North 24 Parganas is one of 20 districts located in eastern Indian state West Bengal. There are total 22 blocks which comes under North 24 Parganas district, and there are total 1528 villages and 82 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of North 24 Parganas district is 337 and number of houses in this district is 1171189.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 5019553. Out of total 5019553, male population count is 2575061, where as female population count is 2444492 in North 24 Parganas.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 563104 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 563104 children 287453 are boys and 275651 are girl child.
Literacy rate of North 24 Parganas district is 69%. 3496576 out of total 5019553 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 73% and 1895656 males are literate out of total 2575061 male population, where as female literacy rate is 34% and 1600920 out of total 2444492 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of North 24 Parganas district is 30%. 1522977 out of total 5019553 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 26% and 679405 males are illiterate out of total 2575061 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 34% and 843572 out of total 2444492 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of North 24 Parganas district is 1825864 and non-working population is 3193689 and out of 1825864 working population 252340 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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