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Bardhaman district

former district in West Bengal, India
AdministrativeArea district_of_india Q808023

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
district of India, former administrative territorial entity[4]
Official website
bardhaman.nic.in[21]
Native label
বর্ধমান জেলা[34]
Official name
বর্ধমান জেলা, Bardhaman district[26][27]

Location

Country
India[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 23.238°, 87.861°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Burdwan division[2]
Shares border with
Birbhum district, Murshidabad district, Nadia district, Hooghly district, Bankura district, Purulia district, Dhanbad district, Jamtara district[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Population and size

Area
+7024[36]
Female population
+3750674, +3307138[30][31]
Male population
+3966889, +3588376[32][33]
Population
+7717563, +6895514[22][23]
More facts +11
Short name
BRD[35]
Capital
Bardhaman[5]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision, Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision, Kalna subdivision, Katwa subdivision, Asansol Sadar subdivision, Durgapur subdivision[14][15][16][17][18][19]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
April 7, 2017[20]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: India/West Bengal/Bardhaman
Illiterate population
+2470355, +2690368[41][42]
Literate population
+5247208, +4205146[43][44]
Number of households
+1730927, +1390072[28][29]
Replaced by
Purba Bardhaman district, Paschim Bardhaman district[24][25]
Rural population
+4639264, +4348466[39][40]
Urban population
+3078299, +2547048[37][38]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bardhaman en Bardhaman district en Burdwan ar منطقة باردمان es Distrito de Bardhaman fr district de Bardhaman hi वर्धमान जिले hi बर्धमान जिला hi वर्धमान जिला it distretto di Bardhaman ja バルダマーン管区 ja バルッダマーン県 ru Бардхаман ru Бардхаман (округ) ru Бурдван (округ) sv Barddhamān (distrikt) zh 巴爾達曼縣
🔖 Identifiers · 17
VIAF cluster ID
131421001
Library of Congress authority ID
n85265561
GND ID
4402569-5
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q808023
Freebase ID
/m/098zb6
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2090478
GeoNames ID
1277030
INaturalist place ID
32597
Indian census area code (1991)
19.16
Indian census area code (2001)
19.09
Indian census area code (2011)
335
MDWS place ID
0535
Show all 17 identifiers +5
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007564884705171
Topic's main category
Category:Bardhaman district
Who's on First ID
890511211
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["AdministrativeDivision", {"Barddhaman", "WestBengal", "India"}]
Yale LUX ID
place/3816f12a-5a94-426f-ae06-7996dfc5902d

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 8
Birbhum district, Bankura district, Hooghly district, Murshidabad district, Nadia district, Purulia district, Dhanbad district, Jamtara district
People born here 3
Ajoy Ghosh, Dilara Zaman, Mokbula Manzoor
Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Durgapur subdivision, Kalna subdivision
Replaced by 2
Purba Bardhaman district, Paschim Bardhaman district
← Replaces 2
Purba Bardhaman district, Paschim Bardhaman district
Capital 1
Bardhaman
Country 1
India
Instance of 1
district of India
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Burdwan division
Located in time zone 1
UTC+05:30
Topic's main category 1
Category:Bardhaman district
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Category:Bardhaman district
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Summary

Bardhaman district is a district of India[1].

Related Entities

India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Barddhaman District Primary Census Abstract. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Barddhaman District Primary Census Abstract. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Barddhaman District Primary Census Abstract. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Barddhaman District Primary Census Abstract. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . local government in India. wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Barddhaman District Primary Census Abstract. wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Barddhaman District Primary Census Abstract. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [43] ↑ . Census of India 2011 (West Bengal): Barddhaman District Primary Census Abstract. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by → Purba Bardhaman district, Paschim Bardhaman district
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7024'}
    Website → —
    Capital → Bardhaman
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44153|batch #44153]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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