Hooghly Census 2011

Hooghly, West Bengal

Population of Hooghly

Hooghly district is located in West Bengal . Population of Hooghly district is 5520389 as per Census 2011. Hooghly is 6th most Populous district out of total 19 districts in West Bengal and it is 16th most Populous district in India.The population density of Hooghly is 1753 Persons per square Km.It is 4th most densely populated out of 19 districts in West Bengal and it is 31th most densely populated district out of total 640 districts in india.

Literacy rate of Hooghly

Total Literacy rate of Hooghly is 82.55%. This means 82.55 out of 100 persons of age more than 6 years are literate. It is ranked 5 in terms of literacy rate out of total 19 districts of West Bengal and 16 out of total 640 districts of India. Male Literacy of Hooghly is 87.93% while female literacy stands at 76.95%.
Note: Serchhip district(98.76%) in Mizoram has highest literacy rate and Alirajpur district(37.2%) of Madhya Pradesh has the lowest literacy rate in India.

Sex-Ratio of Hooghly

Sex-ratio of Hooghly is 958 female per thousand male.
Note : Highest Sex-ratio of india is of Puducherry (1176) while lowest being from Daman district (533).
Note:All the details are as of Census 2011.

Area of Hooghly

Area of Hooghly is 3149 Sq. Km. It is 14th largest district in West Bengal and 386th largest in India in terms of total area.
Note: Kutch district(45441 sq.km) of Gujarat is the largest and Mahe district(9 sq km) of Puducherry is the smallest district in India.

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