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About Purba Medinipur

Purba Medinipur is a district in West Bengal, India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Purba Medinipur was 5,095,875 with a growth rate of 15.36%. Purba Medinipur covers 4,713 Km2 area. Sex ratio of Purba Medinipur's population is 938 females for every 1000 males, while child sex ratio is 946 females out of 1000 males.

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

Area, population and sex ratio of Purba Medinipur

Description
Value
Description
Value
Total Population
5,095,875
Growth (%)
15.36
Male Population
2,629,834
Sex Ratio
938
Female Population
2,466,041
Child Sex Ratio
946
Area ( In Km. Square )
4,713

Urban/Rural Population of Purba Medinipur

Description
Value
Description
Value
Urban Population
592,714
Rural Population
4,503,161
Urban Population (%)
11.63
Rural Population (%)
88.37
Urban male Population
307,272
Rural Male Population
2,322,562
Urban Female Population
285,442
Rural Female Population
2,180,599
Urban Sex Ratio
929
Rural Sex Ratio
939

Literacy data of Purba Medinipur

Description
Value
Description
Value
Total Literate
3,923,194
Literacy (%)
87.02
Male Literate
2,149,073
Male Literacy (%)
92.32
Female Literate
1,774,121
Female Literacy (%)
81.37
Urban Literate
469,007
Rural Literate
3,454,187
Urban Male Literates
255,391
Urban Male Literacy (%)
92.90
Rural Male Literates
1,893,682
Rural Male Literacy (%)
92.24
Urban Female Literates
213,616
Urban Female Literacy (%)
83.95
Rural Female Literates
1,560,505
Rural Female Literacy (%)
81.03

Religion Wise Data of Purba Medinipur

Description
Value
Description
Value
Hindu
4,343,972
Hindu (%)
85.24
Muslim
743,436
Muslim (%)
14.59
Sikh
746
Sikh (%)
0.01
Christian
2,648
Christian (%)
0.05
Jain
574
Jain (%)
0.01
Buddhist
317
Buddhist (%)
0.01
Other
359
Other (%)
0.01
Not Avaiable
3,823
Not Avaiable (%)
0.08

List of tehsils in Purba Medinipur

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Bhagawanpur I

Area ( Km2 ): 198

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Bhagawanpur II

Area ( Km2 ): 214

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Chandipur

Area ( Km2 ): 161

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Contai I

Area ( Km2 ): 162

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Contai III

Area ( Km2 ): 192

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Deshopran

Area ( Km2 ): 230

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Egra I

Area ( Km2 ): 211

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Egra II

Area ( Km2 ): 235

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Haldia

Area ( Km2 ): 300

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Khejuri I

Area ( Km2 ): 129

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Khejuri II

Area ( Km2 ): 146

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Kolaghat

Area ( Km2 ): 177