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According to the provisional results of the 2011 national census, West Bengal is the fourth-most-populous state in India with a population of 91,347,736 (7.55% of India's population). [3] The state's 2001–2011 decennial population growth rate was 13.93%, [ 3 ] lower than the 1991–2001 growth rate of 17.8% [ 3 ] and lower than the national ...
In the census of India 2011, an urban agglomeration has been defined as follows: [4] "An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns.
The Lodhas, Mahalis, Bhutias, Bedias, and Savars are the remaining STs, and having population of one per cent or more as per 2001 census report. [3] District wise Scheduled Tribes demographic map of West Bengal. More than half of the total ST population of the state is concentrated in Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Purulia, and Bardhaman districts.
West Bengal – state in eastern India and is the nation's fourth-most populous state, with over 91 million inhabitants. Spread over 34,267 sq mi (88,750 km 2 ), it is bordered by the countries of Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, and the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam.
According to the 2011 census of India, Presidency Division had a population of 32,741,224, roughly equals to the population of Malaysia or the U.S. state of California.. With a population of about 33 million, Presidency Division is the second-most-populous second-level country subdivision in the world, as well as the most populous division of India and West Bengal.
Religion in West Bengal is composed of diversified beliefs and practices. As per the 2011 census, Hinduism is the largest and biggest religion practiced by Indian Bengalis in the state, followed by Islam which is the second largest and biggest minority religion in the state.
The rural population was 1,088,740 and urban population was 520,432. Total males were 830,644 and females were 778,528. The density of population was 511 per km 2. The decennial population growth rate (1991–2001) was 23.79%. [15] The hills have a population of 624,061 which is nearly 40% of the population.
Asansol is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal.It is the second largest city in West Bengal.It is the 33rd largest urban agglomeration in India by population. Asansol is the district headquarters of Paschim Bardhaman district.