Nadia District Population, West Bengal - Census India 2011

Nadia is one of district of West Bengal in India. There are 18 Taluks, 1,308 villages and 67 towns in Nadia district.

As per the Census India 2011, Nadia district has 1,232,282 households, population of 5,167,600 of which 2,653,768 are males and 2,513,832 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 525,180 which is 10.16% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Nadia district is around 947 compared to 950 which is average of West Bengal state. The literacy rate of Nadia district is 67.35% out of which 70.8% males are literate and 63.72% females are literate. The total area of Nadia is 3,927 sq.km with population density of 1,316 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 72.16% of population lives in Urban area and 27.84% lives in Rural area. There are 29.93% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 2.72% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Nadia district.

Nadia Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	5,167,600	100%
Hindu	3,728,482	72.15%
Muslim	1,382,682	26.76%
Christian	33,835	0.65%
Other religions and persuasions	16,893	0.33%
Religion not stated	4,064	0.08%
Sikh	849	0.02%
Buddhist	514	0.01%
Jain	281	0.01%

Nadia 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)	315	3,612
Number of households	348,972	883,310
Total Population	1,438,873	3,728,727
Population (%)	50.92%	48.48%
Male Population	732,656	1,921,112
Female Population	706,217	1,807,615
Sex Ratio	964	941
Literacy (%)	78.29%	63.13%

List of Taluks in Nadia

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

Nadia Population Facts

Number of Households	1,232,282
Population	5,167,600
Male Population	2,653,768 (51.35%)
Female Population	2,513,832 (48.65%)
Children Population	525,180
Area	3,927 km2
Population density/km2	1,316
Sex-ratio	947
Literacy	67.35%
Male Literacy	70.8%
Female Literacy	63.72%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	2.72%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	29.93%