Kolkata, April 06: The decadal population growth in West Bengal has gone down and the state is now the fourth populous state in the country.
“Decadal population growth in West Bengal has registered a fall from 17.77 per cent in 2001 to 13.93 per cent in 2011. It has slowed down the rise of overall population in the state,” Director of Census Operations for state Dipak Ghosh said yesterday while announcing the 2011 provisional census report here.
The decadal population growth from 2001 to 2011 in the state stood at 1,11,71,539 with 54,61,404 males and 57,10,135 females, Ghosh said.
He said the census 2011 has revealed the total population of the state at 9,13,47,736 in which males count 4,69,27,389 and females 4,44,20,347.
With the rise of about 1.2 crore population, West Bengal’s population rose to a little over 9.13 crore.
-Agencies