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]

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

References

  1. "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  2. "Revised List of Classification Cities for HRA of central government employees | Government Employees India".
  3. Donde, Chhavi Dang & Ritwik. "West Bengal to develop Tier II towns as next-gen IT hubs". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. "Urban Agglomerations and Cities" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  5. "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  6. "Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  7. "BMC".
  8. "Bally Municipality is merged with Howrah Corporation".