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Population, decennial growth rate, density of population and sex-ratio in the districts of West Bengal, 1991 and 2001
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|
District |
Total
population |
Decennial
growth rate |
Density
of population per
sq. km. |
Sex
ratio (females per 1000 males) |
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|
1991
|
2001
|
1981-91 |
1991-01 |
1991 |
2001
|
1991 |
2001
|
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|
Bankura |
2805065 |
3192695 |
+ 18.12 |
+ 13.82 |
408 |
464 |
951 |
952 |
|
|
Bardhaman |
6050605 |
6895514 |
+ 25.13 |
+ 13.96 |
861 |
982 |
899 |
922 |
|
|
Birbhum |
2555664 |
3015422 |
+ 21.94 |
+ 17.99 |
562 |
663 |
946 |
950 |
|
|
Kolkata |
4399819 |
4572876 |
+ 6.61 |
+
3.93 |
23783 |
24718 |
799 |
829 |
|
|
Darjiling |
1299919 |
1609172 |
+ 26.91 |
+ 23.79 |
413 |
511 |
914 |
937 |
|
|
Howrah |
3729644 |
4273099 |
+ 25.71 |
+14.57 |
2542 |
2913 |
881 |
906 |
|
|
Hugli |
4355230 |
5041976 |
+ 22.43 |
+
15.77 |
1383 |
1601 |
917 |
947 |
|
|
Jalpaiguri |
2800543 |
3401173 |
+ 26.44 |
+
21.45 |
450 |
546 |
927 |
942 |
|
|
Kooch
Bihar |
2171145 |
2479155 |
+ 22.55 |
+ 14.19 |
641 |
732 |
935 |
949 |
|
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Malda |
2637032 |
3290468 |
+ 29.78 |
+
24.78 |
706 |
881 |
938 |
948 |
|
|
Medinipur |
8331912 |
9610788 |
+ 23.57 |
+
15.35 |
592 |
683 |
944 |
955 |
|
|
Murshidabad |
4740149 |
5866569 |
+ 28.20 |
+
23.76 |
890 |
1102 |
943 |
952 |
|
|
Nadia |
3852097 |
4604827 |
+ 29.95 |
+
19.54 |
981 |
1173 |
936 |
946 |
|
|
North
24 Parganas |
7281881 |
8934286 |
+ 31.69 |
+ 22.69 |
1779 |
2182 |
907 |
926 |
|
|
Purulia |
2224577 |
2536516 |
+ 20.00 |
+ 14.02 |
355 |
405 |
947 |
954 |
|
|
South
24 Parganas |
5715030 |
6906689 |
+ 30.24 |
+
20.85 |
574 |
693 |
929 |
937 |
|
|
Uttar
Dinajpur |
1897045 |
2441794 |
+ 34.00 |
+ 28.72 |
604 |
778 |
921 |
938 |
|
|
Dakshin
Dinajpur |
1230608 |
1503178 |
+
24.39 |
+
22.15 |
555 |
677 |
944 |
951 |
|
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West
Bengal |
68077965 |
80176197 |
+ 24.73 |
+
17.77 |
767 |
903 |
917 |
934 |
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Source:
Census of India 2001, Final Population Totals, Paper I of 2001. |
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