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The state of West Bengal in India is divided into19 Districe as follows:
There are 19 districts in West Bengal — Bankura, Bardhaman, Birbhum,
Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, East Midnapore, Hooghly, Howrah, Jalpaiguri,
Kolkata, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, North
Dinajpur, Purulia, South 24 Parganas, Dakshin Dinajpur and West
Midnapore. Each district is governed by a district collector or
district magistrate, appointed either by the Indian Administrative
Service or the West Bengal Civil Service. Each district is
subdivided into Sub-Divisions, governed by a sub-divisional
magistrate, and again into Blocks. Blocks consists of panchayats
(village councils) and town municipalities.
The capital and largest city of the state is Kolkata — the
third-largest urban agglomeration and the fourth-largest city in
India. Siliguri is an economically important town, strategically
located in the northeastern Chicken's Neck of India. Asansol,
Durgapur and Raniganj are cities in the western industrial belt.
Other major cities and towns in West Bengal are Howrah, Haldia,
Kharagpur, Burdwan, Darjeeling, Midnapore, Tamluk, Malda and Cooch
Behar.
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