rank           district  population growth rate  sex ratio  literacy  density / km
0      2  north 24 parganas    10082852       12.86        949     84.95          2463
1      6  south 24 parganas     8153176       18.05        949     78.57           819
2      7         barddhaman     7723663       12.01        943     77.15          1100
3      9        murshidabad     7102430       21.07        957     67.53          1334
4     14     west midnapore     5943300       14.44        960     79.04           636
5     16            hooghly     5520389        9.49        958     82.55          1753
6     18              nadia     5168488       12.24        947     75.58          1316
7     20     east midnapore     5094238       15.32        936     87.66          1076
8     23              haora     4841638       13.31        935     83.85          3300
9     35            kolkata     4486679      - 1.88        899     87.14         24252
10    58             maldah     3997970       21.50        939     62.71          1071
11    66         jalpaiguri     3869675       13.77        954     73.79           621
12    80            bankura     3596292       12.64        954     70.95           523
13    84            birbhum     3502387       16.15        956     70.90           771
14   124     north dinajpur     3000849       22.90        936     60.13           956
15   129           puruliya     2927965       15.43        955     65.38           468
16   136          kochbihar     2822780       13.86        942     75.49           833
17   257          darjiling     1842034       14.47        971     79.92           585

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