Howrah district (//) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. The urbanized sectors gradually increase the slum populations. The Howrah city called “Glasgow” of India . 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.
Location of Howrah district in West Bengal
|• Lok Sabha constituencies||Howrah, Uluberia, Serampore - partly|
|• Assembly seats||Bally, Howrah Uttar, Howrah Madhya, Shibpur, Howrah Dakshin, Sankrail, Panchla, Uluberia Purba, Uluberia Uttar, Uluberia Dakshin, Shyampur, Bagnan, Amta, Udaynarayanpur, Jagatballavpur, Domjur|
|• Total||1,467 km2 (566 sq mi)|
|• Density||3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)|
|• Literacy||83.31 %|
|• Sex ratio||935|
|Major highways||NH 16 , NH 2|
|Average annual precipitation||1461 mm|
The Howrah district lies between 22°48′ N and 22°12′ N latitudes and between 88°23′ E and 87°50′ E longitudes. The district is bounded by the Hooghly River and the North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts on the east, on the north by the Hooghly district (Arambagh and Shrirampur sub-divisions), and on the south by Midnapore East district (Tamluk sub-division). On the west Howrah district is bordered by the Ghatal sub-division of Midnapore West district, and partly by the Arambagh sub-division of Hooghly district to the north-west, and the Tamluk sub-division of Midnapore East district to the south-west.
Boundaries of the district are naturally determined by Rupnarayan River on west and south-west, and by Bhagirathi-Hooghly river on east and south-east side. On north side, the boundary is an artificial one except for Bally Canal on north-east and Damodar River on north-west.
Annual normal rainfall is 1461 millimetre per year. Annual maximum temperature varies between 32-39 °C, whereas minimum temperature varies between 8-10 °C.
According to the 2011 census Howrah district has a population of 4,841,638, roughly equal to the nation of Singapore or the US state of Alabama. This gives it a ranking of 23rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 3,300 inhabitants per square kilometre (8,500/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.31%. Haora has a sex ratio of 935 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 83.85%.
Total area in Howrah District is 1467 km2. Total population is 4,273,099 as per census 2001 records. 57.91% of the population live in Howrah Sadar subdivision and rest 42.09% live in Uluberia subdivision. Population Density: 2913 per km2.
Howrah District is split into the Howrah Sadar subdivision and the Uluberia subdivision. The Howrah Sadar subdivision has 1 municipality and 5 community development (CD) blocks. The Uluberia subdivision has 1 municipality and 9 community development blocks.
|Howrah Municipality||Howrah Sadar||Municipality||includes the now merged Bally Municipal Corporation|
|Bally Jagachha||Howrah Sadar||CD Block||consists of rural area with 8 gram panchayats and six census towns: Bally (different from Bally municipality), Chakapara, Chamrail, Eksara, Khalia and Jagadishpur Durgapur-Avoynagar1, Durgapur-Avoynagar2, Nischinda|
|Domjur||Howrah Sadar||CD Block||consists of rural area with 18 gram panchayats and sixteen census towns: Domjur, Dakshin Jhapardaha, Khantora, Bhandardaha, Makardaha, Kantlia, Tentulkuli, Salap, Bankra, Nibra, Ankurhati, Bipra Noapara, Kalara, Kesabpur, Natibpur, and Mahiari|
|Panchla||Howrah Sadar||CD Block||consists of rural area with 11 gram panchayats and seven census towns: Bikihakola, Beldubi, Deulpur, Gangadharpur, Jujersha, Jala-Biswanathpur, Banaharishpur, Chara-Panchla, Panchla, Subharara and Sahapur|
|Sankrail||Howrah Sadar||CD Block||consists of rural area with 16 gram panchayats and fourteen census towns: Argari, Dhuilya, Andul, Ramchandrapur, Podara, Panchpara, Hatgachha, Jhorhat, Banipur, Mashila, Sankrail, Manikpur, Nalpur, Raghudebbati and Sarenga|
|Jagatballavpur||Howrah Sadar||CD Block||consists of rural area with 14 gram panchayats and two census town: Mansinhapur and Munshirhat|
|Amta I||Uluberia||CD Block||CD block consists of rural area only with 13 gram panchayats|
|Amta II||Uluberia||CD Block||CD block consists of rural area only with 14 gram panchayats|
|Bagnan I||Uluberia||CD Block||CD block consists of rural area with 10 gram panchayats and two census towns: Khalor and Bagnan|
|Bagnan II||Uluberia||CD Block||CD block consists of rural area with 7 gram panchayats and one census town: Naupala|
|Uluberia I||Uluberia||CD Block||CD block consists of rural area only with 9 gram panchayats.The most important village is Bar-Mongrajpur under Hatgacha-1 G.P.|
|Uluberia II||Uluberia||CD Block||CD block consists of rural area with 8 gram panchayats and three census towns: Santoshpur, Balaram Pota and Uttar Pirpur|
|Shyampur I||Uluberia||CD Block||CD block consists of rural area only with 10 gram panchayats|
|Shyampur II||Uluberia||CD Block||CD block consists of rural area only with 8 gram panchayats|
|Udaynarayanpur||Uluberia||CD Block||CD block consists of rural area only with 11 gram panchayats|
The district is divided into 16 assembly constituencies: Sankrail and Uluberia North constituencies will remain reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. The division is represented in the Lok Sabha by the Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency), Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency) and Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).
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