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West Bengal

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West Bengal

Summary

West Bengal is a state of India[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of state_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,421 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Bengal is located in India[3].
  • West Bengal is in the country of India[4].
  • West Bengal's head of government is recorded as Mamata Banerjee[5].
  • West Bengal's instance of is recorded as state of India[6].
  • West Bengal's head of state is recorded as C. V. Ananda Bose[7].
  • West Bengal's capital is recorded as Kolkata[8].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as Bangla[9].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as English[10].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as Nepali[11].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as Hindi[12].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as Odia[13].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as Punjabi[14].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as Santali[15].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as Urdu[16].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as Rangpuri[17].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as Rajbanshi[18].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as Kudmali[19].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as Kurukh[20].
  • West Bengal's official language is recorded as Telugu[21].
  • West Bengal's shares border with is recorded as Assam[22].
  • West Bengal's shares border with is recorded as Sikkim[23].
  • West Bengal's shares border with is recorded as Bihar[24].
  • West Bengal's shares border with is recorded as Odisha[25].
  • West Bengal's shares border with is recorded as Jharkhand[26].
  • West Bengal's shares border with is recorded as Rajshahi Division[27].

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Geography

West Bengal is in the country of India[4]. It is located in India[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+91276115'}[28] and {'amount': '+80176197'}[29].

Designation and Status

West Bengal's instance of is recorded as state of India[6].

History and Context

January 26, 1950 marks the founding of West Bengal[30]. Things named after include west[31], a cardinal direction[32] and Bengal[33], a historical region[34], in British Raj[35].

Why It Matters

West Bengal ranks in the top 2% of state_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,421 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Related Entities

Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute Govdirectory Hooghly River India Institute of Language Studies and Research Krishnendu Chatterjee Mamata Banerjee National Institute of Biomedical Genomics Sangamitra Bandopadhyay Slovakia West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wb.gov.in. wb.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wb.gov.in. wb.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Sbb1413 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of state → Jagdeep Dhankhar, C. V. Ananda Bose
    Demonym → West Bengali
    Head of government → Mamata Banerjee, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
    Most populous urban area → Kolkata
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P94]]: Emblem of West Bengal (2026).png"
  2. 23d ago · Sbb1413 · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1950-01-26T00:00:00Z
    Executive body → Council of Ministers of West Bengal
    Highest judicial authority → Q1026391
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P6]]: [[Q465041]]"
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