Haora

Howrah or Haora, is the third biggest city in West Bengal, India, after Kolkata and Asansol. It is additionally a critical transportation center of West Bengal and a noteworthy door for Kolkata. It is the headquarter of Howrah and the Howrah Sadar subdivision. Howrah is situated on the Western bank of the Hooghly River. The historical backdrop of the city of Howrah goes back more than 500 years, however the location is arranged in a territory generally involved by the antiquated Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. Venetian wayfarer Cesare Federici, who went in India amid 1565– 79, specified a place called Buttor in his diary around 1578.

Starting at 2011 Indian statistics, Howrah had a population of 1,077,075 with 244,135 households.In the 1896 evaluation of British India, Howrah had a populace of 84,069, which grew up to 157,594 in the 1901 registration. This quick development was because of wealth of openings for work, which affected in a 100% expansion in male populace amid this period, while the female populace grew up just by 60%. Howrah station is a noteworthy railroad station serving Howrah, Kolkata and the neighboring areas. It was built up in 1854 when railroad line was developed here, associating it to the coalfields of the Bardhaman. Howrah Station fills in as a terminal for two railroad zones of India: the Eastern Railway and the South Eastern Railway, and it is associated with the greater part of the significant urban communities of India.