 See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate

As per the 2001 census, Bengali is the mother tongue for 86.4% of the population of the district followed by Hindi at 7.9%.Santali at 2.6% and Urdu at 2.0%, are the two other major languages spoken in the district.The population who reported Bengali as a mother tongue has decreased from 88.1% in 1961 to 86.4% in 2001 census whereas the population who reported Hindi as mother tongue has increased from 5.8% in 1961 to 7.9% in 2001 census.