Sundarbans | |
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Sovereign state | India |
State | West Bengal |
Divisions | presidency |
Established | 2022 |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Jaynagar (SC), Mathurapur (SC) |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Demographics | |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Sundarbans is a proposed district in presidency division, West Bengal.[1][2] The district will be formed by dividing the South 24 Parganas district.[3]
On 1 August 2022, Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee declared about the creation of Sundarbans district carving out from South 24 Parganas district.[1][3]
The main hospital of Sundarbans district is Canning subdivisional hospital. It consists of 100 beds.[8] Besides, this district has three rural hospitals with 30 beds each: Matherdighi Rural Hospital, Basanti Rural Hospital, and Gosaba Rural Hospital.[9]