Schools in West Bengal
West Bengal has 93,715 schools (UDISE+ 2024-25): 82,154 government, 74 government-aided, 7,176 private unaided and 4,311 others. 75,131 schools with a primary section also have a pre-primary section.
Source: UDISE+ 2024-25 booklet, Ministry of Education (Tables 3.3-3.7), booklet PDF, read 20 Oct 2026.
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Districts
75,322 schools in the named-school list for West Bengal, 57,288 of them with a pre-primary section.
- 24 Paraganas North5,642 schools
- 24 Paraganas South4,698 schools
- Alipurduar1,593 schools
- Bankura4,825 schools
- Birbhum3,765 schools
- Cooch Bihar3,037 schools
- Darjeeling1,014 schools
- Dinajpur Dakshin2,078 schools
- Dinajpur Uttar2,858 schools
- Hooghly4,067 schools
- Howrah3,037 schools
- Jalpaiguri2,209 schools
- Jhargram1,181 schools
- Kalimpong237 schools
- Kolkata2,063 schools
- Maldah2,257 schools
- Murshidabad5,863 schools
- Nadia4,007 schools
- Paschim Bardhaman1,295 schools
- Paschim Medinipur5,049 schools
- Purba Bardhaman3,682 schools
- Purba Medinipur5,826 schools
- Purulia4,272 schools
- Siliguri767 schools
UDISE data year: about 2019-20 (Shishya's estimate; the publisher does not state the year). Source: India Data Portal (Bharti Institute, ISB) and UDISE+, Ministry of Education. ODC-BY. Dataset · Licence (ODC-BY). Names and labels are shown exactly as UDISE prints them.
RTE 25% free seats in West Bengal
Private unaided schools keep at least 25% of entry-class seats free for children from weaker sections and disadvantaged groups. Check your state's education department for the portal and dates. Read the West Bengal RTE guide.