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 |