South Bengal (Bengali: দক্ষিণবঙ্গ/দক্ষিণ বাংলা) is a term used for the southern parts of Bengal including Southern Bangladesh and Southern West Bengal, state in India. [1][2]
The Bangladesh part denotes the Khulna Division, Faridpur Division and Barisal Division. The West Bengal part denotes the Presidency Division, Burdwan Division, Medinipur Division and Murshidabad districtofMalda Division.[3] Bay of Bengal is located at the end of southern part of Bangladesh and West Bengal.[4][self-published source?][5]
| Barisal Division | Khulna Division | Faridpur Division |
|---|---|---|
The population of the region is 28,981,345 (2.8 crore) as per the 2011 census.
In India South Bengal term exclusively used for the southern part of West Bengal state like the South Bengal State Transport Corporation manage south Bengal transport section.
| Burdwan division | Presidency division | Medinipur division | Malda division |
|---|---|---|---|
The population of the region is 74,065,105 (7.4 crore) as per the 2011 census.
Major cities and towns in the South Bengal are (in alphabetical order):
The South Zone cricket teaminBangladesh is a first-class cricket team that represents southern Bangladesh (Khulna and Barisal) in the Bangladesh Cricket League.
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