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Howrah AI Report

Date: May 17, 2025

Howrah, located in West Bengal, has 12.2% of the state's population.

Howrah is the 44^th ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Howrah District in West Bengal State. Howrah District is 32^nd highest ranked in population and 648^th ranked in area, in India.

The average of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 10. Howrah is the 1^st highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts.This indicates that this district has better urban development as compare to other districts.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Howrah is the 2^nd highest ranked in . This indicates a high pool of literate bengali population compared to other cities.

Howrah is the 8^th 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.

Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)

Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)

Bengali Script

Bengali Script

# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy

# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy

Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)

Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)

Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025)

Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025)

Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)

Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)

The Average of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 22. Howrah is the 676^th worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This implies that this district is less urbanised compared to other districts

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Howrah is the 667^th worst ranked in . This indicates lower Linkedin IDs in Linkedin Advertising module for this town vis a vis other towns.

The Average of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 23154. Howrah is the 632^nd worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This indicates that financial activities in district is less compared to other districts.

Howrah City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Howrah Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Maize Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Maize Production	8.33%	1^st	8304
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	4.74%	4^th	6483
Ab. Prod (Mn tonnes) Rice Production	Ab. Prod (Mn tonnes) Rice Production	1.10%	16^th	7133
Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	0.03%	310^th	3464

Howrah Culture Highlights

Sr.No	Culture Metrics	Counts	Name
Famous Forts	Famous Forts	1	Fort Mornington
Famous Hindu Temples	Famous Hindu Temples	1	Ramrajatala Temple

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport	Kolkata	CCU	8 Km

Population: 1,077,075 | Population Rank: 44^th

Area (KM²): 1,467 | Area Rank: 648^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of Hospital Beds	1470	32^nd	7659
2	No of Community Health Centers	9	70^th	7121
3	No of Doctors	1795	81^st	6339
4	No of Total Hospitals	61	94^th	8696
5	No of Primary Health Centers	48	107^th	3800
6	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	2	122^nd	5773
7	No of District Hospital	1	162^nd	10172
8	No of Nurses	3392	193^rd	2255

Population: 1,077,075 | Population Rank: 44^th

Area (KM²): 1,467 | Area Rank: 648^th

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	23^rd	7992
2	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	27^th	4904
3	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2024)	5533	27^th	1227
4	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	35^th	10906
5	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	38^th	4893
6	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	183	43^rd	7512
7	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	45^th	3874
8	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	46^th	3818
9	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	51^st	9407
10	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2024)	23	56^th	6155
11	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	28688	70^th	8321
12	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	73^rd	10324
13	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	87^th	6498
14	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	119^th	5980
15	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	120^th	2599
16	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	329^th	8423

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	10845
2	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	255^th	9026
3	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	11	303^rd	2134
4	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	14	477^th	6469
5	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	535^th	1503
6	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	23154	632^nd	7433

Population: 1,077,075 | Population Rank: 44^th

Area (KM²): 1,467 | Area Rank: 648^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	24^th	6359

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	248^th	11088
2	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	307^th	6492

Population: 1,077,075 | Population Rank: 44^th

Area (KM²): 1,467 | Area Rank: 648^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)	1920	11^th	4003
2	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	17^th	2629
3	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)	416	17^th	11114
4	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021)	3658	22^nd	1924
5	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	44296	23^rd	5025
6	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	39460	25^th	2529
7	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	258	28^th	5954
8	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	49523	28^th	4121
9	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	6788	30^th	9812
10	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)	1	34^th	3256
11	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023)	1915	37^th	5099
12	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	759	43^rd	1584
13	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	684	43^rd	3123
14	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	49^th	1607
15	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)	593	50^th	4150
16	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	3322	53^rd	6435
17	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	193	53^rd	5760
18	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	57	54^th	3157
19	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)	4319	59^th	4039
20	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	334	82^nd	1565
21	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2023)	2	85^th	5711

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)	29	335^th	5439
2	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	6151	584^th	10112
3	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	1085	584^th	3255
4	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	11775	600^th	7616
5	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	1484	600^th	1438
6	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	5042	630^th	6198
7	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	442	630^th	5829

Population: 1,077,075 | Population Rank: 44^th

Area (KM²): 1,467 | Area Rank: 648^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	148^th	10867

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	405^th	3204

Population: 1,077,075 | Population Rank: 44^th

Area (KM²): 1,467 | Area Rank: 648^th

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	29^th	10324
2	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	162759	43^rd	6151
3	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2024)	413842	46^th	8750

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI September 2024)	123	277^th	3382
2	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)	106	484^th	8287
3	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025)	132859	667^th	8525

Population: 1,077,075 | Population Rank: 44^th

Area (KM²): 1,467 | Area Rank: 648^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Bengali Script	13153	2^nd	1316
2	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	18^th	10693
3	Odia Script	5442	48^th	9001
4	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	51^st	5644
5	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	54^th	4969
6	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	65^th	6637
7	English Multilingual Population	50193	66^th	1331
8	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	139^th	3239

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Kannada Script	23603	391^st	1853
2	Marathi Script	27903	518^th	4666
3	Malayalam Script	6112	551^st	4457
4	Assamese Script	3229	586^th	11171
5	Tamil Script	23886	627^th	5586
6	Telugu Script	39429	646^th	6962
7	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	656^th	1814
8	Gujarati Script	25953	657^th	10988
9	Latin Script (English)	2647	687^th	9250

Population: 1,077,075 | Population Rank: 44^th

Area (KM²): 1,467 | Area Rank: 648^th

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	92^nd	9325

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)	656764	492^nd	4567
2	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	676^th	6412

Population: 1,077,075 | Population Rank: 44^th

Area (KM²): 1,467 | Area Rank: 648^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	1^st	11116
2	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	8^th	8624
3	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	18^th	3091
4	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	20^th	3062
5	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	24^th	9881
6	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	25^th	9760
7	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	35^th	8233
8	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	49^th	4768
9	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	63^rd	6420
10	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	137^th	9082

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	246^th	10384
2	# of Inhabited Villages	777	404^th	10379

Population: 1,077,075 | Population Rank: 44^th

Area (KM²): 1,467 | Area Rank: 648^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Companies,2023	1876	14^th	6616
2	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	23^rd	10638
3	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	24^th	6016
4	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	30^th	7588
5	Private Jobs(Formal),2023	15104	33^rd	7270
6	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	36^th	9558
7	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	38^th	7230
8	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	53^rd	3364

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

1. Bengali : 640,613
2. Hindi : 317,210
3. English Multilingual Population : 108,029

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 3

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	1,077,075
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	44^th
District Area (km²)	:	1,467
District Area (Rank)	:	648^th
No.of Towns in District	:	138
No. of Villages in District	:	650

Q - Why is all Prarang India comparative analysis being done for 768 Districts & their respective D.H.Q. (District Head Quarter) towns?
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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