Koch Bihar

This page provides an overview of Koch Bihar: population, literacy, households and a list of sub-districts (tehsils) and major villages.

Quick facts

13,805,996
Population
3,258,907
Households
941
Sex ratio (F per 1000 M)
65.33%
Approx. literacy

Koch Bihar has an aggregated population of 13,805,996. Approximately 40.84% live in rural areas (5,638,172) and 4.19% live in urban areas (578,868).

Tehsils / Sub-districts

Below are the tehsils (sub-districts) in this district. Click a tehsil to view village listings and details.

Tehsil / Sub-districtPopulationVillages
Taluk 0 5,638,172 3
Area not under any Sub-district 364,956 3
Cooch Behar - I 946,383 146
Cooch Behar - II 977,719 114
Dinhata - I 854,428 133
Dinhata - II 732,198 122
Haldibari 311,907 65
Mathabhanga - I 654,573 105
Mathabhanga - II 682,191 96
Mekliganj 461,267 189
Sitai 330,999 56
Sitalkuchi 556,059 73
Tufanganj - I 740,446 75
Tufanganj - II 554,698 56

Population summary

Koch Bihar has a population of 13,805,996 (7,111,084 males and 6,694,912 females). The sex ratio is about 941 females per 1000 males.

CategoryNumber
Total population13,805,996
Male7,111,084
Female6,694,912
Rural population5,638,172 (40.84%)
Urban population578,868 (4.19%)
Households3,258,907

Literacy

Approximate literacy rate is 65.33%.

CategoryNumber
Total literates9,019,239
Total illiterates4,786,757

Scheduled Castes & Tribes

SC: 7,008,001 (50.76%). ST: 89,372 (0.65%).

CategoryPopulationShare
SC7,008,00150.76%
ST89,3720.65%

Children & Workforce

Children (0–6): 1,697,805 (12.3%). Workers: 5,536,625 (40.1%).

CategoryCountShare
Children (0-6)1,697,80512.3%
Total workers5,536,62540.1%

Largest villages by population

VillagePopulation
Koch Bihar 2,819,086
Koch Bihar 2,529,652
Cooch Behar - II 343,901
Cooch Behar - I 326,558
Cooch Behar - I 293,267
Cooch Behar - II 289,917
Koch Bihar 289,434
Dinhata - I 286,269
Dinhata - I 281,890
Tufanganj - I 248,595