Murshidabad District Population, West Bengal - Census India 2011

Murshidabad is one of district of West Bengal in India. There are 27 Taluks, 2,167 villages and 72 towns in Murshidabad district.

As per the Census India 2011, Murshidabad district has 1,570,759 households, population of 7,103,807 of which 3,627,564 are males and 3,476,243 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 1,013,392 which is 14.27% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Murshidabad district is around 958 compared to 950 which is average of West Bengal state. The literacy rate of Murshidabad district is 57.09% out of which 60.02% males are literate and 54.04% females are literate. The total area of Murshidabad is 5,324 sq.km with population density of 1,334 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 80.28% of population lives in Urban area and 19.72% lives in Rural area. There are 12.63% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 1.28% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Murshidabad district.

Murshidabad Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	7,103,807	100%
Muslim	4,707,573	66.27%
Hindu	2,359,061	33.21%
Christian	18,102	0.25%
Religion not stated	7,491	0.11%
Other religions and persuasions	7,429	0.1%
Jain	3,037	0.04%
Sikh	766	0.01%
Buddhist	348	0%

Murshidabad 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)	276	5,048
Number of households	284,559	1,286,200
Total Population	1,400,692	5,703,115
Population (%)	50.67%	48.84%
Male Population	709,742	2,917,822
Female Population	690,950	2,785,293
Sex Ratio	974	955
Literacy (%)	61.56%	56%

List of Taluks in Murshidabad

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

Murshidabad Population Facts

Number of Households	1,570,759
Population	7,103,807
Male Population	3,627,564 (51.07%)
Female Population	3,476,243 (48.93%)
Children Population	1,013,392
Area	5,324 km2
Population density/km2	1,334
Sex-ratio	958
Literacy	57.09%
Male Literacy	60.02%
Female Literacy	54.04%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	1.28%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	12.63%