Know your State #36 West Bengal

West Bengal

Establishment Year

• 26 January 1950

Capital

• Kolkata

Tourism Slogan

• Beautiful Bengal

Number of District

• 22

Official Language

1. Bengali
2. English

High Court

• Calcutta High Court 

Chief Justice

• Justice Nishita Nirmal Mhatre

Governor

• Keshari Nath Tripathi

CM

• Mamata Banerjee (TMC)

Literacy

• 77.08%

Heritage Site

1. Mountain Railways of India
2. Sundarbans National Park

Airport

1. Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport
2. Barrackpore Air Force Station
3. Behala Airport
4. Burnpur Airport
5. Cooch Behar Airport
6. Hasimara Air Force Station
7. Kalaikunda Air Force Station
8. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
9. Panagarh Airport
10. Bagdogra Airport 

Tribe

1. Bhumij
2. Bhutia
3. Kurukh people
4. Lepcha people
5. Lodha Muslims
6. Lodha people
7. Mal Paharia people
8. Mech tribe
9. Munda people
10. Rabha tribe
11. Sabar people
12. Toto people

Folk dance

• Gambhira

Alkap

• Domni 

Animal

• Fishing cat

Bird

• White-throated kingfisher

Flower

• Night-flowering jasmine

Tree

• Chatim tree

Festival

• Durga Puja

Lake

1. East Calcutta Wetlands
2. Jore Pokhri
3. Mirik Lake
4. Rabindra Sarobar
5. Rasikbil
6. Santragachhi Lake
7. Senchal Lake
8. River
9. Ganga
10. Bhagirathi-Hooghly
11. Mahananda
12. Balasan
13. Mechi
14. Tista
15. Torsha
16. Jaldhaka
17. Great Rangit

Dam

1. Durgapur Barrage
2. Farakka Barrage
3. Maithon Dam 
4. Panchet Dam
5. Kangsabati Dam

Zoological Park

1. Alipore Zoological Gardens, Kolkata
2. Jhargram Zoo, Jhargram,
3. Marble Palace zoo, Kolkata
4. Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling

Wildlife Sanctuary

1. Singalika National Park 
2. Buxa Tiger Reserve
3. Murti Wildlife
4. Senchal
5. Lothian Island
6. Haliday Island
7. Bibhutibhushan
8. Bethudahari
9. Ballabhpur
10. Chapramari
11. Gorumara
12. Jori Pokhri
13. Mahananda
14. Parnadhan
15. Ramnabagan
16. Raiganj

Tiger Reserve

1. Buxa Tiger Reserve
2. Sunderbans Tiger Reserve

Thermal Power Plant

1. Mejia Thermal Power Station
2. Farakka Super Thermal Power Station
3. Kolaghat Thermal Power Station
4. Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station
5. Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station
6. Budge Budge Thermal Power Plant
7. Santaldih Thermal Power Station
8. Durgapur Thermal Power Station
9. Sagardighi Thermal Power Station
10. Bandel Thermal Power Station
11. Durgapur Thermal Power Station
12. Titagarh Thermal Power Station
13. CESC Southern Generating Station
14. New Cossipore Generating Station

Gas Based Power plant

1. Maithan GT
2. Haldia GT
3. Kasba Peak Load Power Generating Station
4. Kasba Peak Load Power Generating Station

Diesel Engine Power Station

• Teesta Low Dam

Hydroelectric Power Station

• Purulia pumped storage

Solar Power Station

• Jamuria Photovoltaic Plant