Barddhaman is one of 20 districts located in eastern Indian state West Bengal. There are total 31 blocks which comes under Barddhaman district, and there are total 2502 villages and 89 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Barddhaman district is 335 and number of houses in this district is 1247678.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 5444765. Out of total 5444765, male population count is 2792463, where as female population count is 2652302 in Barddhaman.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 600238 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 600238 children 306437 are boys and 293801 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Barddhaman district is 65%. 3557059 out of total 5444765 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 71% and 1989295 males are literate out of total 2792463 male population, where as female literacy rate is 40% and 1567764 out of total 2652302 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Barddhaman district is 34%. 1887706 out of total 5444765 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 28% and 803168 males are illiterate out of total 2792463 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 40% and 1084538 out of total 2652302 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Barddhaman district is 2141912 and non-working population is 3302853 and out of 2141912 working population 289419 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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