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At A Glance - West Bengal
   
 
 

Total area

 88,075 sq.km.

Urban area

 2,060 sq.km.

Percentage of urban area in total area

 2.93%

Total population

 8,02,21,171*

Urban Population

 2,24,86,481*

Population of Urban Local Bodies

   1,92,846 *

Percentage of urban population in total population

  28.03%

Density of total population

 910 per sq.km

Density of population in Kolkata

 24452 per sq.km. (approx)

Total slum population in Kolkata

 14,90,810*

Total literate population

   4,78,21,757 *

Literate urban population

 1,65,66,724 *

Percentage of literate people in Kolkata

 81.31% *
Total population in Kolkata Metropolitan Area 14.96 million *
Urban Population in Kolkata Metropolitan Area 13.22 million *
 
 

Percentage of growth of urban people (decade wise)
1951-'61 1961-71 1971-'81 1981-'91 1991-'01
35.97 28.41 31.73 29.49 20.20
 
 

* Census 2001 

  
 
 
 
 
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