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Bidhan Nagar Population 2024

Bidhan Nagar city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Kolkata Metropolitan Region. The Bidhan Nagar city is located in West Bengal state of India.


The current estimate population of Bidhan Nagar city in 2024 is 304,000 , while Bidhan Nagar metro population is estimated at 19,936,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Bidhan Nagar city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Bidhan Nagar city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Bidhan Nagar city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Bidhan Nagar in 2011 is 215,514. Although Bidhan Nagar city has population of 215,514; its urban / metropolitan population is 14,035,959.

Bidhan Nagar Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Bidhan Nagar city are 179,271 of which 93,350 are males while 85,921 are females. Average literacy rate of Bidhan Nagar city is 89.14 percent of which male and female literacy was 91.72 and 86.50 percent. The sex ratio of Bidhan Nagar city is 977 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 990 per 1000 boys.

Bidhan Nagar Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Bidhan Nagar city numbers 18,130 in which population of 76,350 resides. This is around 35.43% of total population of Bidhan Nagar city.

Bidhan Nagar Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Bidhan Nagar city with 95.29 % followers. Islam is second most popular religion in city of Bidhan Nagar with approximately 2.54 % following it. In Bidhan Nagar city, Christinity is followed by 0.44 %, Jainism by 0.21 %, Sikhism by 0.14 % and Buddhism by 0.11 %. Around 0.03 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 1.24 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 95.29 % 205,363
Muslims 2.54 % 5,475
Christian 0.44 % 959
Sikh 0.14 % 301
Buddhist 0.11 % 232
Jain 0.21 % 456
Others 0.03 % 63
Not Stated 1.24 % 2,665

Kolkata Future Population 2021-2031

Kolkata City Metropolitan
2011 215,514 14,035,959
2021 280,000 18,246,000
2022 288,000 18,793,000
2023 296,000 19,356,000
2024 304,000 19,936,000
2025 313,000 20,534,000
2026 322,000 21,150,000
2027 331,000 21,784,000
2028 340,000 22,437,000
2029 350,000 23,110,000
2030 360,000 23,803,000
2031 370,000 24,517,000
Bidhan Nagar City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 215,514 109,014 106,500
Literates 179,271 93,350 85,921
Children (0-6) 14,399 7,235 7,164
Average Literacy (%) 89.14 % 91.72 % 86.50 %
Sexratio 977
Child Sexratio 990

Kolkata Metropolitan Region

Bidhan Nagar city comes under Kolkata Metropolitan area.
Kolkata Metropolitan Total Male Female
Population 14,035,959 7,251,908 6,784,051
Literates 11,272,266 6,000,762 5,271,504
Children (0-6) 1,158,543 594,970 563,573
Average Literacy (%) 87.54 % 90.14 % 84.74 %
Sexratio 935
Child Sexratio 947
Kolkata Metropolitan Areas
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