Bardhaman district

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Bardhaman
District
Location of Bardhaman in West Bengal
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Burdwan
Headquarters	Bardhaman
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Asansol, Bardhaman-Durgapur, Bardhaman Purba
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Pandabeswar, Raniganj, Jamuria, Asansol Uttar, Asansol Dakshin, Kulti, Barabani, Bardhaman Uttar (SC), Bardhaman Dakshin, Monteswar, Bhatar, Galsi (SC), Durgapur Purba, Durgapur Paschim, Raina (SC), Jamalpur (SC), Kalna (SC), Memari, Purbasthali Uttar, Purbasthali Dakshin, Katwa, Ketugram, Mangalkot, Ausgram (SC), Khandaghosh (SC)
Area
• Total	7,024 km2 (2,712 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	7,723,663
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
• Urban	36.94 per cent
Demographics
• Literacy	77.15 per cent[1]
• Sex ratio	922
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH 19, Grand Trunk Road, Panagarh–Morgram Highway, NH 14
Average annual precipitation	1442 mm
Website	bardhaman.nic.in

Bardhaman district (/ˈbɑːrdəˌmən/, Bengali: [ˈbɔrˌdʱoman]; also spelled Burdwan or Barddhaman or Vardhaman) was a district in West Bengal. On 7 April 2017, the district was bifurcated into two districts: Purba Bardhaman and Paschim Bardhaman district.^[2][3] The headquarters of the district was Bardhaman, and it housed the cities of Asansol and Durgapur. Indian revolutionary Rashbehari Bose was born in Subaldaha village, Bardhaman district. Bengali poet Kumud Ranjan Mullick was born at Kogram and poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born at Churulia in the same district. Notable persons like Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Akshay Kumar Datta, Jatindranath Sengupta were also born in erstwhile Bardhaman district. It was the seventh most populous district in India (out of 640) at the time of bifurcation.^[4]