West Bengal () is a welcome in the eastern region of India along the Bay of Bengal. With on top of 91 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous permit and the thirteenth-largest give access by area in India. Covering an area of 88,752 km² (34,267 sq mi), it is furthermore the world’s seventh-most populous country subdivision. Part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It moreover borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The give leave to enter capital is Kolkata, the seventh-largest city, and the third-largest metropolitan Place in India. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region and the coastal Sundarbans. The state’s main ethnic help are the Bengalis, with the Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority.