Appendix Table AD 1: Demographic Profile : West Bengal Districts : 1991 and 2001

 

 

 

 

 

Districts

Male

Female

Popn Growth

Rate (% p.a.)

Urban popn

ST Popn

(%)

SC Popn

(%)

 Sex Ratio               

              

Child Sex Ratio

 

Popn.

(000)

Popn.(000)

 

 (%)

 

 

                 

 

 

2001

2001

1991-2001

2001

1991

1991

1991

2001

1991

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Bengal

35511

32567.3

1.8

28.0

5.6

23.6

917

934

967

963

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bardhaman

3186.8

2863.8

1.4

37.1

6.2

27.5

899

921

959

960

Birbhum

1313.3

1242.4

1.8

8.6

7.0

30.7

946

949

976

969

Bankura

1437.5

1367.6

1.4

7.4

10.3

31.4

951

953

982

955

Medinipur

4284.9

4046.9

1.6

10.5

8.3

16.3

944

955

953

951

Howrah

1982.5

1747.2

1.5

50.4

0.3

15.8

881

906

962

959

Hooghly

2271.8

2083.4

1.6

33.5

4.0

24.1

917

947

960

951

24 Parganas (N)

3818.2

3463.7

2.3

54.3

2.3

21.5

907

927

969

961

24 Parganas (S)

2662.2

2752.8

2.1

15.8

1.2

34.4

929

938

973

969

Nadia

198.9

1862.3

2.0

21.3

2.3

29.0

936

947

983

975

Murshidabad

2439.3

2300.8

2.4

12.5

1.3

13.4

943

952

977

975

Uttar Dinajpur

987.8

909.3

2.2

12.1

9.8

29

921

937

966

973

Dakshin Dinajpur

632.9

597.6

2.9

13.1

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944

950

988

968

Malda

1360.5

1276.5

2.5

7.3

6.5

18.1

938

948

976

967

Jalpaiguri

1453.2

1347.3

2.2

17.7

21.0

37.0

927

941

973

972

Darjeeling

679.3

620.6

2.4

32.4

13.7

16.2

914

943

976

971

Koch Behar

1122.3

1048.8

1.4

9.1

0.6

51.7

935

949

967

968

Puruliya

1142.8

1081.8

1.4

10.1

19.2

19.4

947

953

969

967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kolkata

244.5

1954.5

0.4

100.0

0.2

6.5

799

828

955

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Source: - GOWB, Statistical Abstract: West Bengal: 2001-2002.,Tables 1.4,1.5,1.6;

      WBHDR, Table 1.1, p:10 ; COI, Provisional Population Totals of West Bengal, Table: A-2.

 

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