Asia : South Asia : India : Eastern India : West Bengal : South Bengal
South Bengal
South Bengal is composed of the southern districts of West Bengal. This area is also known as the Presidency division
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- Kharagpur
- Haldia
World Heritage Site
The Sundarbans are the largest littoral mangrove belt in the world, stretching 80 km (50mi) into the Bangladeshi and Indian hinterland from the coast. The Sundarbans has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The part of the forest within Indian territory is declared as the Sundarbans National Park. The forests aren't just mangrove swamps though, they include some of the last remaining stands of the mighty jungles which once covered the Gangetic plain. The Sundarbans cover an area of 38,500 sq km, of which about one-third is covered in water/marsh areas. Since 1966 the Sundarbans have been a wildlife sanctuary, and it is estimated that there are now 400 Royal Bengal tigers and about 30,000 spotted deer in the area.
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- Dakshineswar
- Mayapur
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This page was last edited at 05:33, on 31 October 2008 by Colin Jensen. Based on work by Nick Roux, P.K.Niyogi and David, Wikitravel user(s) Cacahuate and WindHorse and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.