Population of West Bengal

Source	Census 2011
Date	13 Sep 2020

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West Bengal Population (1901-2011)
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to India
1901	16,940,088	-	-	7.11
1911	17,998,769	1,058,681	6.25	7.14
1921	17,474,348	-524,421	-2.91	6.95
1931	18,897,036	1,422,688	8.14	6.77
1941	23,229,552	4,332,516	22.93	7.29
1951	26,299,980	3,070,428	13.22	7.28
1961	34,926,279	8,626,299	32.80	7.95
1971	44,312,011	9,385,732	26.87	8.08
1981	54,580,647	10,268,636	23.17	7.99
1991	68,077,965	13,497,318	24.73	8.04
2001	80,176,197	12,098,232	17.77	7.79
2011	91,276,115	11,099,918	13.84	7.54

West Bengal population by Age Group (2011)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	3,743,862	3,589,281	7,333,143	8.03	104.307
05-09	4,216,763	4,031,046	8,247,809	9.04	104.607
10-14	4,677,506	4,479,017	9,156,523	10.03	104.432
15-19	4,702,325	4,355,706	9,058,031	9.92	107.958
20-24	4,422,630	4,335,692	8,758,322	9.60	102.005
25-29	4,044,904	3,953,005	7,997,909	8.76	102.325
30-34	3,464,659	3,376,931	6,841,590	7.50	102.598
35-39	3,523,361	3,489,285	7,012,646	7.68	100.977
40-44	3,219,604	2,933,456	6,153,060	6.74	109.755
45-49	2,814,212	2,521,507	5,335,719	5.85	111.608
50-54	2,317,232	1,940,648	4,257,880	4.66	119.405
55-59	1,746,903	1,521,747	3,268,650	3.58	114.796
60-64	1,406,401	1,339,053	2,745,454	3.01	105.030
65-69	991,280	991,713	1,982,993	2.17	99.956
70-74	686,881	703,726	1,390,607	1.52	97.606
75-79	360,216	379,551	739,767	0.81	94.906
80-84	207,192	238,611	445,803	0.49	86.833
85-89	92,037	105,008	197,045	0.22	87.648
90-94	53,823	70,239	124,062	0.14	76.628
95-99	25,628	31,837	57,465	0.06	80.498
100+	27,856	31,330	59,186	0.06	88.912
Age not stated	63,752	48,699	112,451	0.12	130.910
Total	46,809,027	44,467,088	91,276,115		105.267

Population of West Bengal districts 2011
Rank	District	Population				Rural (%)	Urban (%)	Sex ratio
Rank	District	Male	Female	Total	Share (%)	Rural (%)	Urban (%)	F per 1000 M	M per 100 F
18	Darjiling	937,259	909,564	1,846,823	2.02	60.58	39.42	970	103.045
12	Jalpaiguri	1,983,064	1,889,782	3,872,846	4.24	72.62	27.38	953	104.936
17	Koch Bihar	1,451,542	1,367,544	2,819,086	3.09	89.73	10.27	942	106.142
15	Uttar Dinajpur	1,551,066	1,456,068	3,007,134	3.29	87.95	12.05	939	106.524
19	Dakshin Dinajpur	857,199	819,077	1,676,276	1.84	85.90	14.10	956	104.654
11	Maldah	2,051,541	1,937,304	3,988,845	4.37	86.42	13.58	944	105.897
4	Murshidabad	3,627,564	3,476,243	7,103,807	7.78	80.28	19.72	958	104.353
14	Birbhum	1,790,920	1,711,484	3,502,404	3.84	87.17	12.83	956	104.641
3	Barddhaman	3,966,889	3,750,674	7,717,563	8.46	60.11	39.89	945	105.765
7	Nadia	2,653,768	2,513,832	5,167,600	5.66	72.16	27.84	947	105.567
1	North Twenty Four Parganas	5,119,389	4,890,392	10,009,781	10.97	42.73	57.27	955	104.683
6	Hugli	2,814,653	2,704,492	5,519,145	6.05	61.43	38.57	961	104.073
13	Bankura	1,838,095	1,758,579	3,596,674	3.94	91.67	8.33	957	104.522
16	Puruliya	1,496,996	1,433,119	2,930,115	3.21	87.26	12.74	957	104.457
9	Haora	2,500,819	2,349,210	4,850,029	5.31	36.62	63.38	939	106.454
10	Kolkata	2,356,766	2,139,928	4,496,694	4.93	0.00	100.00	908	110.133
2	South Twenty Four Parganas	4,173,778	3,988,183	8,161,961	8.94	74.42	25.58	956	104.654
5	Paschim Medinipur	3,007,885	2,905,572	5,913,457	6.48	87.78	12.22	966	103.521
8	Purba Medinipur	2,629,834	2,466,041	5,095,875	5.58	88.37	11.63	938	106.642