Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal.

It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut.

On north side, the boundary is an artificial one except for Bally Canal on north-east and Damodar River on north-west.

Each block consists of a rural area divided into gram panchayats along with census towns.

According to the 2011 census Howrah district has a population of 4,850,029,[11] roughly equal to the nation of Singapore[12] or the US state of Alabama.

[11] The district has a population density of 3,306 inhabitants per square kilometre (8,560/sq mi).

Muslims, unlike the rest of Bengal, are more concentrated in urban areas than Hindus.