Cooch Behar district

Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar
District
	Clockwise from top-left: Cooch Behar Palace, Gadadhar river near Tufanganj, Mount of Rajpat in Gosanimari, Torsa river near Cooch Behar, Madan Mohan temple
	Location of Cooch Behar district in West Bengal
	Coordinates: 26°17′N 89°21′E / 26.283°N 89.350°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Jalpaiguri
Established	1950
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
• Additional official	English
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	coochbehar.nic.in

Cooch Behar district (pronounced [ˈkuːtʃ biˈɦaːr]) is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Formerly part of the Kamarupa kingdom, the area became the heart of the Kamata Kingdom in the 12th century. During the British Raj, the district was known as Cooch Behar state ruled by the Koch dynasty until 1949, when it became part of India. 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, where they form a majority.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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