Barddhaman District Population, West Bengal - Census India 2011

Barddhaman is one of district of West Bengal in India. There are 32 Taluks, 2,502 villages and 100 towns in Barddhaman district.

As per the Census India 2011, Barddhaman district has 1,730,927 households, population of 7,717,563 of which 3,966,889 are males and 3,750,674 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 832,033 which is 10.78% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Barddhaman district is around 945 compared to 950 which is average of West Bengal state. The literacy rate of Barddhaman district is 67.99% out of which 73.56% males are literate and 62.1% females are literate. The total area of Barddhaman is 7,024 sq.km with population density of 1,099 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 60.11% of population lives in Urban area and 39.89% lives in Rural area. There are 27.41% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 6.34% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Barddhaman district.

Barddhaman Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	7,717,563	100%
Hindu	6,008,472	77.85%
Muslim	1,599,764	20.73%
Other religions and persuasions	44,968	0.58%
Religion not stated	23,188	0.3%
Christian	21,220	0.27%
Sikh	16,675	0.22%
Jain	1,674	0.02%
Buddhist	1,602	0.02%

Barddhaman Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	934	6,090
Number of households	659,366	1,071,561
Total Population	3,078,299	4,639,264
Population (%)	51.75%	48.83%
Male Population	1,593,102	2,373,787
Female Population	1,485,197	2,265,477
Sex Ratio	932	954
Literacy (%)	73.06%	64.63%

List of Taluks in Barddhaman

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Barddhaman district, West Bengal

Barddhaman Population Facts

Number of Households	1,730,927
Population	7,717,563
Male Population	3,966,889 (51.4%)
Female Population	3,750,674 (48.6%)
Children Population	832,033
Area	7,024 km2
Population density/km2	1,099
Sex-ratio	945
Literacy	67.99%
Male Literacy	73.56%
Female Literacy	62.1%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	6.34%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	27.41%