “West Bengal”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Бенгал”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Бенґал”
  • Urdu: “مغربی بنگال”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy bengaliya”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy Bengaliya”
  • Venetian: “Bengala Occidentale”
  • Venetian: “Bengała Osidentałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Bengal”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katundan nga Bengal”
  • Welsh: “Gorllewin Bengal”
  • Western Frisian: “West-Bingalen”
  • Western Panjabi: “لہندا بنگال”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیندا بنگال”
  • Wu Chinese: “西孟加拉邦”
  • Yoruba: “Ìwọòrùn Bẹ̀ngál”
  • Yue Chinese: “西孟加拉邦”
  • “ma Panla pi weka suno”
  • “पश्चिम बंगाल”

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