West Bengal is located in the eastern region of India along the Bay of Bengal. It is the 19th largest populous state in India with over 91 million inhabitants. Considering area it is the thirteen largest Indian state. West Bengal shares border with Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam. Administrative, Legislative and Judicial Capital of West Bengal is Kolkata, which is the seventh largest city in India and the center of third largest metropolitan area in the world.