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 Bangladesh part denotes the Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division . Generally, it is the area lying west of Jamuna River and north of Padma River and includes the Barind Tract . 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 . It also includes parts of Darjeeling Hills. Traditionally, the Ganga River divides Bengal into South Bengal and North Bengal, divided again into Terai and Dooars regions.
4-561: 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. Majority of the population follow Islam , followed by Hinduism , the largest minority. The population of the region is 18,702,060 (1.87 crore) as per the 2011 census. Majority of the population follow Hinduism , followed by Islam . Small but significant population follow Christianity and Buddhism . Language: Bengali
8-613: Is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system . It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is equal to one hundred thousand , and is written as 1,00,000). It is widely used both in official and other contexts in Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Myanmar , Nepal , and Pakistan . The word crore derives from the Prakrit word kroḍi , which in turn comes from
12-613: Is the predominant language spoken by 75% of North Bengal's population, followed by Kamtapuri (Rajbanshi), Nepali, Hindi, Sadri, Kurukh, and other languages. The North Zone cricket team in Bangladesh is a first-class cricket team that represents northern Bangladesh ( Rajshahi and Rangpur ) in the Bangladesh Cricket League . Crore A crore ( / k r ɔːr / ; abbreviated cr ) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 10 in scientific notation ) and
16-553: The Sanskrit koṭi ( कोटि ), denoting ten million in the Indian number system , which has separate terms for most powers of ten from 10 up to 10 . The crore is known by various regional names. Large amounts of money in India , Bangladesh , Nepal , and Pakistan are often written in terms of crore . For example 150,000,000 (one hundred and fifty million) rupees is written as "fifteen crore rupees ", " ₹ 15 crore". In
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