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The state of West Bengal 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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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Kolkata and Jaynagar Majilpur.

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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.

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is a temple town in and famous for its confectionery Jaynagarer Moa.

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The largest city in northern West Bengal, is a liberal and cosmopolitan city that is known for its vibrant music scene and strong youth culture.

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The of West Bengal consist of the districts of Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda and Uttar Dinajpur and the plains of Darjeeling.

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is a district of West Bengal and the "land of red soil". It is famous for its cultural, natural and religious attractions.

or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east. is the district headquarters of .

or East Midnapore is a coastal district of West Bengal. It was once a part of Midnapore district until 2003, which got split into two districts: Paschim Medinipur and . Paschim Medinipur is covered under .

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, or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the state of West Bengal, headquartered in previously, with its Zilla Parishad now in Baruipur.

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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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is the headquarters of the district of West Bengal. It is at the centre of a major industrial area and the second largest urban agglomeration in the state.

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is an industrial city in the district of West Bengal, India. Being an industrial hub, there is little here of interest to tourists.

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or Barddhaman, also known as Burdwan, is the headquarters of the namesake Purba district of West Bengal. It is the largest agricultural centre in the state, located in what has been traditionally called the "granary of Bengal".

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, formerly Chandernagore, is a small city in the district of West Bengal, India. Situated along the banks of the river Hooghly, the city has been able to maintain a separate identity different from all other cities and abide by her own characteristics.

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is a rural area south of the Damodar River, in the Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. It consists of Khandaghosh, Raina I and Raina II community development blocks of Purba Bardhaman district.

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is a historic town in central West Bengal. It was the capital of , and during the Nawab rule. The last capital city of independent Bengal was named after Nawab Murshid Quli Khan, the Diwan of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha.

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, also spelt Berhampore, is a city in the central region of West Bengal, India. Bengali writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote his epic, Anandamath, sitting beside the bank of river Bhagirathi here in .

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is the headquarters of its namesake of West Bengal. town is an important stopover for most of the tourist destinations in the district.

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, formerly Krishnagar, is a city in the district of West Bengal. At the bank of the Jalangi River, is an important centre for culture and literature.

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is a town in the district of West Bengal, on the western bank of the Hooghly River. One of the rare Danish colonies of India, is unique for its Danish-British-Bengali heritage.

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, officially Sadar, is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the district & is located on the north of the Kangsabati River.

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is a pilgrimage site in the district of West Bengal and the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a Vaishnava saint.

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is a town in the Bankura district of West Bengal, India. Although famous for terracotta temples, also houses several laterite stone temples.

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 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 Benqaliya”
  • Balinese: “Benggala Kauh”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Bengala”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Bengal Barat”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Бенгалія”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Бэнгалія”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಬಂಗಾಳ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Batıs Bengal”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Batıs Bengaliya”
  • Kashmiri: “مغربی بنگال”
  • Kashmiri: “مَغرَبی بَنٛگال”
  • Kazakh: “Батыс 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”
  • 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”
  • 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 Бенгалия”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్”
  • Thai: “รัฐเบงกอลตะวันตก”
  • Turkish: “Batı Bengal”
  • Turkmen: “Günbatar Bengal”
  • Turkmen: “West Bengal”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Бенгал”
  • 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 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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