Howrah
Constituency No. 25 · General
Assembly segments in this district
- Bally
- Howrah North
- Howrah Central
- Shibpur
- Howrah South
- Sankrail
- Panchla
Howrah District
West Bengal
Howrah district is one of the districts of West Bengal. Its administrative headquarters is at Howrah. It covers 1,467 sq km and had a population of 48,50,029 at the 2011 census, a density of 3,306 people per square kilometre. Electorally it is covered by 1 Lok Sabha constituency and 7 assembly segments.
District Headquarters
Howrah
Area
1,467 sq km
Population
48.50 Lakh
(2011)
Population Density
3,306 /km²
Literacy Rate
83.31%
Sex Ratio
939
per 1,000 males
Howrah District Overview
Census 2011Key demographic and social figures for Howrah district.
Total Population
48.50 Lakh
Male Population
25.01 Lakh
Female Population
23.49 Lakh
Rural Population
17.82 Lakh
Urban Population
30.68 Lakh
Scheduled Caste
7.21 Lakh
Scheduled Tribe
18,200
Literacy Rate
83.31%
Population Density
3,306 /km²
Sex Ratio
939
females per 1,000 males
Male literacy 87.1%Female literacy 79.4%
District Administration
Administrative structure of Howrah district.
2
Tehsils
14
Blocks
157
Nyay Panchayats
157
Gram Panchayats
792
Villages
- Headquarters
- Howrah
- Languages
- Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, English
- Census Year
- 2011
- Coordinates
- 22.59° N, 88.31° E
Lok Sabha Constituencies Covering Howrah
(1)A district can be covered by several Lok Sabha constituencies, and a constituency can reach into more than one district.
Primary
Assembly Constituencies Covering Howrah
(7)Assembly constituencies form the segments within Lok Sabha constituencies.
No. 169 · Howrah
RC
Rana Chatterjee
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 170 · Howrah
GC
Gautam Chowdhury
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 171 · Howrah
AR
Arup Roy
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 172 · Howrah
MT
Manoj Tiwary
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 173 · Howrah
NC
Nandita Chowdhury
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 174 · Howrah
PP
Priya Paul
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 175 · Howrah
GM
Gulsan Mullick
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
Your Representatives from Howrah
(8)Members of Parliament and of the Legislative Assembly representing Howrah district.
- RCRana ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool CongressMLABally · No. 169
- GCGautam ChowdhuryAll India Trinamool CongressMLAHowrah North · No. 170
- ARArup RoyAll India Trinamool CongressMLAHowrah Central · No. 171
- MTManoj TiwaryAll India Trinamool CongressMLAShibpur · No. 172
- NCNandita ChowdhuryAll India Trinamool CongressMLAHowrah South · No. 173
- PPPriya PaulAll India Trinamool CongressMLASankrail · No. 174
- GMGulsan MullickAll India Trinamool CongressMLAPanchla · No. 175
Election History
Lok SabhaHowrah · No. 25
- 202418th Lok SabhaAITCPrasun BanerjeeVotes 6,26,487Vote share 48.85%Margin 1,69,422
- 1. Prasun Banerjee · AITC6,26,487 (48.85%)
- 2. Rathindebranath Chakraborty · BJP4,57,065 (35.64%)
- 3. Sabyasachi Chatterjee · CPI(M)1,42,100 (11.08%)
- 201917th Lok SabhaAITCPrasun BanerjeeVotes 5,76,029Vote share 47.22%Margin 1,03,695
- 1. Prasun Banerjee · AITC5,76,029 (47.22%)
- 2. Rantidev Sengupta · BJP4,72,334 (38.72%)
- 3. Sumitra Adhikari · CPI(M)1,05,547 (8.65%)
- 201416th Lok SabhaAITCPrasun BanerjeeVotes 4,88,461Vote share 43.4%Margin 1,96,956
- 1. Prasun Banerjee · AITC4,88,461 (43.4%)
- 2. Sreedeep Bhattacharya · CPI(M)2,91,505 (25.89%)
- 3. George Baker · BJP2,48,120 (22.04%)
Political Geography
Understanding the administrative and electoral structure.
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Howrah District at a Glance
- State
- West Bengal
- Headquarters
- Howrah
- Area
- 1,467 sq km
- Population
- 48.50 Lakh
- Population density
- 3,306 per km²
- Sex ratio
- 939 per 1,000 males
- Literacy rate
- 83.31%
- Languages
- Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, English
- Tehsils
- 2
- Blocks
- 14
- Gram panchayats
- 157
- Villages
- 792
- Lok Sabha seats
- 1
- Assembly segments
- 7
- Census year
- 2011
Sources & data
- Census of India (2011)
- Election Commission of India
- Government of West Bengal
Compiled from public records
Figures are as complete as the underlying records.