This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities (those not included in the urban agglomerations), with a population above 100,000 as per the 2011 census in the Indian state of West Bengal. [1]
Rank | Name | District | Type* | Population 2011 | Male | Female | Population below 5 yrs | Literacy rate | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Kolkata | Kolkata, North 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Howrah, Hooghly, | UA (Tier 1) | 14,112,536 | 7,319,682 | 6,792,854 | 1,063,394 | 88.33 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Asansol | Paschim Bardhaman | UA(Tier 2) | 1,243,008 | 647,831 | 595,177 | 132,560 | 80.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Siliguri | Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri | UA (Tier 2) | 701,489 | 359,750 | 341,739 | 72,252 | 82.05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Durgapur | Paschim Bardhaman | UA (Tier 2) [2] | 581,409 | 301,700 | 279,709 | 51,930 | 87.70 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Bardhaman | Purba Bardhaman | UA | 347,016 | 177,055 | 169,961 | 25,069 | 88.62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Malda | Malda | UA | 324,237 | 175,073 | 149,164 | 44,186 | 81.32 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Baharampur | Murshidabad | UA | 305,609 | 156,489 | 149,120 | 23,182 | 88.38 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Habra | North 24 Parganas | UA | 304,584 | 154,861 | 149,723 | 23,023 | 91.03 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Kharagpur | Paschim Medinipur | UA | 293,719 | 150,487 | 143,232 | 25,130 | 85.61 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Shantipur | Nadia | UA | 288,718 | 147,299 | 141,419 | 24,006 | 82.67 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Dankuni | Hooghly | UA | 249,840 | 128,139 | 121,701 | 22,956 | 85.69 | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Dhulian | Murshidabad | UA | 239,022 | 119,151 | 119,871 | 45,483 | 60.06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Ranaghat | Nadia | UA | 235,583 | 119,578 | 116,005 | 18,575 | 86.10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Haldia | Purba Medinipur | City (Tier 2) [3] | 200,762 | 104,852 | 95,910 | 21,122 | 89.06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Raiganj | Uttar Dinajpur | UA | 199,758 | 104,966 | 94,792 | 22,028 | 81.71 | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Krishnanagar | Nadia | UA | 181,182 | 91,583 | 89,599 | 13,663 | 88.09 | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Nabadwip | Nadia | UA | 175,474 | 90,810 | 84,664 | 13,049 | 84.57 | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Medinipur | Paschim Medinipur | UA | 169,127 | 85,362 | 83,765 | 14,365 | 90.01 | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Jalpaiguri | Jalpaiguri | UA | 169,013 | 85,226 | 83,787 | 14,522 | 86.03 | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Balurghat | Dakshin Dinajpur | UA | 164,593 | 82,466 | 82,127 | 10,349 | 91.66 | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Basirhat | North 24 Parganas | UA | 144,891 | 73,491 | 71,400 | 12,578 | 86.88 | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Bankura | Bankura | City | 138,036 | 70,734 | 67,302 | 10,760 | 87.27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Chakdaha | Nadia | UA | 132,855 | 67,135 | 65,720 | 9,829 | 90.95 | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Darjeeling | Darjeeling | UA | 132,016 | 65,839 | 66,177 | 7,382 | 93.17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Alipurduar | Alipurduar | UA | 127,342 | 64,898 | 62,444 | 10,545 | 89.16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Purulia | Purulia | UA | 126,894 | 65,334 | 61,560 | 12,116 | 81.53 | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Jangipur | Murshidabad | UA | 122,875 | 62,734 | 60,141 | 16,299 | 75.71 | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Bolpur | Birbhum | City | 112,591 | 56,755 | 55,836 | 9,592 | 86.77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Bangaon | North 24 Parganas | City | 110,668 | 56,416 | 54,252 | 8,452 | 90.25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Cooch Behar | Cooch Behar | UA | 106,760 | 53,803 | 52,957 | 7,910 | 91.75 | |||||||||||||||||||||
* UA=Urban Agglomeration |
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. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."
Urban agglomerations constituents with a population above 100,000 as per the 2011 census are shown in the table below. [5]
Urban agglomeration | Name of constituent | District | Type* | Population 2011 | Male | Female | Population below 5 yrs | Literacy rate |
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Kolkata | Kolkata | Kolkata | M Corp. | 4,486,679 | 2,362,662 | 2,124,017 | 300,052 | 87.14 |
Kalyani | Nadia | M | 100,620 | 50,867 | 49,753 | 7,604 | 88.75 | |
Rajarhat-Gopalpur (now merged with Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation) | North 24 Parganas | M | 404,991 | 205,560 | 199,431 | 34,088 | 90.91 | |
Barasat | North 24 Parganas | M | 283,443 | 143,732 | 139,711 | 21,468 | 90.42 | |
Madhyamgram | North 24 Parganas | M | 198,964 | 100,611 | 98,353 | 15,348 | 90.16 | |
Kanchrapara | North 24 Parganas | M | 122,181 | 61,770 | 60,441 | 8,532 | 90.80 | |
Halisahar | North 24 Parganas | M | 126,893 | 66,654 | 60,239 | 10,600 | 89.25 | |
Naihati | North 24 Parganas | M | 221,762 | 112,773 | 108,989 | 17,442 | 89.79 | |
Bhatpara | North 24 Parganas | M | 390,467 | 207,876 | 182,591 | 39,498 | 85.86 | |
North Barrackpur | North 24 Parganas | M | 134,825 | 68,136 | 66,689 | 8,265 | 94.78 | |
Barrackpore | North 24 Parganas | M | 154,475 | 79,507 | 74,968 | 10,671 | 89.33 | |
Titagarh | North 24 Parganas | M | 118,426 | 63,936 | 54,490 | 10,816 | 81.18 | |
Khardaha | North 24 Parganas | M | 111,130 | 56,792 | 54,338 | 6,579 | 95.50 | |
Panihati | North 24 Parganas | M | 383,522 | 193,333 | 190,189 | 24,678 | 92.78 | |
Kamarhati | North 24 Parganas | M | 336,579 | 174,840 | 161,739 | 23,863 | 88.22 | |
Baranagar | North 24 Parganas | M | 248,466 | 128,432 | 120,034 | 15,016 | 92.46 | |
South Dumdum | North 24 Parganas | M | 410,524 | 206,558 | 203,966 | 26,900 | 92.82 | |
North Dumdum | North 24 Parganas | M | 253,625 | 128,620 | 125,005 | 17,290 | 91.98 | |
Dum Dum | North 24 Parganas | M | 117,637 | 61,039 | 56,598 | 6,678 | 93.51 | |
Bidhan Nagar | North 24 Parganas | M (Now M Corp.) | 218,323 | 111,363 | 106,960 | 12,786 | 90.44 | |
Bansberia | Hooghly | M | 103,799 | 53,807 | 49,992 | 8,721 | 85.73 | |
Chinsurah | Hooghly | M | 177,209 | 88,952 | 88,257 | 11,409 | 91.94 | |
Bhadreswar | Hooghly | M | 101,334 | 53,318 | 48,016 | 8,981 | 86.89 | |
Champdani | Hooghly | M | 110,983 | 59,296 | 51,687 | 11,604 | 82.39 | |
Chandannagar | Hooghly | M Corp. | 166,949 | 84,257 | 82,692 | 10,716 | 90.62 | |
Baidyabati | Hooghly | M | 121,081 | 62,550 | 58,531 | 8,154 | 89.08 | |
Serampore | Hooghly | M | 183,339 | 94,514 | 88,825 | 12,817 | 89.99 | |
Rishra | Hooghly | M | 124,585 | 66,767 | 57,818 | 11,430 | 88.89 | |
Konnagar | Hooghly | M | 124,585 | 66,767 | 57,818 | 11,430 | 88.89 | |
Uttarpara Kotrung | Hooghly | M | 162,386 | 82,815 | 79,571 | 11,140 | 91.16 | |
Maheshtala | South 24 Parganas | M | 449,423 | 231,044 | 218,379 | 43,469 | 82.63 | |
Rajpur Sonarpur | South 24 Parganas | M | 423,806 | 215,983 | 207,823 | 31,588 | 91.06 | |
Howrah | Howrah | Howrah | M Corp. | 1,072,161 | 560,577 | 511,584 | 83,010 | 89.86 |
Bally (Now Merged with Howrah M Corp.) | Howrah | M | 291,972 | 156,734 | 135,238 | 31,859 | 83.39 | |
Bally | Howrah | CT | 115,715 | 59,951 | 55,764 | 9,584 | 90.14 | |
Uluberia | Howrah | M | 222,175 | 114,144 | 108,031 | 25,187 | 81.13 | |
Asansol | Asansol | Paschim Bardhaman | M Corp. | 564,491 | 293,748 | 270,743 | 56,014 | 84.82 |
Kulti (Now merged with Asansol) | Paschim Bardhaman | M (Now under Asansol M Corp.) | 313,977 | 163,819 | 150,158 | 33,375 | 76.58 | |
Jamuria (Now merged with Asansol) | Paschim Bardhaman | M (Now under Asansol M Corp.) | 144,971 | 75,574 | 69,397 | 17,556 | 73.11 | |
Raniganj (Now merged with Asansol) | Paschim Bardhaman | M (Now under Asansol M Corp.) | 128,624 | 67,150 | 61,474 | 14,833 | 78.47 | |
Siliguri | Siliguri | Darjeeling | M Corp. | 509,709 | 261,218 | 248,491 | 48,250 | 87.46 |
Dabgram | Jalpaiguri | CT | 118,864 | 60,708 | 57,756 | 14,472 | 73.98 | |
Durgapur | Durgapur | Paschim Bardhaman | M Corp. | 566,937 | 294,349 | 272,588 | 50,512 | 87.84 |
Waria (Now merged with Durgapur) | Paschim Bardhaman | CT (Now under Durgapur M Corp.) | 7,425 | 3,912 | 3,512 | 743 | 72 | |
Andal (Now partly merged with Durgapur) | Paschim Bardhaman | CT (Now partly under Durgapur M Corp.) | 19,504 | 10,337 | 9,167 | 2,145 | 75 | |
Bardhaman | Bardhaman | Purba Bardhaman | M | 314,638 | 160,631 | 154,007 | 22,107 | 89.07 |
English Bazar | English Bazar | Malda | M | 216,083 | 115,126 | 100,957 | 33,211 | 84.69 |
Baharampur | Baharampur | Murshidabad | M | 195,363 | 100,431 | 94,932 | 13,228 | 90.29 |
Habra | Habra | North 24 Parganas | M | 149,675 | 76,510 | 73,165 | 11,211 | 90.85 |
Ashoknagar Kalyangarh | North 24 Parganas | M | 123,906 | 62,554 | 61,352 | 8,885 | 92.45 | |
Jalpaiguri | Jalpaiguri | Jalpaiguri | M | 303,874 | 153,564 | 150,310 | 30,075 | 88.16 |
Kharagpur | Kharagpur | Paschim Medinipur | M/ITC | 506,923 | 256,735 | 200,188 | 17,731 | 90.64 |
Shantipur | Shantipur | Nadia | M | 151,774 | 77,044 | 74,730 | 12,975 | 81.43 |
Raiganj | Raiganj | Uttar Dinajpur | M | 183,682 | 96,589 | 87,093 | 20,547 | 81.66 |
Krishnanagar | Krishnanagar | Nadia | M | 152,203 | 76,700 | 75,503 | 10,794 | 90.92 |
Nabadwip | Nabadwip | Nadia | M | 125,528 | 65,300 | 60,228 | 8,388 | 87.75 |
Balurghat | Balurghat | Dakshin Dinajpur | M | 151,183 | 75,677 | 75,506 | 9,391 | 91.85 |
Bankura | Bankura | Bankura | M | 138,036 | 70,734 | 67,302 | 10,760 | 87.27 |
Purulia | Purulia | Purulia | M | 121,436 | 62,520 | 58,916 | 11,491 | 82.34 |
Darjeeling | Darjeeling | Darjeeling | M | 120,414 | 60,114 | 60,300 | 6,547 | 94.18 |
The constituents of urban agglomerations in West Bengal, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below: [6]
Barrackpore is a city and a municipality on the northern fringes of Kolkata and situated in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area is covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is the administrative headquarters of the Barrackpore subdivision.
Sodepur or Sodpur is a locality of Kolkata in Panihati Municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area is covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Barrackpore, Kamarhati, Dumdum, Agarpara, and Belghoria are all close by. It is a centre for rising residential construction. GM Meena Icon, Peerless Nagar, Merlin Maximus, Godrej Prakriti, and NPR Gitanjali Apartments are a few notable residential developments in the neighbourhood.
Baidyabati is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the State of West Bengal in India. It is under Serampore police station of Srirampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
Bamunari is a census town of Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Chak Bansberia is a census town in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Kanaipur is a census town in Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Muragachha is a census town in Barrackpore II CD Block in Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Raghunathpur is a census town in Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Dankuni and also a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Ruiya is a census town in Barrackpore II CD Block in Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Talbandha is a census town in Barrackpore II CD Block in Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Belgharia is a locality in Kolkata of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) and a vital locality of North Kolkata. Dakshineswar Kali Temple is approximately 2 km from Belgharia. The Vivekananda Setu on the Hooghly River is one of the oldest bridges in Kolkata established for the connection between the city of Howrah and Kolkata is also at the adjacent area of Belgharia.
Chandpur is a census town in Barrackpore II CD Block in Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Baruipur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ghola is a locality in Panihati Municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
Nawapara is a census town in Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Agarpara is a Town in Panihati Municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
Sukchar or Sukhchar is a locality which consists of two municipalities: Panihati & Khardah under Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.This area is served by the Khardah police station of Barrackpore Police Commissionerate.Sukchar has many historical & religious significance.
Rishra is a census town in Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Teghari is a census town in Barrackpore II CD Block in Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Nimta is a Census Town (Mofussil) in North Dumdum Municipality of Barrackpore II CD block in the Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Urban Agglomeration