Murshidabad (District)

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Murshidabad District
District map
State West Bengal
Division : Presidency
Administrative headquarters : Baharampur
Area : 5,324 km²
Residents : 7,103,807 (2011 census)
Population density : 1334 inhabitants / km²
Website : murshidabad.gov.in

Murshidabad ( Bengali : মুর্শিদাবাদ জেলা , Murśidābād jelā ) is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal . It extends over an area of ​​5324 km² and had 7.1 million inhabitants at the 2011 census. The district capital is Baharampur .

geography

Murshidabad borders the four West Bengal districts of Nadia , Bardhaman , Birbhum and Malda , as well as the state of Jharkhand . The Ganges forms the common border with Bangladesh . Politically, the district is divided into 17 taluks .

The district consists of two regions divided by the Bhagirathi River , the Rarh plateau in the west and the fertile Bagri belonging to the Ganges Delta in the east. The western part of the district is characterized by the cultivation of mulberries and the eastern part by rice , jute , mango and grain cultivation.

history

In 1197 the area became part of the Kingdom of Gaur and in the 18th century it was taken over by the British East India Company . The city of Murshidabad , which was once the capital of Bengal , is historically significant . The power influencing battle at Plassey , the small town of Palashi , took place in this area.

With the division of British India in 1947. India was different from the other division ideology Muslim majority district Murshidabad, since an important tributary of the Ganges to the River Hooghly is that for the navigability of the river and thus indirectly for the port of Kolkata is important . As compensation, the Khulna district at that time , although it had a Hindu majority, was defeated to form East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

Web links

Commons : Murshidabad District  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.census2011.co.in
  2. ↑ Melitta Waligora: The border between India and Bangladesh as a conflict zone . South Asia Chronicle - South Asia Chronicle 2/2012, pp. 235-270; South Asia Seminar at the Humboldt University in Berlin ISBN 978-3-86004-286-1 ( pdf )