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North Dum Dum Population 2024

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


The current estimate population of North Dum Dum city in 2024 is 351,000 , while North Dum Dum metro population is estimated at 19,936,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for North Dum Dum city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of North Dum Dum city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for North Dum Dum city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of North Dum Dum in 2011 is 249,142. Although North Dum Dum city has population of 249,142; its urban / metropolitan population is 14,035,959.

North Dum Dum Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in North Dum Dum city are 209,964 of which 108,863 are males while 101,101 are females. Average literacy rate of North Dum Dum city is 91.00 percent of which male and female literacy was 93.15 and 88.79 percent. The sex ratio of North Dum Dum city is 973 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 955 per 1000 boys.

North Dum Dum Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in North Dum Dum city numbers 17,874 in which population of 70,886 resides. This is around 28.45% of total population of North Dum Dum city.

North Dum Dum Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in North Dum Dum city with 93.13 % followers. Islam is second most popular religion in city of North Dum Dum with approximately 6.26 % following it. In North Dum Dum city, Christinity is followed by 0.23 %, Jainism by 0.02 %, Sikhism by 0.21 % and Buddhism by 0.11 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.05 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 93.13 % 232,017
Muslims 6.26 % 15,589
Christian 0.23 % 574
Sikh 0.21 % 511
Buddhist 0.11 % 265
Jain 0.02 % 44
Others 0.01 % 25
Not Stated 0.05 % 117

Kolkata Future Population 2021-2031

Kolkata City Metropolitan
2011 249,142 14,035,959
2021 323,000 18,246,000
2022 332,000 18,793,000
2023 341,000 19,356,000
2024 351,000 19,936,000
2025 361,000 20,534,000
2026 371,000 21,150,000
2027 382,000 21,784,000
2028 393,000 22,437,000
2029 404,000 23,110,000
2030 416,000 23,803,000
2031 428,000 24,517,000
North Dum Dum City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 249,142 126,279 122,863
Literates 209,964 108,863 101,101
Children (0-6) 18,411 9,415 8,996
Average Literacy (%) 91.00 % 93.15 % 88.79 %
Sexratio 973
Child Sexratio 955

Kolkata Metropolitan Region

North 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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