South Bengal (/à ¦¦à ¦Âà §Âà ¦·à ¦¿à ¦£ à ¦¬à ¦¾à ¦Âà ¦²à ¦¾) is a term used for the southern parts of Bengal including Southern Bangladesh and Southern West Bengal, state in India.
The Bangladesh part denotes the Khulna Division, Faridpur Division and Barisal Division. The West Bengal part denotes the Presidency Division, Burdwan Division, Medinipur Division and Murshidabad district of Malda Division. Bay of Bengal is located at the end of southern part of Bangladesh and West Bengal.
The total population of the South Bengal is 103,046,450 (10.3 crore) as per the 2011 census data from both India and Bangladesh.
Major cities and towns in the South Bengal are (in alphabetical order):
The South Zone cricket team in Bangladesh is a first-class cricket team that represents southern Bangladesh (Khulna and Barisal) in the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL).