Wetlands of Bengal

Districts

Purulia

Numbers 47 Total Area (In Hector) 8000 Land Usage Ecological Information Important Species Birds: migratory species like gadwall, northern pintail,

Alipurduar

Numbers 5,632 Total Area (In Hector) 38000 Land Usage Ecological Information Important Species Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Indian One-horned Rhinoceros

Bankura

Numbers 1849 Total Area (In Hector) 12000 Land Usage Ecological Information Important Species Fish: carps, catfish, small indigenous species Birds:

Birbhum

Numbers 1,500 Total Area (In Hector) 12,000 Land Usage Ecological Information Important Species Fish: carps, catfish, indigenous fish species Birds:

Cooch Behar

Numbers 7538 Total Area (In Hector) 45000 Land Usage Ecological Information Important Species Rich fish diversity (carps, catfish, small indigenous

Dakshin Dinajpur

Numbers 500 Total Area (In Hector) 10,700 Land Usage Ecological Information Important Species Fish: carps, catfish, small indigenous fish species

Darjeeling

Numbers 8,746 Total Area (In Hector) 1,550 Land Usage Ecological Information Important Species Rohu, Catla, Mrigal, Tilapia, Indian Pond Heron,

Hooghly

Numbers 3,500 Total Area (In Hector) 14,000 Land Usage Ecological Information Important Species Fish: carps, catfish, indigenous fish species Birds:

Howrah

Numbers 37,301 Total Area (In Hector) 9,600 Land Usage Ecological Information Important Species Fish: Rohu, Catla, Mrigal, tilapia Birds: Egrets,

Jalpaiguri

Numbers 6,600 Total Area (In Hector) 41,520 Land Usage Ecological Information Important Species Rich fish diversity (carps, catfish) and aquatic

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