Rajarhat Gopalpur
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| State : | West Bengal | ||
| District : | Uttar 24 Pargana | ||
| Location : | 22 ° 37 ′ N , 88 ° 31 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 17 m | ||
| Residents : | 402,844 (2011) | ||
Rajarhat Gopalpur ( Bengali : রাজারহাট গোপালপুর), also Rajarhat , was a city in the Indian state of West Bengal with around 402,844 inhabitants (2011 census). The city has been part of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation since 2015 . It belongs to the Uttar 24 Pargana district and is part of the Calcutta metropolitan area with over 14 million inhabitants.
population
The strong increase in the urban population is mainly due to the immigration of families from rural regions. Due to the city's favorable location near Calcutta, the annual population growth between 2001 and 2011 was just under 4 percent.
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 159.965 | 271.811 | 402,844 |
Rajarhat Gopalpur has a gender ratio of 976 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The city had a literacy rate of 89.69% in 2011 (men: 92.15%, women: 87.18%). Literacy is thus far above the national average and that of West Bengal. Almost 84.1% of the population are Hindus , approx. 14.9% are Muslims , approx. 0.4% are Christians , approx. 0.1% each are Jainas , Sikhs and Buddhists and approx. 0.2% gave none Religion or practiced other religions. 8.9% of the population are children under 6 years of age. Almost 20.6% of the population live in slums or slums.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF; 151 kB)
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ↑ Rajarhat Gopalpur City Population Census 2011-2019 | West Bengal. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .