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West Bengal

State profile

🐯Fun factWest Bengal's Sundarbans is the world's largest mangrove forest, home to swimming Bengal tigers.

Factsheet

Capital: Kolkata
Language(s): Bengali, English
Formed: 1947
Area: 88,752 km²
Districts: 23
Head (2025): Mamata Banerjee
State animal: 🐾 Fishing cat
State bird: 🐦 White-throated kingfisher
State flower: 🌸 Shiuli (Night jasmine)
State tree: 🌳 Chhatim (Devil's tree)

Report Card

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SDG India Index

70

#20 of 36India: 71

NITI Aayog· 2023-24

Economy

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Per-Capita NSDP

₹1.39 L

#24 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Unemployment Rate

2.5%

#10 of 36India: 3.2%

Labour Force Participation

61.1%

#19 of 36India: 60.1%

Healthcare

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Infant Mortality Rate

19 per 1,000

#9 of 22India: 28 per 1,000

Life Expectancy at Birth

72.1 yrs

#8 of 21India: 70.0 yrs

Total Fertility Rate

1.6

#27 of 35India: 2.0

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Institutional Births

91.7%

#18 of 35India: 88.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Child Stunting (under 5)

33.8%

#24 of 35India: 35.5%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Full Immunisation (12-23 mo)

87.8%

#4 of 31India: 76.4%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Education

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Literacy Rate

76.3%

#18 of 35India: 74.0%

Census 2011· 2011

Female Literacy Rate

70.5%

#17 of 34India: 65.5%

Census 2011· 2011

Higher Education GER

26.3%

#21 of 36India: 28.4%

AISHE· 2021-22

Law & Order

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IPC Crime Rate

158.5 per lakh

#14 of 36India: 258.1 per lakh

Crimes Against Women Rate

71.8 per lakh

#24 of 36India: 66.4 per lakh

Government Budget

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Debt-to-GSDP Ratio

39.7%

#25 of 31India: 28.1%

Demographics

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Population

9,12,76,115

#4 of 36India: 1,21,08,54,977

Census 2011· 2011

Sex Ratio

950 per 1,000 men

#17 of 36India: 943 per 1,000 men

Census 2011· 2011

Urban Population Share

31.9%

#19 of 35India: 31.2%

Census 2011· 2011

Decadal Population Growth

13.8%

#25 of 34India: 17.7%

Census 2011· 2011

Infrastructure

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Electricity Access

99.0%

#16 of 31India: 96.8%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Improved Sanitation

73.1%

#24 of 31India: 70.2%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Clean Cooking Fuel

45.3%

#27 of 31India: 58.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Agriculture

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Agriculture Share of GSVA

19.4%

#16 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Foodgrain Yield

3,093 kg/ha

#8 of 35India: 2,494 kg/ha

DA&FW· 2022-23

Net Irrigated Area

59.2%

#11 of 30India: 56.4%

DA&FW· 2022-23

Average Landholding Size

0.76 ha

#26 of 34India: 1.08 ha

Agri Census· 2015-16

Sports

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Khelo India Medals

16

#18 of 33

Khelo India· 2025

Tourism

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Domestic Tourist Visits

14,56,69,000

#8 of 36India: 2,50,96,27,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023

Foreign Tourist Visits

27,07,000

#3 of 36India: 1,92,46,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023