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Howrah district (, ) is a district of the state in eastern . Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of . The district is named after its headquarters, the city of .

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 and the North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts on the east, on the north by the (Arambagh and Shrirampur sub-divisions), and on the south by district ( sub-division). On the west Howrah district is bordered by the Ghatal sub-division of district, and partly by the Arambagh sub-division of Hooghly district to the north-west, and the Tamluk sub-division of district to the south-west.

Boundaries of the district are naturally determined by on west and south-west, and by on east and south-east side. On north side, the boundary is an artificial one except for Bally Canal on north-east and 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 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.

includes the merged Bally Municipality and total number of wards is sixty six now
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
consists of rural area with 18 gram panchayats and sixteen census towns: , Dakshin Jhapardaha, , , , , , , , , , , , Kesabpur, , and
consists of rural area with 11 gram panchayats and seven census towns: , , , Gangadharpur, Jujersha, Jala-Biswanathpur, Banaharishpur, Chara-Panchla, , Subharara and
consists of rural area with 16 gram panchayats and fourteen census towns: , , , Ramchandrapur, , , , , Banipur, Mashila, , Manikpur, , and
consists of rural area with 14 gram panchayats and two census town: and
CD block consists of rural area with 13 gram panchayats and Two census town: Amta and Guzarpur
CD block consists of rural area only with 14 gram panchayats and three census town: Khorop, Narit and Joypur
CD block consists of rural area with 10 gram panchayats and two census towns: and
CD block consists of rural area with 7 gram panchayats and one census town:
CD block consists of rural area only with 9 gram panchayats.The most important village is Bar-Mongrajpur under Hatgacha-1 G.P.
CD block consists of rural area with 8 gram panchayats and three census towns: Santoshpur, and
CD block consists of rural area only with 10 gram panchayats
CD block consists of rural area only with 8 gram panchayats
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 or the US state of . 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 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 district !Religion !Population (1941) !Percentage (1941) !Population (2011) !Percentage (2011)
1,184,86379.50%3,535,84472.90%
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 , 10.92% and 2.86% 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 by the Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) and Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency) .

169BallyHowrah
170Howrah UttarGautam Chowdhuri
171Howrah Madhya
172ShibpurManoj Tiwary
173Howrah DakshinNandita Chowdhury
174Sankrail (SC)
175PanchlaGulsan Mullick
176Uluberia PurbaUluberiaBidesh Ranjan Bose
177Uluberia Uttar (SC)Nirmal Maji
178
179Shyampur
180BagnanArunava Sen
181AmtaSukanta Kumar Paul
182UdaynarayanpurSamir Kumar Panja
183JagatballavpurSrerampur
184DomjurKalyan Ghosh

See also
  • 2016 Dhulagarh riots

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