Barasat AI Report
Date: May 18, 2025
Barasat, situated in West Bengal, has 3.1% of the state's population.
Barasat is the 162nd ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of North 24 Parganas District in West Bengal State. North 24 Parganas District is 4th highest ranked in population and 293rd ranked in area, in India.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Barasat is the 1st highest ranked in . This means that this district has a higher birth rate and/or higher attractiveness for migrants.
Barasat is the 1st highest ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This implies that economic condition of people in this district is better compared to people in other districts.
Barasat is the 2nd highest ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that the government has placed a greater emphasis on green energy in this district compared to other districts.
District Pop 2011
Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)
# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy
Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023
# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)
City (DHQ) Pop 2025
The Average of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 25014. Barasat is the 712th worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This implies low private sector growth.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Barasat is the 610th worst ranked in . This indicates that this district is less urbanised and/or has a less developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Barasat is the 607th worst ranked in . This implies that this city has a lower birth rate and/or lower attractiveness for migrants.
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Barasat Nature Highlights
| Nature Metrics | % of India | Rank Out of 768 | City / Districts Data | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
COAL (in million tonnes) |
COAL (in million tonnes) | 2.39% | 11th | 2203 |
Barasat Culture Highlights
| Sr.No | Culture Metrics | Counts | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cantt |
Cantt | 1 | North 24 Parganas |
Airports
| Name | City | IATA Code | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Airport Name |
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport | Kolkata | CCU | 6 Km |
Barasat
Health Metrics
Better than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No of Hospital Beds | 1470 | 3rd | 10289 |
| 2 | No of Community Health Centers | 9 | 8th | 6695 |
| 3 | No of Doctors | 1795 | 10th | 5696 |
| 4 | No of Total Hospitals | 61 | 10th | 1386 |
| 5 | No of Primary Health Centers | 48 | 11th | 10303 |
| 6 | No of Sub Divisional Hospital | 2 | 22nd | 9553 |
| 7 | No of District Hospital | 1 | 52nd | 10940 |
| 8 | No of Nurses | 3392 | 78th | 3508 |
Barasat
Wealth Metrics
Better than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011) | 280805 | 1st | 11018 |
| 2 | Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011) | 57099 | 3rd | 7038 |
| 3 | Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2024) | 5533 | 5th | 3919 |
| 4 | Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011) | 157504 | 6th | 11058 |
| 5 | Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011) | 20983 | 6th | 10622 |
| 6 | Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011) | 174173 | 6th | 10651 |
| 7 | Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q3 2024) | 183 | 10th | 9307 |
| 8 | Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011) | 37627 | 12th | 5488 |
| 9 | Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011) | 10634 | 14th | 5102 |
| 10 | Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024) | 28688 | 15th | 10705 |
| 11 | Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2024) | 23 | 15th | 3106 |
| 12 | GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023) | 27789 | 17th | 6134 |
| 13 | Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011) | 15572 | 23rd | 3692 |
| 14 | Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011) | 15680 | 32nd | 6675 |
| 15 | Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024) | 23154 | 50th | 7132 |
| 16 | Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011) | 69577 | 53rd | 7830 |
| 17 | GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023) | 118 | 122nd | 9903 |
| 18 | % of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011) | 4 | 261st | 4746 |
| 19 | % of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011) | 51 | 376th | 3649 |
Worse than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Worst Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011) | 86 | 223rd | 1824 |
| 2 | Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024) | 11 | 303rd | 7321 |
| 3 | Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024) | 14 | 569th | 9463 |
Barasat
Demography Metrics
Better than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011) | 1023 | 29th | 4767 |
| 2 | Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011) | 949 | 355th | 2333 |
Worse than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Worst Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011) | 19 | 187th | 10370 |
Barasat
Education Metrics
Better than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | # of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023) | 1915 | 3rd | 8817 |
| 2 | # of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021) | 1920 | 70th | 2857 |
| 3 | # of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021) | 416 | 73rd | 5021 |
| 4 | Population (18-24) (Number, 2023) | 208496 | 89th | 4256 |
| 5 | # of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021) | 258 | 90th | 10252 |
| 6 | # of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021) | 3658 | 94th | 1519 |
| 7 | # of Universities (No, AISHE 2021) | 1 | 98th | 7913 |
| 8 | # of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021) | 44296 | 107th | 10804 |
| 9 | # of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021) | 39460 | 110th | 2946 |
| 10 | # of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021) | 49523 | 111th | 10816 |
| 11 | # of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021) | 6788 | 113th | 8300 |
Worse than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Worst Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | # of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2023) | 2 | 135th | 8524 |
| 2 | Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021) | 29 | 335th | 5150 |
| 3 | # of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021) | 6151 | 361st | 5664 |
| 4 | # of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021) | 1085 | 361st | 7260 |
| 5 | # of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021) | 1484 | 368th | 7074 |
| 6 | # of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021) | 11775 | 369th | 1377 |
| 7 | # of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021) | 5042 | 481st | 7889 |
| 8 | # of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021) | 442 | 481st | 4843 |
| 9 | # of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021) | 334 | 537th | 4539 |
| 10 | # of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021) | 4319 | 563rd | 3596 |
| 11 | # of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021) | 57 | 590th | 2056 |
| 12 | # of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021) | 193 | 594th | 5278 |
| 13 | # of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021) | 3322 | 595th | 1864 |
| 14 | # of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011) | 136937 | 598th | 9446 |
| 15 | # of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021) | 593 | 598th | 7698 |
| 16 | # of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021) | 759 | 610th | 11205 |
| 17 | # of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021) | 684 | 610th | 9861 |
Barasat
Governance Metrics
Better than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020) | 22 | 21st | 3736 |
| 2 | Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011) | 745 | 110th | 4120 |
Barasat
Internet Metrics
Better than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No,Feb. 2025) | 171050 | 119th | 8824 |
| 2 | English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011) | 162759 | 122nd | 5114 |
Worse than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Worst Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025) | 132859 | 304th | 6883 |
| 2 | Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI September 2024) | 123 | 323rd | 3938 |
| 3 | City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025) | 106 | 496th | 2038 |
| 4 | Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2024) | 413842 | 599th | 4666 |
Barasat
Language Metrics
Better than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengali Script | 13153 | 5th | 2484 |
| 2 | Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd | 78 | 107th | 3698 |
| 3 | DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011) | 254303 | 125th | 5956 |
| 4 | Script Pools # < 30, 000 | 1 | 243rd | 5224 |
Worse than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Worst Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu) | 33190 | 171st | 9013 |
| 2 | Marathi Script | 27903 | 178th | 6187 |
| 3 | Malayalam Script | 6112 | 211th | 4838 |
| 4 | Kannada Script | 23603 | 223rd | 7024 |
| 5 | Telugu Script | 39429 | 231st | 1152 |
| 6 | Tamil Script | 23886 | 246th | 10670 |
| 7 | Devnagri Script (Hindi) | 137058 | 291st | 2814 |
| 8 | Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi) | 10774 | 320th | 8646 |
| 9 | Assamese Script | 3229 | 432nd | 5119 |
| 10 | Gujarati Script | 25953 | 471st | 3452 |
| 11 | Latin Script (English) | 2647 | 531st | 8774 |
| 12 | English Multilingual Population | 50193 | 559th | 6909 |
| 13 | Odia Script | 5442 | 599th | 9100 |
Barasat
Media Metrics
Better than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2022) | 240 | 19th | 7266 |
| 2 | Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020) | 22 | 53rd | 10159 |
| 3 | Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022) | 656764 | 119th | 4377 |
Barasat
Urbanization Metrics
Better than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | # of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy | 1508 | 2nd | 5365 |
| 2 | Number of households having latrine facility within the premises | 156908 | 2nd | 7968 |
| 3 | Number of households (Number , Census 2011) | 326286 | 3rd | 3644 |
| 4 | # of Households with 1 married couple | 228663 | 3rd | 1366 |
| 5 | Number of towns (Number , Census 2011) | 10 | 4th | 1652 |
| 6 | # of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises | 154278 | 6th | 7659 |
| 7 | # of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity | 222703 | 6th | 6116 |
| 8 | Urban Population (Number , Census 2011) | 531234 | 7th | 8151 |
| 9 | # of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking | 96340 | 9th | 6045 |
| 10 | # of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking | 566 | 17th | 9119 |
| 11 | Urbanization (% , Census 2011) | 26 | 78th | 8209 |
| 12 | # of Inhabited Villages | 777 | 110th | 10052 |
Worse than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Worst Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | # of Uninhabited Villages | 64 | 283rd | 4557 |
Barasat
Work Metrics
Better than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023 | 626770 | 2nd | 10426 |
| 2 | # of Companies,2023 | 1876 | 57th | 5797 |
| 3 | State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023 | 14249 | 84th | 7190 |
| 4 | Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023 | 56813 | 130th | 9675 |
Worse than India Average-
| Sr. | Fields | India Average | Worst Rank out of 768 | City / District Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023 | 37084 | 665th | 9154 |
| 2 | State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023 | 23664 | 700th | 8700 |
| 3 | Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023 | 25014 | 712th | 7480 |
languages
City (district
capitals)/DHQ
- 1. Bengali : 271,856
- 2. English Multilingual Population : 27,927
- 3. Hindi : 5,572
Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 1
Basic Details
| City (District Capitals)/DHQ
Population : |
: | 278,435 |
|---|---|---|
| City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank) |
: | 162nd |
| District Area (km2) |
: | 4,094 |
| District Area (Rank) |
: | 293rd |
| No.of Towns
in District |
: | 107 |
| No. of Villages
in District |
: | 1,527 |
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