Presidency division
Presidency Division is an administrative division within the Indian state of West Bengal. The headquarters and the largest city of the Presidency division is Kolkata, the state capital. Presidency division is bounded by Medinipur division to South-West, Burdwan division to North-West and Malda division to North. The whole east side of the division is covered by Bangladesh–India border. Shri A. R. Bardhan, IAS is the current Secretary and Divisional Commissioner of the division.
Districts
It consists of 6 districts:| Code | District | Headquarters | Established | Subdivisions | Area | Population | Population Density | Map |
| HR | Howrah | Howrah | 1947 | 4,850,029 | ||||
| KO | Kolkata | Kolkata | 1947 | — | 4,486,679 | |||
| NA | Nadia | Krishnanagar | 1947 | 5,168,488 | ||||
| PN | North 24 Parganas | Barasat | 1986 | 10,082,852 | ||||
| PS | South 24 Parganas | Alipore | 1986 | 8,153,176 | ||||
| Total | — | — | — | 23 | 32,741,224 |