West Bengal

E31965
state of India

West Bengal is an eastern Indian state known for its cultural heritage, literature, and the metropolis of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
West Bengal canonical 1,615
Indian state of West Bengal 6
West Bengal, India 6

Statements (172)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state of India ⓘ
additionalOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Bay of Bengal ⓘ
bordersCountry People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Bhutan ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
bordersState Assam ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
surface form: Odisha

Sikkim ⓘ
capital Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata
chiefMinisterTitle Chief Minister of West Bengal ⓘ
containsCity Asansol ⓘ
Durgapur ⓘ
Howrah ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata

Siliguri ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Bhitarkanika is not in West Bengal ⓘ
Buxa Tiger Reserve ⓘ
Gorumara National Park ⓘ
Jaldapara National Park ⓘ
Neora Valley National Park ⓘ
Singalila National Park ⓘ
Sundarbans ⓘ
surface form: Sundarbans National Park
containsTown Alipurduar ⓘ
Baharampur ⓘ
Bakkhali ⓘ
Bally ⓘ
Balurghat ⓘ
Bankura ⓘ
Baranagar ⓘ
Burdwan ⓘ
surface form: Bardhaman

Barrackpore ⓘ
Basirhat ⓘ
Bhatpara ⓘ
Bolpur ⓘ
Bongaon ⓘ
Chandannagar ⓘ
Contai ⓘ
Cooch Behar ⓘ
Darjeeling ⓘ
Diamond Harbour ⓘ
Dum Dum ⓘ
Ganga Sagar ⓘ
surface form: Gangasagar

Habra ⓘ
Haldia ⓘ
Halisahar ⓘ
Hugli-Chuchura ⓘ
Islampur ⓘ
Jalpaiguri ⓘ
Jangipur ⓘ
Jhargram ⓘ
Kalimpong ⓘ
Kalyani ⓘ
Kanchrapara ⓘ
Kharagpur ⓘ
Krishnanagar ⓘ
Kulti ⓘ
Kurseong ⓘ
Malda ⓘ
Mayapur ⓘ
Midnapore ⓘ
surface form: Medinipur

Mirik ⓘ
Murshidabad ⓘ
Nabadwip ⓘ
Naihati ⓘ
New Town ⓘ
Panihati ⓘ
Purulia ⓘ
Raiganj ⓘ
Asansol ⓘ
surface form: Raniganj

Rishra ⓘ
Salt Lake City (Bidhannagar) ⓘ
Santiniketan ⓘ
Serampore ⓘ
South Dum Dum ⓘ
Sundarbans ⓘ
Tamluk ⓘ
Tarakeswar ⓘ
Tarapith ⓘ
Titagarh ⓘ
Uluberia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
famousSweet Mishti Doi ⓘ
Rasgulla ⓘ
Sandesh ⓘ
firstMetroInIndia Kolkata Metro ⓘ
formationYear 1947 ⓘ
formedBy partition of Bengal Presidency ⓘ
formerName Calcutta ⓘ
governorTitle Governor of West Bengal ⓘ
hasAirport Bagdogra Airport ⓘ
Balurghat Airport ⓘ
Cooch Behar Airport ⓘ
Durgapur Airport ⓘ
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport ⓘ
hasCricketStadium Eden Gardens ⓘ
hasCricketTeam Bengal cricket team ⓘ
hasCulturalIcon Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ⓘ
Kazi Nazrul Islam ⓘ
Mother Teresa ⓘ
Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
Satyajit Ray ⓘ
Subhas Chandra Bose ⓘ
Swami Vivekananda ⓘ
hasFootballStadium Salt Lake Stadium ⓘ
hasIndustry coal mining ⓘ
information technology ⓘ
jute industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
tea industry ⓘ
hasIPLTeam Kolkata Knight Riders ⓘ
hasITHub New Town, Kolkata ⓘ
Sector V, Salt Lake ⓘ
hasMajorPort Haldia Port ⓘ
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata ⓘ
hasMajorUniversity Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur ⓘ
Indian Statistical Institute ⓘ
Jadavpur University ⓘ
Presidency College, Kolkata ⓘ
surface form: Presidency University, Kolkata

University of Calcutta ⓘ
Visva-Bharati University ⓘ
hasMetroSystem Kolkata Metro ⓘ
hasMountainRange Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Darjeeling Himalayas
hasRailwayZoneHeadquarters Eastern Railway ⓘ
Northeast Frontier Railway (partly) ⓘ
South Eastern Railway ⓘ
hasRegion Coastal plain ⓘ
Dooars ⓘ
Rarh region ⓘ
Sundarbans ⓘ
surface form: Sundarbans delta

Terai ⓘ
hasScript Bengali script ⓘ
hasUNESCOSite Darjeeling Himalayan Railway ⓘ
Santiniketan ⓘ
Sundarbans ⓘ
surface form: Sundarbans National Park
highCourt Calcutta High Court ⓘ
historicalRegion Bengal ⓘ
isoCode IN-WB ⓘ
knownFor Baul music ⓘ
Bengali cinema ⓘ
Bengali literature ⓘ
Durga Puja ⓘ
surface form: Durga Puja festival

Rabindra Sangeet ⓘ
cuisine including fish and sweets ⓘ
rich cultural heritage ⓘ
largestCity Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata
legislativeBody West Bengal Legislative Assembly ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral ⓘ
locatedIn eastern India ⓘ
majorReligion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
minorityReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
Sikhism ⓘ
officialLanguage Bengali ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
surface form: Eastern India

Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
sharesCulturalHeritageWith People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh
stateAnimal fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) ⓘ
surface form: Fishing cat
stateBird White-throated kingfisher ⓘ
stateFlower Night-flowering jasmine ⓘ
stateSong Banglar Mati Banglar Jol ⓘ
stateSport football ⓘ
stateTree Chatim tree ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
traversedByRiver Ganges ⓘ
Hooghly River ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode WB ⓘ

Referenced by (1,639)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calcutta → locatedInState → West Bengal ⓘ
Calcutta → capitalOf → West Bengal ⓘ
Bengal → partiallyLocatedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
Bengal → dividedInto → West Bengal ⓘ
Assam → borderedBy → West Bengal ⓘ
Bengali → region → West Bengal ⓘ
Urdu language → officialLanguageOf → West Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Urdu
Indo-Caribbean people → ancestralRegion → West Bengal ⓘ
Satyendra Nath Bose → placeOfDeath → West Bengal ⓘ
Makar Sankranti → observedInState → West Bengal ⓘ
Swami Prabhupada → placeOfBirth → West Bengal ⓘ
Sen → regionOfPrevalence → West Bengal ⓘ
Santiniketan → state → West Bengal ⓘ
Presidency College, Kolkata → state → West Bengal ⓘ
Nabaneeta Dev Sen → placeOfDeath → West Bengal ⓘ
Kali → majorRegionOfWorship → West Bengal ⓘ
Indian Jews → historicalPresence → West Bengal ⓘ
Bengali script → usedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
Dasgupta → regionOfOrigin → West Bengal ⓘ
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak → birthPlace → West Bengal ⓘ
Namami Gange → basinStates → West Bengal ⓘ
Hooghly River → locatedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
Hooghly River → state → West Bengal ⓘ
Palashi → locatedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
Palashi → locatedInState → West Bengal ⓘ
Palashi → partOf → West Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: state of West Bengal
Siege of Calcutta → locatedInPresentDay → West Bengal ⓘ
Victoria Memorial → locatedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
Indian Museum → locatedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata → locatedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
Writers’ Building → locatedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
Fort William, Kolkata → locatedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
Eden Gardens → locatedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
University of Calcutta → locatedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
University of Calcutta → regionServed → West Bengal ⓘ
Indian state of West Bengal → historicalRegionIncludes → West Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: West Bengal
Satyajit Ray → placeOfDeath → West Bengal ⓘ
Satyajit Ray → workLocation → West Bengal ⓘ
Pohela Boishakh → celebratedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
Bodo → hasMinorityLanguageStatusIn → West Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Bodo language
Dhol → usedInRegion → West Bengal ⓘ
eastern India → includesState → West Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern India
Jadavpur University → locatedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
Jadavpur University → state → West Bengal ⓘ
Kali Puja → especiallyProminentIn → West Bengal ⓘ
Rajshahi → adjacentTo → West Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian state of West Bengal
Eastern Nagari script → usedIn → West Bengal ⓘ
Jibanananda Das → placeOfDeath → West Bengal ⓘ
Howrah → state → West Bengal ⓘ
Santhali → spokenInIndianState → West Bengal ⓘ