South 24 Parganas is one of 20 districts located in eastern Indian state West Bengal. There are total 29 blocks which comes under South 24 Parganas district, and there are total 2044 villages and 111 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of South 24 Parganas district is 343 and number of houses in this district is 1517212.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 7054540. Out of total 7054540, male population count is 3609228, where as female population count is 3445312 in South 24 Parganas.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 923168 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 923168 children 470261 are boys and 452907 are girl child.
Literacy rate of South 24 Parganas district is 66%. 4666743 out of total 7054540 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 71% and 2585629 males are literate out of total 3609228 male population, where as female literacy rate is 39% and 2081114 out of total 3445312 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of South 24 Parganas district is 33%. 2387797 out of total 7054540 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 28% and 1023599 males are illiterate out of total 3609228 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 39% and 1364198 out of total 3445312 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of South 24 Parganas district is 2552436 and non-working population is 4502104 and out of 2552436 working population 261623 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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