List of cities in West Bengal by population

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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]

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RankNameDistrictType*Population 2011MaleFemalePopulation
below 5 yrs
Literacy rate
1 Kolkata Kolkata, North 24 Parganas
South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Howrah, Hooghly
UA (Tier 1)14,112,5367,319,6826,792,8541,063,39488.33
2 Asansol Paschim Bardhaman UA(Tier 2)1,243,008647,831595,177132,56080.00
3 Siliguri Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri UA (Tier 2)701,489359,750341,73972,25282.05
4 Durgapur Paschim Bardhaman UA (Tier 2) [2] 581,409301,700279,70951,93087.70
5 Bardhaman Purba Bardhaman UA347,016177,055169,96125,06988.62
6 Malda Malda UA324,237175,073149,16444,18681.32
7 Baharampur Murshidabad UA305,609156,489149,12023,18288.38
8 Habra North 24 Parganas UA304,584154,861149,72323,02391.03
9 Kharagpur Paschim Medinipur UA293,719150,487143,23225,13085.61
10 Shantipur Nadia UA288,718147,299141,41924,00682.67
11 Dankuni Hooghly UA249,840128,139121,70122,95685.69
12 Dhulian Murshidabad UA239,022119,151119,87145,48360.06
13 Ranaghat Nadia UA235,583119,578116,00518,57586.10
14 Haldia Purba Medinipur City (Tier 2) [3] 200,762104,85295,91021,12289.06
15 Raiganj Uttar Dinajpur UA199,758104,96694,79222,02881.71
16 Krishnanagar Nadia UA181,18291,58389,59913,66388.09
17 Nabadwip Nadia UA175,47490,81084,66413,04984.57
18 Medinipur Paschim Medinipur UA169,12785,36283,76514,36590.01
19 Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri UA169,01385,22683,78714,52286.03
20 Balurghat Dakshin Dinajpur UA164,59382,46682,12710,34991.66
21 Basirhat North 24 Parganas UA144,89173,49171,40012,57886.88
22 Bankura Bankura City138,03670,73467,30210,76087.27
23 Chakdaha Nadia UA132,85567,13565,7209,82990.95
24 Darjeeling Darjeeling UA132,01665,83966,1777,38293.17
25 Alipurduar Alipurduar UA127,34264,89862,44410,54589.16
26 Purulia Purulia UA126,89465,33461,56012,11681.53
27 Jangipur Murshidabad UA122,87562,73460,14116,29975.71
28 Bolpur Birbhum City112,59156,75555,8369,59286.77
29 Bangaon North 24 Parganas City110,66856,41654,2528,45290.25
30 Cooch Behar Cooch Behar UA106,76053,80352,9577,91091.75
* UA=Urban Agglomeration

Urban agglomerations

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 agglomeration constituents

Urban agglomerations constituents with a population above 100,000 as per the 2011 census are shown in the table below. [5]

Urban agglomerationName of constituentDistrictType*Population 2011MaleFemalePopulation
below 5 yrs
Literacy rate
Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata M Corp.4,486,6792,362,6622,124,017300,05287.14
Kalyani Nadia M100,62050,86749,7537,60488.75
Rajarhat-Gopalpur (now merged with Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation) North 24 Parganas M404,991205,560199,43134,08890.91
Barasat North 24 Parganas M283,443143,732139,71121,46890.42
Madhyamgram North 24 Parganas M198,964100,61198,35315,34890.16
Kanchrapara North 24 Parganas M122,18161,77060,4418,53290.80
Halisahar North 24 Parganas M126,89366,65460,23910,60089.25
Naihati North 24 Parganas M221,762112,773108,98917,44289.79
Bhatpara North 24 Parganas M390,467207,876182,59139,49885.86
North Barrackpur North 24 Parganas M134,82568,13666,6898,26594.78
Barrackpore North 24 Parganas M154,47579,50774,96810,67189.33
Titagarh North 24 Parganas M118,42663,93654,49010,81681.18
Khardaha North 24 Parganas M111,13056,79254,3386,57995.50
Panihati North 24 Parganas M383,522193,333190,18924,67892.78
Kamarhati North 24 Parganas M336,579174,840161,73923,86388.22
Baranagar North 24 Parganas M248,466128,432120,03415,01692.46
South Dumdum North 24 Parganas M410,524206,558203,96626,90092.82
North Dumdum North 24 Parganas M253,625128,620125,00517,29091.98
Dum Dum North 24 Parganas M117,63761,03956,5986,67893.51
Bidhan Nagar North 24 Parganas M (Now M Corp.)218,323111,363106,96012,78690.44
Bansberia Hooghly M103,79953,80749,9928,72185.73
Chinsurah Hooghly M177,20988,95288,25711,40991.94
Bhadreswar Hooghly M101,33453,31848,0168,98186.89
Champdani Hooghly M110,98359,29651,68711,60482.39
Chandannagar Hooghly M Corp.166,94984,25782,69210,71690.62
Baidyabati Hooghly M121,08162,55058,5318,15489.08
Serampore Hooghly M183,33994,51488,82512,81789.99
Rishra Hooghly M124,58566,76757,81811,43088.89
Konnagar Hooghly M124,58566,76757,81811,43088.89
Uttarpara Kotrung Hooghly M162,38682,81579,57111,14091.16
Maheshtala South 24 Parganas M449,423231,044218,37943,46982.63
Rajpur Sonarpur South 24 Parganas M423,806215,983207,82331,58891.06
Howrah Howrah Howrah M Corp.1,072,161560,577511,58483,01089.86
Bally (Now Merged with Howrah M Corp.) Howrah M291,972156,734135,23831,85983.39
Bally Howrah CT115,71559,95155,7649,58490.14
Uluberia Howrah M222,175114,144108,03125,18781.13
Asansol Asansol Paschim Bardhaman M Corp.564,491293,748270,74356,01484.82
Kulti (Now merged with Asansol) Paschim Bardhaman M (Now under Asansol M Corp.)313,977163,819150,15833,37576.58
Jamuria (Now merged with Asansol) Paschim Bardhaman M (Now under Asansol M Corp.)144,97175,57469,39717,55673.11
Raniganj (Now merged with Asansol) Paschim Bardhaman M (Now under Asansol M Corp.)128,62467,15061,47414,83378.47
Siliguri Siliguri Darjeeling M Corp.509,709261,218248,49148,25087.46
Dabgram Jalpaiguri CT118,86460,70857,75614,47273.98
Durgapur Durgapur Paschim Bardhaman M Corp.566,937294,349272,58850,51287.84
Waria (Now merged with Durgapur) Paschim Bardhaman CT (Now under Durgapur M Corp.)7,4253,9123,51274372
Andal (Now partly merged with Durgapur) Paschim Bardhaman CT (Now partly under Durgapur M Corp.)19,50410,3379,1672,14575
Bardhaman Bardhaman Purba Bardhaman M314,638160,631154,00722,10789.07
English Bazar English Bazar Malda M216,083115,126100,95733,21184.69
Baharampur Baharampur Murshidabad M195,363100,43194,93213,22890.29
Habra Habra North 24 Parganas M149,67576,51073,16511,21190.85
Ashoknagar Kalyangarh North 24 Parganas M123,90662,55461,3528,88592.45
Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri M303,874153,564150,31030,07588.16
Kharagpur Kharagpur Paschim Medinipur M/ITC506,923256,735200,18817,73190.64
Shantipur Shantipur Nadia M151,77477,04474,73012,97581.43
Raiganj Raiganj Uttar Dinajpur M183,68296,58987,09320,54781.66
Krishnanagar Krishnanagar Nadia M152,20376,70075,50310,79490.92
Nabadwip Nabadwip Nadia M125,52865,30060,2288,38887.75
Balurghat Balurghat Dakshin Dinajpur M151,18375,67775,5069,39191.85
Bankura Bankura Bankura M138.03670,73467,30210,76087.27
Purulia Purulia Purulia M121,43662,52058,91611,49182.34
Darjeeling Darjeeling Darjeeling M120,41460,11460,3006,54794.18

The constituents of urban agglomerations in West Bengal, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below: [6]

Abbreviations: M Corp. = Municipal Corporation, M = Municipality, CT = Census Town, OG = Out Growth, NA = Notified Area, CB = Cantonment Board

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