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	'''Howrah district''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|h\|aʊ\|r\|ə}}, {{IPA\|bn\|ˈɦao̯ɽa\|lang}}) is a district of the [[West Bengal]] state in eastern [[India]]. Howrah district is one of the highly ~~urbanised area of~~ West Bengal. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of [[Bhurshut]]. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of [[Howrah]].<ref>{{usurped\|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050907115747/http://www.nicd.org/Dst_Howrah.asp Howrah<!-- Bot generated title -->]}}</ref>		'''Howrah district''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|h\|aʊ\|r\|ə}}, {{IPA\|bn\|ˈɦao̯ɽa\|lang}}) is a district of the [[West Bengal]] state in eastern [[India]]. Howrah district is one of the most highly urbanized areas in West Bengal. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of [[Bhurshut]]. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of [[Howrah]].<ref>{{usurped\|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050907115747/http://www.nicd.org/Dst_Howrah.asp Howrah<!-- Bot generated title -->]}}</ref>

	==Geography==		==Geography==
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	!Lok Sabha constituency		!Lok Sabha constituency
	!MLA		!MLA
	!~~colspan="2" \|2021~~ Winner		!2026 Winner
	!colspan="2" \|2024 Lead		!colspan="2" \|2024 Lead
	\|-		\|-
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	\| [[Bally Assembly constituency\|Bally]]		\| [[Bally Assembly constituency\|Bally]]
	\| rowspan="7" \|[[Howrah Lok Sabha constituency\|Howrah]]		\| rowspan="7" \|[[Howrah Lok Sabha constituency\|Howrah]]
	\| [[~~Rana Chatterjee~~]]		\| Sanjay Kumar Singh
	~~\|{{Full party name with colour\|Trinamool Congress\|rowspan=16}}~~		\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP]]
	\|{{Full party name with colour\|Trinamool Congress\|rowspan=16}}		\|{{Full party name with colour\|Trinamool Congress\|rowspan=16}}
	\|-		\|-
	\| 170		\| 170
	\| [[Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency\|Howrah Uttar]]		\| [[Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency\|Howrah Uttar]]
	\|[[~~Gautam Chowdhuri~~]]		\|Umesh Rai
			\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 171		\| 171
	\| [[Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency\|Howrah Madhya]]		\| [[Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency\|Howrah Madhya]]
	\|[[Arup Roy]]		\|[[Arup Roy]]
			\|[[Trinamool Congress\|AITC]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 172		\| 172
	\| [[Shibpur Assembly constituency\|Shibpur]]		\| [[Shibpur Assembly constituency\|Shibpur]]
	\|[[~~Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)~~\|~~Manoj Tiwary~~]]		\|[[Rudranil Ghosh]]
			\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 173		\| 173
	\| [[Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency\|Howrah Dakshin]]		\| [[Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency\|Howrah Dakshin]]
	\|[[Nandita Chowdhury]]		\|[[Nandita Chowdhury]]
			\|[[Trinamool Congress\|AITC]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 174		\| 174
	\| [[Sankrail Assembly constituency\|Sankrail (SC)]]		\| [[Sankrail Assembly constituency\|Sankrail (SC)]]
	\|[[Priya Paul]]		\|[[Priya Paul]]
			\|[[Trinamool Congress\|AITC]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 175		\| 175
	\| [[Panchla Assembly constituency\|Panchla]]		\| [[Panchla Assembly constituency\|Panchla]]
	\|[[Gulsan Mullick]]		\|[[Gulsan Mullick]]
			\|[[Trinamool Congress\|AITC]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 176		\| 176
	\| [[Uluberia Purba Assembly constituency\|Uluberia Purba]]		\| [[Uluberia Purba Assembly constituency\|Uluberia Purba]]
	\| rowspan="7" \|[[Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency\|Uluberia]]		\| rowspan="7" \|[[Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency\|Uluberia]]
	\|[[~~Bidesh Ranjan Bose~~]]		\|[[Ritabrata Banerjee]]
			\|[[Trinamool Congress\|AITC]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 177		\| 177
	\| [[Uluberia Uttar Assembly constituency\|Uluberia Uttar (SC)]]		\| [[Uluberia Uttar Assembly constituency\|Uluberia Uttar (SC)]]
	\|[[~~Nirmal Maji~~]]		\|Chiran Bera
			\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 178		\| 178
	\| [[Uluberia Dakshin]]		\| [[Uluberia Dakshin]]
	\|[[Pulak Roy]]		\|[[Pulak Roy]]
			\|[[Trinamool Congress\|AITC]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 179		\| 179
	\| [[Shyampur Assembly constituency\|Shyampur]]		\| [[Shyampur Assembly constituency\|Shyampur]]
	\|[[~~Kalipada Mandal~~]]		\|[[Hiran Chatterjee]]
			\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 180		\| 180
	\| [[Bagnan Assembly constituency\|Bagnan]]		\| [[Bagnan Assembly constituency\|Bagnan]]
	\|[[Arunava Sen (politician)\|Arunava Sen]]		\|[[Arunava Sen (politician)\|Arunava Sen]]
			\|[[Trinamool Congress\|AITC]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 181		\| 181
	\| [[Amta Assembly constituency\|Amta]]		\| [[Amta Assembly constituency\|Amta]]
	\|[[~~Sukanta Kumar Paul~~]]		\|Amit Samanta
			\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 182		\| 182
	\| [[Udaynarayanpur Assembly constituency\|Udaynarayanpur]]		\| [[Udaynarayanpur Assembly constituency\|Udaynarayanpur]]
	\|[[Samir Kumar Panja]]		\|[[Samir Kumar Panja]]
			\|[[Trinamool Congress\|AITC]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 183		\| 183
	\| [[Jagatballavpur Assembly constituency\|Jagatballavpur]]		\| [[Jagatballavpur Assembly constituency\|Jagatballavpur]]
	\| rowspan="2" \|[[Serampore Lok Sabha constituency\|Sreerampur]]		\| rowspan="2" \|[[Serampore Lok Sabha constituency\|Sreerampur]]
	\|[[~~Sitanath Ghosh~~]]		\|Anupam Ghosh
			\|[[Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 184		\| 184
	\| [[Domjur Assembly constituency\|Domjur]]		\| [[Domjur Assembly constituency\|Domjur]]
	\| [[~~Kalyan Ghosh (politician)~~\|~~Kalyan Ghosh~~]]		\| Tapas Maity
			\|[[Trinamool Congress\|AITC]]
	\|}		\|}

			==Notable people==
			*[[Azangachhi Shaheb]] (1828–1932), Sufi saint who founded the [[Haqqani Anjuman]]
			*[[ARM Inamul Haque\|A. R. Muhammad Inamul Haque]] (1921–1977), Bangladeshi engineer, veteran and social worker
			*[[Mohammed Amin (politician)\|Mohammed Amin]] (1928–2018), Marxist politician
			*[[Ariful Haque (actor)\|Ariful Haque]] (born 1931), Bangladeshi actor and writer
			*[[Azizul Haque (Naxalite activist)\|Mir Azizul Haque]] (1942–2025), Naxalite activist
			*[[Hannan Mollah]] (born 1946), Communist politician
			*[[Sultan Ahmed (Indian politician)\|Sultan Ahmed]] (1953–2017), politician
			*[[Afsar Amed\|Afsar Ahmed]] (1959–2018), poet and novelist
			*[[Sajda Ahmed]] (born 1962), politician
			*[[Abbas (actor)\|Mirza Abbas Ali]] (born 1975), actor
			*[[Ayaz Ahmed]] (born 1986), actor
			*[[Sk Faiaz\|Sheikh Faiaz]] (born 1995), footballer
			*[[M. Ansaruddin]], five-time MLA
			*[[Mohammed Elias]], two-time member of the Lok Sabha
			*[[S. Abdur Rauf]], first Muslim MLA for Howrah
			*[[Mohammed Idris]], politician

	==See also==		==See also==

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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Howrah|other uses|Howrah (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Howrah district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]] of [[West Bengal]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = {{ Photomontage
|photo1a = Belur Math - Ramakrishna Math and around, Howrah, Kolkata- IRCTC 2017 (20).jpg
|photo1b = Malaibari Lane - Bazaar Area - Amta - Howrah 2015-11-15 7135.JPG
|photo2a = Andul Road & Danesh Sheikh Lane Junction - Howrah 2012-09-20 0188.JPG
|photo2b = Grass and Water Hyacinth - Santragachi Lake - Howrah 2013-01-25 3578.JPG
|photo3a = Bamboo Forest 20020400 2.jpg
|size=250
}}
| image_caption = Clockwise from top-left: [[Belur Math]], Malaibari Bazaar in Amta, Santragachi Lake, Bamboo Forest in Howrah, Andul Road
| image_map = Howrah district.svg
| map_caption = Location of Howrah district in West Bengal
| coordinates = {{coord|22.5736296|N|88.3251045|E|display=inline,title|region:IN-WB}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|..West Bengal Flag(INDIA).png}} [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Presidency division|Presidency]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Howrah]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 1467
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 4,850,029
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 83.31 %
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 935
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]], [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]], [[Serampore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Serampore]] - partly
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = [[Bally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bally]], [[Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Howrah Uttar]], [[Howrah Madhya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Howrah Madhya]], [[Shibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shibpur]], [[Howrah Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Howrah Dakshin]], [[Sankrail (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sankrail]], [[Panchla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panchla]], [[Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uluberia Purba]], [[Uluberia Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uluberia Uttar]], [[Uluberia Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uluberia Dakshin]], [[Shyampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyampur]], [[Bagnan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bagnan]], [[Amta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Amta]], [[Udaynarayanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Udaynarayanpur]], [[Jagatballavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jagatballavpur]], [[Domjur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Domjur]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Indian road network|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 16 (India)|NH 16]] , [[National Highway 2 (India)|NH 2]]
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 1461 mm
| website = {{url|https://www.howrah.gov.in}}
}}

'''Howrah district''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|aʊ|r|ə}}, {{IPA-bn|ˈɦao̯ɽa|lang}}) is a district of the [[West Bengal]] state in eastern [[India]]. Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. The urbanised sectors gradually increase the slum populations. Howrah is the second smallest district after Kolkata. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of [[Bhurshut]]. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of [[Howrah]].<ref>[http://www.nicd.org/Dst_Howrah.asp Howrah] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050907115747/http://www.nicd.org/Dst_Howrah.asp |date=7 September 2005 }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Map of Howrah district .svg|300px|thumb|right|Map of Howrah District]]

The Howrah district lies between 22°48′ N and 22°12′ N latitudes and between 88°23′ E and 87°50′ E longitudes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howrah.gov.in/Templates/geography.htm|title=Geographical location of Howrah district and its headquarters|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223172520/http://howrah.gov.in/Templates/geography.htm|archive-date=23 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The district is bounded by the [[Hooghly River]] and the [[North 24 Parganas]] and [[South 24 Parganas]] districts on the east, on the north by the [[Hooghly (district)|Hooghly district]] (Arambagh and Shrirampur sub-divisions), and on 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]] district to the south-west.

Boundaries of the district are naturally determined by [[Rupnarayan River]] on west and south-west, and by [[Hooghly river|Bhagirathi-Hooghly river]] on east and south-east side. On north side, the boundary is an artificial one except for Bally Canal on north-east and [[Damodar River]] on north-west.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howrah.gov.in/Templates/Howrah%20history.htm|title=Howrah, the second largest city of West Bengal and twin of Kolkata is said to have a rich history that dates back to 500 years|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220200439/http://howrah.gov.in/Templates/Howrah%20history.htm|archive-date=20 December 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Annual normal rainfall is 1461 millimetre per year. Annual maximum temperature varies between 32-39 °C, whereas minimum temperature varies between 8-10 °C.

==Demographics==
{{bar box
|title=Religions of Howrah District in 2011 census<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-1 Population By Religious Community |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS|publisher=Census |access-date=14 November 2019}}</ref>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|DarkOrange|72.9}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|26.2}}
{{bar percent|Others|grey|0.9}}
}}
{{ Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages of Howrah District (2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
|label1 = Bengali |value1 = 84.99 |color1 = Blue
|label2 = Hindi |value2 = 11.27 |color2 = Orange
|label3 = Urdu |value3 = 2.86 |color3 = Green
|label4 = Others |value4 = 0.88 |color4 = Grey
}}
{{See also| List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Howrah district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 4,850,029,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Singapore]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Singapore 4,740,737 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=30 September 2011
|quote=Alabama 4,779,736
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
|df=dmy
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 23rd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 3306 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.31%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Haora has a [[sex ratio]] of 935 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 83.85%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

Total area in Howrah District is 1467 km<sup>2</sup>. Total population is 4,273,099 as per census 2001 records. 57.91% of the population live in Howrah Sadar subdivision and rest 42.09% live in Uluberia subdivision. Population Density: 2913 per km<sup>2</sup>.{{historical populations|11=1901|12=8,50,514|13=1911|14=9,43,502|15=1921|16=9,97,403|17=1931|18=10,98,867|19=1941|20=14,90,304|21=1951|22=16,11,373|23=1961|24=20,38,477|25=1971|26=24,17,286|27=1981|28=29,66,861|29=1991|30=37,29,644|31=2001|32=42,73,099|33=2011|34=48,50,029|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==Divisions==
Howrah District is split into the [[Howrah Sadar subdivision]] and the [[Uluberia subdivision]]. The [[Howrah Sadar subdivision]] has 1 municipal corporation with 1 municipality and 5 [[Community development block in India|community development (CD) blocks]]. The [[Uluberia subdivision]] has 1 municipality and 9 community development blocks.

Each block consists of a rural area divided into [[gram panchayat]]s along with [[Census town#India|census towns]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_16.htm
|title=Population, Decadal Growth Rate, Density and General Sex Ratio by Residence and Sex, West Bengal/ District/ Sub District, 1991 and 2001
|access-date=12 October 2008
|work=West Bengal
|publisher=Directorate of census operations
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928204740/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_16.htm
|archive-date=28 September 2011
|df=dmy
}}</ref> The district has 30 police stations (Howrah Police Commissionerate has 16 general police stations including 1 Women PS, 1 Cyber Crime PS and Howrah Rural PD has 10 general police stations including 1 Women PS, 1 Cyber Crime PS), 157 gram panchayats<ref name=blocdir>{{cite web
|url=http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs(RevisedMarch-2008).doc
|title=Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008
|date=19 March 2008
|access-date=11 November 2008
|work=West Bengal
|publisher=National Informatics Centre, India
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225032419/http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs%28RevisedMarch-2008%29.doc
|archive-date=25 February 2009
|df=dmy
}}</ref> and 50 census towns.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Subdivision !! Type !! Notes
|-
| [[Howrah Municipal Corporation]] || [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]] || Municipal Corporation || includes the merged [[Bally Municipality]] and total number of wards is sixty six now<ref>{{cite web |title=About HMC – Howrah Municipal Corporation |url=https://www.myhmc.in/about-hmc/ |website=About HMC |access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Basu |first1=Pritesh |title=HMC sets up 'Mayor's Cop' to monitor civic amenities |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/hmc-sets-up-mayors-cop-to-monitor-civic-amenities-118977 |access-date=13 January 2021 |work=www.millenniumpost.in |date=5 January 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bally Jagachha]] || [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]] || CD Block || consists of rural area with 8 gram panchayats and six census towns: Bally (different from Bally municipality), Chakapara, Chamrail, Eksara, Khalia and Jagadishpur Durgapur-Avoynagar1, Durgapur-Avoynagar2, Nischinda
|-
| [[Domjur (community development block)|Domjur]] || [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]] || CD Block || consists of rural area with 18 gram panchayats and sixteen census towns: [[Domjur]], [[Dakshin Jhapardaha]], [[Khantora]], [[Bhandardaha]], [[Makardaha]], [[Kantlia]], [[Tentulkuli]], [[Salap]], [[Bankra]], [[Nibra]], [[Ankurhati]], [[Bipra Noapara]], [[Kalara]], [[Kesabpur, India|Kesabpur]], [[Natibpur]], and [[Mahiari]]
|-
| [[Panchla (community development block)|Panchla]] || [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]] || CD Block || consists of rural area with 11 gram panchayats and seven census towns: [[Bikihakola]], [[Beldubi]], [[Deulpur]], [[Gangadharpur, Howrah|Gangadharpur]], Jujersha, Jala-Biswanathpur, Banaharishpur, Chara-Panchla, [[Panchla]], Subharara and [[Sahapur]]
|-
| [[Sankrail (community development block)|Sankrail]] || [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]] || CD Block || consists of rural area with 16 gram panchayats and fourteen census towns: [[Argari]], [[Dhuilya]], [[Andul]], [[Ramchandrapur, India|Ramchandrapur]], [[Podara]], [[Panchpara]], [[Hatgachha]], [[Jhorhat]], Banipur, Mashila, [[Sankrail]], [[Manikpur, West Bengal|Manikpur]], [[Nalpur]], [[Raghudebbati]] and [[Sarenga]]
|-
| [[Jagatballavpur (community development block)|Jagatballavpur]] || [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]] || CD Block || consists of rural area with 14 gram panchayats and two census town: [[Mansinhapur]] and [[Munsirhat]]
|-
| [[Uluberia|Uluberia Municipality]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || Municipality ||
|-
| [[Amta I]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area only with 13 gram panchayats
|-
| [[Amta II]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area only with 14 gram panchayats
|-
| [[Bagnan I]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area with 10 gram panchayats and two census towns: [[Khalor]] and [[Bagnan]]
|-
| [[Bagnan II]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area with 7 gram panchayats and one census town: [[Naupala]]
|-
| [[Uluberia I]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area only with 9 gram panchayats.The most important village is Bar-Mongrajpur under Hatgacha-1 G.P.
|-
| [[Uluberia II]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area with 8 gram panchayats and three census towns: [[Santoshpur, Uluberia|Santoshpur]], [[Balaram Pota]] and [[Uttar Pirpur]]
|-
| [[Shyampur I]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area only with 10 gram panchayats
|-
| [[Shyampur II]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area only with 8 gram panchayats
|-
| [[Udaynarayanpur]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area only with 11 gram panchayats
|}

==Assembly constituencies==
{{see also|List of constituencies of West Bengal Legislative Assembly}}
The district is divided into 16 [[assembly constituency|assembly constituencies]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S25/WB_ACPC.pdf |title=General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies |access-date=19 November 2008 |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411104739/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S25/WB_ACPC.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> Sankrail and Uluberia North constituencies will remain reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]] candidates. The division is represented in the [[Lok Sabha]] by the [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)]], [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)]] and [[Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
![[List of constituencies of West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Constituency No.]]
!Name
!District
!Reservation for SC/ST
!Lok Sabha constituency
|-
|169
|[[Bally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
|-
|170
|[[Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
|-
|171
|[[Howrah Madhya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
|-
|172
|[[Shibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
|-
|173
|[[Howrah Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
|-
|174
|[[Sankrail (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|SC
|[[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
|-
|175
|[[Panchla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
|-
|176
|[[Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]]
|-
|177
|[[Uluberia Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|SC
|[[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]]
|-
|178
|[[Uluberia Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]]
|-
|179
|[[Shyampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]]
|-
|180
|[[Bagnan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]]
|-
|181
|[[Amta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]]
|-
|182
|[[Udaynarayanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]]
|-
|183
|[[Jagatballavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Srerampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srerampur]]
|-
|184
|[[Domjur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Howrah
|None
|[[Srerampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srerampur]]
|}

==See also==
*[[2016 Dhulagarh riots]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* [http://howrah.gov.in/ Official website]
* [http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/westbengal/districts/haora.htm Map of Howrah district]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Howrah district
|North = [[Hooghly district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Kolkata district]]
|Southeast = [[South 24 Parganas district]]
|South =
|Southwest = [[East Midnapore| East Midnapore district]]
|West = [[West Midnapore| West Midnapore district]]
|Northwest =
}}

{{Howrah District}}
{{Districts of West Bengal}}
{{Minority Concentrated Districts in India}}
{{Howrah topics}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howrah District}}
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[[Category:Districts of West Bengal]]
[[Category:1843 establishments in British India]]
[[Category:Minority Concentrated Districts in India]]