Panihati

Panihati
State :	India
State :	West Bengal
District :	Uttar 24 Pargana
Location :	22 ° 41 ′ N , 88 ° 22 ′ E Coordinates: 22 ° 41 ′ N , 88 ° 22 ′ E
Height :	13 m
Area :	19.4 km²
Residents :	377,347 (2011)
Population density :	19,451 inhabitants / km²

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Panihati ( Bengali : পানিহাটি ) is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal with around 377,000 inhabitants (2011 census). It is located in the Uttar 24 Pargana district and is part of the Kolkata agglomeration .

history

The city experienced rapid population growth when it was overrun by a wave of refugees from what was then East Pakistan when India was partitioned in 1947 .

population

Official population statistics have only been kept and published regularly since 1991; for Panihati, however, there are also older figures. The strong increase in the urban population is mainly due to the immigration of families from rural regions.

year	1901	1951	1981	1991	2001	2011
Residents	11,178	49,514	205.718	275,990	348,438	377,347

Panihati has a gender ratio of 992 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The city had a literacy rate of 91.92% in 2011 (men: 94.02%, women: 89.82%). Literacy is thus far above the national average and that of West Bengal. Almost 95.6% of the population are Hindus , approx. 3.7% are Muslims , approx. 0.3% are Buddhists , approx. 0.2% each are Sikhs and Christians and approx. 0.3% indicated no religious affiliation or practiced other religions. 7.0% of the population are children under 6 years of age.

economy

There is a large chemical plant in the city, which was founded in the 1920s by the industrialist Prafulla Chandra Ray and is now owned by the state of West Bengal. The textile industry also plays an important role in the local economy.