Hooghly district (Bengali Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script. With nearly 230 million total speakers, Bengali is one of the: হুগলী জেলা) is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal West Bengal is a state in eastern India. With Bangladesh, which lies on its eastern border, the state forms the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. To its northeast lie the states of Assam and Sikkim and the country Bhutan, and to its southwest, the state of Orissa. To the west it borders the states of Jharkhand and Bihar, and to the northwest, in India India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east, India has a coastline of 7,517. It can alternatively be spelt Hoogli or Hugli. The district is named after the Hooghly River The Hooghly River or the Bhāgirathi-Hooghly, is an approximately 260 kilometres (160 mi) long distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, India. It splits from the Ganges as a canal in Murshidabad District at the Farakka Barrage. The town of Hugli-Chinsura, formerly Hooghly, is located on the river, in the Hooghly (district). The origins of.
The headquarters of the district are at Chinsura. There are 4 subdivisions in the district: Chinsura Sadar Hooghly-Chinsurah (Bengali: চূঁচূড়া) is a town in the state of West Bengal, India. It lies on the Hooghly River, 35 km north of Kolkata(Calcutta). It is located in the district of Hooghly and is home to the district headquarters. Chinsurah also houses the Commissioner of the Burdwan Range. It forms a part of the Kolkata, Chandannagar, Serampore Coordinates: 22°45′N 88°20′E / 22.75°N 88.34°E Serampore is a city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.It is a pre-colonial town on the right bank of the Hoogli River. It was part of Danish India under the name and Arambag.
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