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Chandannagar Population 2024

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


The current estimate population of Chandannagar city in 2024 is 234,000 , while Chandannagar metro population is estimated at 19,936,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Chandannagar city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Chandannagar city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Chandannagar city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Chandannagar in 2011 is 166,867. Although Chandannagar city has population of 166,867; its urban / metropolitan population is 14,035,959.

Chandannagar Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Chandannagar city are 139,005 of which 72,020 are males while 66,985 are females. Average literacy rate of Chandannagar city is 89.66 percent of which male and female literacy was 92.38 and 86.90 percent. The sex ratio of Chandannagar city is 986 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 955 per 1000 boys.

Chandannagar Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Chandannagar city numbers 8,277 in which population of 36,979 resides. This is around 22.16% of total population of Chandannagar city.

Chandannagar Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Chandannagar city with 92.64 % followers. Islam is second most popular religion in city of Chandannagar with approximately 6.82 % following it. In Chandannagar city, Christinity is followed by 0.37 %, Jainism by 0.02 %, Sikhism by 0.05 % and Buddhism by 0.02 %. Around 0.02 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.07 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 92.64 % 154,581
Muslims 6.82 % 11,375
Christian 0.37 % 622
Sikh 0.05 % 78
Buddhist 0.02 % 32
Jain 0.02 % 28
Others 0.02 % 26
Not Stated 0.07 % 125

Kolkata Future Population 2021-2031

Kolkata City Metropolitan
2011 166,867 14,035,959
2021 216,000 18,246,000
2022 222,000 18,793,000
2023 228,000 19,356,000
2024 234,000 19,936,000
2025 241,000 20,534,000
2026 248,000 21,150,000
2027 255,000 21,784,000
2028 262,000 22,437,000
2029 269,000 23,110,000
2030 277,000 23,803,000
2031 285,000 24,517,000
Chandannagar City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 166,867 84,009 82,858
Literates 139,005 72,020 66,985
Children (0-6) 11,826 6,048 5,778
Average Literacy (%) 89.66 % 92.38 % 86.90 %
Sexratio 986
Child Sexratio 955

Kolkata Metropolitan Region

Chandannagar 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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