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Bay of Bengal The Bay of Bengal (Bengali: বঙ্গোপসাগর [bɔŋgopoʃagoɾ], Hindi: बंगाल की खाड़ी [bəŋgɑːl kɪː kʰɑːɽɪː]) is the largest bay in the world, with waters flowing straight out of the Himalayas through Bengal region. Roughly triangular, it is bordered by India to the West, Northwest and East(A&N Is.), Myanmar to the East, Sri Lanka to the Southwest, Bangladesh to the North and, Indonesia to the Southeast. Countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal straddle both South Asia and Southeast Asia.
West Bengal West Bengal (/bɛnˈɡɔːl/) is an Indian state, located in Eastern India on the Bay of Bengal. With over 91 million inhabitants (as of 2011), it is India's fourth-most populous state. It has an area of 88,752 km2 (34,267 sq mi). A part of the ethno-linguistic Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata (Calcutta), the seventh-largest city in India. As for geography, West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, and the coastal Sundarbans. The main ethnic group are the Bengalis, with Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority.