Balurghat — UN urban centre
Balurghat: 319,934 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,798 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11743; 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: 25.2292, 88.7797. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 191,294 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 187,805 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 186,339 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 183,289 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 224,690 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 259,533 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 275,000 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 286,588 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 295,230 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 304,731 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 319,934 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 335,780 | Projection |
| 2035 | 349,384 | Projection |
| 2040 | 362,123 | Projection |
| 2045 | 370,212 | Projection |
| 2050 | 376,072 | Projection |
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