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Biggest population changes in West Bengal

Computed from 32,948 villages where both counts are usable. Nobody publishes this ranking; it is not in either source.

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Fastest growing villages in West Bengal

Ranked by the change between the Census 2011 count and the 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey.

#Village District 20112020Change
1 Bishnupur 24 Paraganas North 685 1,708 +149.3%
2 Lawa Jhargram 169 421 +149.1%
3 Sahapur Maldah 261 650 +149.0%
4 Guptipara Char Hooghly 201 500 +148.8%
5 Dheati 24 Paraganas South 610 1,516 +148.5%
6 Baora Murshidabad 860 2,137 +148.5%
7 Mahespur Maldah 1,833 4,550 +148.2%
8 Debipur Maldah 3,182 7,896 +148.2%
9 Sonapur Dinajpur Uttar 1,935 4,800 +148.1%
10 Beutalia Medinipur East 3,634 9,000 +147.7%
11 Sitasol Medinipur West 517 1,280 +147.6%
12 Mainaguri Singijani Coochbehar 798 1,975 +147.5%
13 Samukpota 24 Paraganas South 2,021 5,000 +147.4%
14 Harop Howrah 5,477 13,540 +147.2%
15 Bargazipur Howrah 596 1,471 +146.8%
16 Char Harharia Murshidabad 236 582 +146.6%
17 Khurutia Medinipur East 1,834 4,520 +146.5%
18 Ambigerya Medinipur West 238 586 +146.2%
19 Dattapara 24 Paraganas North 8,532 21,000 +146.1%
20 Nuniasol Jhargram 330 812 +146.1%

Villages that shrank most in West Bengal

A falling count usually means out-migration, but in a small village it can also mean a boundary change.

#Village District 20112020Change
1 Belain Dinajpur Dakshin 661 400 -39.5%
2 Satnala Bankura 1,214 735 -39.5%
3 Uttar Shukdebpur 24 Paraganas South 1,568 950 -39.4%
4 Bara Mamro Purulia 1,477 895 -39.4%
5 Banamali Chak Medinipur East 871 528 -39.4%
6 Tambutana Maldah 412 250 -39.3%
7 Paul Maldah 1,321 802 -39.3%
8 Bahirgachhi Maldah 8,014 4,870 -39.2%
9 Byang Pukuria 24 Paraganas North 1,117 679 -39.2%
10 Jagannath Karbar Medinipur East 1,920 1,168 -39.2%
11 Jasodapur Dinajpur Dakshin 263 160 -39.2%
12 Rampara Hooghly 2,293 1,402 -38.9%
13 Dakshin Narayantala 24 Paraganas South 1,992 1,218 -38.9%
14 Balarampur Coochbehar 34,113 20,863 -38.8%
15 Amdai Jhargram 2,142 1,310 -38.8%
16 Khatkhura Jhargram 855 523 -38.8%
17 Gitaldaha Ataiabari Coochbehar 3,917 2,397 -38.8%
18 Kasimnagar Maldah 3,790 2,320 -38.8%
19 Biprakali Murshidabad 1,142 700 -38.7%
20 Baruha Purba Bardhaman 721 442 -38.7%
What this ranking leaves out, and why. 1,175 villages here had fewer than 100 people in 2011 — at that size a percentage says more about the surveyor than the village, so they are excluded. A further 17 sit within half a point of the limits beyond which we treat a figure as implausible (+150% or −40%): they are the villages that only just survived that test, not the fastest moving, and ranking them first would be misleading. That is 1,192 excluded in total. How the limits are set.