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State/ District

Total/
Rural/
Urban		 1991 Census 2001 Census Percentage increase 1991-2001
Population Total Census House Residential Houses including Residence-cum-other use Population Total Census House Residential Houses including Residence-cum-other use Population Total Census House Residential Houses including Residence-cum-other use
DARJILING Total 1299919 287420 238170 1582741 403261 306492 21.76 40.30 28.69
  Rural 903859 197980 169930 1078862 269653 210004 19.36 36.20 23.58
  Urban 396060 89440 68240 503879 133608 96488 27.22 49.38 41.40
                     
JALPAIGURI Total 2800543 689195 539155 3389012 902770 673637 21.01 30.99 24.94
  Rural 2342296 573795 448925 2780945 739954 548369 18.73 28.96 22.15
  Urban 458247 115400 90230 608067 162816 125268 32.69 41.09 38.83
                     
KOCH BIHAR Total 2171145 528060 424870 2545532 693701 517935 17.24 31.37 21.90
  Rural 2001648 484830 392555 2322047 630432 472119 16.01 30.03 20.27
  Urban 169497 43230 32315 223485 63269 45816 31.85 46.35 41.78
                     
UTTAR DINAJPUR Total 1897045 467784 346407 2458260 631083 459024 29.58 34.91 32.51
  Rural 1644070 416210 306928 2172998 564771 408844 32.17 35.69 33.21
  Urban 252975 51574 39479 285262 66312 50180 12.76 28.58 27.11
                     
DAKSHIN DINAJPUR Total 1230608 325071 240723 1497759 368279 313630 21.71 13.29 30.29
  Rural 1066383 289230 213287 1324003 319772 275971 24.16 10.56 29.39
  Urban 164225 35841 27436 173756 48507 37659 5.80 35.34 37.26
                     
MALDAH Total 2637032 554010 484810 3352638 744380 625013 27.14 34.36 28.92
  Rural 2450495 510710 448580 3111915 682489 575689 26.99 33.64 28.34
  Urban 186537 43300 36230 240723 61891 49324 29.05 42.94 36.14
                     
MURSHIDABAD Total 4740149 1080140 846685 5886560 1388591 1116266 24.19 28.56 31.84
  Rural 4245802 964000 755450 5170745 1211564 979687 21.78 25.68 29.68
  Urban 494347 116140 91235 715815 177027 136579 44.80 52.43 49.70
                     
BIRBHUM Total 2555664 611290 471025 3010270 759087 585740 17.79 24.18 24.35
  Rural 2326101 555130 427690 2753435 690271 532916 18.37 24.34 24.60
  Urban 229563 56160 43335 256835 68816 52824 11.88 22.54 21.90
                     
BARDDHAMAN Total 6050605 1443740 1138710 6953262 1780542 1357316 14.92 23.33 19.20
  Rural 3927613 919860 713015 4345911 1119166 848233 10.65 21.67 18.96
  Urban 2122992 523880 425695 2607351 661376 509083 22.81 26.25 19.59
                     
NADIA Total 3852097 889915 700645 4602036 1215320 937037 19.47 36.57 33.74
  Rural 2980279 671655 535610 3634710 939777 730932 21.96 39.92 36.47
  Urban 871818 218260 165035 967326 275543 206105 10.96 26.25 24.89
                     
NORTH Total 7281881 1650315 1333400 8937372 2230372 1780680 22.73 35.15 33.54
TWENTYFOUR Rural 3551581 820560 639930 4095769 1040057 794009 15.32 26.75 24.08
PARGANAS Urban 3730300 829755 693470 4841603 1190315 986671 29.79 43.45 42.28
                     
HUGLI Total 4355230 1011175 796095 5015041 1297691 1010922 15.15 28.33 26.99
  Rural 2996979 685835 530225 3360653 861484 659198 12.13 25.61 24.32
  Urban 1358251 325340 265870 1654388 436207 351724 21.80 34.08 32.29
                     
BANKURA Total 2805065 746200 496300 3212127 855080 600053 14.51 14.59 20.91
  Rural 2572587 686620 454325 2976958 789803 553393 15.72 15.03 21.81
  Urban 232478 59580 41975 235169 65277 46660 1.16 9.56 11.16
                     
PURULIYA Total 2224577 553010 383900 2590555 632370 449470 16.45 14.35 17.08
  Rural 2014571 501540 346245 2336292 568815 403490 15.97 13.41 16.53
  Urban 210006 51470 37655 254263 63555 45980 21.07 23.48 22.11
                     
MEDINIPUR Total 8331912 2158495 1430785 9623154 2376759 1769181 15.50 10.11 23.65
  Rural 7510917 1949175 1278570 8670738 2116820 1578313 15.44 8.60 23.44
  Urban 820995 209320 152215 952416 259939 190868 16.01 24.18 25.39
                     
HAORA Total 3729644 819390 668480 4326437 1061621 829565 16.00 29.56 24.10
  Rural 1880530 389720 316335 2144662 511461 394826 14.05 31.24 24.81
  Urban 1849114 429670 352145 2181775 550160 434739 17.99 28.04 23.45
                     
KOLKATA Total 4399819 1063425 874480 4465854 1151311 909463 1.50 8.26 4.00
  Rural 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
  Urban 4399819 1063425 874480 4465854 1151311 909463 1.50 8.26 4.00
                     
SOUTH Total 5715030 1212855 996545 6917851 1647939 1295491 21.05 35.87 30.00
TWENTYFOUR Rural 4954653 1024630 843935 5835725 1357022 1066249 17.78 32.44 26.34
PARGANAS Urban 760377 188225 152610 1082126 290917 229242 42.31 54.56 50.21
                     
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