Hooghly district

district in West Bengal, India
AdministrativeArea district_of_india Q548518
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Hooghly district

Summary

Hooghly district is a district of India[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of district_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,415 views/month, #5 of 786).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hooghly district is located in Burdwan division[3].
  • Hooghly district is in the country of India[4].
  • Hooghly district's instance of is recorded as district of India[5].
  • Hooghly district's capital is recorded as Chinsurah[6].
  • Hooghly district's shares border with is recorded as Purba Bardhaman district[7].
  • Hooghly district's shares border with is recorded as Howrah district[8].
  • Hooghly district's shares border with is recorded as Bankura district[9].
  • Hooghly district's shares border with is recorded as Paschim Medinipur district[10].
  • Hooghly district's shares border with is recorded as North 24 Parganas district[11].
  • Hooghly district's shares border with is recorded as Nadia district[12].
  • Hooghly district's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Arambag subdivision[13].
  • Hooghly district's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Chandannagar subdivision[14].
  • Hooghly district's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Chinsurah Sadar subdivision[15].
  • Hooghly district's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Srirampore subdivision[16].
  • Hooghly district's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146627647[17].
  • Hooghly district's GND ID is recorded as 4807402-0[18].
  • Hooghly district's locator map image is recorded as Hooghly in West Bengal (India).svg[19].
  • Hooghly district's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84053130[20].
  • Hooghly district's Commons category is recorded as Hooghly district[21].
  • Hooghly district's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1970297[22].
  • Hooghly district's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30[23].
  • Hooghly district's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9610 (ben)-Titodutta-হুগলী জেলা.wav[24].
  • Hooghly district's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 22.9, 'lon': 88.39}[25].
  • Hooghly district's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07k_dz[26].
  • Hooghly district's official website is recorded as http://hooghly.nic.in/[27].

Body

Geography

Hooghly district is in the country of India[4]. It is located in Burdwan division[3].

Physical Characteristics

Hooghly district's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3149'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5519145'}[29] and {'amount': '+5041976'}[30].

Designation and Status

Hooghly district's instance of is recorded as district of India[5].

Why It Matters

Hooghly district ranks in the top 0.64% of district_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,415 views/month, #5 of 786).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Hugli District Village and Town Directory. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Hugli District Village and Town Directory. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Hugli District Village and Town Directory. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Hugli District Village and Town Directory. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Hugli District Village and Town Directory. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Hugli District Primary Census Abstract. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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