Howrah district

Howrah district (/ˈhaʊrə/, Bengali: [ˈɦao̯ɽa])

is a district of the West Bengal state in
eastern India. Howrah district is one of the
highly urbanized area of West Bengal. The
urbanised sectors gradually increase the
slum populations. Howrah is the second
smallest district after Kolkata. 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.[1]
 Howrah district
District of West Bengal

Clockwise from top-left: Belur Math, Malaibari

Bazaar in Amta, Santragachi Lake, Bamboo
Forest in Howrah, Andul Road
 Location of Howrah district in West Bengal
Coordinates: 22.5736296°N 88.3251045°E

Country  India

State West Bengal

Division Presidency

Headquarters Howrah

Government

 • Lok Sabha Howrah, Uluberia,

constituencies Serampore - partly

 • Vidhan Sabha Bally, Howrah Uttar,

constituencies Howrah Madhya,
Shibpur, Howrah
Dakshin, Sankrail,
Panchla, Uluberia
Purba, Uluberia Uttar,
 Uluberia Dakshin,
Shyampur, Bagnan,
Amta,
Udaynarayanpur,
Jagatballavpur,
Domjur
Area

 • Total 1,467 km2 (566 sq mi)

Population (2011)

 • Total 4,850,029

 • Density 3,300/km2
(8,600/sq mi)

Demographics

 • Literacy 83.31 %

 • Sex ratio 935

Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)

Major highways NH 16 , NH 2

Average annual 1461 mm

precipitation

Website www.howrah.gov.in

Geography

Map of Howrah District

The Howrah district lies between 22°48′ N
and 22°12′ N latitudes and between 88°23′
E and 87°50′ E longitudes.[2] 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.[3]

Annual normal rainfall is 1461 millimetre

per year. Annual maximum temperature
varies between 32-39 °C, whereas
minimum temperature varies between 8-
10 °C.

Demographics
 Religions of Howrah District in 2011 census[4]
Religion Percent
Hinduism   72.9%
Islam   26.2%
Others 0.9%

Languages of Howrah District (2011)[5]

   Bengali (84.99%)
   Hindi (11.27%)
   Urdu (2.86%)
   Others (0.88%)
According to the 2011 census Howrah
district has a population of 4,850,029,[6]
roughly equal to the nation of Singapore[7]
or the US state of Alabama.[8] This gives it
a ranking of 23rd in India (out of a total of
640).[6] The district has a population
density of 3,306 inhabitants per square
kilometre (8,560/sq mi).[6] Its population
growth rate over the decade 2001-2011
was 13.31%.[6] Haora has a sex ratio of
935 females for every 1000 males[6] and a
literacy rate of 83.85%.[6]

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.
Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1901 850,514 —    
1911 943,502+1.04%
1921 997,403+0.56%
1931 1,098,867+0.97%
1941 1,490,304+3.09%
1951 1,611,373+0.78%
1961 2,038,477+2.38%
1971 2,417,286+1.72%
1981 2,966,861+2.07%
1991 3,729,644+2.31%
2001 4,273,099+1.37%
2011 4,850,029+1.27%
source:[9]
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.[10] 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[11] and 50 census
towns.
 Area Subdivision Type Notes

Howrah
Howrah Municipal includes the merged Bally Municipality and total
Municipal
Sadar Corporation number of wards is sixty six now[12][13]
Corporation

consists of rural area with 8 gram panchayats and

six census towns: Bally (different from Bally
Howrah
Bally Jagachha CD Block municipality), Chakapara, Chamrail, Eksara, Khalia
Sadar
and Jagadishpur Durgapur-Avoynagar1, Durgapur-
Avoynagar2, Nischinda

consists of rural area with 18 gram panchayats and

sixteen census towns: Domjur, Dakshin
Howrah Jhapardaha, Khantora, Bhandardaha, Makardaha,
Domjur CD Block
Sadar Kantlia, Tentulkuli, Salap, Bankra, Nibra, Ankurhati,
Bipra Noapara, Kalara, Kesabpur, Natibpur, and
Mahiari

consists of rural area with 11 gram panchayats and

seven census towns: Bikihakola, Beldubi, Deulpur,
Howrah
Panchla CD Block Gangadharpur, Jujersha, Jala-Biswanathpur,
Sadar
Banaharishpur, Chara-Panchla, Panchla, Subharara
and Sahapur

consists of rural area with 16 gram panchayats and

fourteen census towns: Argari, Dhuilya, Andul,
Howrah
Sankrail CD Block Ramchandrapur, Podara, Panchpara, Hatgachha,
Sadar
Jhorhat, Banipur, Mashila, Sankrail, Manikpur,
Nalpur, Raghudebbati and Sarenga

Howrah consists of rural area with 14 gram panchayats and

Jagatballavpur CD Block
Sadar two census town: Mansinhapur and Munsirhat

Uluberia
Uluberia Municipality
Municipality

CD block consists of rural area only with 13 gram

Amta I Uluberia CD Block
panchayats

CD block consists of rural area only with 14 gram

Amta II Uluberia CD Block
panchayats
Bagnan I Uluberia CD Block CD block consists of rural area with 10 gram
panchayats and two census towns: Khalor and
Bagnan

CD block consists of rural area with 7 gram

Bagnan II Uluberia CD Block
panchayats and one census town: Naupala

CD block consists of rural area only with 9 gram

Uluberia I Uluberia CD Block panchayats.The most important village is Bar-
Mongrajpur under Hatgacha-1 G.P.

CD block consists of rural area with 8 gram

Uluberia II Uluberia CD Block panchayats and three census towns: Santoshpur,
Balaram Pota and Uttar Pirpur

CD block consists of rural area only with 10 gram

Shyampur I Uluberia CD Block
panchayats

CD block consists of rural area only with 8 gram

Shyampur II Uluberia CD Block
panchayats

CD block consists of rural area only with 11 gram

Udaynarayanpur Uluberia CD Block
panchayats

Assembly constituencies
The district is divided into 16 assembly
constituencies:[14] 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), Uluberia (Lok Sabha
constituency) and Sreerampur (Lok Sabha
constituency).
Constituency Reservation for Lok Sabha
Name District
No. SC/ST constituency

169 Bally (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Howrah None Howrah

Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha

170 Howrah None Howrah
constituency)

Howrah Madhya (Vidhan Sabha

171 Howrah None Howrah
constituency)

Shibpur (Vidhan Sabha

172 Howrah None Howrah
constituency)

Howrah Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha

173 Howrah None Howrah
constituency)

Sankrail (Vidhan Sabha

174 Howrah SC Howrah
constituency)

Panchla (Vidhan Sabha

175 Howrah None Howrah
constituency)

Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha

176 Howrah None Uluberia
constituency)

Uluberia Uttar (Vidhan Sabha

177 Howrah SC Uluberia
constituency)

Uluberia Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha

178 Howrah None Uluberia
constituency)

Shyampur (Vidhan Sabha

179 Howrah None Uluberia
constituency)

Bagnan (Vidhan Sabha

180 Howrah None Uluberia
constituency)

181 Amta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Howrah None Uluberia

Udaynarayanpur (Vidhan Sabha

182 Howrah None Uluberia
constituency)

Jagatballavpur (Vidhan Sabha

183 Howrah None Srerampur
constituency)

Domjur (Vidhan Sabha

184 Howrah None Srerampur
constituency)
See also
2016 Dhulagarh riots

References
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original on 23 December 2008.
3. "Howrah, the second largest city of West
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rich history that dates back to 500 years" .
Archived from the original on 20 December
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4. "C-1 Population By Religious Community" .
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12 October 2008.
11. "Directory of District, Sub division,
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West Bengal. National Informatics Centre,
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12. "About HMC – Howrah Municipal
Corporation" . About HMC. Retrieved
13 January 2021.
13. Basu, Pritesh (5 January 2016). "HMC sets
up 'Mayor's Cop' to monitor civic
amenities" . www.millenniumpost.in.
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