Purba Medinipur vs Darjiling
Population
51 lakh
18.5 lakh
Areakm²
4,713
3,149
Population densityper km²
1,081
586
Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males
938
970
Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys
946
953
Literacy rate%
87.02
79.56
Female literacy%
81.37
73.33
Urban population%
11.6
39.4
Scheduled Castes% of people
14.6
17.2
Scheduled Tribes% of people
0.5
21.5
Workers in farming% of workers
54.8
20.8
Household industry workers% of workers
6.2
2.4
Homes with electricity (2011)% of households
38.9
57.3
Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households
4.1
27.3
Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households
68.8
48.4
Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.