Darjiling vs Jalpaiguri
Population
18.5 lakh
38.7 lakh
Areakm²
3,149
6,227
Population densityper km²
586
622
Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males
970
953
Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys
953
955
Literacy rate%
79.56
73.25
Female literacy%
73.33
66.23
Urban population%
39.4
27.4
Scheduled Castes% of people
17.2
37.7
Scheduled Tribes% of people
21.5
18.9
Workers in farming% of workers
20.8
37.3
Household industry workers% of workers
2.4
2.0
Homes with electricity (2011)% of households
57.3
34.2
Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households
27.3
12.4
Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households
48.4
38.3
Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.