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Panihati Population 2024

Panihati city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Kolkata Metropolitan Region. The Panihati city is located in West Bengal state of India.


The current estimate population of Panihati city in 2024 is 534,000 , while Panihati metro population is estimated at 19,936,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Panihati city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Panihati city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Panihati city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Panihati in 2011 is 377,347. Although Panihati city has population of 377,347; its urban / metropolitan population is 14,035,959.

Panihati Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Panihati city are 322,770 of which 165,577 are males while 157,193 are females. Average literacy rate of Panihati city is 91.92 percent of which male and female literacy was 94.02 and 89.82 percent. The sex ratio of Panihati city is 992 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 967 per 1000 boys.

Panihati Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Panihati city numbers 19,890 in which population of 91,153 resides. This is around 24.16% of total population of Panihati city.

Panihati Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Panihati city with 95.62 % followers. Islam is second most popular religion in city of Panihati with approximately 3.67 % following it. In Panihati city, Christinity is followed by 0.12 %, Jainism by 0.02 %, Sikhism by 0.08 % and Buddhism by 0.28 %. Around 0.07 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.14 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 95.62 % 360,824
Muslims 3.67 % 13,859
Christian 0.12 % 444
Sikh 0.08 % 309
Buddhist 0.28 % 1,053
Jain 0.02 % 86
Others 0.07 % 246
Not Stated 0.14 % 526

Kolkata Future Population 2021-2031

Kolkata City Metropolitan
2011 377,347 14,035,959
2021 490,000 18,246,000
2022 504,000 18,793,000
2023 519,000 19,356,000
2024 534,000 19,936,000
2025 550,000 20,534,000
2026 566,000 21,150,000
2027 582,000 21,784,000
2028 599,000 22,437,000
2029 616,000 23,110,000
2030 634,000 23,803,000
2031 653,000 24,517,000
Panihati City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 377,347 189,446 187,901
Literates 322,770 165,577 157,193
Children (0-6) 26,215 13,329 12,886
Average Literacy (%) 91.92 % 94.02 % 89.82 %
Sexratio 992
Child Sexratio 967

Kolkata Metropolitan Region

Panihati city comes under Kolkata Metropolitan area.
Kolkata Metropolitan Total Male Female
Population 14,035,959 7,251,908 6,784,051
Literates 11,272,266 6,000,762 5,271,504
Children (0-6) 1,158,543 594,970 563,573
Average Literacy (%) 87.54 % 90.14 % 84.74 %
Sexratio 935
Child Sexratio 947
Kolkata Metropolitan Areas
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