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State/ District	Total/	Percentage Distribution of				Difference (Percentage Point) 1991- 2001
	Rural/					Vacant	Occupied
	Urban	Vacant Houses		Occupied Census		Houses	Census
				Houses		Col.(3)-(2)	Houses
		1991	2001	1991	2001		Col.(5)-(4)
1		2	3	4	5	6	7
WEST BENGAL	Total	403675	631687	15687815	19508470	228012	3820655
		(2.51)	(3.14)	(97.49)	(96.86)	(0.63)	-(0.63)
	Rural	238495	361716	11402985	14051595	123221	2648610
		(2.05)	(2.51)	(97.95)	(97.49)	(0.46)	-(0.46)
	Urban	165180	269971	4284830	5456875	104791	1172045
		(3.71)	(4.71)	(96.29)	(95.29)	(1.00)	-(1.00)
DARJILING	Total	9935	15693	277485	387568	5758	110083
		(3.46)	(3.89)	(96.54)	(96.11)	(0.43)	-(0.43)
	Rural	5530	7872	192450	261781	2342	69331
		(2.79)	(2.92)	(97.21)	(97.08)	(0.13)	-(0.13)
	Urban	4405	7821	85035	125787	3416	40752
		(4.93)	(5.85)	(95.07)	(94.15)	(0.93)	-(0.93)
JALPAIGURI	Total	14500	20069	674695	882701	5569	208006
		(2.10)	(2.22)	(97.90)	(97.78)	(0.12)	-(0.12)
	Rural	9980	13533	563815	726421	3553	162606
		(1.74)	(1.83)	(98.26)	(98.17)	(0.09)	-(0.09)
	Urban	4520	6536	110880	156280	2016	45400
		(3.92)	(4.01)	(96.08)	(95.99)	(0.10)	-(0.10)
KOCH BIHAR	Total	6140	11315	521920	682386	5175	160466
		(1.16)	(1.63)	(98.84)	(98.37)	(0.47)	-(0.47)
	Rural	4695	8788	480135	621644	4093	141509
		(0.97)	(1.39)	(99.03)	(98.61)	(0.43)	-(0.43)
	Urban	1445	2527	41785	60742	1082	18957
		(3.34)	(3.99)	(96.66)	(96.01)	(0.65)	-(0.65)
UTTAR DINAJPUR	Total	4962	7430	462822	623653	2468	160831
		(1.06)	(1.18)	(98.94)	(98.82)	(0.12)	-(0.12)
	Rural	3682	5298	412528	559473	1616	146945
		(0.88)	(0.94)	(99.12)	(99.06)	(0.05)	-(0.05)
	Urban	1280	2132	50294	64180	852	13886
		(2.48)	(3.22)	(97.52)	(96.78)	(0.73)	-(0.73)
DAKSHIN DINAJPUR	Total	3448	5675	321623	362604	2227	40981
		(1.06)	(1.54)	(98.94)	(98.46)	(0.48)	-(0.48)
	Rural	2558	4237	286672	315535	1679	28863
		(0.88)	(1.33)	(99.12)	(98.67)	(0.44)	-(0.44)
	Urban	890	1438	34951	47069	548	12118
		(2.48)	(2.96)	(97.52)	(97.04)	(0.48)	-(0.48)
MALDAH	Total	8595	13836	545415	730544	5241	185129
		(1.55)	(1.86)	(98.45)	(98.14)	(0.31)	-(0.31)
	Rural	7190	11565	503520	670924	4375	167404
		(1.41)	(1.69)	(98.59)	(98.31)	(0.29)	-(0.29)
	Urban	1405	2271	41895	59620	866	17725
		(3.24)	(3.67)	(96.76)	(96.33)	(0.42)	-(0.42)
MURSHIDABAD	Total	17480	28508	1062660	1360083	11028	297423
		(1.62)	(2.05)	(98.38)	(97.95)	(0.43)	-(0.43)
	Rural	13410	21600	950590	1189964	8190	239374
		(1.39)	(1.78)	(98.61)	(98.22)	(0.39)	-(0.39)
	Urban	4070	6908	112070	170119	2838	58049
		(3.50)	(3.90)	(96.50)	(96.10)	(0.40)	-(0.40)
BIRBHUM	Total	19335	24784	591955	734303	5449	142348
		(3.16)	(3.26)	(96.84)	(96.74)	(0.10)	-(0.10)
	Rural	16420	21410	538710	668861	4990	130151
		(2.96)	(3.10)	(97.04)	(96.90)	(0.14)	-(0.14)
	Urban	2915	3374	53245	65442	459	12197
		(5.19)	(4.90)	(94.81)	(95.10)	-(0.29)	(0.29)
BARDDHAMAN	Total	53295	76175	1390445	1704367	22880	313922
		(3.69)	(4.28)	(96.31)	(95.72)	(0.59)	-(0.59)
	Rural	28250	39300	891610	1079866	11050	188256
		(3.07)	(3.51)	(96.93)	(96.49)	(0.44)	-(0.44)
	Urban	25045	36875	498835	624501	11830	125666
		(4.78)	(5.58)	(95.22)	(94.42)	(0.79)	-(0.79)
NADIA	Total	18790	29081	871125	1186239	10291	315114
		(2.11)	(2.39)	(97.89)	(97.61)	(0.28)	-(0.28)
	Rural	11045	18894	660610	920883	7849	260273
		(1.64)	(2.01)	(98.36)	(97.99)	(0.37)	-(0.37)
	Urban	7745	10187	210515	265356	2442	54841
		(3.55)	(3.70)	(96.45)	(96.30)	(0.15)	-(0.15)
NORTH	Total	50325	76991	1599990	2153381	26666	553391
TWENTYFOUR		(3.05)	(3.45)	(96.95)	(96.55)	(0.40)	-(0.40)
PARGANAS	Rural