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Cooch Behar district ({{IPA-bn|ˈkuːtʃ biˈɦaːr|pron}}) is a district of the state of West Bengal, India, as well as the district's namesake town. During the British Raj, the town of Cooch Behar was the seat of a princely state of Koch Bihar, ruled by the Koch dynasty.

Geography

Cooch Behar is a district under the Jalpaiguri Division of the state of West Bengal. Cooch Behar is located in the northeastern part of the state and bounded by the district of Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar in the north, Dhubri and Kokrajhar district of Assam in the east and by Bangladesh in the west as well as in the south. The district forms part of the Himalayan Terai of West Bengal.

A geopolitical curiosity was that there were 92 Bangladeshi exclaves, with a total area of 47.7 km² in Cooch-Behar. Similarly, there were 106 Indian exclaves inside Bangladesh, with a total area of 69.5 km². These were part of the high stake card or chess games centuries ago between two regional kings, the Raja of Cooch Behar and the Maharaja of Rangpur.^[1]

Twenty-one of the Bangladeshi exclaves were within Indian exclaves, and three of the Indian exclaves were within Bangladeshi exclaves. The largest Indian exclave was Balapara Khagrabari which surrounded a Bangladeshi exclave, Upanchowki Bhajni, which itself surrounded an Indian exclave called Dahala Khagrabari, of less than one hectare (link to external map here ). But all this has ended in the historic India-Bangladesh land agreement. See Indo-Bangladesh enclaves.

Rivers and topography

Cooch Behar is a flat region with a slight southeastern slope along which the main rivers of the district flow. Most of the highland areas are in the Sitalkuchi region and most of the low-lying lands lie in Dinhata region.

The rivers in the district of Cooch Behar generally flow from northwest to southeast. Six rivers that cut through the district are the Teesta, Jaldhaka, Torsha, Kaljani, Raidak, Gadadhar and Ghargharia.

Divisions

Sub-divisions

Assembly constituencies

Mekliganj, Sitalkuchi, Mathabhanga and Tufanganj constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. Mekhliganj constituency is part of Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency), which also contains six assembly segments from Jalpaiguri district. Sitalkuchi, Mathabhanga, Cooch Behar North, Cooch Behar West, Sitai, Dinhata and Natabari constituencies form the Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency), which is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC). Tufanganj constituency is part of Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency), which also contains six assembly segments from Jalpaiguri district.

Impact of delimitation of constituencies

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the district will be divided into 9 assembly constituencies:^[3]

Mekliganj, Mathabhanga, Cooch Behar Uttar, Sitalkuchi and Sitai constituencies will be reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. Mekhliganj constituency will remain part of Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency), which will also contain six assembly segments from Jalpaiguri district. Mathabhanga, Cooch Behar Uttar, Cooch Behar Dakshin, Sitalkuchi, Sitai, Dinhata and Natabari constituencies will continue to form the Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency), which will be reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC). Tufanganj constituency will remain a part of Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency), which will also contain six assembly segments from Jalpaiguri district.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Cooch Behar district has a population of 2,822,780,^[4] roughly equal to the nation of Jamaica.^[5] This gives it a ranking of 136th in India (out of a total of 640).^[4] The district has a population density of {{convert| 833 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .^[4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 13.86%.^[4] Koch Bihar has a sex ratio of 942 females for every 1000 males,^[4] and a literacy rate of 75.49%.^[4]

Flora and fauna

In 1976 Cooch Behar district became home to the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (now Jaldapara National Park), which has an area of {{convert|217|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.^[6] It shares the park with Alipurduar district.^[6]

See also

References

1. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1877200-4,00.html | work=Time | title=A Great Divide | date=5 February 2009}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S25/WB_ACPC.pdf |format=PDF |title=General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies |accessdate=16 November 2008 |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411104739/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S25/WB_ACPC.pdf |archivedate=11 April 2008 |df=dmy }}
3. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.wbgov.com/e-gov/English/DELIMITATION.pdf |format=PDF| title = Press Note, Delimitation Commission| accessdate = 16 November 2008 | work = Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal| publisher =Delimitation Commission}}
4. ^¹²³⁴⁵{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | accessdate = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}
5. ^{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | accessdate = 1 October 2011 | quote = Jamaica 2,868,380 July 2011 est }}
6. ^¹{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment |date= |title=Protected areas: Sikkim |publisher= |url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |accessdate=25 September 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |archivedate=23 August 2011 |df=dmy }}