Purba Bardhaman | |
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Clockwise from top-left: 108 Shiva Temple at Nababhat, Ajay River at Katwa, Nava Kailash temple at Kalna, Uddharanpur Ghat, Mosque of Pir Bahram Sakka in Bardhaman | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
Division | Burdwan |
Headquarters | Bardhaman |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Bardhaman-Durgapur, Bardhaman Purba, Bishnupur, Bolpur |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Bardhaman Dakshin, Bardhaman Uttar, Bhatar, Galsi, Raina, Jamalpur, Memari, Khandaghosh, Katwa, Mangalkot, Ketugram, Ausgram, Kalna, Purbasthali Dakshin, Purbasthali Uttar, Manteswar. |
Area | |
• Total | 5,432.69 km2 (2,097.57 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,835,532 |
• Density | 890/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 74.73 per cent |
• Sex ratio | 945 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
HDI (2004) | 0.640[1] (medium) |
Average annual precipitation | 1442 mm |
Website | http://purbabardhaman.gov.in/ |
Purba Bardhaman district is in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Subaldaha in the district of Purba Bardhaman.
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