Kanchrapara and Naihati
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About Kanchrapara and Naihati
North 24 Parganas (উত্তর চব্বিশ পরগনা Uttor Chobbish Porgonā), the most populous district of West Bengal, is also one of the state's most diverse districts, from the sprawling suburbs along the Hooghly River to the rural borderlands along the Ichamati River.
The district borders Nadia to the north, Bangladesh to the east, Kolkata and South 24 Parganas to the south, and Hooghly and Howrah to the west.
Kanchrapara and Naihati travel guide
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North 24 Parganas is on the Indian half of the Ganges Delta, with a maze of distributaries in the Sundarbans. Although the Hooghly is the main river, other rivers in the region include the Bidyadhari, Ichhamati and Jamuna. Till 1986, North 24 Parganas was a part of 24 Parganas district, whose name was derived from the number of "parganas" (divisions) contained in the zamindari of Calcutta which was ceded to the East India Company by Mir Jafar in 1757.
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North 24 Parganas District
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Hooghly Howrah Nadia Kolkata South 24 Parganas
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.