List of cities in West Bengal by population
Rank Name District Type* Population 2011 Male Female Population below 5 yrs Literacy rate
1 Kolkata Kolkata , North 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas , Nadia , Howrah , Hooghly UA 14,112,536 7,319,682 6,792,854 1,063,394 88.33
2 Asansol Paschim Bardhaman UA 1,243,008 647,831 595,177 132,560 80.00
3 Siliguri Darjeeling , Jalpaiguri UA 701,489 359,750 341,739 72,252 82.05
4 Durgapur Paschim Bardhaman UA 581,409 301,700 279,709 51,930 87.70
5 Bardhaman Purba Bardhaman UA 347,016 177,055 169,961 25,069 88.62
6 English Bazar Malda UA 324,237 175,073 149,164 44,186 81.32
7 Baharampur Murshidabad UA 305,609 156,489 149,120 23,182 88.38
8 Habra North 24 Parganas UA 304,584 154,861 149,723 23,023 91.03
9 Kharagpur Paschim Medinipur UA 293,719 150,487 143,232 25,130 85.61
10 Shantipur Nadia UA 288,718 147,299 141,419 24,006 82.67
11 Dankuni Hooghly UA 249,840 128,139 121,701 22,956 85.69
12 Dhulian Murshidabad UA 239,022 119,151 119,871 45,483 60.06
13 Ranaghat Nadia UA 235,583 119,578 116,005 18,575 86.10
14 Haldia Purba Medinipur City 200,762 104,852 95,910 21,122 89.06
15 Raiganj Uttar Dinajpur UA 199,758 104,966 94,792 22,028 81.71
16 Krishnanagar Nadia UA 181,182 91,583 89,599 13,663 88.09
17 Nabadwip Nadia UA 175,474 90,810 84,664 13,049 84.57
18 Medinipur Paschim Medinipur City 169,127 85,362 83,765 14,365 90.01
19 Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri UA 169,013 85,226 83,787 14,522 86.03
20 Balurghat Dakshin Dinajpur UA 164,593 82,466 82,127 10,349 91.66
Wikimedia list article This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities ( those not included in the urban agglomerations ) , with a population above 100,000 as per the 2011 census in the Indian state of West Bengal : [ 1 ]
This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities (those not included in the urban agglomerations), with a population above 100,000 as per the 2011 census in the Indian state of West Bengal: