Cooch Bihar is one of 20 districts located in eastern Indian state West Bengal. There are total 12 blocks which comes under Cooch Bihar district, and there are total 1194 villages and 12 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Cooch Bihar district is 329 and number of houses in this district is 621933.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 2636608. Out of total 2636608, male population count is 1359471, where as female population count is 1277137 in Cooch Bihar.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 329660 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 329660 children 169241 are boys and 160419 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Cooch Bihar district is 64%. 1699338 out of total 2636608 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 69% and 950129 males are literate out of total 1359471 male population, where as female literacy rate is 41% and 749209 out of total 1277137 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Cooch Bihar district is 35%. 937270 out of total 2636608 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 30% and 409342 males are illiterate out of total 1359471 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 41% and 527928 out of total 1277137 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Cooch Bihar district is 1063814 and non-working population is 1572794 and out of 1063814 working population 311344 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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