Hugli District Population, West Bengal - Census India 2011

Hugli is one of district of West Bengal in India. There are 19 Taluks, 1,866 villages and 78 towns in Hugli district.

As per the Census India 2011, Hugli district has 1,287,423 households, population of 5,519,145 of which 2,814,653 are males and 2,704,492 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 533,210 which is 9.66% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Hugli district is around 961 compared to 950 which is average of West Bengal state. The literacy rate of Hugli district is 73.9% out of which 78.58% males are literate and 69.02% females are literate. The total area of Hugli is 3,149 sq.km with population density of 1,753 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 61.43% of population lives in Urban area and 38.57% lives in Rural area. There are 24.35% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 4.15% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Hugli district.

Hugli Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	5,519,145	100%
Hindu	4,574,569	82.89%
Muslim	870,204	15.77%
Other religions and persuasions	49,050	0.89%
Religion not stated	11,470	0.21%
Christian	7,300	0.13%
Sikh	2,662	0.05%
Jain	2,160	0.04%
Buddhist	1,730	0.03%

Hugli 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)	328	2,821
Number of households	505,943	781,480
Total Population	2,128,499	3,390,646
Population (%)	51.29%	49.19%
Male Population	1,091,708	1,722,945
Female Population	1,036,791	1,667,701
Sex Ratio	950	968
Literacy (%)	79.34%	70.47%

List of Taluks in Hugli

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

Hugli Population Facts

Number of Households	1,287,423
Population	5,519,145
Male Population	2,814,653 (51%)
Female Population	2,704,492 (49%)
Children Population	533,210
Area	3,149 km2
Population density/km2	1,753
Sex-ratio	961
Literacy	73.9%
Male Literacy	78.58%
Female Literacy	69.02%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	4.15%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	24.35%