What is Howrah?
{{Coord|22|34|25|N|88|19|30|E|display=title}} [[File:Hooghly River and the Howrah Bridge, Kolkata, India.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Howrah Bridge}}]] '''Howrah''' (or '''Haora''') is the one of the largest [[city|cities]] in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]] and is a part of Kolkata metro area. The city is on the [[Hooghly River]] across from its twin city of [[Kolkata]].<ref name=Bridge>{{cite web |url=http://travel.siliconindia.com/travel-article/Howrah-BridgeWest-Bengal-aid-911.html |title=Howrah Bridge,West Bengal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2014 |website= |publisher= InfoConnect Web Technologies India Pvt Ltd. |accessdate=12 June 2014 }}</ref> Howrah is famous for [[Howrah Station]], and the [[Howrah Bridge]], which connects the two cities.<ref name=Bridge/> As of 2011, {{#statements:population}} <!-- Fetched from Wikidata --> people lived in Howrah.<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2014|title=INDIA: West Bengal|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-westbengal.php|website=|publisher=City Population.de/ Thomas Brinkhoff|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{commonscat}} [[Category:Cities in West Bengal]] {{asia-stub}}