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West Bengal
297 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 36 GI-registered products
What the numbers say
Are people living longer here?
62.9 Years (1997) to 72.5 Years (2023) — +15.3%
West Bengal: 72.5 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)
Are fewer babies dying?
40 (2004) to 17 (2023) — -57.5%
West Bengal: 17 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)
Higher than 17 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.
Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3
Is childbirth getting safer?
218 (2001) to 104 (2023) — -52.3%
West Bengal: 104 (2023) · India: 88 (2023)
How many children are people having?
2.3 (2003) to 1.3 (2023) — -43.5%
West Bengal: 1.3 (2023) · India: 1.9 (2023)
How many babies are born each year?
19.3 (2004) to 14 (2023) — -27.5%
West Bengal: 14 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)
Higher than 11 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Bihar 25.8 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 10.1
Is the population still growing?
10.1% (2011) to 8.3% (2023) — -17.8%
West Bengal: 8.3% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)
Higher than 13 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Bihar 19.7 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3.8
How many people are out of work in the villages?
18 Per 1,000 (1994) to 23 Per 1,000 (2024) — +27.8%
West Bengal: 23 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)
Higher than 11 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2024.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 106 · Gujarat 4
How many people are out of work in the towns?
79 Per 1,000 (1994) to 33 Per 1,000 (2024) — -58.2%
West Bengal: 33 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)
Higher than 5 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.
Meghalaya 140 · Delhi 20
What does a day of farm work pay?
₹216 (2015) to ₹347 (2025) — +60.7%
West Bengal: ₹347 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)
How much does the average person earn here?
₹51,543 (2012) to ₹1,63,467 (2025) — +217.1%
Higher than 8 of the other 24 states reporting it for 2025.
Delhi ₹4,93,024 · Bihar ₹69,321
How is the state doing on the Sustainable Development Goals?
56 (2018) to 70 (2023) — +25.0%
West Bengal: 70 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)
Higher than 13 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Keralam 79 · Bihar 57
Is the groundwater running out?
47% (2022) to 45.6% (2024) — -2.9%
West Bengal: 45.6% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)
Higher than 16 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.
Punjab 157% · Arunachal Pradesh 0.39%
How much forest is there?
8,432 (1987) to 16,832 (2023) — +99.6%
Do government schools have working computers?
10.9% (2019) to 20.6% (2025) — +89.0%
West Bengal: 20.6% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)
Higher than 2 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Chandigarh 100% · Meghalaya 10.3%
Do children stay in school to Class XII?
81.2% (2023) to 75.2% (2025) — -7.4%
West Bengal: 75.2% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)
Higher than 19 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Chandigarh 109% · Bihar 44.7%
Do as many girls reach secondary school as boys?
1.2 (2023) to 1.2 (2025) — +1.7%
West Bengal: 1.2 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)
Higher than 26 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Meghalaya 1.4 · Uttar Pradesh 1
How connected is the state?
2.2 (2004) to 70.3 (2025) — +3095.5%
West Bengal: 70.3 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)
Do banks lend back what they take in?
49.5% (2004) to 51.6% (2025) — +4.2%
West Bengal: 51.6% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)
Higher than 14 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Andhra Pradesh 151% · Lakshadweep 12.7%
Are farms getting more productive?
2,479 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 2,999 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +21.0%
West Bengal: 2,999 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)
Higher than 24 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2025.
Punjab 4,761 kg/ha · Maharashtra 1,574 kg/ha
How hard is the farmland worked?
177% (2005) to 193% (2024) — +9.0%
West Bengal: 193% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)
Higher than 27 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2024.
Punjab 201% · Mizoram 102%
How much milk does the state produce?
3,790 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 7,650 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +101.8%
How many crimes are recorded here?
⚠ NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.
West Bengal: 181 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)
Higher than 10 of the other 35 states reporting it for 2024.
Keralam 1,389 · Dadra & N.H. and Daman & Diu 42.7
How many crimes against women are recorded?
⚠ NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.
West Bengal: 70.3 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)
Higher than 24 of the other 35 states reporting it for 2024.
Delhi 131 · Nagaland 5.1
How many crimes against children are recorded?
⚠ NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.
8,950 (2022) to 9,044 (2024) — +1.1%
⚠ Year-on-year change partly reflects the IPC→Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita transition (2024 is the first full BNS year) and registered-case reporting, not only real change.
How much electricity does each person get?
284 (2005) to 714 (2025) — +151.2%
West Bengal: 714 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)
Higher than 10 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329
How much road is there?
1,95,679 (2005) to 2,85,197 (2020) — +45.7%
How many people work in factories?
4,17,996 (2005) to 6,08,746 (2024) — +45.6%
How many people visit?
22.3 (2011) to 184 (2024) — +728.8%
How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?
241 (2005) to 158 (2023) — -34.4%
How many people live in poverty?
21.3% (2016) to 11.9% (2021) — -44.2%
West Bengal: 11.9% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)
Higher than 22 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.
Bihar 33.8% · Keralam 0.55%
How fast are prices rising?
5.4% (2015) to 3.9% (2025) — -27.8%
West Bengal: 3.9% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)
Higher than 8 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Manipur 6.5% · Delhi 2.4%
How fast is urban housing getting more expensive?
5.2% (2015) to 2.7% (2025) — -48.1%
West Bengal: 2.7% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)
Higher than 14 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Uttarakhand 8.1% · Delhi 0.20%
How many young children are anaemic?
61% (2006) to 69% (2021) — +13.1%
West Bengal: 69% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)
Higher than 24 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.
Ladakh 93.9% · Keralam 39.4%
How many pregnant women are anaemic?
62.6% (2006) to 62.3% (2021) — -0.5%
West Bengal: 62.3% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)
Higher than 30 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2021.
Ladakh 78.1% · Andaman & Nicobar Islands -53.7%
How much electricity leaks away before it is billed?
28.5% (2005) to 18.2% (2023) — -36.1%
West Bengal: 18.2% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)
Higher than 15 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.
Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%
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