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Cooch Behar

This article is about the municipality in West Bengal, India. For the district, see Cooch Behar district. For the princely state, see Cooch Behar State.

Cooch Behar
Koch Bihar
City
Cooch Behar Palace
Sagar Dighi Lake
Parijat Villa
Map
Location of Cooch Behar city in Coochbehar district
Cooch Behar is located in West Bengal
Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar
Location in West Bengal, India
Cooch Behar is located in India
Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar (India)
Coordinates: 26°19′27.084″N 89°27′3.6″E / 26.32419000°N 89.451000°E / 26.32419000; 89.451000
CountryIndia
StateWest Bengal
DistrictCooch Behar
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyCooch Behar Municipality
 • ChairmanRabindra Nath Ghosh (All India Trinamool Congress)
Area
[1]
 • Total
8.29 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
77,935
 • Density832/km2 (2,150/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali[3][4]
 • Additional officialEnglish,[3] Rajbongshi[5]
 • RegionalBengali, Rajbongshi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
736101
Telephone code03582
Vehicle registrationWB-64/63
Lok Sabha constituencyCooch Behar (SC)
Vidhan Sabha constituencyCooch Behar Uttar (SC), Cooch Behar Dakshin, Natabari
Websitecoochbehar.gov.in coochbeharmunicipality.com
Administrative map of Cooch Behar

Cooch Behar (Bengali pronunciation: [kot͡ʃ biɦar]), also known as Koch Bihar, is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal and it stands on bank of the Torsa river.[6] The city is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district.[7] During the British Raj, Cooch Behar was the seat of the princely state of Koch Bihar.[8] In the North Bengal region, the only planned city with royal heritage is Cooch Behar. The city is a popular tourist destination and cultural hub in Bengal.[9]

  1. ^ "Cooch Behar City". coochbeharmunicipality.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Demography | Cooch Behar District | India". Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Fact and Figures". wb.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  5. ^ PTI (28 February 2018). "Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi make it to list of official languages in". India Today. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  6. ^ Torsa river bank in Cooch Behar
  7. ^ "Cooch Behar District | Cooch Behar – City of Beauty | India". Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  8. ^ Rathore, Abhinay (5 January 1954). "Cooch Behar (Princely State)". Rajput Provinces of India. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  9. ^ "History | District Court, Cooch Behar | India". Retrieved 22 April 2025.

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