▁town ▁in ▁Bh ad rak ▁district ▁is ▁D ham ara , ▁which ▁is ▁up coming ▁newly ▁built ▁m ega - port ▁of ▁the ▁district . ▁New ▁railway ▁line ▁from ▁Bh ad rak ▁to ▁D ham ra ▁is ▁constructed . ▁D ham ra ▁Airport ▁is ▁proposed ▁to ▁be ▁built ▁by ▁the ▁D ham ra ▁Port ▁Company ▁Limited , ▁ 2 0   km ▁from ▁D ham ra ▁Port ▁ ▁Also ▁Chen na i - ▁Kol k ata ▁N H - 1 6 ▁is ▁passing ▁through ▁Bh ad rak ▁city . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁census ▁Bh ad rak ▁district ▁has ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 1 , 5 0 6 , 3 3 7 , ▁roughly ▁equal ▁to ▁the ▁nation ▁of ▁Gab on ▁or ▁the ▁US ▁state ▁of ▁Hawai i . ▁This ▁gives ▁it ▁a ▁ranking ▁of ▁ 3 3 2 nd ▁in ▁India ▁( out ▁of ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 6 4 0 ). ▁The ▁district ▁has ▁a ▁population ▁density ▁of ▁ ▁. ▁Its ▁population ▁growth ▁rate ▁over ▁the ▁de cade ▁ 2 0 0 1 – 2 0 1 1 ▁was ▁ 1 2 . 9 5 %. ▁Bh ad rak ▁has ▁a ▁sex ▁ratio ▁of ▁ 9 8 1 ▁females ▁for ▁every ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁males , ▁and ▁a ▁liter acy ▁rate ▁of ▁ 8 3 . 2 5 %. ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Census ▁of ▁India , ▁ 9 0 . 5 6 %