Cooch Behar District, WB

Official website of Cooch Behar district, West Bengal.

Cooch Behar is a district under the Jalpaiguri Division of the state of West Bengal. It is located in the north-eastern part of the state and bounded by the district of Jalpaiguri in the north, state of Assam in the east and the international border in the form of Indo-Bangladesh boundary in the south as well as in the west.

During the British Raj, the town of Cooch Behar was the seat of a princely state of Koch Bihar, ruled by the Narayan dynasty.

The district comprises five subdivisions: Cooch Behar Sadar, Dinhata, Mathabhanga, Mekhliganj and Tufanganj.

Wikipedia Page for Cooch Behar District : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooch_Behar_district

Web : http://www.coochbehar.gov.in/

Date added : November 8th, 2009