Updated FY 2024-25 · 19 domains · 40+ open data sources · 23 district drill-downs
GSDP doubled in a decade.#2 in India for foreign tourists (by volume).Three Nobel Laureates.
West Bengal in data — one state’s full portrait.
Pre-monsoon — the state braces for Kalboishakhi and the first mango showers.
GSDP · ₹ lakh crore · FY16 → FY25
Source: MoSPI / RBI Handbook. GSDP more than doubled in a decade.
₹18.2L Cr
GSDP 2024-25
Rank #6 in India
~9.9 Cr
Population
2023 projection (NITI/NCAER)
3.12M
Foreign Tourists
2024 · #2 in India
3
Nobel Laureates
Tagore · Sen · Banerjee
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Stories in the data
Four facts that rewrite the common narrative.
The boson is named after a Bengali
Satyendra Nath Bose’s statistics gave the Higgs boson its name. 3 Nobel laureates and 3 eponymous discoveries (boson, Saha equation, Mahalanobis distance) — all from one state.
Explore Culture →WB grows 2/3 of India’s jute, 1/4 of its potatoes
#1 producer of jute and rice, #2 in potato (behind UP, per NHB). Cropping intensity 186% — nearly double-harvesting every field, every year.
Explore Agriculture →Universal health cover for every family
Swasthya Sathi covers 2.42 crore+ WB families — no means test, no income filter. 2,800+ empanelled hospitals; 107 lakh+ hospitalisations to date. IMR 22 vs India 28 (NFHS-5).
Explore Health →Explore Sections
Every number has a source. Every chart has a citation.
People & Society
Fertility below replacement. Literacy climbing. Population growth decelerating to 0.6% annually.
Demographics
~9.9 Cr people, TFR 1.6 — below replacement. Density 1,106/km² (NITI/NCAER 2021).
Health
IMR 22 vs India 28 (NFHS-5). Institutional delivery 92%. Immunization above national average.
Education
Female literacy 76.1% (NFHS-5, age 15-49). 67K+ schools · 13.5M students.
Diversity & Identity
Muslim 27% (India’s 2nd-highest). Bengali 85% mother tongue. SC+ST combined 29% — Jhargram is most tribal (Census 2011).
Economy & Business
GSDP has doubled in a decade to ₹18.2 lakh crore — rank #6 among Indian states. Industrial GVA growth outpaced the national average in 2022-24, though per-capita income and share of India’s GDP still trail the mean.
Agriculture
#1 producer of jute and rice, #2 in potato (NHB). Cropping intensity 186% (FY24). 21% of GSDP.
Economy
GSDP ₹18.2L Cr, rank #6. Industrial GVA growth beat the national average in 2022-24, but per-capita NSDP still trails India’s mean.
Work & Livelihood
LFPR 49.6%. MGNREGA 7.4 Cr person-days (FY24-25). e-Shram 2.78 Cr registrations — rank #4 in India.
Investment & Business
₹19L Cr in BGBS proposals (MoUs) over 7 editions. Realization self-reported by WBIDC.
Budget & Finance
₹46K Cr on education. Debt-to-GSDP peaked at 38.8% post-COVID; now ~35%.
Housing & Cost of Living
Low inequality — Gini rural 0.26 / urban 0.35 (among India’s lowest). Rural MPCE ₹3,239 / Urban ₹5,267 (HCES 2022-23).
Transport
Road network, vehicle stock, accident severity, port cargo at Haldia + SMPK, and air connectivity across WB.
Commute & Mobility
India’s walking-and-cycling capital — 34% on foot, 15% on bicycle (Census 2011). Sealdah + Howrah 3.4M daily rail commuters, exceeds Mumbai Central.
Culture & Tourism
The boson is named after a Bengali. Tagore wrote two national anthems. Durga Puja moves an estimated $4.5B (WB Tourism Dept).
Culture & Heritage
32 luminaries across science, reform, business, arts, and sports. 3 Nobel laureates. 2 UNESCO-listed art forms (Durga Puja, Baul) plus 6 traditional forms.
Tourism
3.12M foreign visitors in 2024 — #2 in India, 14.8% YoY growth.
Destinations
40 spots on a map — from 13M-visitor temples to hamlets with zero phone signal.
Environment & Climate
A warming delta, seasonal rhythms, and the world’s largest mangrove cluster — WB holds 42% of India’s mangrove cover.
Climate
1,540 mm annual rainfall, Kalboishakhi squalls, a warming delta.
Air Quality
Multi-city AQI monitoring, pollutant trends, seasonal patterns, and health advisories across West Bengal.
Ecology & Waste
Rivers, forests, mangroves, waste. Sundarbans holds 42% of India’s mangroves. WB ranks #4 in MSW generation (13,469 TPD).
Geographic
Click a district to see what the state average is hiding.
District Map
A choropleth of NFHS-5 indicators across 23 districts. Pick a metric — sex ratio, literacy, immunization, stunting — and watch the geography light up.