Kharagpur Railway Settlement

Kharagpur Railway Settlement
Kharagpur Railway Settlement
	Census Town
	Kharagpur Railway Settlement Location in West Bengal, India Kharagpur Railway Settlement Kharagpur Railway Settlement (India)
	Coordinates: 22.34629°N 87.28689°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Population (2011)
• Total	82,735
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Medinipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kharagpur Sadar
Website	paschimmedinipur.gov.in

Kharagpur Railway Settlement is a census town in Kharagpur I CD Block of Kharagpur subdivision in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Kharagpur Railway Settlement had a total population of 82,735 of which 41,388 (50%) were males and 41,347 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 7,257. The total number of literates in Kharagpur Railway Settlement was 61,571 (74.42% of the population over 6 years).[1]

As of 2001 India census,[2] Kharagpur Railway Settlement had a population of 88,339. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kharagpur Railway Settlement has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 71%. In Kharagpur Railway Settlement, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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References

"2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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[census3-2011-1] "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

[2] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.