Howrah district

Howrah district (, ) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. Howrah district is one of the most highly urbanized areas in West Bengal. 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.

Geography

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.

Divisions Howrah District is split into the Howrah Sadar subdivision and the Uluberia subdivision. The Howrah Sadar subdivision has 1 municipal corporation with 1 municipality and 5 community development (CD) blocks. The Uluberia subdivision has 1 municipality and 9 community development blocks.

Each block consists of a rural area divided into gram panchayats along with census towns. The district has 30 police stations (Howrah Police Commissionerate has 16 general police stations including 1 Women PS, 1 Cyber Crime PS and Howrah Rural PD has 10 general police stations including 1 Women PS, 1 Cyber Crime PS), 157 gram panchayats and 50 census towns.

Area Subdivision Type Notes Howrah Municipal Corporation Howrah Sadar Municipal Corporation includes the merged Bally Municipality and total number of wards is sixty six now 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 Munsirhat Uluberia Municipality Uluberia Municipality Amta I Uluberia CD Block CD block consists of rural area with 13 gram panchayats and Two census town: Amta and Guzarpur Amta II Uluberia CD Block CD block consists of rural area only with 14 gram panchayats and three census town: Khorop, Narit and Joypur 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

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Howrah district has a population of 4,850,029, 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 . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.31%. 63.38% of the population lives in urban areas. Haora has a sex ratio of 935 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 83.85%. 63.38% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14.82% and 0.31% of the population respectively.

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.

Religion

+Religion in Howrah districtReligionPopulation (1941)Percentage (1941)Population (2011)Percentage (2011)Hinduism 1,184,86379.50%3,535,84472.90%Islam 296,32519.88%1,270,64126.20%Others9,1160.61%43,5440.90%Total Population1,490,304100%4,850,029100% Hindus are the majority population. Muslims, unlike the rest of Bengal, are more concentrated in urban areas than Hindus. Muslims are a significant minority in Panchla (46.62%), Uluberia I (43.92%), Uluberia II (39.36%) and Bagnan I (36.74%) blocks and make up a significant minority (44.79%) in Uluberia city.

Language

According to the 2011 census, 84.99% of the population spoke Bengali, 10.92% Hindi and 2.86% Urdu as their first language. Hindi and Urdu are mainly spoken in urban areas.

Assembly constituencies

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 and Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency .

S No.NameLok SabhaMLA2026 Winner2024 Lead 169 BallyHowrah Sanjay Kumar Singh 170 Howrah UttarUmesh Rai 171 Howrah MadhyaArup Roy 172 ShibpurRudranil Ghosh 173 Howrah DakshinNandita Chowdhury 174 Sankrail (SC)Priya Paul 175 PanchlaGulsan Mullick 176 Uluberia PurbaUluberiaRitabrata Banerjee 177 Uluberia Uttar (SC)Chiran Bera 178 Uluberia DakshinPulak Roy 179 ShyampurHiran Chatterjee 180 BagnanArunava Sen 181 AmtaAmit Samanta 182 UdaynarayanpurSamir Kumar Panja 183 JagatballavpurSreerampurAnupam Ghosh 184 Domjur Tapas Maity

Notable people Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Bengali linguist, educationist and litterateur. He was a recipient of the second highest civilian award in India, Padma Vibhushan. Narayan Debnath, Indian comics artist, writer and illustrator who created the Bengali comic strips Handa Bhonda, Bantul the Great and Nonte Phonte. Purnendu Pattrea, Indian poet, writer, editor, artist, illustrator, and film director,best known for his poetry collection Kathopokathan in Bengali. Afsar Ahmed, Bengali writer. Sailen Manna, Indian football player, Olympian, Padma Shri recipient. Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Indian cricketer and politician. Manoj Tiwary, Bengal and Indian cricketer and politician. Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer. Saurasish Lahiri, Bengal Ranji cricketer. Shekh Faiaz, Indian footballer. Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Bengali singer(especially Shyama Sangeet) and composer. Tulsi Chakraborty, Iconic character actor and comedian of Bengali cinema, best known for his lead role in Satyajit Ray's Parash Pathar. Anjana Basu, Bengali television and film actress. Ayaz Ahmed, Indian television actor. Hannan Mollah, communist,MP and was a senior leader of the All India Kisan Sabha. Kanailal Bhattacharyya, educator, politician and former minister of Ministry of Commerce & Industries (West Bengal). Sultan Ahmed, was an Indian politician and the Union Minister of State for Tourism in the Manmohan Singh government. Sajda Ahmed, MP of Lok Sabha and a social worker. Mohammed Amin, MP of Rajya Sabha. Arup Roy, Indian politician. He was a cabinet Minister in Charge of Co-operations department, of Government of West Bengal. Mahendranath Ray, Indian lawyer, independence activist, social worker, mathematician, educationist and a politician. Manoranjan Chakraborty, devoted freedom fighter born in Tajnagar who actively participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Azangachhi Shaheb, Bengali 19th Sufi saint who founded the Haqqani Anjuman.

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