Howrah District

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Howrah (Bengali: হাওড়া জেলা) is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district is named after, and keeps its headquarters, in the city of Howrah proper ^[1] .

The Howrah District is surrounded by the Hooghly River and the Parganas districts to the east, on the north by the Hooghly district (Arambagh and Shrirampur sub-divisions), and to the south by Midnapore East district (Tamluk sub-division).

On the west Howrah district is bordered by the Ghatal sub-division of Midnapore West district, and partly by the Arambagh sub-division of Hooghly district to the north-west, and the Tamluk sub-division of Midnapore East to the south-west.

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Districts of West Bengal
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