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.
City in West Bengal, India
Cooch Behar
Koch Bihar
City
Top: Cooch Behar Palace, bottom: Sadardighi Lake in 2013
Rabindra Nath Ghosh (All India Trinamool Congress)
Area
[1]
• Total
8.29 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population
(2011)[2]
• Total
77,935
• Density
832/km2 (2,150/sq mi)
Languages
• Official
Bengali[3][4]
• Additional official
English,[3] Rajbongshi[5]
• Regional
Bengali, Rajbongshi
Time zone
UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
736101
Telephone code
03582
Vehicle registration
WB-64/63
Lok Sabha constituency
Cooch Behar (SC)
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Cooch Behar Uttar (SC), Cooch Behar Dakshin, Natabari
Website
coochbehar.gov.incoochbeharmunicipality.com
Administrative map of Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar (/ˌkuːtʃbɪˈhɑːr/), or Koch Bihar, is a city and a municipality lying on the bank of River Torsa in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district. It is in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas at 26°22′N89°29′E / 26.367°N 89.483°E / 26.367; 89.483. Cooch Behar is a planned city.[6] Being one of the main tourist destinations of West Bengal, housing the Cooch Behar Palace and Madan Mohan Temple, it has been declared a heritage city.[7] It is the maternal home of Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur.
During the British Raj, Cooch Behar was the seat of the princely state of Koch Bihar, ruled by the Koch Kingdom of often described as the Shiva Vansha, tracing their origin from the Koch tribe of North-eastern India. After 20 August 1949, Cooch Behar District was transformed from a princely state to its present status, with the city of Cooch Behar as its headquarters.[8]
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^"Heritage Commission, West Bengal". wbhc.in. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
^"Brief Royal History of Cooch Behar 5". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2006.
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