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About Dakshin Dinajpur

Dakshin Dinajpur is a district in West Bengal, India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Dakshin Dinajpur was 1,676,276 with a growth rate of 11.52%. Dakshin Dinajpur covers 2,219 Km2 area. Sex ratio of Dakshin Dinajpur's population is 956 females for every 1000 males, while child sex ratio is 957 females out of 1000 males.

For better understaing, details are categorized in four sections i.e. Population of Dakshin Dinajpur, Urban/Rural population of Dakshin Dinajpur, Literacy data of Dakshin Dinajpur and Religion wise data of Dakshin Dinajpur. Below are the full details and list of tehsils in Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, India. Select any of these to know detailed information about them.

Area, population and sex ratio of Dakshin Dinajpur

Description
Value
Description
Value
Total Population
1,676,276
Growth (%)
11.52
Male Population
857,199
Sex Ratio
956
Female Population
819,077
Child Sex Ratio
957
Area ( In Km. Square )
2,219

Urban/Rural Population of Dakshin Dinajpur

Description
Value
Description
Value
Urban Population
236,295
Rural Population
1,439,981
Urban Population (%)
14.10
Rural Population (%)
85.90
Urban male Population
119,428
Rural Male Population
737,771
Urban Female Population
116,867
Rural Female Population
702,210
Urban Sex Ratio
979
Rural Sex Ratio
952

Literacy data of Dakshin Dinajpur

Description
Value
Description
Value
Total Literate
1,083,685
Literacy (%)
72.82
Male Literate
596,474
Male Literacy (%)
78.37
Female Literate
487,211
Female Literacy (%)
67.01
Urban Literate
193,024
Rural Literate
890,661
Urban Male Literates
100,877
Urban Male Literacy (%)
91.78
Rural Male Literates
495,597
Rural Male Literacy (%)
76.11
Urban Female Literates
92,147
Urban Female Literacy (%)
85.52
Rural Female Literates
395,064
Rural Female Literacy (%)
63.79

Religion Wise Data of Dakshin Dinajpur

Description
Value
Description
Value
Hindu
1,232,850
Hindu (%)
73.55
Muslim
412,788
Muslim (%)
24.63
Sikh
276
Sikh (%)
0.02
Christian
24,794
Christian (%)
1.48
Jain
323
Jain (%)
0.02
Buddhist
148
Buddhist (%)
0.01
Other
2,786
Other (%)
0.17
Not Avaiable
2,311
Not Avaiable (%)
0.14

List of tehsils in Dakshin Dinajpur

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Balurghat

Area ( Km2 ): 355

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Bansihari

Area ( Km2 ): 207

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Gangarampur

Area ( Km2 ): 310

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Harirampur

Area ( Km2 ): 219

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Hilli

Area ( Km2 ): 88

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Kumarganj

Area ( Km2 ): 289

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Kushmundi

Area ( Km2 ): 305

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Tapan

Area ( Km2 ): 424