Cooch-Behar
or KUCH-BEHAR, a native state in India, in political relation with the government of Bengal. It forms a level plain of triangular shape, intersected by numerous rivers, and is entirely surrounded by British territory.
The greater portion of the soil is fertile and well-cultivated. Area, 1307 square miles; pop. 593,000. The chief town, Cooch-Behar, contains handsome public buildings and a splendid new palace of the Maharajah. an