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Rajpur Sonarpur Population 2024

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


The current estimate population of Rajpur Sonarpur city in 2024 is 601,000 , while Rajpur Sonarpur metro population is estimated at 19,936,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Rajpur Sonarpur city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Rajpur Sonarpur city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Rajpur Sonarpur city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Rajpur Sonarpur in 2011 is 424,368. Although Rajpur Sonarpur city has population of 424,368; its urban / metropolitan population is 14,035,959.

Rajpur Sonarpur Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Rajpur Sonarpur city are 350,721 of which 183,918 are males while 166,803 are females. Average literacy rate of Rajpur Sonarpur city is 90.14 percent of which male and female literacy was 93.23 and 86.96 percent. The sex ratio of Rajpur Sonarpur city is 970 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 945 per 1000 boys.

Rajpur Sonarpur Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Rajpur Sonarpur city numbers 6,997 in which population of 29,573 resides. This is around 6.97% of total population of Rajpur Sonarpur city.

Rajpur Sonarpur Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Rajpur Sonarpur city with 89.34 % followers. Islam is second most popular religion in city of Rajpur Sonarpur with approximately 9.25 % following it. In Rajpur Sonarpur city, Christinity is followed by 0.40 %, Jainism by 0.02 %, Sikhism by 0.10 % and Buddhism by 0.04 %. Around 0.02 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.83 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 89.34 % 379,120
Muslims 9.25 % 39,267
Christian 0.40 % 1,706
Sikh 0.10 % 412
Buddhist 0.04 % 180
Jain 0.02 % 98
Others 0.02 % 76
Not Stated 0.83 % 3,509

Kolkata Future Population 2021-2031

Kolkata City Metropolitan
2011 424,368 14,035,959
2021 551,000 18,246,000
2022 567,000 18,793,000
2023 584,000 19,356,000
2024 601,000 19,936,000
2025 619,000 20,534,000
2026 637,000 21,150,000
2027 656,000 21,784,000
2028 675,000 22,437,000
2029 695,000 23,110,000
2030 715,000 23,803,000
2031 736,000 24,517,000
Rajpur Sonarpur City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 424,368 215,405 208,963
Literates 350,721 183,918 166,803
Children (0-6) 35,274 18,134 17,140
Average Literacy (%) 90.14 % 93.23 % 86.96 %
Sexratio 970
Child Sexratio 945

Kolkata Metropolitan Region

Rajpur Sonarpur 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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