Bengal

Bangladesh, officially the '''People's Republic of Bangladesh''', is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and among the most densely populated with a population of over 174 million within an area of . Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast. It has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal to its south and is separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim to its north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial, an

Indian state

thumb|Geographical distribution of the Bengali language.

southern part of Bengal covering India and Bangladesh