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West Bengal is the eastern state of India located along the Bay of Bengal in the east, bordering Bihar, Jharkhand to the west, Odisha to the north-west, Bangladesh to the east, Nepal and Bhutan to the north. West Bengal’s population in 2022 is estimated to be 101.4 Million (10.14 Crores); according to Unique Identification Aadhaar India, updated 31 Dec 2020, by the end of the year 2020, the projected population is 99,609,303. Calcutta, today’s Kolkata, served as British India’s capital for many years and is currently the third-largest metropolitan city in India.
West Bengal Census:
The census of Bengal was first conducted in 1872, and then in 1881 by British India was recorded as 62,705,718[1] before the Bengal partition. The West Bengal population recorded in 1901 was 16.9 million, and Independent India’s first census in 1951 was 26 million, an increase of 9 million in the span of 50 years from 1901 to 1951. The population recorded in 2001 was 80 million, 3 times increase from 1951. By 2011, 91 million was recorded, a 13.8% increase in population from the 2001 census. The population in 2021 will be 99 million, and the growth rate is 8.7%.
West Bengal Population 2001
West Bengal population 2001 was 80,176,197 in which males were 41,465,985 while females were 38,710,212. The total population growth in this decade was 13.84 per cent, while in the previous decade, it was 17.84 per cent. The population of West Bengal formed 7.54 per cent of India in 2011. In 2001, the figure was 7.79 per cent.
West Bengal’s population in 2021 was 98,125. The population of West Bengal increased from 92,037 in 2012 to 98,125 in 2021, growing at an average annual rate of 0.71%.
West Bengal Population 2021
As per Census 2011, West Bengal Population of 9.13 Crores, an increase from 8.02 Crore in the 2001 census. The total population of West Bengal as per the 2011 census is 91,276,115, of which males and females are 46,809,027 and 44,467,088, respectively. In 2001, total population was 80,176,197 in which males were 41,465,985 while females were 38,710,212. The total population growth in this decade was 13.84 per cent, while in the previous decade, it was 17.84 per cent. The population of West Bengal formed 7.54 per cent of India in 2011. In 2001, the figure was 7.79 per cent.
As per West Bengal census data, 89.28% of houses are owned, while 7.33% are rented. In all, 72.98% of couples in West Bengal lived in single-family homes. In 2011, 48.75% of the Uttar Pradesh population had access to Banking and Non-Banking Finance Corporation. Only 2.21% of Uttar Pradesh’s population had internet facilities which are likely to improve in 2021 due to Jio. 2.23% of families in Uttar Pradesh owned a car while 8.52% owned two wheeler. In a few months, we will also get details of election data for West Bengal.
Male Female Ratio in West Bengal:
India is one of the few countries with a Male Female ratio (FMR: females per 1000 males; or sex ratio/SR) that has continued to be adverse to women. The disadvantages surrounding Indian women’s capacity to survive that lead to this imbalance are rooted in a complex web of socio-cultural factors. While gender-based differentials in mortality are seen by some as the main cause behind the low Male-female Ratio others have traced the roots of these differentials to an ethos of discrimination against women, which is manifested in their unequal access to life-supporting resources such as food, nutrition and health care, especially during childhood. [i] West Bengal Population 2001 Widespread gender-biased practices thus distort the FMRs among child populations of various ages, culminating in our population’s male-dominant FMR.
In 2011, the Male-Female ratio for West Bengal was 950 females per 1,000 males. The male-to-female ratio of the West Bengal Population in 2001 increased from 905 females per 1,000 males in 1921 to 950 females per 1,000 males in 2011, growing at an average annual rate of 0.56%.
Conclusion :
Historically the West Bengal Male Female Ratio has been adverse for women to a greater extent than the all-India situation. Still, there has also been a secular rise in the state’s Male Female Ratio so that it is now marginally above the all-India FMR. During 1991-2001 West Bengal recorded the fourth largest gain in the Male-female ratio/Sex Ratio. Kerala remains the only state with an SR that is well above 1000. West Bengal Population 2001trends are quite visible. According to the 1991 census, the SR for Scheduled Tribe (ST) population in West Bengal stood at 964.
