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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Presidency Division
| settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division of West Bengal]]
| image_map = Presidency division map.svg
| map_caption = Location of Presidency Division in West Bengal
| coordinates =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|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]]
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = [[Kolkata]]
| seat1_type = Largest City
| seat1 = [[Kolkata]]
| parts_type = [[List of districts of West Bengal|Districts]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 1. [[Howrah district|Howrah]]
| p2 = 2. [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]]
| p3 = 3. [[Nadia district|Nadia]]
| p4 = 4. [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Paraganas]]
| p5 = 5. [[South 24 Parganas district|South 24 Parganas]]
| area_total_km2 = 24957
| area_blank1_title = Under irrigation
| area_blank1_km2 =
| population_total = 32,741,224
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_as_of = 2011
| blank1_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank1_info_sec1 =
| blank1_name_sec2 = Main crops
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Paddy (unmilled rice)|Paddy]], [[Jute]], [[Pulses]], [[Wheat]], [[Mustard plant|Mustard]], [[Sesame]], [[Sugarcane]], [[Soybean]], [[Onion]], [[Vegetables]], [[Turmeric]]
}}

'''Presidency Division''' is an [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|administrative division]] within the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. The headquarters and the largest city of the Presidency division is [[Kolkata]], the state capital. Presidency division is bounded by [[Medinipur division]] to South-West, [[Burdwan division]] to North-West and [[Malda division]] to North. The whole east side of the division is covered by [[Bangladesh–India border]]. Shri A. R. Bardhan, [[Indian Administrative Services|IAS]] is the current Secretary and [[Divisional commissioner (India)|Divisional Commissioner]] of the division.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rcwb.in/rcwb/about-us/divisional-commissioners/|title=Divisional Commissioners/ West Bengal|work=Office of the Resident Commissioner- Govt. of WB|date=2019-06-04}}</ref>

==Districts==
It consists of 5 [[Districts of India|districts]]:<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=2008-03-19 |page=1 |access-date=2009-02-28 |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=2009-02-25}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Code<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.mail.nic.in/docs/MailService_e-mail_address_Policy_WithCodes.pdf|title= NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2|pages= 5–10|publisher= [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology]], Government of India|date= 2004-08-18|access-date= 2008-11-24|url-status = dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080911133331/https://www.mail.nic.in/docs/MailService_e-mail_address_Policy_WithCodes.pdf|archive-date = 2008-09-11}}</ref>
!District
!Headquarters<ref name=wbdistp>{{cite web|url = http://india.gov.in/knowindia/districts/andhra1.php?stateid=WB|title = Districts : West Bengal|publisher = Government of India portal|access-date = 2008-11-24}}</ref>
!Established<ref>Here 'Established' means year of establishment as a district of West Bengal. The state of West Bengal was established in 1947 with 14 districts of erstwhile Bengal province of British India.</ref>
!Subdivisions<ref name=blocdir/>
!data-sort-type="number"|Area<ref name=wbdistp/>
!data-sort-type="number"|Population {{As of|2011|alt=2011}}<ref name=wbdistp/>
!data-sort-type="number"|[[Population Density]]
!Map
|-
|HR
|[[Howrah district|Howrah]]
|[[Howrah]]
|1947
|align="left"|
* [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]]
* [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]]
|{{convert|1467|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|4,850,029
|{{convert|3306|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Howrah in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|KO
|[[Kolkata district|Kolkata]]
|[[Kolkata]]
|1947
| —
|{{convert|185|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|4,486,679
|{{convert|24252|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Kolkata in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|NA
|[[Nadia district|Nadia]]
|[[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]]
|1947
|align="left"|
* [[Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision|Krishnanagar Sadar]]
* [[Kalyani subdivision|Kalyani]]
* [[Ranaghat subdivision|Ranaghat]]
* [[Tehatta subdivision|Tehatta]]
|{{convert|3927|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|5,168,488
|{{convert|1316|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Nadia in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|PN
|[[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
|[[Barasat]]
|1986<ref name=24P>{{cite book
|last = Mandal
|first = Asim Kumar
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jbKGojVTWGcC&q=24+parganas+history+divide+two+district&pg=PA168
|title = The Sundarbans of India: A Development Analysis
|publisher = Indus Publishing
|pages = 168–169
|isbn = 81-7387-143-4
|year = 2003
|access-date = 2008-09-04
}}</ref>
|align="left"|
* [[Barrackpore subdivision|Barrackpore]]
* [[Barasat Sadar subdivision|Barasat Sadar]]
* [[Bangaon subdivision|Bangaon]]
* [[Basirhat subdivision|Basirhat]]
* [[Bidhannagar subdivision|Bidhannagar]]
|{{convert|4094|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|10,082,852
|{{convert|2463|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:North 24 Parganas in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|PS
|[[South 24 Parganas district|South 24 Parganas]]
|[[Alipore]]
|1986<ref name=24P/>
|align="left"|
* [[Baruipur subdivision|Baruipur]]
* [[Canning subdivision|Canning]]
* [[Diamond Harbour subdivision|Diamond Harbour]]
* [[Kakdwip subdivision|Kakdwip]]
* [[Alipore Sadar subdivision|Alipore Sadar]]
|{{convert|9960|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|8,153,176
|{{convert|819|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:South 24 Parganas in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
!Total
! —
! —
! —
! 23
! {{convert|24957|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
!32,741,224
!{{convert|1312|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
![[File:India WB.svg|100px|center]]
|}

==Demographics==
{{bar box
|title=Religion in Presidency division
|titlebar=#ddd
|left1=
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindu]]|DarkOrange|70.90}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslim]]|Green|27.69}}
{{bar percent|Others|Yellow|1.41}}
}}
Hindus form the majority of the population. Muslims form the largest minority in this division. They are mainly concentrated in [[Basirhat subdivision]] of [[North 24 Parganas district|Uttar 24 Pargana]] district, [[Tehatta subdivision]] and [[Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision]] of [[Nadia district]] and [[Diamond Harbour subdivision]] and [[Baruipur subdivision]] of [[South 24 Parganas|Dakshin 24 Pargana]] district.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS Population by religious community: West Bengal]. 2011 Census of India.</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Districts of West Bengal}}

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