Editing Howrah (section)

==Demographics==

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|title=Religion in Howrah (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: West Bengal |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11396/download/14509/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in West Bengal|Hinduism]]|darkorange|82.72}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in West Bengal|Islam]]|green|15.25}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Bengal|Jainism]]|pink|0.75}}
{{bar percent|Others|black|1.28}}
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Howrah is 2nd most populated city in West Bengal (behind Kolkata).<ref>{{cite web |title=Haora City Population 2024 {{!}} Literacy and Hindu Muslim Population |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/246-haora.html |website=www.census2011.co.in |access-date=12 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Asansol City Population 2024 {{!}} Literacy and Hindu Muslim Population |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/200-asansol.html |website=www.census2011.co.in |access-date=12 June 2024}}</ref> {{As of|2011}} Indian census, Howrah had a population of {{#statements:population}} with {{#statements:number of households}} households.<ref name="census2011" /><ref group=note>Census data of Howrah can be difficult to compare as the city is sometimes grouped together with the [[Kolkata]] and other settlements as the [[Kolkata metropolitan area]]. Further care needs to be taken to distinguish Howrah town from Howrah district. It is also worth noting that Bally Municipality was re-incorporated into Howrah in 2015</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bally |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814065726/https://www.britannica.com/place/Bally |archive-date=14 August 2019 |url-status=live |title=Bally &#124; India City, Shopping Hub, Tourist Spot &#124; Britannica }}</ref>

In the 1896 census of [[British India]], Howrah had a population of {{formatnum:84069}}, which grew to {{formatnum:157594}} in the 1901 census.<ref name=OMC31 /><ref name="census2001" /> This rapid growth was due to abundance of job opportunities, which resulted in a 100% increase in male population during this period, whereas the female population grew only by 60%.<ref name=OMC31/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Howrah town population by year<ref name="census2001" /><ref group=note>Note that Howrah town census area was not stable until 1981</ref>
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! Year !! Population !! % increase !! Males !! Females
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| 1896 || {{formatnum:84069}} || || ||
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| 1901 || {{formatnum:157594}} || || 99,904 || 57,690
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| 1911 || {{formatnum:179006}} || 13.59 || 114,566 || 64,440
|-
| 1921 || {{formatnum:195301}} || 9.10 || 128,472 || 66,829
|-
| 1931 || {{formatnum:224873}} || 15.14 || 145,120 || 79,753
|-
| 1941 || {{formatnum:379292}} || 68.67 || 246,959 || 132,333
|-
| 1951 || {{formatnum:433630}} || 14.33 || 268,412 || 165,218
|-
| 1961 || {{formatnum:532692}} || 22.84 || 325,493 || 207,199
|-
| 1971 || {{formatnum:737877}} || 38.52 || 439,457 || 298,420
|-
| 1981 || {{formatnum:744429}} || 0.89 || 421,636 || 322,793
|-
| 1991 || {{formatnum:950435}} || 27.67 || 528,396 || 422,039
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| 2001 || {{formatnum:1007532}} || 6.01 || 547,068 || 460,464
|-
| 2011<ref name="census2011" /> || {{formatnum:1077075}} || 6.90 || {{formatnum:561220}} || {{formatnum:515855}}
|}