Bardhaman district
Bardhaman district (/ˈbɑːrdəˌmən/, Bengali: [ˈbɔrˌdʱoman]; also spelled Burdwan or Barddhaman or Vardhaman) was a district in West Bengal. On 7 April 2017, the district was bifurcated into two districts: Purba Bardhaman and Paschim Bardhaman district. The headquarters of the district was Bardhaman, and it housed the cities of Asansol and Durgapur. Indian revolutionary Rashbehari Bose was born in Subaldaha village, Bardhaman district. Bengali poet Kumud Ranjan Mullick was born at Kogram and poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born at Churulia in the same district. Notable persons like Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Akshay Kumar Datta, Jatindranath Sengupta were also born in erstwhile Bardhaman district. It was the seventh most populous district in India (out of 640) at the time of bifurcation.
Bardhaman | |
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District | |
Location of Bardhaman in West Bengal | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Division | Burdwan |
| Headquarters | Bardhaman |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Asansol, Bardhaman-Durgapur, Bardhaman Purba |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Pandabeswar, Raniganj, Jamuria, Asansol Uttar, Asansol Dakshin, Kulti, Barabani, Bardhaman Uttar (SC), Bardhaman Dakshin, Monteswar, Bhatar, Galsi (SC), Durgapur Purba, Durgapur Paschim, Raina (SC), Jamalpur (SC), Kalna (SC), Memari, Purbasthali Uttar, Purbasthali Dakshin, Katwa, Ketugram, Mangalkot, Ausgram (SC), Khandaghosh (SC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,024 km2 (2,712 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 7,723,663 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 36.94 per cent |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 77.15 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 922 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Major highways | NH 19, Grand Trunk Road, Panagarh–Morgram Highway, NH 14 |
| Average annual precipitation | 1442 mm |
| Website | bardhaman |