Literate6,15,38,281WEST BENGAL
Literate males3,38,18,810
Literate females2,77,19,471
Illiterate2,97,37,834
Literacy %67.4%
Population9,12,76,115
Literacy
Literate6,15,38,281
Literate males3,38,18,810
Literate females2,77,19,471
Literacy %67.4%
Illiterate2,97,37,834
Illiterate males1,29,90,217
Illiterate females1,67,47,617
Population Overview
Total population9,12,76,115
Males4,68,09,027
Females4,44,67,088
Sex ratio950per 1,000 males
Households2,03,80,315
Children (0–6 years)
Children 0–61,05,81,466
Boys 0–654,10,396
Girls 0–651,71,070
Child %11.6%
SC / ST
SC population2,14,63,270
SC males1,10,03,304
SC females1,04,59,966
SC %23.5%
ST population52,96,953
ST males26,49,974
ST females26,46,979
ST %5.8%
Workers — Total
Total workers3,47,56,355
Worker males2,67,16,047
Worker females80,40,308
Work participation %38.1%
Non-workers5,65,19,760
Non-worker males2,00,92,980
Non-worker females3,64,26,780
Workers — Main
Main workers2,56,86,630
Main males2,16,78,279
Main females40,08,351
Cultivators42,03,767
Cultivator males39,40,399
Cultivator females2,63,368
Agri labourers58,69,498
Agri labourer males49,43,086
Agri labourer females9,26,412
Household industry15,18,128
HH industry males8,69,039
HH industry females6,49,089
Other workers1,40,95,237
Other males1,19,25,755
Other females21,69,482
Workers — Marginal
Marginal workers90,69,725
Marginal males50,37,768
Marginal females40,31,957
Marg. cultivators9,12,921
Marg. agri labourers43,19,344
Marg. HH industry9,45,996
Marg. other28,91,464
Workers — Marginal (detail)
Marg. cultivator males5,59,642
Marg. cultivator females3,53,279
Marg. agri lab. males25,09,728
Marg. agri lab. females18,09,616
Marg. HH industry males2,45,644
Marg. HH industry females7,00,352
Marg. other males17,22,754
Marg. other females11,68,710
Marginal Workers — 3 to 6 months
3–6 mo workers70,48,294
3–6 mo males40,15,867
3–6 mo females30,32,427
3–6 mo cultivators6,98,206
3–6 mo cult. males4,40,464
3–6 mo cult. females2,57,742
3–6 mo agri lab.33,00,617
3–6 mo agri lab. males19,82,485
3–6 mo agri lab. females13,18,132
3–6 mo HH industry7,14,472
3–6 mo HH ind. males1,90,430
3–6 mo HH ind. females5,24,042
3–6 mo other23,34,999
3–6 mo other males14,02,488
3–6 mo other females9,32,511
Marginal Workers — 0 to 3 months
0–3 mo workers20,21,431
0–3 mo males10,21,901
0–3 mo females9,99,530
0–3 mo cultivators2,14,715
0–3 mo cult. males1,19,178
0–3 mo cult. females95,537
0–3 mo agri lab.10,18,727
0–3 mo agri lab. males5,27,243
0–3 mo agri lab. females4,91,484
0–3 mo HH industry2,31,524
0–3 mo HH ind. males55,214
0–3 mo HH ind. females1,76,310
0–3 mo other5,56,465
0–3 mo other males3,20,266
0–3 mo other females2,36,199
Top districts by literate
districts comparison
19 districts
districts-wise data
| # | District | Literate | Lit. males | Lit. females | Illiterate | Literacy % | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Twenty Four Parganas | 76,08,693 | 40,56,046 | 35,52,647 | 24,01,088 | 76% | 1,00,09,781 |
| 2 | South Twenty Four Parganas | 55,31,657 | 30,43,277 | 24,88,380 | 26,30,304 | 67.8% | 81,61,961 |
| 3 | Barddhaman | 52,47,208 | 29,18,040 | 23,29,168 | 24,70,355 | 68% | 77,17,563 |
| 4 | Murshidabad | 40,55,834 | 21,77,187 | 18,78,647 | 30,47,973 | 57.1% | 71,03,807 |
| 5 | Paschim Medinipur | 40,78,412 | 22,66,913 | 18,11,499 | 18,35,045 | 69% | 59,13,457 |
| 6 | Hugli | 40,78,388 | 22,11,777 | 18,66,611 | 14,40,757 | 73.9% | 55,19,145 |
| 7 | Nadia | 34,80,555 | 18,78,866 | 16,01,689 | 16,87,045 | 67.4% | 51,67,600 |
| 8 | Purba Medinipur | 39,23,194 | 21,49,073 | 17,74,121 | 11,72,681 | 77% | 50,95,875 |
| 9 | Haora | 36,05,206 | 19,42,824 | 16,62,382 | 12,44,823 | 74.3% | 48,50,029 |
| 10 | Kolkata | 35,88,137 | 19,26,915 | 16,61,222 | 9,08,557 | 79.8% | 44,96,694 |
| 11 | Maldah | 20,86,432 | 11,52,019 | 9,34,413 | 19,02,413 | 52.3% | 39,88,845 |
| 12 | Jalpaiguri | 24,98,780 | 13,96,622 | 11,02,158 | 13,74,066 | 64.5% | 38,72,846 |
| 13 | Bankura | 22,32,992 | 12,99,337 | 9,33,655 | 13,63,682 | 62.1% | 35,96,674 |
| 14 | Birbhum | 21,58,447 | 12,01,481 | 9,56,966 | 13,43,957 | 61.6% | 35,02,404 |
| 15 | Uttar Dinajpur | 14,89,667 | 8,53,495 | 6,36,172 | 15,17,467 | 49.5% | 30,07,134 |
| 16 | Puruliya | 16,24,905 | 10,02,058 | 6,22,847 | 13,05,210 | 55.5% | 29,30,115 |
| 17 | Koch Bihar | 18,50,504 | 10,28,733 | 8,21,771 | 9,68,582 | 65.6% | 28,19,086 |
| 18 | Darjiling | 13,15,585 | 7,17,673 | 5,97,912 | 5,31,238 | 71.2% | 18,46,823 |
| 19 | Dakshin Dinajpur | 10,83,685 | 5,96,474 | 4,87,211 | 5,92,591 | 64.6% | 16,76,276 |