Cooch Behar district

Cooch Behar
District
Cooch Behar Palace Madanmohan Temple ABN Seal College Rasikbil Banks of the river Torsa Sagar Dighi Lake Victor Palace Parijat Villa
Interactive Map Outlining Cooch Behar District
Location of Cooch Behar district in West Bengal
Coordinates: 26°17′N 89°21′E / 26.283°N 89.350°E / 26.283; 89.350
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Jalpaiguri
Headquarters	Cooch Behar
Government
• Subdivisions	Cooch Behar Sadar, Dinhata, Mathabhanga, Tufanganj, Mekhliganj
• CD Blocks	Cooch Behar I, Cooch Behar II, Dinhata I, Dinhata II, Sitai, Mathabhanga I, Mathabhanga II, Sitalkuchi, Tufanganj I, Tufanganj II, Mekhliganj, Haldibari
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Cooch Behar
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Mathabhanga, Cooch Behar Uttar, Cooch Behar Dakshin, Sitalkuchi, Sitai, Dinhata, Natabari, Tufanganj
Area
• Total	3,387 km2 (1,308 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,819,086
• Density	830/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Demographics
• Literacy	74.78 per cent
• Sex ratio	942 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Bengali[1][2]
• Additional official	English[1]
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	coochbehar.nic.in

Cooch Behar district (Bengali pronunciation: [kot͡ʃ biɦar d͡ʒela]), also known as Koch Bihar district, is one of the 23 districts of the state of West Bengal in India. The district is the part of Jalpaiguri Division.^[3] Cooch Behar city is the headquarters of the district. This district was a Princely state until 1949 CE. The district consists of the flat plains of North Bengal and has several rivers: the most notable being the Teesta, Jaldhaka and Torsa. The district has the highest proportion of Scheduled Castes in the country.^[4]