Editing Howrah (section)

{{About|the city in West Bengal, India|its namesake district|Howrah district|other uses}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Howrah
| native_name        = {{nativename|bn|Haōṛa}}
| native_name_lang   = bn
| other_name         = 
| settlement_type    = [[Metropolis]]
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image
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| perrow = 1/2/2/2/1
| image1= Howrah bridge at night.jpg
| caption1          = The [[Howrah Bridge]]
|image2 =
Howrah Railway Station 02.jpg
|caption2= [[Howrah Junction railway station]]
|caption4= [[Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden|AJCB Indian Botanical Garden]] at [[Shibpur]]
|image4=AJC Bose Indian Botanic Garden - Howrah 2018-04-01 2353.JPG
|image3=Campus Road - Bengal Engineering and Science University - Sibpur - Howrah 2013-06-08 9317.JPG
|caption3 = Inside [[IIEST Shibpur]] campus
|image5 =BelurMath kolkata.jpg
|caption5 =[[Belur Math]]
|image6 = Sabuj Sathi Krirangan - Howrah Indoor Stadium - Dumurjala - Howrah 2023-05-27 7780.jpg
|caption6 = [[Howrah Indoor Stadium]] at [[Dumurjala Sports City]]
|image7= Unitech - Gateway Cluster 1 - Residential Complex - Santragachi - Howrah 2014-04-06 0611.JPG
|caption7= Apartments in [[Santragachi]]
}}
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| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt    = 
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kolkata##Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| pushpin_mapsize    = 300
| coordinates        = {{Coord|22|34|48|N|88|19|46|E|region:IN-WB|display=inline,title}}
| nickname           = [[Sheffield]] of India<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bengal (India) |first1=West |title=West Bengal District Gazetteers: Calcutta and Howrah |year=1972 |publisher=State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers |page=202 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8FFAQAAIAAJ&q=howrah+sheffield+w+of+india |language=en |access-date=19 February 2021 |archive-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010040559/https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/West_Bengal_District_Gazetteers_Calcutta/z8FFAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=howrah+sheffield+w+of+india&dq=howrah+sheffield+w+of+india&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Shri Ram |title=Sheffield of India dying an untimely death |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sheffield-of-india-dying-an-untimely-death/articleshow/336158732.cms |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=20 September 2001 |language=en |archive-date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011172707/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Sheffield-of-India-dying-an-untimely-death/articleshow/336158732.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="2024-05-22-city-WBHC" />
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_name1  = {{flagicon image|Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png}} [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Presidency division|Presidency]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Howrah district|Howrah]]
| established_title  = <!-- Established -->
| established_date   = 
| founder            = 
| named_for          = 
| government_type    = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipal Corporation]]
| governing_body     = [[Howrah Municipal Corporation]]
| leader_party       = [[All India Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
| leader_title1      = Police commissioner
| leader_name1       = C Sudhakar, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Kolkata, Howrah, Salt Lake get new police commissioners ahead of assembly polls |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kolkata-howrah-salt-lake-get-new-police-commissioners-ahead-of-assembly-polls-101612628287021.html |access-date=1 March 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=6 February 2021 |language=en |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208084443/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kolkata-howrah-salt-lake-get-new-police-commissioners-ahead-of-assembly-polls-101612628287021.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| unit_pref          = Metric
| area_footnotes     = <ref name='HC'>{{cite web |title=Howrah Corporation |url=https://www.myhmc.in/about-hmc/ |access-date=3 June 2020 |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110150339/https://www.myhmc.in/about-hmc/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=HMC |url=https://www.hmcgov.in/hmcweb/pdf/Mission%20and%20Vision.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bally Municipality |url=http://www.ballymunicipality.org/1.php?page_id=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114655/http://www.ballymunicipality.org/1.php?page_id=2 |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 63.55
| area_rank          = 
| area_metro_km2     = 450.65
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 12
| population_total   = 1077075
| population_metro   = 2811344
| population_as_of   = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Bally 2011 census |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bally |access-date=14 August 2020 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226125913/https://www.britannica.com/place/Bally |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank    = 
| population_demonym = 
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<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=28 August 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><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=28 August 2019 |archive-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614062657/https://wb.gov.in/404-page.aspx?aspxerrorpath=%2Fportal%2Fweb%2Fguest%2F404-page.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official
| demographics1_info2 = [[English language|English]]<ref name="wblangoff"/>
| timezone1          = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1        = +5:30
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code        = 711101 to 711114, 711201 to 711204 and 711302 and 711409
| area_code          = +91 33
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in India|Telephone code]]
| iso_code           = 
| registration_plate = [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB-11]] to [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB-14]]
| blank1_name_sec1   = [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituency]]
| blank1_info_sec1   = [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
| blank2_name_sec1   = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha constituency]]
| blank2_info_sec1   = [[Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Howrah Uttar]], [[Bally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bally]], [[Howrah Madhya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Howrah Madhya]], [[Howrah Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Howrah Dakshin]], [[Shibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shibpur]]
| website            = {{URL|www.myhmc.in}}
}}

'''Howrah''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|aʊ|r|ə}}; {{IPA|bn|ˈɦao̯ɽa|lang}}; alternatively spelled as '''Haora''')<ref name="britannica" /> is a city<ref name="2024-05-22-city-HDA" /><ref name="2024-05-22-city-WBHC" /> in the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. Howrah is located on the western bank of the [[Hooghly River]], opposite to its twin city of [[Kolkata]].<ref name="2024-05-22-city-WBHC" /> Administratively Howrah lies within [[Howrah district]] and is the headquarters of the [[Howrah Sadar subdivision]]; it is also part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA). Howrah is an important industrial and transportation hub, and is also a gateway to Kolkata (and the rest of West Bengal) via [[Howrah railway station]] and [[Howrah Bridge]].