District Atlas

West Bengal: 19 districts, 9.13 crore people

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BankuraBarddhamanBirbhumDakshin DinajpurDarjilingHaoraHugliJalpaiguriKoch BiharKolkataMaldahMurshidabadNadiaNorth 24 ParganasPashchim MedinipurPurba MedinipurPuruliyaSouth 24 ParganasUttar Dinajpur
Population density (per km²)
< 622622–819819–1,0811,081–1,753≥ 1,753
● Full page ready · West Bengal average: 1,028 per km²

Record holders

The six facts about this state's districts that exams ask most often.

Most crowdedKolkata24,306 per km²Most literatePurba Medinipur87.02%Least literateUttar Dinajpur59.07%Best sex ratioDarjiling970 females per 1000 malesBiggest by areaSouth Twenty Four Parganas9,960 km²Most urbanKolkata100.0%

All districts

Bankura36 lakh · 70.3%Barddhaman77.2 lakh · 76.2%Birbhum35 lakh · 70.7%Dakshin Dinajpur16.8 lakh · 72.8%Darjiling18.5 lakh · 79.6%Haora48.5 lakh · 83.3%Hugli55.2 lakh · 81.8%Jalpaiguri38.7 lakh · 73.3%Koch Bihar28.2 lakh · 74.8%Kolkata45 lakh · 86.3%Maldah39.9 lakh · 61.7%Murshidabad71 lakh · 66.6%Nadia51.7 lakh · 75.0%North Twenty Four Parganas1 crore · 84.1%Paschim Medinipur59.1 lakh · 78.0%Purba Medinipur51 lakh · 87.0%Puruliya29.3 lakh · 64.5%South Twenty Four Parganas81.6 lakh · 77.5%Uttar Dinajpur30.1 lakh · 59.1%