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Barasat AI Report

Date: July 26, 2025

North 24 Parganas district (Barasat) in West Bengal, has 10.9% of the state's population. It's natural resources include 25% of Coal in West Bengal (2.7% of India's reserves). The nearest airport is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, located 6 Km away.

Barasat is the 162^nd 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 4^th highest ranked in population and 293^rd ranked in area, in India.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Barasat is the 1^st highest ranked in District Pop 2011 . This means that this district has a higher birth rate and/or higher attractiveness for migrants.

The average Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011) of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 280805. Barasat is the 1^st highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts.This implies that economic condition of people in this district is better compared to people in other districts.

The average Number of households having latrine facility within the premises of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 156908. Barasat is the 2^nd highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts.This implies that the government has given more attention to sanitary infrastructure in this district compared to other districts.

District Pop 2011

District Pop 2011

Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)

Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)

Number of households having latrine facility within the premises

Number of households having latrine facility within the premises

Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023

Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023

# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)

# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)

City (DHQ) Pop 2025

City (DHQ) Pop 2025

Barasat is the 712^th worst ranked in Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023 out of 768 city/districts of India. This implies low private sector growth.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Barasat is the 610^th worst ranked in # of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021) . This implies 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 607^th worst ranked in City (DHQ) Pop 2025 . This implies that this city has a lower birth rate and/or lower attractiveness for migrants.

Barasat City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Barasat Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data
COAL (in million tonnes)	COAL (in million tonnes)	2.73%	1^st	3902

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

Population: 278,435 | Population Rank: 162^nd

Area (KM²): 4,094 | Area Rank: 293^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of District Hospital	1	52^nd	11068
2	No of Hospital Beds	1470	3^rd	4655
3	No of Doctors	1795	10^th	5736
4	No of Primary Health Centers	48	11^th	8919
5	No of Total Hospitals	61	10^th	11242
6	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	2	22^nd	1473
7	No of Community Health Centers	9	8^th	6434
8	No of Nurses	3392	78^th	6055

Population: 278,435 | Population Rank: 162^nd

Area (KM²): 4,094 | Area Rank: 293^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	122^nd	8704
2	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	12^th	3488
3	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	17^th	4707
4	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	3^rd	4497
5	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	261^st	5413
6	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	23154	50^th	10608
7	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	376^th	5578
8	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	28688	15^th	6631
9	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	53^rd	6588
10	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2024)	5533	5^th	10342
11	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	6^th	7062
12	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	32^nd	1134
13	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2024)	23	15^th	10853
14	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	6^th	9032
15	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	14^th	7845
16	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	1^st	6038
17	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	23^rd	1306
18	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	183	10^th	1395
19	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	6^th	6099

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	223^rd	3253
2	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	11	303^rd	1667
3	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	14	569^th	1189

Population: 278,435 | Population Rank: 162^nd

Area (KM²): 4,094 | Area Rank: 293^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	29^th	1843
2	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	355^th	4794

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	187^th	6517

Population: 278,435 | Population Rank: 162^nd

Area (KM²): 4,094 | Area Rank: 293^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023)	1915	3^rd	7514
2	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	49523	111^th	8945
3	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021)	3658	94^th	2057
4	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	39460	110^th	1551
5	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	258	90^th	6719
6	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	6788	113^th	10752
7	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)	1920	70^th	7280
8	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	89^th	2085
9	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)	1	98^th	4334
10	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	44296	107^th	9634
11	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)	416	73^rd	5046

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	135^th	10128
2	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)	29	335^th	5831
3	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	6151	361^st	9249
4	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	1085	361^st	4713
5	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	1484	368^th	8325
6	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	11775	369^th	7830
7	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	5042	481^st	8483
8	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	442	481^st	9512
9	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	334	537^th	2606
10	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)	4319	563^rd	5228
11	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	57	590^th	6801
12	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	193	594^th	10893
13	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	3322	595^th	1938
14	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	598^th	8038
15	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)	593	598^th	4860
16	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	684	610^th	2671
17	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	759	610^th	9434

Population: 278,435 | Population Rank: 162^nd

Area (KM²): 4,094 | Area Rank: 293^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	21^st	2533
2	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	110^th	5618

Population: 278,435 | Population Rank: 162^nd

Area (KM²): 4,094 | Area Rank: 293^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, May 2025)	172612	95^th	2034
2	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	162759	581^st	10628

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in May, 2025)	135164	293^rd	3739
2	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI December 2024)	122	336^th	2366
3	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)	106	496^th	7385
4	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2024)	411790	602^nd	10660

Population: 278,435 | Population Rank: 162^nd

Area (KM²): 4,094 | Area Rank: 293^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	243^rd	3122
2	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	125^th	2370
3	Bengali Script	13153	5^th	10037
4	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	107^th	7522

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	171^st	6834
2	Marathi Script	27903	178^th	6016
3	Malayalam Script	6112	211^th	8370
4	Kannada Script	23603	223^rd	7920
5	Telugu Script	39429	231^st	6007
6	Tamil Script	23886	246^th	3859
7	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	291^st	8000
8	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	320^th	8924
9	Assamese Script	3229	432^nd	4587
10	Gujarati Script	25953	471^st	1567
11	Latin Script (English)	2647	531^st	1142
12	English Multilingual Population	50193	559^th	4202
13	Odia Script	5442	599^th	10779

Population: 278,435 | Population Rank: 162^nd

Area (KM²): 4,094 | Area Rank: 293^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	53^rd	5535
2	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)	656764	119^th	4286
3	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2022)	240	19^th	11245

Population: 278,435 | Population Rank: 162^nd

Area (KM²): 4,094 | Area Rank: 293^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	7^th	5151
2	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	2^nd	7981
3	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	3^rd	8403
4	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	6^th	2675
5	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	566	17^th	9488
6	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	6^th	10679
7	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	9^th	8365
8	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	78^th	8957
9	# of Inhabited Villages	777	110^th	6952
10	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	3^rd	5043
11	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	2^nd	6912
12	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	4^th	8641

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	283^rd	7570

Population: 278,435 | Population Rank: 162^nd

Area (KM²): 4,094 | Area Rank: 293^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Companies,2023	1876	57^th	10346
2	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	2^nd	7875
3	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	84^th	9315
4	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	130^th	2301

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	665^th	4124
2	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	700^th	4658
3	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	712^th	3547

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)	:	162^nd
District Area (km²)	:	4,094
District Area (Rank)	:	293^rd
No.of Towns in District	:	107
No. of Villages in District	:	1,527

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A - The Indian geography has historically been measured by " Districts". Today, it is politically managed by States & U.T.s ( Union Territories) but the unit of measurement ( Census baseline) continues to focus on the District, for over 150 years now. " All India" thus is a sum of the district parts i.e. sum of 768 districts currently ( which were 640 districts only, when the last Census took place in 2011). Contrary to popular perception, most data being reported at a State & U.T. level, is not being aggregated from underlying data at an urban (towns) & rural(villages) level. India has approx. 9000 towns & 600000 villages, segregated into 768 districts, each with its respective DHQ (District Head Quarter) town. Except for the largest 20 towns ( Metropolitan agglomerations) where some detailed data is gathered by the Central Government census, only basic demographic details are available for India's cities. Detailed survey results of the District are the most important data points, used to model & estimate the City & State level information in India. The 768 DHQ ( District Head Quarter) towns & 8 Union Territories, are the important Urban metrics available in India, for comparative analysis. Big data of a big & diverse country.

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