Dakshin Dinajpur

Dakshin Dinajpur district
State	West Bengal
Administrative headquarters :	Balurghat
Area :	2219 km²
Residents :	1,676,276 (2011)
Population density :	755 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.dakshindinajpur.gov.in

Dakshin Dinajpur is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal .

The area is 2219 km². The administrative seat is the city of Balurghat .

history

The Dakshin Dinajpur district was formed in 1992 from the former West Dinajpur district.

population

Population statistics have been available since 1991:

year	1991	2001	2011
Residents	1,230,608	1,503,178	1,676,276

The population was 1,676,276 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 11.52%. Dakshin Dinajpur has a gender ratio of 956 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. In 2011 the district had a literacy rate of 72.82%, an increase of almost 9 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus similar to the national average. Almost 73.6% of the population are Hindus , approx. 24.6% are Muslims , 1.5% are Christians and 0.4% did not indicate any religious affiliation or belonged to other religions. Children under 6 years of age are 11.2% of the population.

Almost 14.1% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Balurghat with 151,416 inhabitants.

economy

The economy is dominated by agriculture and fishing .

Web links

Commons : Dakshin Dinajpur District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• District map

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dakshin Dinajpur District - Population 1991–2011
2. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
3. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .