District of West Bengal

Barddhaman: 77.2 lakh people, one story

People
77,17,563
Area
7,024 km²
Literacy
76.21%
Sex ratio
945
Top 3 in West BengalPopulation: 77,17,563. Rank 3 of 19 districts.See the numbers →Top 3 in West BengalArea: 7,024 km². Rank 3 of 19 districts.See the numbers →Big number77.2 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 1,099 to every km².See the numbers →

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BarddhamanWest Bengal

The history, places and schemes of Barddhaman are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Barddhaman in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population77.2 lakh#3/19 in West Bengal
Area7,024 km²#3/19 in West Bengal
Population density1,099 per km²#7/19 in West Bengal▲ state 1,028
Sex ratio945 females per 1000 males#13/19 in West Bengal▼ state 950
Child sex ratio (0–6)951 girls per 1000 boys#14/19 in West Bengal▼ state 956
Literacy rate76.21%#9/19 in West Bengal▼ state 76.26
Female literacy69.63%#10/19 in West Bengal▼ state 70.54
Urban population39.9%#4/19 in West Bengal▲ state 31.9

People & society

76.2% can read. 945 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
82.481.7
Female literacy
69.670.5
Scheduled Castes
27.423.5
Scheduled Tribes
6.35.8
Living in towns
39.931.9

Gender literacy gap: 12.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 77.9%
  • Muslim 20.7%
  • Christian 0.3%
  • Sikh 0.2%
  • Other / not stated 0.9%

    Sectors at a glance

    45 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    29.1 lakh workers, 37.7% of all people

    This district
    West Bengal
    • Cultivators 11.8%
    • Farm labourers 33.4%
    • Household industry 4.3%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 50.5%

      Schemes & development

      Only 47% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      47.143.1
      Latrine at home
      42.646.6
      Tap water
      27.620.1
      LPG / PNG
      13.114.2
      Phone
      41.839.0
      Television
      33.628.0
      Bicycle
      49.645.3
      Two-wheeler
      11.86.7

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.