West Bengal, is land
of many social reformers like Subhash Chandra Bose,
Ravindra Nath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo
and many more. During the time of India's independence,
Bengal is divided in to two, East Bengal and West Begnal.
The East Bengal merged with Pakisthan and West Bengal
with India. On linguistic basis West Bengal got a status
of separate state in India Union on 1st May 1960. Later
the East Begal demanded for a separate nation and in
1971, it got the separate status of a country as Bengladesh.The
state is bounded on the east by Bangladesh, west by
Bihar, north by Bhutan and Sikkim and south by Bay of
Bengal. Here two third of the population depends on
agriculture. West Bengal is known for its beauty and
prosperity. |
|
Area |
88,752 sq.km |
Capital |
Kolkata |
Language |
Bengali |
Districts |
19 |
Population
Male
Female |
80,221,171
41,487,694
38,733,477 |
Literacy |
94.59% |
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