Jalpaiguri District Population, West Bengal - Census India 2011

Jalpaiguri is one of district of West Bengal in India. There are 14 Taluks, 733 villages and 40 towns in Jalpaiguri district.

As per the Census India 2011, Jalpaiguri district has 868,326 households, population of 3,872,846 of which 1,983,064 are males and 1,889,782 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 461,700 which is 11.92% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Jalpaiguri district is around 953 compared to 950 which is average of West Bengal state. The literacy rate of Jalpaiguri district is 64.52% out of which 70.43% males are literate and 58.32% females are literate. The total area of Jalpaiguri is 6,227 sq.km with population density of 622 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 72.62% of population lives in Urban area and 27.38% lives in Rural area. There are 37.65% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 18.89% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Jalpaiguri district.

Jalpaiguri Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total3,872,846100%
Hindu3,156,78181.51%
Muslim445,81711.51%
Christian186,2794.81%
Buddhist50,6761.31%
Other religions and persuasions23,8160.61%
Religion not stated5,0220.13%
Sikh2,9940.08%
Jain1,4610.04%

Jalpaiguri Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
DescriptionUrbanRural
Area(sq.km)3675,860
Number of households243,311625,015
Total Population1,060,3512,812,495
Population (%)51.47%48.9%
Male Population545,7781,437,286
Female Population514,5731,375,209
Sex Ratio943957
Literacy (%)73.79%61.02%

List of Taluks in Jalpaiguri

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal
TalukPopulationArea (km2)Pop. DensitySex-ratio
Dhupguri414,854495838970
Rajganj373,776658568935
Maynaguri329,032470700935
Jalpaiguri323,445502644948
Mal299,556563532973
Kalchini298,4581,020293928
Falakata290,7222831026943
Alipurduar - II218,272313697941
Alipurduar - I216,931348624948
Madarihat202,026353572990
Kumargram199,609466429946
Nagrakata127,397458278986
Matiali117,540231510955

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Jalpaiguri Population Facts

Number of Households868,326
Population3,872,846
Male Population1,983,064 (51.2%)
Female Population1,889,782 (48.8%)
Children Population461,700
Area6,227 km2
Population density/km2622
Sex-ratio953
Literacy64.52%
Male Literacy70.43%
Female Literacy58.32%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %18.89%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %37.65%

Map of Jalpaiguri , West Bengal