North Bengal

North Bengal or Uttar Banga (Bengali: উত্তরবঙ্গ/উত্তর বাংলা) is a term used for the north-western part of Bangladesh and northern part of West Bengal.

The West Bengal part denotes Jalpaiguri Division (Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Kalimpong) and the Malda division (Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, and Malda) together.

The Bihar parts include the Kishanganj district.

Religions in North Bengal, Bangladesh (2011) Religions in North Bengal, India (2011) The population of the region is 30,201,873 (3 crore) as per the 2011 census.

Small but significant population follow Christianity and Buddhism.

Map of Bangladesh showing North Bengal in green and South Bengal in red
Map of West Bengal showing North Bengal in green and South Bengal in red