West Bengal Police concurrent with the eighteen revenue districts of the State (excluding the metropolitan city of Kolkata) which comprises one of the two general police districts of West Bengal as under the Police Act 1861. The other general police district consists of the major portions of the metropolitan area of Kolkata, and has a separate police force (Kolkata Police) constituted and administered under the Calcutta Police Act 1866 & Calcutta (Suburban Police) Act 1866. This arrangement, unique in India, was conceived during colonial times when Calcutta was the capital of British India. The city police have been kept independent of the state
Belur, West Bengal Howrah Municipal Corporation after the merger of the 2 municipalities. The State Highway 6 (West Bengal)/ Grand Trunk Road passes through Belur. Belur is linked to Howrah via Belur railway station. Belur, West Bengal Belur is a neighbourhood of Howrah, located in Howrah district, West Bengal, India, on the west bank of the Hooghly River. The area is best known for Belur Math, a religious monastery containing a complex of temples. Belur Math is famous for being the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math, a monastic order, as well as that of the related Ramakrishna Mission, both founded by Swami Vivekananda.