South Twenty Four Parganas District Population, West Bengal - Census India 2011

South Twenty Four Parganas is one of district of West Bengal in India. There are 30 Taluks, 2,044 villages and 118 towns in South Twenty Four Parganas district.

As per the Census India 2011, South Twenty Four Parganas district has 1,781,221 households, population of 8,161,961 of which 4,173,778 are males and 3,988,183 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 1,025,679 which is 12.57% of total population.

The sex-ratio of South Twenty Four Parganas district is around 956 compared to 950 which is average of West Bengal state. The literacy rate of South Twenty Four Parganas district is 67.77% out of which 72.91% males are literate and 62.39% females are literate. The total area of South Twenty Four Parganas is 9,960 sq.km with population density of 819 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 74.42% of population lives in Urban area and 25.58% lives in Rural area. There are 30.19% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 1.19% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in South Twenty Four Parganas district.

South Twenty Four Parganas Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	8,161,961	100%
Hindu	5,155,545	63.17%
Muslim	2,903,075	35.57%
Christian	66,498	0.81%
Religion not stated	24,529	0.3%
Other religions and persuasions	6,065	0.07%
Sikh	2,783	0.03%
Buddhist	2,494	0.03%
Jain	972	0.01%

South Twenty Four Parganas 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)	419	9,541
Number of households	482,962	1,298,259
Total Population	2,087,773	6,074,188
Population (%)	50.99%	48.81%
Male Population	1,064,559	3,109,219
Female Population	1,023,214	2,964,969
Sex Ratio	961	954
Literacy (%)	73.99%	65.64%

List of Taluks in South Twenty Four Parganas

Check out complete list of all Taluks of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal

South Twenty Four Parganas Population Facts

Number of Households	1,781,221
Population	8,161,961
Male Population	4,173,778 (51.14%)
Female Population	3,988,183 (48.86%)
Children Population	1,025,679
Area	9,960 km2
Population density/km2	819
Sex-ratio	956
Literacy	67.77%
Male Literacy	72.91%
Female Literacy	62.39%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	1.19%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	30.19%