Dakshin Dinajpur vs Darjiling
Population
16.8 lakh
18.5 lakh
Areakm²
2,219
3,149
Population densityper km²
755
586
Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males
956
970
Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys
957
953
Literacy rate%
72.82
79.56
Female literacy%
67.01
73.33
Urban population%
14.1
39.4
Scheduled Castes% of people
28.8
17.2
Scheduled Tribes% of people
16.4
21.5
Workers in farming% of workers
67.3
20.8
Household industry workers% of workers
4.6
2.4
Homes with electricity (2011)% of households
36.5
57.3
Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households
8.1
27.3
Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households
31.7
48.4
Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.