Howrah district

Howrah
Howrah
District
	Clockwise from top-left: Belur Math, Andul Road and Danesh Sheikh Junction in Howrah, Santragachhi Lake, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Tarani Majhi Ghat at Raspur, Howrah railway station
	Location of Howrah district in West Bengal
	Coordinates: 22°34′25″N 88°19′30″E / 22.5736296°N 88.3251045°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Presidency
Established	1947
Headquarters	Howrah
Government
• Subdivisions	Howrah Sadar, Uluberia
• CD Blocks	Bally Jagachha, Domjur, Panchla, Sankrail, Jagatballavpur, Amta I, Amta II, Bagnan I, Bagnan II, Uluberia I, Uluberia II, Shyampur I, Shyampur II, Udaynarayanpur
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Howrah, Uluberia, Serampore
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Howrah Uttar, Howrah Madhya, Shibpur, Howrah Dakshin, Bally, Sankrail, Panchla, Uluberia Purba, Uluberia Uttar, Uluberia Dakshin, Shyampur, Bagnan, Amta, Udaynarayanpur, Jagatballavpur, Domjur
Area
• Total	1,467 km2 (566 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,850,029
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
• Urban	3,074,144
Demographics
• Literacy	83.31 per cent
• Sex ratio	935 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Bengali
• Additional official	English
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	howrah.gov.in

Howrah district (/ˈhaʊrə/, Bengali: [ˈɦao̯ɽa]) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of Howrah.^[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.
^ Howrah Archived 7 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine

[wblangoff-1] "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[2] "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.

[3] Howrah Archived 7 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine

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