West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India along the Bay of Bengal. With over 91 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous state and the fourteenth-largest state by area in India. Covering an area of 88,752 sq km, it is also the seventh-most populous country subdivision of the world.
Part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, West Bengal borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam.
The capital of West Bengal is Kolkata, the third-largest metropolis, and seventh largest city by population in India. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region and the coastal Sundarbans.
The main ethnic group of West Bengal is the Bengalis, with Hindus forming the demographic majority and Muslims dominating the districts of Malda, Murshidabad and some suburban pockets around Kolkata.
