Presidency division

Presidency
Presidency
Division
	Location of Presidency division in West Bengal
	Coordinates: 22°34′22″N 88°21′50″E / 22.5726723°N 88.3638815°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Established	1829
Headquarters	Kolkata
Government
• Districts	Howrah, Kolkata, Nadia, North 24 Paraganas, South 24 Parganas
Area
• Total	20,654 km2 (7,975 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	32,741,224
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali
• Additional official	English
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	wb.gov.in

Presidency division is an administrative division within the Indian state of West Bengal. The headquarters and the largest city of the Presidency division is Kolkata, the state capital. Presidency division is bounded by Medinipur division to South-West, Burdwan division to North-West and Malda division to North. The whole east side of the division is covered by India–Bangladesh border.^[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.
^ "Divisional Commissioners/ West Bengal". Office of the Resident Commissioner- Govt. of WB. 4 June 2019.