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Dum Dum Population 2024

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


The current estimate population of Dum Dum city in 2024 is 161,000 , while Dum Dum metro population is estimated at 19,936,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Dum Dum city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Dum Dum city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Dum Dum city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Dum Dum in 2011 is 114,786. Although Dum Dum city has population of 114,786; its urban / metropolitan population is 14,035,959.

Dum Dum Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Dum Dum city are 97,997 of which 50,617 are males while 47,380 are females. Average literacy rate of Dum Dum city is 91.99 percent of which male and female literacy was 93.08 and 90.86 percent. The sex ratio of Dum Dum city is 960 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 973 per 1000 boys.

Dum Dum Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Dum Dum city numbers 6,821 in which population of 28,425 resides. This is around 24.76% of total population of Dum Dum city.

Dum Dum Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Dum Dum city with 90.20 % followers. Islam is second most popular religion in city of Dum Dum with approximately 6.55 % following it. In Dum Dum city, Christinity is followed by 1.84 %, Jainism by 0.02 %, Sikhism by 0.51 % and Buddhism by 0.10 %. Around 0.08 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.70 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 90.20 % 103,536
Muslims 6.55 % 7,518
Christian 1.84 % 2,111
Sikh 0.51 % 585
Buddhist 0.10 % 117
Jain 0.02 % 26
Others 0.08 % 93
Not Stated 0.70 % 800

Kolkata Future Population 2021-2031

Kolkata City Metropolitan
2011 114,786 14,035,959
2021 149,000 18,246,000
2022 153,000 18,793,000
2023 157,000 19,356,000
2024 161,000 19,936,000
2025 165,000 20,534,000
2026 169,000 21,150,000
2027 174,000 21,784,000
2028 179,000 22,437,000
2029 184,000 23,110,000
2030 189,000 23,803,000
2031 194,000 24,517,000
Dum Dum City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 114,786 58,566 56,220
Literates 97,997 50,617 47,380
Children (0-6) 8,259 4,186 4,073
Average Literacy (%) 91.99 % 93.08 % 90.86 %
Sexratio 960
Child Sexratio 973

Kolkata Metropolitan Region

Dum Dum 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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