Darjiling is one of 20 districts located in eastern Indian state West Bengal. There are total 12 blocks which comes under Darjiling district, and there are total 688 villages and 24 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Darjiling district is 327 and number of houses in this district is 284196.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1330110. Out of total 1330110, male population count is 674326, where as female population count is 655784 in Darjiling.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 147588 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 147588 children 75305 are boys and 72283 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Darjiling district is 67%. 895375 out of total 1330110 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 73% and 496841 males are literate out of total 674326 male population, where as female literacy rate is 39% and 398534 out of total 655784 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Darjiling district is 32%. 434735 out of total 1330110 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 26% and 177485 males are illiterate out of total 674326 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 39% and 257250 out of total 655784 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Darjiling district is 504123 and non-working population is 825987 and out of 504123 working population 51341 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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