State
The population development of the State of West Bengal by census years.
Name | Abbr. | Status | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (Cf) 1981-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 1991-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2001-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2011-03-01 | Population Projection (P) 2023-03-01 | |||
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India | IND | Rep | New Delhi | 3,166,620 | 685,184,692 | 846,387,888 | 1,028,737,436 | 1,210,854,977 | 1,387,284,900 | → | ||
West Bengal | WES | St | Kolkata | 88,752 | 54,580,647 | 68,077,965 | 80,176,197 | 91,276,115 | 99,084,000 | 8875200 | → |
- Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner.
(2023) National Commission on Population (adapted by Unique Identification Authority of India).
Major Agglomerations
Name | Population Census (Cf) 2011-03-01 | |
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1 | Kolkata | 14,057,991 |
2 | Āsansol | 1,243,414 |
3 | Shiliguri | 705,579 |
4 | Durgāpur | 580,990 |
5 | Bardhamān | 346,639 |
6 | Ingrāj Bāzār | 313,681 |
7 | Baharampur | 304,487 |
8 | Hābra | 299,782 |
9 | Kharagpur | 299,683 |
10 | Sāntipur | 290,345 |
Contents: Agglomerations & Cities
The population development of all urban agglomerations and single cities in West Bengal with more than 20,000 inhabitants by census years.
Name | Status | Population Census (Cf) 1991-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2001-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2011-03-01 | Area | ||
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Ālīpur Duār | Aggl | 102,815 | 114,035 | 126,891 | 2869 | → | |
Ārāmbāg | City | 45,211 | 56,140 | 66,175 | 1904 | → | |
Āsansol | Aggl | 763,939 | 1,067,369 | 1,243,414 | 34013 | → | |
Aurangabad | Town | 33,191 | 32,148 | 39,261 | 277 | → | |
Badūria | City | 41,762 | 47,417 | 52,493 | 2243 | → | |
Bagulā | Town | ... | ... | 22,649 | 0 | → | |
Baharampur (Berhampore) | Aggl | 126,400 | 170,322 | 304,487 | 2267 | → | |
Balarāmpur | Town | 19,124 | 21,827 | 24,431 | 951 | → | |
Bālurghāt | Aggl | 126,225 | 143,321 | 164,816 | 1046 | → | |
Bangaon [Bongaon] | City | 79,571 | 102,163 | 108,864 | 2470 | → | |
Bānkura | City | 114,876 | 128,781 | 137,386 | 1906 | → | |
Banshra | Town | ... | ... | 29,521 | 0 | → | |
Bardhamān (Burdwan) | Aggl | 245,079 | 285,602 | 346,639 | 2304 | → | |
Bāruipur | Aggl | 37,659 | 44,913 | 87,009 | 0 | → | |
Basīrhāt | Aggl | 101,409 | 113,159 | 143,007 | 2201 | → | |
Beldānga | Aggl | 20,249 | 25,361 | 38,057 | 0 | → | |
Bhasaipaikar | Town | ... | ... | 23,141 | 0 | → | |
Birlapur | Town | 24,465 | 19,890 | 22,078 | 484 | → | |
Bishnupur | City | 56,128 | 61,947 | 67,783 | 2201 | → | |
Bolpur | Aggl | 52,760 | 65,693 | 92,370 | 0 | → | |
Chākdaha | Aggl | 74,769 | 101,320 | 133,856 | 1900 | → | |
Chandrakona | City | 16,804 | 20,398 | 23,629 | 1658 | → | |
Chittaranjan | Town | 47,186 | 45,957 | 39,098 | 1965 | → | |
Contai | City | 53,484 | 77,513 | 92,226 | 1425 | → | |
Dainhat | City | 20,349 | 22,597 | 24,397 | 1036 | → | |
Dalkhola | City | 10,652 | 13,895 | 36,930 | 212 | → | |
Dankuni | Aggl | ... | 51,943 | 249,015 | 1214 | → | |
Dārjiling | Aggl | 73,062 | 108,830 | 130,399 | 1277 | → | |
Dhulagari | Town | ... | ... | 23,740 | 0 | → | |
Dhuliān | Aggl | 62,242 | 72,850 | 239,019 | 2345 | → | |
Dhupguri | City | 30,375 | 38,130 | 44,719 | 1455 | → | |
Diamond Harbour | Aggl | 30,266 | 37,234 | 46,460 | 0 | → | |
Dīnhāta | Aggl | 23,848 | 38,386 | 40,503 | 455 | → | |
Dubrājpur | City | 26,983 | 32,752 | 38,041 | 1683 | → | |
Durgāpur | Aggl | 425,836 | 493,405 | 580,990 | 15420 | → | |
Egra | City | 6,206 | 25,180 | 30,148 | 2011 | → | |
Farakka (Barrage Township) | Town | 21,485 | 22,060 | 20,126 | 370 | → | |
Gangārāmpur | City | 31,177 | 53,533 | 56,217 | 1029 | → | |
Ghātāl | City | 43,771 | 51,582 | 54,591 | 1036 | → | |
Ghuni | Town | ... | 15,381 | 24,249 | 0 | → | |
Gobardānga | Aggl | 50,371 | 57,878 | 81,081 | 0 | → | |
Guskara | City | 26,995 | 31,867 | 35,388 | 2115 | → | |
Hābra | Aggl | 196,970 | 239,209 | 299,782 | 4418 | → | |
Haldīa | City | 100,347 | 170,673 | 200,827 | 10490 | → | |
Hindusthan Cables Town (Rupnarainpur) | Town | 18,503 | 22,154 | 22,599 | 390 | → | |
Ingrāj Bāzār (English Bāzār, Maldah) | Aggl | 177,164 | 224,415 | 313,681 | 2263 | → | |
Islāmpur (Ichhlāmpur) | City | 45,241 | 52,738 | 54,340 | 1399 | → | |
Jagadanandapur | Town | 17,035 | 20,475 | 23,822 | 393 | → | |
Jalpāiguri | Aggl | 68,732 | 100,348 | 169,002 | 1250 | → | |
Jangipur | Aggl | 55,981 | 74,458 | 122,731 | 901 | → | |
Jaygaon (Jaigaon) | Town | ... | 38,689 | 42,254 | 169 | → | |
Jaynagar Mazilpur | Aggl | 20,217 | 28,379 | 90,522 | 0 | → | |
Jhalda | Aggl | 17,217 | 17,872 | 28,928 | 0 | → | |
Jhārgrām | City | 42,094 | 53,145 | 61,712 | 1704 | → | |
Jiāganj Azīmganj | City | 42,014 | 47,212 | 51,790 | 1166 | → | |
Jujarsaha | Town | ... | 20,125 | 21,820 | 0 | → | |
Kajora | Town | 19,398 | 24,995 | 27,275 | 1033 | → | |
Kalara | Town | 18,692 | 23,130 | 27,210 | 464 | → | |
Kāliāganj | City | 37,817 | 47,650 | 53,530 | 1167 | → | |
Kālimpong | Aggl | 38,832 | 42,998 | 56,192 | 0 | → | |
Kālna | City | 47,229 | 59,155 | 63,900 | 640 | → | |
Kāndi | City | 39,652 | 50,349 | 55,632 | 1295 | → | |
Kanksa | Town | ... | 16,532 | 23,789 | 866 | → | |
Kārsiyāng (Kurseong) | City | 26,759 | 40,019 | 42,446 | 505 | → | |
Kātwa | Aggl | 55,541 | 77,255 | 88,088 | 956 | → | |
Khagrabari | Town | ... | 19,787 | 23,122 | 569 | → | |
Kharagpur | Aggl | 264,842 | 272,865 | 299,683 | 12302 | → | |
Koch Bihār | Aggl | 92,820 | 103,008 | 106,843 | 1719 | → | |
Kolaghat | Town | 21,405 | 23,702 | 25,191 | 607 | → | |
Kolkata [Calcutta] | Aggl | 11,021,918 | 13,205,697 | 14,057,991 | 102740 | → | |
Krishnanagar | Aggl | 121,110 | 148,194 | 182,010 | 1848 | → | |
Mahadeb Nagar | Town | ... | ... | 21,737 | 0 | → | |
Maināguri | Town | 21,430 | 27,106 | 30,490 | 1238 | → | |
Māl | City | 20,395 | 23,218 | 25,218 | 256 | → | |
Mātābhānga | City | 17,336 | 21,107 | 23,890 | 337 | → | |
Matla | Town | ... | ... | 31,920 | 0 | → | |
Medinīpur (Midnapore) | City | 125,498 | 149,769 | 169,264 | 1478 | → | |
Memāri | City | 20,690 | 36,207 | 41,451 | 1468 | → | |
Murshidābād | City | 30,327 | 36,947 | 44,019 | 1295 | → | |
Nalhāti | City | ... | 25,809 | 41,534 | 0 | → | |
Navadvip (Nabadwip) | Aggl | 155,905 | 125,341 | 175,479 | 1659 | → | |
Nebadhai Duttapukur | Town | 15,913 | 19,876 | 25,557 | 329 | → | |
Ondal | Town | 16,288 | 19,497 | 19,924 | 277 | → | |
Pānchla | Town | 18,478 | 22,051 | 26,432 | 451 | → | |
Pandua | Town | 24,207 | 27,161 | 30,700 | 375 | → | |
Pānskura | City | ... | ... | 57,932 | 0 | → | |
Paranpara | Town | ... | 16,869 | 22,297 | 0 | → | |
Paschim Punro Para | Town | 23,359 | 31,198 | 40,683 | 772 | → | |
Puruliya (Purulia) | Aggl | 92,386 | 113,806 | 126,815 | 1390 | → | |
Raghunāthpur (- Arra - Adra) | Aggl | 59,512 | 63,887 | 61,789 | 3038 | → | |
Rāiganj | Aggl | 159,266 | 175,047 | 199,690 | 1658 | → | |
Rāmpur Hāt | City | 43,275 | 50,613 | 57,833 | 395 | → | |
Rānāghāt | Aggl | 127,035 | 145,285 | 234,499 | 2196 | → | |
Sahajadpur | Town | 13,610 | 15,713 | 23,280 | 157 | → | |
Sainthia | City | 30,024 | 39,145 | 44,601 | 788 | → | |
Sālār | Town | ... | 17,953 | 22,894 | 0 | → | |
Sāntipur (Shāntipur) | Aggl | 109,956 | 138,235 | 290,345 | 5528 | → | |
Shiliguri (Siliguri) | Aggl | 216,950 | 472,374 | 705,579 | 4190 | → | |
Shimulpur | Town | ... | 17,375 | 20,803 | 0 | → | |
Shyampur | Town | ... | 18,654 | 22,024 | 0 | → | |
Singur | Town | 19,726 | 19,537 | 21,382 | 640 | → | |
Sonāmukhi | City | 24,641 | 27,354 | 29,085 | 1165 | → | |
Suri | Aggl | 54,298 | 61,806 | 83,100 | 0 | → | |
Tāki | City | 30,421 | 37,305 | 38,263 | 1554 | → | |
Tamlūk | City | 38,688 | 45,830 | 65,306 | 1036 | → | |
Tarakeswar | City | 22,632 | 28,187 | 30,947 | 390 | → | |
Teghari | Town | ... | 18,227 | 25,058 | 0 | → | |
Tufānganj | Aggl | 16,418 | 19,310 | 26,337 | 0 | → | |
Ukhra | Town | 18,424 | 19,862 | 24,104 | 733 | → | |
Uttar Bagdogra | Town | 12,064 | 15,774 | 25,044 | 163 | → |
- (2001) (2011) Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Delimitation Commission of India, Population Census India.