Bardhaman district

Bardhaman
Bardhaman
District
	Clockwise from top: Curzon Gate, Nava Kailash temple at Kalna, Sita-Rama Temple in Ukhra, Damodar River, Radhamadhab Temple in Khandra, 108 Shiva Temple at Nababhat
	Location of Bardhaman district in West Bengal
	Coordinates: 23°22′N 87°58′E / 23.367°N 87.967°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Burdwan
Headquarters	Bardhaman
Government
• Subdivisions	Bardhaman Sadar North, Bardhaman Sadar South, Kalna, Katwa, Asansol, Durgapur
• CD Blocks	Ausgram I, Ausgram II, Bhatar, Burdwan I, Burdwan II, Galsi I, Galsi II, Khandaghosh, Jamalpur, Memari I, Memari II, Raina I, Raina II, Kalna I, Kalna II, Manteswar, Purbasthali I, Purbasthali II, Katwa I, Katwa II, Ketugram I, Ketugram II, Mongalkote, Salanpur, Barabani, Jamuria, Raniganj, Andal, Pandabeswar, Faridpur-Durgapur, Kanksa
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Asansol, Bardhaman-Durgapur, Bardhaman Purba, Bishnupur, Bolpur
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Pandaveswar, Raniganj, Jamuria, Asansol Uttar, Asansol Dakshin, Kulti, Barabani, Bardhaman Uttar, Bardhaman Dakshin, Manteswar, Bhatar, Galsi, Durgapur Purba, Durgapur Paschim, Raina, Jamalpur, Kalna, Memari, Purbasthali Uttar, Purbasthali Dakshin, Katwa, Ketugram, Mangalkot, Ausgram, Khandaghosh
Area
• Total	7,024 km2 (2,712 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	7,717,563
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
• Urban	3,078,299
Demographics
• Literacy	76.21 per cent
• Sex ratio	945 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Bengali
• Additional official	English
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	www.bardhaman.nic.in

Bardhaman (/ˈbɑːrdəˌmən/, Bengali: [ˈbɔrˌdʱoman]), or sometimes Burdwan and Barddhaman, is a former district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Bardhaman. On 7 April 2017, the district was bifurcated into two separate districts namely Purba Bardhaman and Paschim Bardhaman. It was the seventh most populous district in India (out of 640) at the time of bifurcation.^[3]^[4]

^ ^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.
^ "Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, Bardhaman, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, Bardhaman, Series – 20, Part XII-B, Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[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] "Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, Bardhaman, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[4] "Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, Bardhaman, Series – 20, Part XII-B, Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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