{"id":39,"date":"2026-02-06T08:27:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wbidcdelhiwordpress\/index.php\/about-west-bengal\/basic-information\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:04:22","slug":"basic-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wbidcdelhi.in\/index.php\/about-west-bengal\/basic-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Basic Information &#8211; West Bengal<\/h2>\n<h3>Key Facts &amp; Figures<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"10\" style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Capital<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Kolkata (formerly Calcutta)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Area<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>88,752 sq. km<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Population<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Over 9 crore (90+ million)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Official Language<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bengali<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Other Languages<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Hindi, English, Urdu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Districts<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Literacy Rate<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>77%+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>GDP<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Rs. 13+ lakh crore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Geographic Location<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">West Bengal is located in the eastern region of India, sharing international borders with Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan, and domestic borders with Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam.<\/p>\n<h3>Major Cities<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kolkata<\/strong> &#8211; State Capital, Commercial Hub<\/li>\n<li><strong>Howrah<\/strong> &#8211; Industrial Center<\/li>\n<li><strong>Durgapur<\/strong> &#8211; Steel City<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asansol<\/strong> &#8211; Coal &amp; Steel Hub<\/li>\n<li><strong>Siliguri<\/strong> &#8211; Gateway to North East<\/li>\n<li><strong>Haldia<\/strong> &#8211; Port &amp; Petrochemical Hub<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Climate<\/h3>\n<p>Tropical climate with hot summers (March-June), monsoons (July-September), and mild winters (November-February).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic Information &#8211; West Bengal Key Facts &amp; Figures Capital Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) Area 88,752 sq. km Population Over 9 crore (90+ million) Official Language Bengali Other Languages Hindi, English, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbidcdelhi.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbidcdelhi.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbidcdelhi.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbidcdelhi.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbidcdelhi.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wbidcdelhi.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/wbidcdelhi.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions\/182"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbidcdelhi.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbidcdelhi.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}