| Area : |
3149 Sq .Km. |
| Cultivated Land : |
220520 Hector |
| Khas Land : |
21446.87 Acre |
| Head Quarter : |
Chinsurah |
| District Language : |
Bengali |
| No. of Sub-Division : |
4 |
| No. of Blocks : |
18 |
| No. of Municipality : |
12 |
| No. of Municipal Corporation : |
1 |
| No. of Police Stations : |
23 |
| No. of Village : |
1886 |
| No. of Gram Panchayat : |
207 |
| No. of Mouza : |
1999 |
| No. of Gram Sansad : |
2364 |
| No. of Municipality ward : |
292 |
| Smallest Block (Area) : |
Serampur-Uttarpara |
| Smallest Block (Population) : |
Serampur-Uttarpara |
| Largest Block (Area) : |
Polba-Dadpur |
| Largest Block (Population) : |
Dhaniakhali |
| Blick (Lowest Density) : |
Goghat-I |
| Block (Highest Density) : |
Chinsurah-Mogra |
| Lowest Gender Ratio : |
Chinsurah-Mogra |
| Highest Gender Ratio : |
Chanditala-I |
| Lowest Literate Block : |
Pursurah |
| Highest Literate Block : |
Khanakul-II |
| Zilla Hospital : |
1 |
| Sub-Divisional Hospital : |
3 |
| State General Hospital : |
1 |
| ESI : |
2 |
|
Demography (As per Census 2011)
|
| Total Number of Households (as per Census 2011) : |
1287423 |
| Household size (as per Census 2011) : |
4.28 |
| Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) : |
960.86 |
| Sex Ratio (0-6 Years) : |
952.32 |
| Sex Ratio (SC ): |
973.62 |
| Sex Ratio (ST) : |
1024.23 |
| Population - Total |
5519145 |
| Population - Rural |
3390646 |
| Population - Urban |
2128499 |
| Population (0-6) |
533210 |
| SC Population |
1344021 |
| ST Population |
229243 |
| Number of literates |
4078388 |
| Number of illiterates |
1440757 |
| Total workers |
2152870 |
| Main workers |
1714645 |
| Marginal workers |
438225 |
| Non workers |
3366275 |
| Cultivators |
231407 |
| Agricultural labourers |
370014 |
| Workers in household industries |
75215 |
| Other workers |
1038009 |
| Proportion of SC population (%) |
24.35 |
| Proportion of ST population (%) |
4.15 |
| Literacy Rate (%) |
73.89 |
| Illlitarcy Rate (%) |
26.1 |
| Work Participation Rate (%) |
39 |
| Proportion of Main Workers (%) |
31.06 |
| Proportion of Marginal Workers (%) |
7.94 |
| Proportion of Non Workers (%) |
60.99 |
| Proportion of cultivators to total workers (%) |
30.8 |
| Proportion of agricultural labourers to total workers (%) |
6.7 |
| Proportion of workers in household industries to total workers (%) |
1.36 |
| Percentage of Other workers to total workers (%) |
18.8 |