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{{Short description|District in West Bengal, India}}
{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Howrah|other uses|Howrah (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2026}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Howrah district
| native_name =
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]] of [[West Bengal]]
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
|photo1a = Belur Math - Ramakrishna Math and around, Howrah, Kolkata- IRCTC 2017 (20).jpg
|photo1b = Andul Road & Danesh Sheikh Lane Junction - Howrah 050069.JPG
|photo2a = Tarani Majhi Ghat at Raspur, Amta 05.jpg
|photo2b = Santragachi Lake - Howrah 2013-01-25 3601.JPG
|photo3a = Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden - Howrah 2011-01-08 9744.JPG
|photo3b = Howrah Station.jpg
|size = 300
|foot_montage = Clockwise from top-left: [[Belur Math]], Andul Road and Danesh Sheikh Junction in [[Howrah]], [[Santragachhi]] Lake, [[Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden]], Tarani Majhi Ghat at Raspur, [[Howrah railway station]]
}}
| image_map = Howrah in West Bengal (India).svg
| mapsize = 300
| map_caption = Location of Howrah district in West Bengal
| coordinates = {{coord|22.5736296|N|88.3251045|E|display=inline,title|region:IN-WB}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png}} [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Presidency division|Presidency]]
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Howrah]]
| leader_title = [[List of subdivisions of West Bengal|Subdivisions]]
| leader_name = [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]], [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]]
| leader_title1 = [[Community Development Block|CD Blocks]]
| leader_name1 = [[Bally Jagachha]], [[Domjur (community development block)|Domjur]], [[Panchla (community development block)|Panchla]], [[Sankrail (community development block)|Sankrail]], [[Jagatballavpur (community development block)|Jagatballavpur]], [[Amta I]], [[Amta II]], [[Bagnan I]], [[Bagnan II]], [[Uluberia I]], [[Uluberia II]], [[Shyampur I]], [[Shyampur II]], [[Udaynarayanpur]]
| leader_title2 = [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]], [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]], [[Serampore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Serampore]]
| leader_title3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name3 = [[Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Howrah Uttar]], [[Howrah Madhya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Howrah Madhya]], [[Shibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shibpur]], [[Howrah Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Howrah Dakshin]], [[Bally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bally]], [[Sankrail (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sankrail]], [[Panchla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panchla]], [[Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uluberia Purba]], [[Uluberia Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uluberia Uttar]], [[Uluberia Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uluberia Dakshin]], [[Shyampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyampur]], [[Bagnan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bagnan]], [[Amta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Amta]], [[Udaynarayanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Udaynarayanpur]], [[Jagatballavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jagatballavpur]], [[Domjur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Domjur]]
| total_type = Total
| area_total_km2 = 1467
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 4,850,029
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 3074144
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 83.31 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| demographics1_info2 = 935 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| demographics_type2 = Languages
| demographics2_title1 = Official
| demographics2_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<ref name="wblangoff">{{cite web|title=Fact and Figures|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/facts-and-figures;jsessionid=JzdD9RHb7aMY5esZPtcsIVLy|website=Wb.gov.in|access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=Nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=5 July 2019|page=85|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics2_title2 = Additional official
| demographics2_info2 = [[English language|English]]<ref name="wblangoff"/>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| website = {{URL|https://howrah.gov.in/}}
}}

'''Howrah district''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|aʊ|r|ə}}, {{IPA|bn|ˈɦao̯ɽa|lang}}) is a district of the [[West Bengal]] state in eastern [[India]]. Howrah district is one of the most highly urbanized areas in West Bengal. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of [[Bhurshut]]. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of [[Howrah]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050907115747/http://www.nicd.org/Dst_Howrah.asp Howrah]}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Map of Howrah district .svg|300px|thumb|Map of Howrah District|left]]

The Howrah district lies between 22°48′ N and 22°12′ N latitudes and between 88°23′ E and 87°50′ E longitudes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howrah.gov.in/Templates/geography.htm|title=Geographical location of Howrah district and its headquarters|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223172520/http://howrah.gov.in/Templates/geography.htm|archive-date=23 December 2008}}</ref> The district is bounded by the [[Hooghly River]] and the [[North 24 Parganas]] and [[South 24 Parganas]] districts on the east, on the north by the [[Hooghly district]] (Arambagh and Shrirampur sub-divisions), and on the south by [[Midnapore East]] district ([[Tamluk]] sub-division). On the west Howrah district is bordered by the Ghatal sub-division of [[Midnapore West]] district, and partly by the Arambagh sub-division of Hooghly district to the north-west, and the Tamluk sub-division of [[Midnapore East]] district to the south-west.

Boundaries of the district are naturally determined by [[Rupnarayan River]] on west and south-west, and by [[Hooghly river|Bhagirathi-Hooghly river]] on east and south-east side. On north side, the boundary is an artificial one except for Bally Canal on north-east and [[Damodar River]] on north-west.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howrah.gov.in/Templates/Howrah%20history.htm|title=Howrah, the second largest city of West Bengal and twin of Kolkata is said to have a rich history that dates back to 500 years|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220200439/http://howrah.gov.in/Templates/Howrah%20history.htm|archive-date=20 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Annual normal rainfall is 1461 millimetre per year. Annual maximum temperature varies between 32-39 °C, whereas minimum temperature varies between 8-10 °C.

==Divisions==
Howrah District is split into the [[Howrah Sadar subdivision]] and the [[Uluberia subdivision]]. The [[Howrah Sadar subdivision]] has 1 municipal corporation with 1 municipality and 5 [[Community development block in India|community development (CD) blocks]]. The [[Uluberia subdivision]] has 1 municipality and 9 community development blocks.

Each block consists of a rural area divided into [[gram panchayat]]s along with [[Census town#India|census towns]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_16.htm
|title=Population, Decadal Growth Rate, Density and General Sex Ratio by Residence and Sex, West Bengal/ District/ Sub District, 1991 and 2001
|access-date=12 October 2008 |work=West Bengal
|publisher=Directorate of census operations
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928204740/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_16.htm
|archive-date=28 September 2011
}}</ref> The district has 30 police stations (Howrah Police Commissionerate has 16 general police stations including 1 Women PS, 1 Cyber Crime PS and Howrah Rural PD has 10 general police stations including 1 Women PS, 1 Cyber Crime PS), 157 gram panchayats<ref name=blocdir>{{cite web
|url=http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs(RevisedMarch-2008).doc
|title=Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008
|date=19 March 2008 |access-date=11 November 2008 |work=West Bengal
|publisher=National Informatics Centre, India
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225032419/http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs%28RevisedMarch-2008%29.doc
|archive-date=25 February 2009
}}</ref> and 50 census towns.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Subdivision !! Type !! Notes
|-
| [[Howrah Municipal Corporation]] || [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]] || Municipal Corporation || includes the merged [[Bally Municipality]] and total number of wards is sixty six now<ref>{{cite web |title=About HMC – Howrah Municipal Corporation |url=https://www.myhmc.in/about-hmc/ |website=About HMC |access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Basu |first1=Pritesh |title=HMC sets up 'Mayor's Cop' to monitor civic amenities |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/hmc-sets-up-mayors-cop-to-monitor-civic-amenities-118977 |access-date=13 January 2021 |work=www.millenniumpost.in |date=5 January 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bally Jagachha]] || [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]] || CD Block || consists of rural area with 8 gram panchayats and six census towns: Bally (different from Bally municipality), Chakapara, Chamrail, Eksara, Khalia and Jagadishpur Durgapur-Avoynagar1, Durgapur-Avoynagar2, Nischinda
|-
| [[Domjur (community development block)|Domjur]] || [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]] || CD Block || consists of rural area with 18 gram panchayats and sixteen census towns: [[Domjur]], [[Dakshin Jhapardaha]], [[Khantora]], [[Bhandardaha]], [[Makardaha]], [[Kantlia]], [[Tentulkuli]], [[Salap]], [[Bankra]], [[Nibra]], [[Ankurhati]], [[Bipra Noapara]], [[Kalara]], [[Kesabpur, India|Kesabpur]], [[Natibpur]], and [[Mahiari]]
|-
| [[Panchla (community development block)|Panchla]] || [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]] || CD Block || consists of rural area with 11 gram panchayats and seven census towns: [[Bikihakola]], [[Beldubi]], [[Deulpur]], [[Gangadharpur, Howrah|Gangadharpur]], Jujersha, Jala-Biswanathpur, Banaharishpur, Chara-Panchla, [[Panchla]], Subharara and [[Sahapur]]
|-
| [[Sankrail (community development block)|Sankrail]] || [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]] || CD Block || consists of rural area with 16 gram panchayats and fourteen census towns: [[Argari]], [[Dhuilya]], [[Andul]], [[Ramchandrapur, India|Ramchandrapur]], [[Podara]], [[Panchpara]], [[Hatgachha]], [[Jhorhat]], Banipur, Mashila, [[Sankrail]], [[Manikpur, West Bengal|Manikpur]], [[Nalpur]], [[Raghudebbati]] and [[Sarenga]]
|-
| [[Jagatballavpur (community development block)|Jagatballavpur]] || [[Howrah Sadar subdivision|Howrah Sadar]] || CD Block || consists of rural area with 14 gram panchayats and two census town: [[Mansinhapur]] and [[Munsirhat]]
|-
| [[Uluberia|Uluberia Municipality]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || Municipality ||
|-
| [[Amta I]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area with 13 gram panchayats and Two census town: Amta and Guzarpur
|-
| [[Amta II]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area only with 14 gram panchayats and three census town: Khorop, Narit and Joypur
|-
| [[Bagnan I]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area with 10 gram panchayats and two census towns: [[Khalor]] and [[Bagnan]]
|-
| [[Bagnan II]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area with 7 gram panchayats and one census town: [[Naupala]]
|-
| [[Uluberia I]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area only with 9 gram panchayats.The most important village is Bar-Mongrajpur under Hatgacha-1 G.P.
|-
| [[Uluberia II]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area with 8 gram panchayats and three census towns: [[Santoshpur, Uluberia|Santoshpur]], [[Balaram Pota]] and [[Uttar Pirpur]]
|-
| [[Shyampur I]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area only with 10 gram panchayats
|-
| [[Shyampur II]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area only with 8 gram panchayats
|-
| [[Udaynarayanpur]] || [[Uluberia subdivision|Uluberia]] || CD Block || CD block consists of rural area only with 11 gram panchayats
|}

==Demographics==
{{See also| List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate}}

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=8,50,514|13=1911|14=9,43,502|15=1921|16=9,97,403|17=1931|18=10,98,867|19=1941|20=14,90,304|21=1951|22=16,11,373|23=1961|24=20,38,477|25=1971|26=24,17,286|27=1981|28=29,66,861|29=1991|30=37,29,644|31=2001|32=42,73,099|33=2011|34=48,50,029|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=center}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Howrah district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 4,850,029,<ref name=districtcensus>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Howrah |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1356/download/4438/DH_2011_1915_PART_A_DCHB_HAORA.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Singapore]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Singapore 4,740,737 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=30 September 2011 |quote=Alabama 4,779,736
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 23rd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 3306 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.31%.<ref name=districtcensus/> 63.38% of the population lives in urban areas. Haora has a [[sex ratio]] of 935 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 83.85%. 63.38% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14.82% and 0.31% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

Total area in Howrah District is 1467 km<sup>2</sup>. Total population is 4,273,099 as per census 2001 records. 57.91% of the population live in Howrah Sadar subdivision and rest 42.09% live in Uluberia subdivision. Population Density: 2913 per km<sup>2</sup>.

=== Religion ===
{{bar box
|title=Religions of Howrah District (2011)<ref name="religion"/>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in West Bengal|Hinduism]]|darkorange|72.90}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in West Bengal|Islam]]|green|26.20}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.90}}
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Religion in Howrah district
!Religion
!Population (1941)<ref name="1941religion">{{cite web |title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI BENGAL PROVINCE |url=https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/37365/GIPE-020591.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y |access-date=13 August 2022}}</ref>{{rp|75}}
!Percentage (1941)
!Population (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: West Bengal |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11396/download/14509/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
!Percentage (2011)
|-
|[[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|16x16px]]
|1,184,863
|79.50%
|3,535,844
|72.90%
|-
|[[Islam]] [[File:Star_and_Crescent.svg|15x15px]]
|296,325
|19.88%
|1,270,641
|26.20%
|-
|Others{{efn|Including [[Jainism]], [[Christianity]], [[Buddhism]], [[Zoroastrianism]], [[Judaism]], [[Ad-Dharmi]]s, or not stated}}
|9,116
|0.61%
|43,544
|0.90%
|-
|'''Total Population'''
|'''1,490,304'''
|'''100%'''
|'''4,850,029'''
|'''100%'''
|}
Hindus are the majority population. Muslims, unlike the rest of Bengal, are more concentrated in urban areas than Hindus. Muslims are a significant minority in Panchla (46.62%), Uluberia I (43.92%), Uluberia II (39.36%) and Bagnan I (36.74%) blocks and make up a significant minority (44.79%) in Uluberia city.<ref name="religion" />[[File:Howrah Municipal Corporation - Howrah 050032.JPG|thumb|Howrah Municipal Corporation]]

===Language===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages of Howrah District (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value1 = 84.99 |color1 = orchid
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 10.92 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 2.86 |color3 = green
|label4 = Others |value4 = 1.23 |color4 = grey
}}

According to the 2011 census, 84.99% of the population spoke [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 10.92% [[Hindi]] and 2.86% [[Urdu]] as their first language. Hindi and Urdu are mainly spoken in urban areas.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: West Bengal|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10226/download/13338/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==Assembly constituencies==
{{see also|List of constituencies of West Bengal Legislative Assembly}}
The district is divided into 16 [[assembly constituency|assembly constituencies]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S25/WB_ACPC.pdf |title=General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies |access-date=19 November 2008 |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411104739/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S25/WB_ACPC.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2008 }}</ref> Sankrail and Uluberia North constituencies will remain reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]] candidates. The division is represented in the [[Lok Sabha]] by the [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)]] and [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)]] .

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
![[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|S No.]]
!Name
!Lok Sabha constituency
!MLA
!2026 Winner
!colspan="2" |2024 Lead
|-
| 169
| [[Bally Assembly constituency|Bally]]
| rowspan="7" |[[Howrah Lok Sabha constituency|Howrah]]
| Sanjay Kumar Singh
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|{{Full party name with colour|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=16}}
|-
| 170
| [[Howrah Uttar Assembly constituency|Howrah Uttar]]
|Umesh Rai
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 171
| [[Howrah Madhya Assembly constituency|Howrah Madhya]]
|[[Arup Roy]]
|[[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 172
| [[Shibpur Assembly constituency|Shibpur]]
|[[Rudranil Ghosh]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 173
| [[Howrah Dakshin Assembly constituency|Howrah Dakshin]]
|[[Nandita Chowdhury]]
|[[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 174
| [[Sankrail Assembly constituency|Sankrail (SC)]]
|[[Priya Paul]]
|[[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 175
| [[Panchla Assembly constituency|Panchla]]
|[[Gulsan Mullick]]
|[[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 176
| [[Uluberia Purba Assembly constituency|Uluberia Purba]]
| rowspan="7" |[[Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency|Uluberia]]
|[[Ritabrata Banerjee]]
|[[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 177
| [[Uluberia Uttar Assembly constituency|Uluberia Uttar (SC)]]
|Chiran Bera
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 178
| [[Uluberia Dakshin]]
|[[Pulak Roy]]
|[[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 179
| [[Shyampur Assembly constituency|Shyampur]]
|[[Hiran Chatterjee]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 180
| [[Bagnan Assembly constituency|Bagnan]]
|[[Arunava Sen (politician)|Arunava Sen]]
|[[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 181
| [[Amta Assembly constituency|Amta]]
|Amit Samanta
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 182
| [[Udaynarayanpur Assembly constituency|Udaynarayanpur]]
|[[Samir Kumar Panja]]
|[[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 183
| [[Jagatballavpur Assembly constituency|Jagatballavpur]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Serampore Lok Sabha constituency|Sreerampur]]
|Anupam Ghosh
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| 184
| [[Domjur Assembly constituency|Domjur]]
| Tapas Maity
|[[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|}

==Notable people==
*[[Azangachhi Shaheb]] (1828–1932), Sufi saint who founded the [[Haqqani Anjuman]]
*[[ARM Inamul Haque|A. R. Muhammad Inamul Haque]] (1921–1977), Bangladeshi engineer, veteran and social worker
*[[Mohammed Amin (politician)|Mohammed Amin]] (1928–2018), Marxist politician
*[[Ariful Haque (actor)|Ariful Haque]] (born 1931), Bangladeshi actor and writer
*[[Azizul Haque (Naxalite activist)|Mir Azizul Haque]] (1942–2025), Naxalite activist
*[[Hannan Mollah]] (born 1946), Communist politician
*[[Sultan Ahmed (Indian politician)|Sultan Ahmed]] (1953–2017), politician
*[[Afsar Amed|Afsar Ahmed]] (1959–2018), poet and novelist
*[[Sajda Ahmed]] (born 1962), politician
*[[Abbas (actor)|Mirza Abbas Ali]] (born 1975), actor
*[[Ayaz Ahmed]] (born 1986), actor
*[[Sk Faiaz|Sheikh Faiaz]] (born 1995), footballer
*[[M. Ansaruddin]], five-time MLA
*[[Mohammed Elias]], two-time member of the Lok Sabha
*[[S. Abdur Rauf]], first Muslim MLA for Howrah
*[[Mohammed Idris]], politician

==See also==
*[[2016 Dhulagarh riots]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* {{official website|http://howrah.gov.in/}}
* [http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/westbengal/districts/haora.htm Map of Howrah district] at mapsofindia.com
*[https://wbtourism.gov.in/destination/district/howrah Howrah district] at West Bengal Tourism

{{Geographic location
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|North = [[Hooghly district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Kolkata district]]
|Southeast = [[South 24 Parganas district]]
|South =
|Southwest = [[East Midnapore| East Midnapore district]]
|West = [[West Midnapore| West Midnapore district]]
|Northwest =
}}

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Howrah district - Revision history

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