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Dancing Ganesha sculpture from North Bengal, 11th century CE, Museum of Asian Art, Berlin (Dahlem). Ganesh (musee d'art asiatique de Berlin).jpg
Dancing Ganesha sculpture from North Bengal, 11th century CE, Museum of Asian Art, Berlin (Dahlem).

North Bengal (Bengali : উত্তরবঙ্গ/উত্তর বাংলা) is a term used for the north-western part of Bangladesh and northern part of West Bengal. The Bangladesh part denotes the Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division. Generally, it is the area lying west of Jamuna River and north of Padma River and includes the Barind Tract. The West Bengal part denotes Jalpaiguri Division (Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Kalimpong) and the Malda division (Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, and Malda) together. The Bihar parts include the Kishanganj district. It also includes parts of Darjeeling Hills. Traditionally, the Ganga River divides Bengal into South Bengal and North Bengal, divided again into Terai and Dooars regions. Jalpesh and jatileswar are some of the most popular sacred places.

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Administrative regions

In Bangladesh

Map of Bangladesh showing North Bengal in green and South Bengal in red South- N North Bengal in Bangladesh.png
Map of Bangladesh showing North Bengal in green and South Bengal in red
Rajshahi Division Rangpur Division

In West Bengal (India)

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Map of West Bengal showing North Bengal in green and South Bengal in red
Jalpaiguri division Malda division

Demographics

Religions in North Bengal, Bangladesh (2011)

   Islam (89.60%)
   Hinduism (9.57%)
  Others (0.83%)

Religions in North Bengal, India (2011)

   Hinduism (65.32%)
   Islam (30.39%)
   Christianity (2.25%)
   Buddhism (1.52%)
  Others (0.52%)

In Bangladesh

The population of the region is 30,201,873 (3 crore) as per the 2011 census. Majority of the population follow Islam, followed by Hinduism, the largest minority.

In West Bengal (India)

The population of the region is 17,211,010 (1.7 crore) as per the 2011 census. Majority of the population follow Hinduism, followed by Islam. Small but significant population follow Christianity and Buddhism.

In sports

The North Zone cricket team in Bangladesh is a first-class cricket team that represents northern Bangladesh (Rajshahi and Rangpur) in the Bangladesh Cricket League.

Cities and towns (North Bengal)

Bangladesh

West Bengal

See also

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References

  1. "University of North Bengal". www.nbu.ac.in.