Socio-cultural characteristics and demographic attributes are two important facets of Human Development. If the society is more cultural and practical minded, the population size would reduce and the resources can be utilized properly and there will be marked development in the society. The Canning Subdivision is located in the South 24 Parganas district of WEST BENGAL. There are four Community Development blocks (C.D.) namely Basanti, Canning I, Canning II and Gosaba under this subdivision. The main objective of the study is to know the relation among socio-cultural characteristics with population change in the study area. In this subdivision, Hindus are the dominant religious group. Most of the people interact with each other in Bengali language. Among four C.D. blocks, Scheduled Caste population is more in Gosaba. The male population is more educated than their female counterparts. Literacy rates are high in Gosaba block.
