English Bazar city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under English Bazar Metropolitan Region. The English Bazar city is located in West Bengal state of India.
The current estimate population of English Bazar city in 2024 is
291,000
, while English Bazar metro population is estimated at
443,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for English Bazar city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of English Bazar city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for English Bazar city, we will update the same here in 2024.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of English Bazar in 2011 is 205,521. Although English Bazar city has population of 205,521; its urban / metropolitan population is 313,681.
English Bazar Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in English Bazar city are 148,766 of which 78,235 are males while 70,531 are females. Average literacy rate of English Bazar city is 86.46 percent of which male and female literacy was 88.77 and 84.04 percent.
The sex ratio of English Bazar city is 924 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 790 per 1000 boys.
English Bazar Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in English Bazar city numbers 12,337 in which population of 61,053 resides. This is around 29.71% of total population of English Bazar city.
English Bazar Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in English Bazar city with 86.95 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of English Bazar with approximately 11.02 % following it.
In English Bazar city, Christinity is followed by 0.30 %, Jainism by 0.07 %, Sikhism by 0.05 % and Buddhism by 0.04 %. Around 0.04 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 1.53 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion
Percentage
Total
Hindu
86.95 %
178,710
Muslims
11.02 %
22,653
Christian
0.30 %
610
Sikh
0.05 %
106
Buddhist
0.04 %
74
Jain
0.07 %
149
Others
0.04 %
81
Not Stated
1.53 %
3,138
English Bazar Future Population 2021-2031
English Bazar
City
Metropolitan
2011
205,521
313,681
2021
267,000
407,000
2022
275,000
419,000
2023
283,000
431,000
2024
291,000
443,000
2025
299,000
456,000
2026
307,000
469,000
2027
316,000
483,000
2028
325,000
497,000
2029
334,000
511,000
2030
344,000
526,000
2031
354,000
541,000
English Bazar City 2011
Total
Male
Female
City Population
205,521
106,824
98,697
Literates
148,766
78,235
70,531
Children (0-6)
33,457
18,688
14,769
Average Literacy (%)
86.46 %
88.77 %
84.04 %
Sexratio
924
Child Sexratio
790
English Bazar Metropolitan Region
English Bazar city comes under English Bazar Metropolitan area.
English Bazar Metropolitan
Total
Male
Female
Population
313,681
166,756
146,925
Literates
220,433
118,898
101,535
Children (0-6)
45,011
24,603
20,408
Average Literacy (%)
82.05 %
83.64 %
80.25 %
Sexratio
881
Child Sexratio
829
English Bazar Metropolitan Areas
Bagbari, Chhatianmor, English Bazar, Old Maldah, and Sahapur