Districts in West Bengal - Census 2011

List of districts of West Bengal with Population, Literacy rate, Sex Ratio etc. As per the Census 2011, West Bengal is divided into 19 districts (zilla) which act as the administrative divisions. North Twenty Four Parganas is the largest district of West Bengal by population, while the least populated district of West Bengal is Dakshin Dinajpur.

Below is the complete list of districts (zilla) of West Bengal sorted by population.

# District Sub-districts Population Literacy Sex Ratio
1 North Twenty Four Parganas Blocks 10,009,781 84.06% 955
2 South Twenty Four Parganas Blocks 8,161,961 77.51% 956
3 Barddhaman Blocks 7,717,563 76.21% 945
4 Murshidabad Blocks 7,103,807 66.59% 958
5 Paschim Medinipur Blocks 5,913,457 78% 966
6 Hugli Blocks 5,519,145 81.8% 961
7 Nadia Blocks 5,167,600 74.97% 947
8 Purba Medinipur Blocks 5,095,875 87.02% 938
9 Haora Blocks 4,850,029 83.31% 939
10 Kolkata Blocks 4,496,694 86.31% 908
11 Maldah Blocks 3,988,845 61.73% 944
12 Jalpaiguri Blocks 3,872,846 73.25% 953
13 Bankura Blocks 3,596,674 70.26% 957
14 Birbhum Blocks 3,502,404 70.68% 956
15 Uttar Dinajpur Blocks 3,007,134 59.07% 939
16 Puruliya Blocks 2,930,115 64.48% 957
17 Koch Bihar Blocks 2,819,086 74.78% 942
18 Darjiling Blocks 1,846,823 79.56% 970
19 Dakshin Dinajpur Blocks 1,676,276 72.82% 956