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South 24 Parganas

District in West Bengal, India

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South 24 Parganas: District in West Bengal, India
South 24 Parganas (Pron: pษ”rษกษ”nษ”s; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore. It is the largest district of West Bengal by area and second largest by population. It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640). On one side of the district there is the urban fringe of Kolkata, and on the other the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans.

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