AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in India

West Bengal

State IN-WB Largest city: Kolkata
17%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 15% (+2.5 pts).
MODEL4th of 36 regions7.3M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
91.3M
as of 2011
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
7.1%
4th largest of 36
People in workMODEL
42.2M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.2%
national 1.8%
Area
86.6K km²
1,054 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
25% live in major cities
Largest city
Kolkata
14.8M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
10
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.53×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
3.8%
7.1% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
40%
national 45%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
53%
national 53%
Augmentation 47%Automation 53%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

West Bengal India
Agriculture 26.4%
Construction 15.8%
Manufacturing 14.4%
Retail & wholesale 14.1%
Transport & logistics 5.9%
Other services 4.3%
Education 4.0%
Business services 3.1%
Hospitality 2.8%
ICT & software 2.4%
Public admin 2.1%
Finance 1.8%
Health & care 1.8%
Utilities 0.7%
Mining 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 1.6M Manufacturing 822K Agriculture 769K Education 689K Construction 577K ICT & software 416K Transport & logistics 416K Finance 408K

Ranking in India

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 36 regions.

1Delhi 21% 2Chandigarh 21% 3Maharashtra 17% 4West Bengal 17% 5Puducherry 17% 6Lakshadweep 17% 7Tamil Nadu 16%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits India's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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