Kharagpur — UN urban centre
Kharagpur: 776,133 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #685 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11711; territory: India (IND). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 22.3311, 87.3133. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 417,528 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 455,309 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 499,184 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 541,293 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 587,686 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 633,885 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 673,054 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 704,812 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 732,867 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 749,194 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 776,133 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 809,639 | Projection |
| 2035 | 825,920 | Projection |
| 2040 | 841,296 | Projection |
| 2045 | 847,217 | Projection |
| 2050 | 848,040 | Projection |
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