District in West Bengal, India
District in West Bengal, India
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 |
 Location of Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal |
| Coordinates: 23°22′N 87°58′E / 23.367°N 87.967°E / 23.367; 87.967 |
| Country |  India |
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| State |  West Bengal |
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| Division | Burdwan |
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| Headquarters | Bardhaman |
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| • Subdivisions | Bardhaman Sadar North, Bardhaman Sadar South, Kalna, Katwa |
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| • 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, Mongakote |
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| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Bardhaman-Durgapur, Bardhaman Purba, Bishnupur, Bolpur |
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| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Bardhaman Dakshin, Bardhaman Uttar, Bhatar, Galsi, Raina, Jamalpur, Memari, Khandaghosh, Katwa, Mangalkot, Ketugram, Ausgram, Kalna, Purbasthali Dakshin, Purbasthali Uttar, Manteswar |
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| • Total | 5,432.69 km2 (2,097.57 sq mi) |
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| • Total | 4,835,532 |
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| • Density | 890/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
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| • Literacy | 74.73 per cent |
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| • Sex ratio | 945 ♂/♀ |
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| • Official | Bengali[1][2] |
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| • Additional official | English[1] |
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| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
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| Website | purbabardhaman.gov.in |
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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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