North Bengal State Library is one of the famous libraries situated in
Coochbehar,
West Bengal. This well-stocked library was established by Colonel Houghten in 1870. The library stocks so many valuable manuscripts and classic ‘Punthis’ written on hand made papers and palm leaf.
North Bengal State Library is the storehouses of several rare books, old journals Indian and Foreign rare documents and reports. The treasure is a cultural heritage of Coochbehar Kingdom.