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SYMBOLS The following symbols have been used in this publication .. = Not available = Negligible or nil P = Provisional I = Incomplete in coverage R = Revised Conversion Table The Metric System I Standard of weights 1 Grain = 0.065 Gram 1 Ounce = 28.350 Grams 1 Pound = 0.4535924 Kilogram 1 Cwt = 50.802 Kilograms 1 Ton = 1016.05 Kilograms = 1.01605 Tonnes 1 Tola = 11.664 Grams 1 Chattak = 58.32 Grams 1 Seer = 0.93310 Kilogram 1 Maund = 37.3242 Kilograms 100 Kilograms = 1 Quintal 10 Quintals = 1 Tonne II Standard of length and capacity 1 Foot = 0.3048 Metre 1 Inch = 0.0254 Metre 1 Yard = 0.9144 Metre 1 Mile = 1.609344 Kilometres 1 Imperial gallon = 4.54596 Litres III Standard of area 1 Acre = 0.404686 Hectare 1 Sq. mile = 2.58999 Sq. Kilometres = 258.999 Hectares Conversion Coefficients to The Metric System I Standard of weights 1 Gram = 15.432 Grains 1 Gram = 0.03527 Ounce 1 Kilogram = 2.2046 Pounds 1 Kilogram = 0.01968 Cwt 1 Kilogram = 0.0009842 Ton 1 Tonne = 0.9842 Ton(Long) 1 Gram = 0.08573 Tola 1 Gram = 0.017147 Chattak 1 Kilogram = 1.0717 Seer 1 Kilogram = 0.02679 Maund II Standard of length and capacity 1 Metre = 3.2808 Feet 1 Metre = 39.37008 Inches 1 Metre = 1.0936 Yards 1 Kilometre = 0.6214 Mile 1 Litre = 0.21998 Gallon(Imp.) 1 Litre = 0.26418 Gallon(U.S.) III Standard of area 1 Hectare = 2.4711 Acres 1 Sq. Kilometre = 0.3861 Sq. mile 1 Hectare = 0.003861 Sq. mile iii Statistical Handbook, West Bengal provides handy information on salient features of various socio-economic aspects of the State. The present issue is the forty-first edition in the series. The data furnished in its previous issue have been updated to the extent possible so that continuity in time-series data can be maintained. I would like to thank various State & Central Govt. Departments and organisations for active co-operation received from their end in timely supply of required information. The officers and staff of the Reference Technical Section of the Bureau also deserve my thanks for their sincere effort in bringing out this publication. It is hoped that this issue would be useful to planners, policy makers and researchers. Suggestions for improvement of this publication are most welcome. K. K. Mondal New Secretariat Director, Buildings, Kolkata, Bureau of Applied Economics & Statistics 1st December, 2009. Government of West Bengal PREFACE STATISTICAL HANDBOOK WEST BENGAL 2008 BUREAU OF APPLIED ECONOMICS & STATISTICS GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

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SYMBOLS – The following symbols have been used in thispublication

. . = Not available– = Negligible or nilP = ProvisionalI = Incomplete in coverageR = Revised

Conversion Table The Metric System

I Standard of weights1 Grain = 0.065 Gram1 Ounce = 28.350 Grams1 Pound = 0.4535924 Kilogram1 Cwt = 50.802 Kilograms1 Ton = 1016.05 Kilograms

= 1.01605 Tonnes1 Tola = 11.664 Grams1 Chattak = 58.32 Grams1 Seer = 0.93310 Kilogram1 Maund = 37.3242 Kilograms

100 Kilograms = 1 Quintal10 Quintals = 1 Tonne

II Standard of length and capacity1 Foot = 0.3048 Metre1 Inch = 0.0254 Metre1 Yard = 0.9144 Metre1 Mile = 1.609344 Kilometres1 Imperial gallon = 4.54596 Litres

III Standard of area1 Acre = 0.404686 Hectare1 Sq. mile = 2.58999 Sq. Kilometres

= 258.999 Hectares

Conversion Coefficientsto

The Metric SystemI Standard of weights

1 Gram = 15.432 Grains1 G r a m = 0 . 0 3 5 2 7 O u n c e1 Ki lo gr am = 2 . 2 0 4 6 P o u n d s1 Ki lo gr am = 0 . 0 1 9 6 8 C w t1 Ki lo gr am = 0 . 0 00 9 8 4 2 To n1 To n n e = 0 . 9 8 4 2 To n ( L o n g )1 G r a m = 0 . 0 8 5 7 3 To l a1 G r a m = 0 . 0 1 7 1 4 7 C h a t t a k1 Ki lo gr am = 1 . 0 7 1 7 S e e r1 Ki lo gr am = 0 . 0 2 6 7 9 M a u n d

II Standard of length and capacity

1 Metre = 3.2808 Feet1 M e t r e = 3 9 . 3 7 0 0 8 I n c h e s1 M e t r e = 1 . 0 9 3 6 Yar d s1 Ki l omet re = 0 . 6 2 1 4 Mi le1 Li t re = 0 . 2 1 9 9 8 Ga l l on ( I mp . )1 Li t re = 0 . 2 6 4 1 8 Ga l l on (U .S . )

III Standard of area

1 Hectare = 2.4711 Acres1 Sq. Kilometre = 0 . 3 8 6 1 Sq. mile1 H e c t a r e = 0 . 0 0 3 8 6 1 Sq. mile

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Statistical Handbook, West Bengal provides handyinformation on salient features of various socio-economic aspectsof the State. The present issue is the forty-first edition in theseries. The data furnished in its previous issue have been updatedto the extent possible so that continuity in time-series data canbe maintained.

I would like to thank various State & Central Govt.Departments and organisations for active co-operation receivedfrom their end in timely supply of required information.

The officers and staff of the Reference Technical Section ofthe Bureau also deserve my thanks for their sincere effort inbringing out this publication.

It is hoped that this issue would be useful to planners, policymakers and researchers.

Suggestions for improvement of this publication are mostwelcome.

K. K. MondalNew Secretariat Director,Buildings, Kolkata, Bureau of Applied Economics & Statistics1st December, 2009. Government of West Bengal

PREFACESTATISTICALHANDBOOK

WEST BENGAL2008

BUREAU OF APPLIED ECONOMICS & STATISTICSGOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

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Table PageNo .

III . Education3.0 Literacy Rate in West Bengal by District 583.0(a) Literacy Rate among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

in West Bengal by District, Census, 2001 59

3.1 Number of Schools in West Bengal 613.2 Number of Schools in West Bengal (under Anglo-

Indian School Category) 623.3 Enrolment in General Educational Institutions by

Stages in West Bengal 633.4 Number of Teachers in General Educational

Institutions in West Bengal 64IV. Climate

4.0 Annual Rainfall in West Bengal 65V. Agriculture

5.0 Classification of Area in West Bengal 665.1 Utilisation of Land in West Bengal by District 675.2 Area under Principal Crops in West Bengal 715.3 Net Cropped Area, Gross Cropped Area and

Cropping Intensity in West Bengal 745.4 Production of Principal Crops in West Bengal 755.5 Districtwise Area and Production of Principal Crops

in West Bengal 785.6 Yield Rates of Principal Crops in West Bengal 985.7 Area and Production of Fruits and Vegetables in

West Bengal 1005.8 Area and Production of Flowers in West Bengal 1025.9 Index Number of Agricultural Area under Selected Crops in West

Bengal (Base : Triennium ending crop year 1981-82 = 100)104

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IX. Mines and Power(i) Electricity

9.0 Installed Electricity Generating Capacity(derated) inWest Bengal (excluding N.T.P.C.) 121

9.0(a) Gross Generation of Electricity in West Bengal(excluding N.T.P.C.) 122

9.1 Analysis of Sales of Electricity in West Bengal 1239.2 Districtwise No. of Villages Electrified in

West Bengal 124 (ii) Mineral Production

9.3 Production and Value of Minerals of West Bengal 1279.4 Coal and Coke Products Supplied to Different

Industries in West Bengal 128 X. Industry

10.0 Number of Major Industries in West Bengal 12910.1 Economic Structure of Factories under Annual

Survey of Industries in West Bengal (Census and Non-Census Sectors)

130 10.2 Number of Registered Small Scale Industrial Units

in West Bengal 13110.3 Industrial Production in West Bengal 13210.4 Index Number of Industrial Production in West Bengal

(Base : 1993-94 = 100) 134XI. Employment and Labour

11.0 Estimated Employment in Public and Private Sectorsin West Bengal 136

11.1 Number of Workers Employed in Major Industriesin West Bengal 137

11.2 Average Number of Persons Employed Daily inand about the Coal Mines in West Bengal 138

11.3 Average Number of Persons Employed Daily inPlantations (Tea) in West Bengal 139

CONTENTSTable Page

No.SOME FACTS ABOUT WEST BENGAL 1

I. Area and Population1.0 Administrative Units in West Bengal 91.1 Villages, Towns and Households in West Bengal,

Census 2001 111.2 Districtwise Population by Sex in West Bengal,

Census 1991 121.3 Districtwise Population by Sex in West Bengal,

Census 2001 131.4 Density of Population, Sex Ratio and Percentage

Share of Urban Population in West Bengal byDistrict 14

1.5 Number of Workers and Non-workers in West Bengal, 2001 151.5(a) Work Participation Rate (main + marginal) in West Bengal, 2001 161.5(b) Ranking of Districts on the basis of percentage of main workers

to total population in West Bengal, 1991 & 2001 171.6 Population of CD Blocks in West Bengal by

District, Census 2001 181.7 Population of Cities, Towns and Urban Outgrowths in

West Bengal by District, Census 2001 331.8 Annual Estimates of Population of West Bengal 481.9 Distribution of Population by Religious Communities

in West Bengal 491.10 Districtwise Educational Facilities in West Bengal, Census 2001 501.11 Districtwise Medical Facilities in West Bengal, Census 2001 51

II. Medical and Public Health2.0 Birth (live), Death and Infant Mortality Rates for

West Bengal 522.0(a) Birth and Death Rates based on Three-Year Average

for West Bengal 532.1 Medical Facilities in West Bengal 542.2 Registered Medical Practitioners in West Bengal 552.3 Districtwise Status of Rural Water Supply Coverage 56

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Table PageNo.5.10 Index Number of Agricultural Production of selected

Crops in West Bengal (Base : Triennium endingcrop year 1981-82 = 100) 106

5.11 Index Number of Agricultural Productivity of selectedCrops in West Bengal (Base : Triennium endingcrop year 1981-82 = 100) 108

5.12 Index Number of Agricultural Area, Production,Productivity, Cropping Pattern, Cropping Intensity,Productivity per hectare of Net Area Sown ofSelected Crops and Net Area Sown in West Bengal

(Base : Triennium ending crop year1981-82 = 100) 110

VI. Forest6.0 Classification of Forest Area by Status and Ownership

in West Bengal 1116.1 Out-turn of Timber and Firewood from Forest in

West Bengal 1126.2 Out-turn of Minor Forest Produce in Forest Areas of

West Bengal 113VII. Livestock and Fisheries

7.0 Growth of Livestock in West Bengal 1147.1 Estimated Production of Milk and Eggs in

West Bengal 1157.2 Production of Fish and Fishseed in West Bengal 1167.3 Estimated Production of Meat in West Bengal 117

VIII. Veterinary8.0 Categorywise number of Veterinary Institution and the Number

8.1 Different Categories of Veterinary Institutions in West Bengal 119of AnimalsTreated in West Bengal 118

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XIX. Joint Stock Companies19.0 Joint Stock Companies at Work in West Bengal 17819.1 Joint Stock Companies Registered and Gone into

Liquidation or Struck Off from the Register inWest Bengal 179

XX. Co-operative Societies20.0 Number, Membership and Financial Position of Co-

operative Societies in West Bengal 180XXI. Prices

21.0 Index Number of Wholesale Prices by Group andSub-Group of Commodities in Kolkata(Base : 1952-53 = 100) [Monthly Averages] 181

21.0(a) Index Number of Wholesale Prices of AgriculturalCommodities in Kolkata (Base : 1980-81 = 100) 185

21.1 Index Number of Retail Prices of Food Articles inKolkata (Base : 1993 = 100) 191

21.1(a) Consumer Price Index Numbers of Different Articlesin Kolkatal (Base : 2006-07 = 100) 195

21.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers in Kolkata by MonthlyFamily Expenditure Level (Base : 1993 = 100) 199

21.2(a) Consumer Price Index Numbers in Kolkata by MonthlyExpenditure Level (Base : 2006-07 = 100) 200

21.3 Consumer Price Index Numbers for IndustrialWorkers (Base : 1982 = 100) of different Centres inWest Bengal [Monthly Averages] 201

21.4 Consumer Price Index Numbers for AgriculturalLabourers, West Bengal (Base : 1986-87 = 100)[Monthly Averages] 202

21.5 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Urban Non-ManualEmployees of different Centres in West Bengal(Base : 1984-85 = 100) [Monthly Averages] 203

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15.0(a) Length of Roads Maintained by Public WorksDepartment and Public Works Department (Roads)according to Category in West Bengal 153

15.1 Length of Roads Maintained by Municipalities andMunicipal Corporations in West Bengal 154

15.1(a) Districtwise Length of Roads Maintained by ZillaParishads, Panchayat Samities and GramPanchayats in West Bengal 155

15.2 Posts and Telegraphs in West Bengal 15815.3 Telephone Facilities in West Bengal 16015.4 Number of Registered Motor Vehicles in West Bengal

(including Kolkata) 16115.4(a) Number of Registered Motor Vehicles in Kolkata 16215.5 Important Activities of State Transport Undertakings

in West Bengal 16315.5(a) Summary of the Important Activities of West Bengal

Surface Transport Corporation (Launch Service) 16715.6 Activities of the Calcutta Tramways Company Limited 168

XVI. Trade16.0 Foreign Trade at Kolkata Port (Sea & Air) 16916.1 Inflow of Goods to West Bengal from

other States by Rail & River 17016.2 Outflow of Goods from West Bengal to other

States by Rail & River 172XVII. Banking

17.0 Status of Banking Operation in West Bengal 17417.0(a) Deposits and Advances of Scheduled Commercial Banks 175

XVIII . Insurance18.0 Life Insurance Business in West Bengal 177

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XXII. Finance22.0 Budgetary Position (Actual) of the Govt. of

West Bengal 20422.1 Estimates of Net State Domestic Product of West

Bengal by Industry of Origin at Current Prices (1999-00) 20722.2 Estimates of Net State Domestic Product of West

Bengal by Industry of Origin at Constant (1999-00) Prices 20922.3 Net Collection from Small Savings in West Bengal

and India 211XXIII. Five-Year Plans

23.0 Outlay and Expenditure under the Seventh Five-YearPlan (1985-90) by Major Heads of Development inWest Bengal 212

23.1 Expenditure under the Annual Plans precedingEighth Five-Year Plan by Major Heads of Developmentin West Bengal 213

23.2 Outlay and Expenditure under the Eighth Five-YearPlan (1992-97) by Major Heads of Development inWest Bengal 214

23.3 Outlay and Expenditure under the Ninth Five-Year Plan(1997-2002) by Major Heads of Development inWest Bengal 215

23.4 Outlay and Expenditure under the Tenth Five-year Plan (2002-2007) in West Bengal 216

23.5 Outlay & Expenditure under the Eleventh Five Year Plan(2007-2012) in West Bengal 222

23.6 Movement in (Per Capita) Plan Expenditure inWest Bengal 228

XXIV Tourism24.0 Districtwise Important Tourist Spots with Distance from

Kolkata and Number of Beds in different types of LodgesMaintained by different Govt. Departments 229

Table PageN o .

11.4 Estimated Average Daily Employment in Shops,Commercial Establishments, Cinemas etc. inWest Bengal 140

11.5 Employment in Registered Small Scale IndustrialUnits in West Bengal 142

11.6 Employment through Employment Exchanges inWest Bengal 143

11.7 Industrial Disputes in West Bengal 144XII. Crimes

12.0 Incidence of Major Cognizable Crimes (IPC) under differentCrime Heads in West Bengal (excluding Kolkataand Suburbs) 145

12.1 Incidence of Major Cognizable Crimes (IPC) under differentCrime Heads in Kolkata and Suburbs 146

XIII. Police, Civil Defence and Fire Service13.0 Sanctioned Strength of Civil Police in West Bengal

and Expenditure thereof 14713.1 Expenditure on Civil Defence, Home Guards,

N.C.C. and N.V.F. in West Bengal 14813.2 Number of Stations, Staff Strength and

Expenditure on Fire Services in West Bengal 149XIV. Local Bodies

14.0 Number, Income and Expenditure of different LocalBodies in West Bengal 150

XV. Transport and Communication15.0 Length of Roads under the control of Public Works

and Public Works (Roads) Departments inWest Bengal 152

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24.1 Countrywise Foreign Tourist Arrivals inWest Bengal 238

XXV. Miscellaneous25.0 Newspapers and Periodicals Published in

West Bengal 24025.1 Number of Radio Stations and T.V. Transmitting

Centres in West Bengal 24125.2 Libraries, Reading Rooms and Total Literacy Centres

in West Bengal 242

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I. Distribution of Population, Sex Ratio, Density andDecadal Growth Rate of Population, 1991 243

1A. Distribution of Population, Sex Ratio, Density and DecadalGrowth Rate of Population, 2001 244

II. Literacy Rates in Major States and All India 246IIA. Literacy Rates by Sex in Major States and

All India, 2001 248III. Total Population, Main Workers, Marginal Workers

by Major States in India, Census 2001 249IIIA. Percentage distribution of Workers to total Population

by Major States in India, Census 2001 251IV. Percentage distribution of Main Workers by broad

Industrial Categories for Major States in India,Census 2001 252

V. Average Monthly Per Capita Expenditure on BroadGroups of Items by Major States 258

VI. Percentage Distribution of Average Monthly Per CapitaExpenditure on Broad Groups of Items of Consumption by Major States 260

VII. Per Thousand Distribution of Persons over MPCE Classesby Major States 262

VIII. Total Cropped Area, Net Area Sown and CroppingIntensity in Major States of India 266

IX. Production of Foodgrains by Major States of India 269X. Percentage Distribution of Owner Households and

Area Owned over Five Broad Size Classes ofHolding in Major States and All India 271

Table PageNo.XI. Changes in Percentage Distribution of Operational

Holdings and Area Operated by Size Classes ofOperational Holdings in Major States and All India 275

XII. Registered Factories Covered by Annual Survey ofIndustries for Major States (Factory Sector) in India 279

XIII. Value of Minerals and Ores Produced in Major States ofIndia 281

XIV. Educational Institutions in Major States of India,2005-2006 283

XV. Students Enrolment in Educational Institutions in MajorStates of India, 2005-2006 284

XVI. Dropout Rates in Major States of India, 2005-06 285XVII. Pupil-Teacher Ratio by Stages of Education in Major States

in India. (Year - 2005-06) 286XVIII. Installed Capacity, Gross Energy Generated, Energy

Sold and Per Capita Consumption of Energy in MajorStates of India 287

XIX. Percentage of Villages Electrified in Major Statesof India 288

XX. Small Savings Collections by Major States 289XXI. Plan and Non-Plan Expenditure in Major States

of India 290XXII. State Tax Revenue and Share in Centrally Levied Taxes

in some Major States of India 292XXIII. Developmental Expenditure in Major States of India 294

APPENDICES

APPENDICES

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XXIV. Unorganised Manufacturing Enterprises in India 295XXV. Employment in Unorganised Manufacturing Enterprises

in India 296XXVI. Estimated Domestic and Foreign Tourist Arrivals in

States and UTs of India 297XXVII. Access to Safe Drinking Water : Status of Households

In India by Major States 299

APPENDICES

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Description Year Unit ParticularsAgriculture

No. of agricultural labourersper 100 hectares ofcultivated land 2001 Number 134

Vital StatisticsBirth rate* 2007 Per 1000 population 17.9Death rate* 2007 Per 1000 population 6.3Infant mortality rate* 2007 Per 1000 live births 37

HealthHospitals, healthcentres and clinics 2008 Number 13919

(as on 31.3.2008)Total beds 2008 Number 100019

(as on 31.3.2008)Beds per lakh ofpopulation+ 2008 Number 115

(as on 31.3.2008)Persons per doctor+ 2008 Number 1056

(as on 31.3.2008)Education

Schools for generaleducation** 2007-2008(R) Number 59836Colleges for generaleducation 2007-2008 Number 404Students in schools(General Education)Per school 2007-2008(R) Number 254Per teacher 2007-2008(R) Number 51

R=Revised.*=Based on Sample Registration System+ =As per estimated population as on 1.3.2008** Excludes Sishu Siksha Kendras(SSK) & Madhyamik SikshaKendras(MSK).

2

SOME FACTS ABOUT WEST BENGALDescription Year Unit Particulars

Area 2001 Sq. Km. 88752Population 2001 Number 80176197

Density(per sq. kilometre) 2001 Number 903

Percentage of populationMale 2001 Per cent 51.72Female 2001 Per cent 48.28

Percentage of populationRural 2001 Per cent 72.03Urban 2001 Per cent 27.97

Workers 2001 Per cent 36.77Non-Workers 2001 Per cent 63.23

AgriculturePercentage of total areaunder cultivation 2007-2008 Per cent 64.56Cropping Intensity 2007 -2008 Per cent 184Per capita production offoodgrains+ 2007-2008(P) Kgs. 184.6Yield rate of(i) Rice 2007-2008 Kgs. / hectare 2573(ii) Jute 2007-2008 Kgs. / hectare 2425(iii) Tea 2007-2008(P) Kgs. / hectare 1983Index of agricultural production(Base : triennium endingcrop year 1981-82=100) 2007-2008(P) Index Number 251.6Percentage of Cultivators amongtotal (main + marginal)workers 2001 Per cent 19.18Percentage of agricultural labourersamong total (main + marginal)workers 2001 Per cent 24.97No. of cultivator per 100hectares of cultivatedland 2001 Number 103P = Provisional.+ = As per estimated population as on 1.3.2008

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Description Year Unit ParticularsPercentage of Literates +Male 2001 Per cent 77.0Female 2001 Per cent 59.6Total 2001 Per cent 68.6Rural 2001 Per cent 63.4Urban 2001 Per cent 81.3

Industry and EmploymentRegistered factories 2008(P) Number 14389Employment in :

Govt. Offices (State)* 2007(P) Number in thousand 368Registered factories 2008(P) Number in Lakh 9.3

Coal Mines 2006(P) Number in thousand 76.0 Plantation (Tea) 2007(P) Number in thousand 262.0

Workers employed daily inregistered working factoriesper 1000 population 2008(P) Number 15Exchange StatisticsRegistration during theyear 2008 Number in thousand 267.0Placed in employment 2008 Number in thousand 4.8No. on the live register atthe end of the year 2008 Number in thousand 5971.8ProductionJute goods 2007(P) `000 tonnes 1282.5

Tea 2007 Million kgs. 231.4* = Based on Census Report, 2001P = Provisional+ = Literacy relates to population aged 7 and above

Description Year Unit ParticularsSteel

Semi-finished 2008(P) `000 tonnes 1641.01Finished 2008(P) `000 tonnes 1857.31

ElectricityGeneration (Gross) 2007-2008 Million Kilowatt Hour 47623.5incl. N.T.P.C.Sold within the state 2007-2008 Million Kilowatt Hour 26230.90Ratio of towns electrifiedto total towns* as on 31.3.2008 Per cent 100Ratio of villages electrifiedto total villages as on 31.3.2008 Per cent 95.5

Joint Stock CompaniesAt Work as on 31.3.2008 Number 80559Registered 2007-2008 Number 9651Ceased to work etc. 2007-2008 Number . .

Co-operative SocietiesNo. of Members 2007-2008 Number in Lakh 96Working Capital 2007-2008 Rs. Lakh 1895355Loans issued 2007-2008 Rs. Lakh 1430922

Transport and CommunicationPost and Telegraph Offices(Combined) 31.03.2008 Number 472Telephones (Calcutta) as on 31.3.2008 Number(000) 1374

* Percentages calculated on the basis of total number ofinhabited villages and towns as revealed from 1991 census.

Description Year Unit ParticularsRoad LengthP.W.D Roads

Surfaced 31.3.2008 Kms. 18279Unsurfaced 31.3.2008 Kms. 161

Length of NationalHighways 31.3.2008 Kms. 2334Length of StateHighways 31.3.2008 Kms. 3337Zilla Parishad Roads

Surfaced 31.3.2007 Kms. 16191Unsurfaced 31.3.2007 Kms. 23563

Motor Vehicles 31.3.2008 Number(000) 3585Fi na nc e

Revenue Receipts 2007-08 Rs. Lakh 3016738(Actual)

Motor Spirit Sales Tax 2007-08 Rs. Lakh 13(Actual)

Sales Tax (excld. Motor 2007-08 Rs. Lakh 806033Spirit Sales Tax) (Actual)State Excise Duty 2007-08 Rs. Lakh 93547

(Actual)Land Revenue 2007-08 Rs. Lakh 103958

(Actual)

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Description Year Unit ParticularsState Share of Central 2007-08 Rs. Lakh 1072906Taxes (Actual)Revenue Expenditure 2007-08 Rs. Lakh 3831442

(Actual)Capital Expenditure 2007-08 Rs. Lakh 268773

(Actual)Five Year Plans

First Plan Expenditure 1951-56 Rs. Crore 67.71Second Plan Expenditure 1956-61 " 148.57Third Plan Expenditure 1961-66 " 304.75Annual Plans Expenditure 1966-69 " 161.46Fourth Plan Expenditure 1969-74 " 363.46Fifth Plan Expenditure 1974-78 " 839.26Annual Plan Expenditure 1978-79 " 409.47Annual Plan Expenditure 1979-80 " 383.21Sixth Plan

Outlay 1980-85 " 3500.00Expenditure 1980-85 " 2505.95

Seventh PlanOutlay 1985-90 " 4125.00Expenditure 1985-90 " 4614.18

Annual Plan Expenditure 1990-91 " 1290.27(Actual)

Annual Plan Expenditure 1991-92 " 1152.58(Actual)

Eighth PlanOutlay 1992-97 " 9930.00

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SDP

At current prices 2007-08(Q) Rs. Crore 274897.00

2008-09(A) Rs. Crore 309261.13

At 1999-00 prices 2007-08(Q) Rs Crore 201297.67

2008-09(A) Rs. Crore 216640.35

Per Capita Income

At current prices 2007-08(Q) Rupees 31721.69

2008-09(A) Rupees 35341.71

At 1999-00 prices 2007-08(Q) Rupees 23228.71

2008-09(A) Rupees 24757.20

Q = Quick EstimateA = Advance

Description Year Unit ParticularsExpenditure 1992-97 Rs. Crore 9761.11

(Actual)Ninth Plan

Outlay 1997-2002 Rs. Crore 16900.00Expenditure 1997-2002 Rs. Crore 21029.74

(Actual)Tenth Plan

Outlay 2002-07 Rs. Crore 28641.00Expenditure 2002-03 Rs. Crore 2711.14

(Actual)Expenditure 2003-04 Rs. Crore 2529.47

(Actual)Expenditure 2004-05 Rs. Crore 3753.54

(Actual)Expenditure 2005-06 Rs. Crore 5989.75

(Actual)Expenditure 2006-07 Rs. Crore 6935.48

(Actual)Eleventh Plan

Outlay 2007-2012 Rs. Crore 63779.00Expenditure 2007-08 Rs. Crore 9589.50

(Revised)Expenditure 2008-09 Rs. Crore 10745.23

(Budget)

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Districtwise Population by sex in West Bengal, Census 2001 Number

District Area in Sq. Km. Populat ionMale Female Total Rural Urban

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)West Bengal 88752 41465985 38710212 80176197 57748946 2427251Burdwan 7024 3588376 3307138 6895514 4348466 2547048Birbhum 4545 1546633 1468789 3015422 2757002 258420Bankura 6882 1636002 1556693 3192695 2957447 235248Purba Medinipur 4295 2268322 2149055 4417377 4051232 366145Paschim Medinipur 9786 2648048 2545363 5193411 4575651 617760Hooghly 3149 2589625 2452351 5041976 3354227 1687749Purulia 6259 1298078 1238438 2536516 2281090 255426North 24-Parganas 4094 4638756 4295530 8934286 4083339 4850947South 24-Parganas 9960 3564993 3341696 6906689 5820469 1086220Kolkata 185 2500040 2072836 4572876 - 4572876Howrah 1467 2241898 2031201 4273099 2121109 2151990Nadia 3927 2366853 2237974 4604827 3625308 979519Murshidabad 5324 3005000 2861569 5866569 5133835 732734Uttar Dinajpur 3140 1259737 1182057 2441794 2147351 294443Dakshin Dinajpur 2219 770335 732843 1503178 1306324 196854Malda 3733 1689406 1601062 3290468 3049528 240940Jalpaiguri 6227 1751145 1650028 3401173 2794291 606882Darjeeling 3149 830644 778528 1609172 1088740 520432Cooch Behar 3387 1272094 1207061 2479155 2253537 225618

Source: Directorate of Census Operation, West Bengal.

Districtwise Population by Sex in West Bengal,Census 1991Number

District Male Female Total Rural Urban(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

West Bengal 35510633 32567332 68077965 49370364 18707601Burdwan 3186833 2863772 6050605 3927613 2122992Birbhum 1313285 1242379 2555664 2326101 229563Bankura 1437515 1367550 2805065 2572587 232478Midnapore 4284954 4046958 8331912 7510917 820995Howrah 1982457 1747187 3729644 1880530 1849114Hooghly 2271792 2083438 4355230 2996979 1358251Purulia 1142771 1081806 2224577 2014571 210006North 24-Parganas 3818197 3463684 7281881 3551581 3730300South 24-Parganas 2962214 2752816 5715030 4954653 760377Kolkata 2445328 1954491 4399819 – 4399819Nadia 1989841 1862256 3852097 2980279 871818Murshidabad 2439342 2300807 4740149 4245802 494347Uttar Dinajpur 1002674 924055 1926729 1673754 252975Dakshin Dinajpur 618066 582858 1200924 1036699 164225Malda 1360541 1276491 2637032 2450495 186537Jalpaiguri 1453194 1347349 2800543 2342296 458247Darjeeling 679323 620596 1299919 903859 396060Cooch Behar 1122306 1048839 2171145 2001648 169497

Source : Census of India, 1991.

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Villages, Towns and Households in West BengalCensus 2001

NumberDivision Inhabited Households Townsand Villages (R) Municipal Non-Municipal

District(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)West Bengal 37945 15872083 120 256Burdwan Division 23169 5916032 46 104Burdwan 2438 1390072 11(a) 55Birbhum 2256 598429 5 1Bankura 3577 606020 3 2Purba Medinipur 2964 817830 4 5Paschim Medinipur 7580 1009891 8 4Hooghly 1886 1043895 12(a) 28Purulia 2468 449895 3 9Presidency Division 7559 7016635 53 124North 24-Parganas 1571 1826518 27 21(c)South 24-Parganas 2086 1321929 7 14Kolkata – 929586 1(a) –Howrah 727 838520 3(a) 50Nadia 1250 959987 8 17(b)Murshidabad 1925 1140095 7 22Jalpaiguri Division 7217 2939416 21 28Uttar Dinajpur 1477 464648 4 3Dakshin Dinajpur 1579 318079 2 –Malda 1641 631935 2 3Jalpaiguri 742 688139 3 13Darjeeling 640 318737 4(a) 5(b)Cooch Behar 1138 517878 6 4

R= Revised. Source : Census Reports 2001.(a) Includes Municipal Corpn. (b) Includes Notified Area.(c) Includes one Cantonment Board.

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TABLE 1.5 (a)Work Participation Rate (main + marginal) in West Bengal, 2001

Work participation rateState/DistrictTotal General Scheduled Scheduled

Caste Tribes(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

West Bengal 36.8 35.2 38.8 48.8Kolkata 37.6 37.5 37.8 38.3Dakshin Dinajpur 40.8 36.1 42.7 53.1Nadia 35.1 34.8 34.9 44.8Cooch Behar 39.0 36.9 41.0 42.4Hooghly 36.9 34.9 40.1 52.7Jalpaiguri 38.3 35.8 39.6 41.6Darjeeling 35.4 34.6 34.6 40.9Bankura 44.7 40.2 50.0 53.9Malda 40.7 39.7 41.5 50.7North 24 Parganas 33.4 32.9 34.6 42.2Uttar Dinajpur 38.3 35.7 42.5 49.5Howrah 33.7 33.5 34.3 48.0Murshidabad 34.2 33.8 35.8 46.6Burdwan 35.5 32.8 39.3 48.8Birbhum 37.4 33.3 42.7 53.2Midnapore 39.0 37.4 39.8 51.8Purulia 44.5 42.9 42.4 51.8South 24 Parganas 32.5 31.6 33.9 43.0

Source : Census of India.

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TABLE 1.5 (b)Ranking of Districts on the basis of percentage of main workers

to total population in West Bengal, 1991 & 2001Rank in District work part icipation rate Rank in

2001 2 0 0 1 1 9 9 1 1991(1) (2) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) (5)1 South 24 Parganas 24.30 26.09 182 Kolkata 35.51 32.84 53 Dakshin Dinajpur 31.35 33.26 34 Nadia 30.53 28.81 155 Cooch Behar 30.43 30.55 106 Hooghly 30.31 30.57 97 Jalpaiguri 30.15 31.52 88 Darjeeling 29.76 33.71 29 Bankura 29.57 32.86 4

10 Malda 29.39 31.64 711 North 24 Parganas 29.36 28.20 1712 Uttar Dinajpur 29.34 32.34 613 Howrah 28.67 28.56 1614 Murshidabad 28.51 30.05 1315 Burdwan 27.59 29.72 1416 Birbhum 27.58 30.42 1217 Midnapore 26.33 30.43 1118 Purulia 25.45 35.35 1

West Bengal 28.72 30.23

Note : The figures in parentheses indicate percentage to total population of the respective category.

Source : Census of India.

TABLE 1.5

Number of Workers and Non-workers in West Bengal , 2001(In thousand)

Industrial Male Female TotalCategories

(1) (2) (3) (4)1. Main workers 19495(47.01) 3529(9.11) 23024(28.71)(i) Cultivators 4183(10.09) 373(0.96) 4556(5.68)(ii) Agricultural Labourers 3745(9.03) 778(2.01) 4523(5.64)(iii) Household Industry workers 778(1.88) 658(1.70) 1436(1.79)(iv)Other workers 10789(26.01) 1719(4.44) 12508(15.60)2. Marginal workers 2893(6.98) 3565(9.21) 6458(8.05)(i) Cultivators 472(1.14) 626(1.62) 1098(1.37)(ii) Agricultural Labourers 1335(3.22) 1505(3.89) 2840(3.54)(iii) Household Industry workers 139(0.34) 597(1.54) 736(0.92)(iv)Other workers 946(2.28) 838(2.17) 1784(2.23)3. Total workers 22388(53.99) 7094(18.33) 29482(36.77)(i) Cultivators 4655(11.23) 999(2.58) 5654(7.05)(ii) Agricultural Labourers 5080(12.25) 2283(5.90) 7363(9.18)(iii) Household Industry workers 917(2.21) 1255(3.24) 2172(2.71)(iv)Other workers 11735(28.30) 2557(6.61) 14293(17.83)4. Non-workers 19078(46.01) 31617(81.67) 50695(63.23)

Source : Census of India.

TABLE 1.6

Population of CD Blocks in West Bengal by District(as per Census 2001)

RuralSl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)Darjeeling 556633 532107 1088740 354 956

1. DarjeelingPal Bazar 57601 56603 114204 276 983

2. Rangali Rangliot 32304 32045 64349 236 9923. Kalimpong I 34382 33298 67680 188 9684. Kalimpong II 31309 28954 60263 250 9255. Gourbathan 27572 26707 54279 123 9696. Jorebanglow

Sukiapokhri 49816 50908 100724 453 10227. Mirik 21112 21125 42237 354 10018. Kurseong 36425 35779 72204 204 9829. Matigara 65123 58798 123921 882 903

10. Naxalbari 67595 61546 129141 716 91111. Phansidewa 87945 83563 171508 549 95012. Kharibari 45449 42781 88230 609 941Jalpaiguri 1437156 1357135 2794291 458 944

1. Rajganj 147467 136500 283967 462 9262. Mal 135344 130048 265392 486 9613. Matiali 53472 52434 105906 517 9814. Nagrakata 58790 57117 115907 292 9725. Madarihat 94278 91192 185470 492 9676. Kalchini 101067 98365 199432 284 9737. Kumargram 86057 81443 167500 326 9468. Alipurduar I 77729 73349 151078 418 9449. Alipurduar II 99012 93078 192090 605 940

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TABLE 1.6 - Contd.Rural

Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)Jalpaiguri10. Falakata 121019 113875 234894 673 94111. Dhupguri 185929 171205 357134 663 92112. Maynaguri 131720 122874 254594 491 93313. Jalpaiguri 145272 135655 280927 561 934Cooch Behar 1157241 1096296 2253537 674 947

1. Haldi Bari 48468 45399 93867 616 9372. Mekliganj 69063 64212 133275 441 9303. Mathabhanga I 96005 90653 186658 584 9444. Mathabhanga II 100948 95398 196346 633 9455. Cooch Behar I 133094 125387 258481 734 9426. Cooch Behar II 143761 134436 278197 733 9257. Tufanganj I 113796 109292 223088 704 9608. Tufanganj II 85213 82242 167455 630 9659. Dinhata I 128633 121936 250569 901 948

10. Dinhata II 104627 100919 205546 832 96511. Sitai 49288 47059 96347 599 95512. Sitalkuchi 84345 79363 163708 624 941UttarDinajpur 1104224 1043127 2147351 694 945

1. Chopra 115097 107925 223022 586 8382. Islampur 124263 117688 241951 734 9473. Goalpokhar I 126465 118965 245430 691 9414. Goalpokhar II 116758 109714 226472 758 9405. Karandighi 156430 148556 304986 785 9506. Raiganj 178919 168189 347108 745 9407. Hemtabad 61192 57630 118822 619 9428. Kaliaganj 97805 92214 190019 629 9439. Itahar 127295 122246 249541 689 960

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TABLE 1.6-Contd.Rural

Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Dakshin Dinajpur 669796 636528 1306324 595 9501. Kushmundi 89130 85956 175086 564 9642. Gangarampur 106474 100166 206640 655 9413. Kumarganj 78646 74396 153042 534 9464. Hilli 39529 37721 77250 851 9545. Balurghat 114079 107073 221152 602 9396. Tapan 115809 110327 226136 507 9537. Banshihari 62534 59557 122091 621 9528. Harirampur 63595 61332 124927 581 964

Malda 1565654 1483874 3049528 823 9481. Harishchandrapur I 83113 79293 162406 947 9542. Harishchandrapur II 102066 95973 198039 912 9403. Chanchal I 89182 85022 174204 1074 9534. Chanchal II 84175 81017 165192 805 9625. Ratua I 112396 104960 217356 943 9346. Ratua II 82297 78607 160904 925 9557. Gazol 150303 144412 294715 574 9618. Bamangola 65258 61994 127252 618 9509. Habibpur 86549 84576 171125 435 977

10. Malda (Old) 67587 63668 131255 609 94211. Englishbazar 116457 109779 226236 899 94312. Manikchak 110410 103717 214127 665 93913. Kalia Chak I 160064 150871 310935 2951 94314. Kalia Chak II 108921 102485 211406 949 94115. Kalia Chak III 146876 137500 284376 1093 936

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TABLE 1.6-Contd.Rural

Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Murshidabad 2633196 2500639 5133835 988 9501. Farakka 101014 96975 197989 1534 9602. Samserganj 69782 68753 138535 1968 9853. Suti I 67864 66002 133866 945 9734. Suti II 65670 63466 129136 1328 9665. Raghunathganj I 66963 65377 132340 990 9766. Raghunathganj II 81163 84351 165514 1406 10397. Lalgola 136801 130840 267641 1452 9568. Sagardighi 128560 123733 252293 730 9629. Bhagawangola I 83992 79474 163466 1201 946

10. Bhagawangola II 66849 63050 129899 741 94311. Raninagar II 80879 75280 156159 892 93112. Jalangi 111221 104365 215586 1024 93813. Domkal 160459 151220 311679 1021 94214. Raninagar I 75255 70918 146173 1009 94215. Murshidabad - 103512 96746 200258 1042 935

Jiaganj16. Nabagram 100547 96061 196608 641 95517. Khargram 120339 114441 234780 737 95118. Kandi 99631 93462 193093 849 93819. Berhampore 182900 173082 355982 1157 94620. Hariharpara 114600 107141 221741 876 93521. Nawda 100992 95254 196246 848 94322. Beldanga I 134609 124628 259237 1536 92623. Beldanga II 109059 101129 210188 1011 927

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TABLE 1.6-Contd.Rural

Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Murshidabad24. Bharatpur II 76713 73420 150133 947 95725. Bharatpur I 78365 72531 150896 821 92626. Burwan 115457 108940 224397 749 944

Birbhum 1414097 1342905 2757002 613 9501. Murarai I 79214 75128 154342 879 9482. Murarai II 90473 87275 177748 959 9653. Nalhati I 107527 101115 208642 836 9404. Nalhati II 54976 52682 107658 986 9585. Rampurhat I 81349 77844 159193 553 9576. Rampurhat II 81919 76823 158742 874 9387. Mayaraswar I 71650 68083 139733 621 9508. Mayaraswar II 58185 54846 113031 722 9439. Md. Bazar 71384 68081 139465 442 954

10. Rajnagar 35512 34180 69692 315 96211. Suri I 49939 46537 96476 624 93212. Suri II 39590 37411 77001 567 94513. Sainthia 85748 81486 167234 552 95014. Labpur 91065 85800 176865 660 94215. Nanoor 98801 94974 193775 621 96116. Bolpur 90883 97228 178111 532 960

Sriniketan17. Illam Bazar 74728 70454 145182 555 94318. Dubrajpur 81369 77642 159011 461 95419. Khoyrasol 69785 65316 135101 496 936

Burdwan 2239187 2109279 4348466 699 9421. Salanpur 44470 39878 84348 767 897

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TABLE 1.6-Contd.Rural

Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Burdwan2. Barabani 47849 43843 91692 618 9163. Jamuria 43946 40279 84225 591 9174. Raniganj 12953 11416 24369 984 8815. Ondal 22593 18830 41423 1053 8336. Pandabeswar 20022 17689 37711 1035 8837. Faridpur - 46979 41942 88921 629 893

Durgapur8. Kanksa 62507 57973 120480 452 9279. Ausgram I 54675 52175 106850 481 954

10. Ausgram II 69948 66315 136263 378 94811. Mangolkote 120535 113423 233958 640 94112. Ketugram I 74339 71520 145859 752 96213. Ketugram II 55255 51799 107054 669 93714. Katwa I 75770 70665 146435 872 93315. Katwa II 61718 58600 120318 737 94916. Purbasthali I 79603 74585 154188 1102 93717. Purbasthali II 94710 88897 183607 972 93918. Manteswar 110163 103335 213498 700 93819. Bhatar 120943 115535 236478 570 95520. Galsi I 84310 78020 162330 642 92521. Galsi II 68906 65071 133977 612 94422. Burdwan I 92650 87178 179828 718 94123. Burdwan II 70837 68060 138897 733 96124. Memari I 100652 97626 198278 1061 97025. Memari II 69571 66100 135671 726 95026. Kalna I 89229 84911 174140 1056 952

TABLE 1.6-Contd. RuralSl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Burdwan27. Kalna II 78464 75216 153680 893 95928. Jamalpur 123524 119873 243397 925 97029. Raina I 83611 79312 162923 612 94930. Raina II 70819 66518 137337 604 93931. Kandaghosh 87636 82695 170331 642 944

Nadia 1867682 1757626 3625308 975 9411. Karimpur I 81801 76054 157655 736 9322. Karimpur II 99188 92760 191948 855 9353. Tehatta I 111754 105735 217489 872 9464. Tehatta II 68736 65395 134131 778 9515. Kaliganj 149937 141020 290957 907 9416. Nakashipara 157224 148206 305430 862 9437. Chapra 140449 131840 272289 890 9398. Krishnanagar I 139926 130861 270787 998 9359. Krishnanagar II 64128 60031 124159 998 936

10. Nabadwip 54163 50761 104924 1135 93711. Krishnaganj 68630 64729 133359 880 94312. Hanskhali 133927 127042 260969 1060 94913. Santipur 85614 81425 167039 1068 95114. Ranaghat I 75377 71557 146934 1123 94915. Ranaghat II 153709 145702 299411 1121 94816. Chakdah 175282 164569 339851 1207 93917. Haringhata 108037 99939 207976 1221 925

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TABLE 1.6-Contd.Rural

Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)North 24-Parganas 2102208 1981131 4083339 1136 9421. Bagda 112655 107159 219814 942 9512. Bongaon 177696 166348 344044 1022 9363. Gaighata 146511 138611 285122 1187 9464. Swarupnagar 115947 110661 226608 1053 9545. Habra I 85522 79748 165270 1471 9326. Habra II 69274 65087 134361 1226 9407. Amdanga 85922 79870 165792 1190 9308. Barrackpur I 58510 54372 112882 1450 9299. Barrackpur II 42160 38556 80716 2521 915

10. Barasat I 112640 105559 218199 2146 93711. Barasat II 88290 80808 169098 1483 91512. Deganga 141156 134194 275350 1362 95113. Baduria 126394 121244 247638 1378 95914. Basirhat I 75476 72265 147741 1321 95715. Basirhat II 97226 92624 189850 1507 95316. Haroa 94270 88252 182522 1195 93617. Rajarhat 71782 66870 138652 1944 93218. Minakhan 87199 81766 168965 1064 93819. Sandeshkhali I 71961 68515 140476 771 95220. Sandeshkhali II 70270 66048 136318 691 94021. Hasnabad 91119 86402 177521 1160 94822. Hingalganj 80228 76172 156400 655 949

TABLE 1.6-Contd.Rural

Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Hooghly 1699831 1654396 3354227 1137 9731. Goghat I 64172 61108 125280 672 9522. Goghat II 73538 69821 143359 754 9493. Arambag 130058 123521 253579 942 9504. Pursura 80082 76240 156322 1557 9525. Tarakeswar 83174 79197 162371 1354 9526. Dhanikhali 148365 144980 293345 1064 9777. Pandua 129421 127649 257070 943 9868. Balagarh 107828 102237 210065 1045 9489. Chinsurah-Mogra 58319 53896 112215 1811 924

10. Polba-Dadpur 121247 118246 239493 838 97511. Haripal 118330 117164 235494 1277 99012. Singur 121386 119904 241290 1523 98813. Serampur-

Uttarpara 26726 24973 51699 1770 93414. Chanditala I 81635 84202 165837 1775 103115. Chanditala II 62396 60652 123048 2363 97216. Jangipara 101382 99691 201001 1224 98317. Khanakul I 112232 109639 221871 1291 97718. Khanakul II 79540 81348 160888 1321 1023

Bankura 1515450 1441997 2957447 434 9521. Saltora 62239 59313 121552 389 9532. Mejhia 39525 36598 76123 467 9263. Gangajalghati 83117 78890 162007 442 9494. Chhatra 85669 83546 169215 378 9755. Indpur 70990 66835 137825 455 9416. Bankura I 49083 46757 95840 560 9537. Bankura II 63330 60085 123415 559 949

TABLE 1.6-Contd.Rural

Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Bankura8. Barjora 83494 78347 161841 421 9389. Sonamukhi 73221 69107 142328 376 944

10. Patrasayer 83517 80543 164060 509 96411. Indus 78404 74443 152847 599 94912. Kotalpur 86385 81162 167547 669 94013. Jaypur 72348 69149 141497 536 95614. Vishnupur 71200 67568 138768 379 94915. Onda 112875 107697 220572 439 95416. Taldangra 65713 63034 128747 368 95917. Simlapal 65297 62148 127445 411 95218. Khatra 52563 50006 102569 442 95119. Hirbandh 37301 35201 72502 380 94420. Ranibundh 53168 51158 104326 243 96221. Raipur 77252 74041 151293 409 95822. Sarenga 48759 46369 95128 425 951

Purulia 1165054 1116036 2281090 369 9581. Jaipur 58186 53582 111768 485 9212. Purulia I 64798 60520 125318 445 9343. Purulia II 73383 69324 142707 460 9454. Para 83854 78842 162696 534 9405. Raghunathpur I 43124 40738 83862 434 9456. RaghunathpurII 47924 45651 93575 480 9537. Neturia 40175 37579 77754 397 9358. Santuri 35814 33773 69587 387 9439. Kashipur 83878 81129 165007 373 967

10. Hura 64453 62990 127443 333 977

TABLE 1.6-Contd.Rural

Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Purulia11. Puncha 54642 53487 108129 328 97912. Arsha 65917 63231 129148 344 95913. Jhalda I 58793 56955 115748 367 96914. Jhalda II 63235 60479 123714 482 95615. Bagmundi 57599 54849 112448 263 95216. Balarampur 49152 47123 96275 330 95917. Barabazar 70205 69158 139363 336 98518. Manbazar I 64280 63321 127601 335 98519. Manbazar II 43361 41892 85253 298 96620. Bundwan 42281 41413 83694 238 979

PurbaMedin ipur 2077422 1973810 4051232 1028 950

1. Panskura I 148622 141229 289851 1181 9502. Panskura II 119974 113206 233180 1644 9443. Tamluk 102591 97157 199748 1626 9474. Sahid Matangini 88446 82982 171428 1792 9385. Nandakumar 117879 111583 229462 1385 9476. Mahisadal 93284 88907 182191 1244 9537. Moyna 99100 91996 191096 1246 9288. Pataspur I 77651 73958 151609 880 9529. Pataspur II 77268 73283 150551 785 948

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10. Bhagawanpur I 101643 97255 198898 1142 95711. Bhagawanpur II 85506 82045 167551 930 96012. Nandigram I 89053 85638 174691 961 96213. Nandigram II 53236 51401 104637 990 96614. Nandigram III 82191 77723 159914 1162 946

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Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

PaschimMedin ipur

11. Keshpur 147720 140769 288489 597 95312. Salbani 84253 80995 165248 299 96113. Midinipore 81043 76902 157945 488 94914. Jhargram 78363 74968 153331 298 95715. Jambani 51880 49838 101718 320 96116. Gopiballavpur I 48828 46006 94834 344 94217. Gopiballavpur II 47914 45392 93306 486 94718. Nayagram 62629 61308 123937 247 97919. Sankrail 52066 50568 102634 371 97120. Kharagpur I 78708 74418 153124 545 94521. Kharagpur II 82350 79478 161828 609 96522. Debra 121322 119891 243013 720 92423. Pingla 88433 82633 171066 762 93424. Sabang 122867 115819 238686 783 94325. Narayangarh 131893 126614 258507 522 96026. Keshiary 67427 64634 132061 452 95927. Datan I 77203 74173 151376 589 96128. Datan II 68823 65537 134360 724 95229. Mohanpur 49147 47176 96323 701 960

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Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density SexRatio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Howrah 1083410 1037699 2121109 1700 9581. Udaynarayanpur 88390 83632 172022 1569 9462. Amta I 102167 97997 200164 1689 9593. Amta II 97511 91748 189259 1377 9414. Jagatballavpur 111351 108459 219810 1739 9745. Domjur 49256 50068 99324 1706 10166. Bally-Jagachha 7523 7060 14583 2473 9387. Sankrail 49678 46893 96571 2883 9448. Panchla 74451 71459 145910 2691 9609. Uluberia I 92768 89363 182131 1881 963

10. Uluberia II 69650 65103 134753 2090 93511. Bagnan I 89019 84767 173786 2274 95212. Bagnan II 71594 67575 139169 1932 94413. Shyampur I 93091 89458 182549 1559 96114. Shyampur II 86961 84117 171078 1689 967

South 24-Parganas 2997270 2823199 5820469 595 9421. Thakurpukur-

Mahestola 56211 52923 109134 1942 9422. Budge Budge I 25301 23635 48936 3739 9343. Budge Budge II 78493 73593 152086 2089 9384. Bishnupur I 99066 92579 191645 1753 9355. Bishnupur II 91239 86130 177369 2225 9446. Sonarpur 86078 81330 167408 1388 9457. Bhangar I 102024 97345 199369 1311 9548. Bhangar II 107683 99897 207580 1281 9289. Canning I 125097 119530 244627 1302 955

10. Canning II 100397 95570 195967 912 952

TABLE 1.6-Concld.Rural

Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density SexRatio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) (5) (6) (7)

South 24-Parganas11. Baruipur 181636 169803 351439 1554 93512. Mograhat I 117870 110465 228335 1918 93713. Mograhat II 129467 121435 250901 1851 93814. Falta 114232 107463 221695 1696 94115. Diamond Harbour I 69094 64272 133366 1949 93016. DiamondHarbour II 84722 80511 165233 1729 95017. Kulpi 124836 117916 242752 1151 94518. Mandirbazar 94620 88511 183131 1551 93519. Mathurapur I 84894 79756 164650 1118 93920. Mathurapur II 103031 95250 198281 872 92421. Jaynagar I 110696 103330 214026 1647 93322. Jaynagar II 108294 100851 209145 1123 93123. Kultali 97356 90633 187989 614 93124. Basanti 142705 135887 278592 689 95225. Gosaba 113913 108909 222822 751 95626. Kakdwip 122815 116511 239326 947 94927. Sagar 95547 90097 185644 658 94328. Namkhana 82301 78326 160627 433 95229. Patharprotima 147652 140742 288394 595 953* Females per thousand males. Source: Census of India, 2001

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Sl. District/ Population 2001 Density Sex Ratio*No. C.D.Block Male Female Total 2001 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

PurbaMedin ipur

15.Sutahata I 54543 51795 106338 1337 95016.Sutahata II 41886 39733 81619 1247 94917.Khejuri I 58835 55808 114643 878 94918.Khejuri II 60197 57241 117438 854 95119.Contai I 77843 73863 151706 977 94920.Contai II 78868 74197 153065 899 94121. Contai III 70466 66883 137349 856 94922. Egra I 74036 71018 145054 733 95923.Egra II 80120 76311 156431 847 95224.Ramnagar I 74082 71331 145413 1043 96325.Ramnagar II 70102 67267 137369 841 960

PaschimMedin ipur 2330498 2245153 4575651 531 960

1. Binpur I 71097 68051 139148 389 9572. Binpur II 73624 72353 145977 250 9833. Garbeta I 102815 97587 200402 554 9494. Garbeta II 66940 64163 131103 334 9595. Garbeta III 71670 68050 139720 449 9496. ChandrakonaI 60299 57786 118085 610 9597. ChandrakonaII 54686 52145 106831 710 9548. Ghatal 96678 94060 190738 883 9739. Daspur I 87167 88607 175774 1044 1017

10. Daspur II 100853 105234 206087 1246 1043

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Population of Cities, Towns and Urban Outgrowths in WestBengal by District, Census 2001

UrbanDistrict/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)West Bengal 11849976 10577275 22427251Darjeeling

1. Pattabong Tea Garden (CT) 806 827 16332. Darjeeling (M) 55963 51234 1071973. Kalimpong (M) 22296 20702 429984. Mirik (NA) 4619 4522 91415. Kurseong (M) 20410 19609 400196. Cart Road (CT) 6905 6758 136637. Uttar Bagdogra (CT) 8236 7538 157748. Bairatisal (CT) 2881 2524 54059. Siliguri (P) (M.Corp) 151895 132707 284602

Jalpaiguri1. Mal (M) 12151 11067 232182. Banarhat Tea Garden (CT) 7507 6966 144733. Jaygaon (CT) 20154 18535 386894. Uttarlatabari (CT) 7401 7049 144505. Gairkata (CT) 4491 4233 87246. Jalpaiguri (M) 50629 49719 1003487. Mainaguri (CT) 13883 13223 271068. Dhupguri (CT) 19858 18272 381309. Siliguri (P) (M.Corp.) 98750 89022 187772

10. Falakata (CT) 10095 9284 1937911. Paschim Jitpur (CT) 6825 6571 1339612. Chechakhata (CT) 3721 3126 684713. Alipurduar Rly. Jnc. (CT) 8128 7771 1589914. Bholardarbi (CT) 5166 4845 1001115. Alipurduar (M) 37303 35696 72999

UrbanDistrict/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)16. Sobhaganj (CT) 2526 2368 489417. Uttar Kamakhyaguri (CT) 5401 5146 10547

Cooch Behar1. Haldibari (M) 6701 6484 131852. Mekliganj (M) 5589 5246 108353. Mathabhanga (M) 10764 10343 211074. Khagrabari (CT) 10146 9641 197875. Cooch Behar (M) 39008 37866 768746. Kharimala Khagrabari (CT) 3644 3589 72337. Gurihat (CT) 9623 9278 189018. Tufanganj (M) 9818 9492 193109. Dinhata (M) 17446 16827 34273

10. Bhangri Pratham Khanda (CT) 2114 1999 4113Uttar Dinajpur

1. Islampur (M) 28145 24593 527382. Dalkhola (CT) 7381 6514 138953. Nachhratru Katabari (CT) 2684 2429 51134. Raiganj (M) 87458 77754 1652125. Kasha (CT) 5245 4590 98356. Kaliaganj (M) 24600 23050 47650

Dakshin Dinajpur1. Gangarampur (M) 27775 25758 535332. Balurghat (M) 68871 66866 1357373. Chak Bhrigu (OG) 2875 2696 55714. Baidyanathpara (OG) 1018 995 2013

Malda1. Old Maldah (M) 32511 30448 629592. English Bazar (M) 82845 78611 161456

UrbanDistrict/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)3. Kachupukur (CT) 2730 2613 53434. Kendua (CT) 2954 2819 57735. Aiho (CT) 2712 2697 5409

Murshidabad1. Farrakka Barrage

Township (CT) 11481 10579 220602. Anup Nagar (CT) 4978 4986 99643. Dhulian (M) 36467 36383 728504. Dhusaripara (CT) 6086 6026 121125. Uttar Mahammadpur (CT) 3130 3062 61926. Kankuria (CT) 13704 13809 275137. Chachanda (CT) 5236 5064 103008. Serpur (CT) 3640 3588 72289. Jagtaj (CT) 4701 4708 9409

10. Aurangabad (CT) 16024 16124 3214811. Dafahat (CT) 5653 5673 1132612. Paschim Punro Para (CT) 15615 15583 3119813. Fatcllapur (CT) 2740 2839 5579

14. Jangipur (M) 38192 36266 7445815. Ghorsala (CT) 3153 3102 625516. Charka (CT) 2613 3266 587917. Jotkamal (CT) 3107 3087 619418. Sahajadpur (CT) 7509 8204 1571319. Khodarampur (CT) 2503 2606 510920. Srikantabati (CT) 5029 4868 989721. Jiaganj Azimganj (M) 23941 23271 4721222. Murshidabad (M) 18830 18117 3694723. Harihari Chak (CT) 4343 4093 843624. Kashim Bazar (CT) 5232 4947 1017925. Baharmpur (M) 81737 78406 16014326. Goaljan (CT) 2532 2470 500227. Gorabazar (CT) 3990 3731 772128. Kandi (M) 26562 23787 50349

UrbanDistrict/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)29. Beldanga (M) 13076 12285 25361

Birbhum1. Rampurhat (M) 26110 24503 506132. Sainthia (M) 20050 19095 391453. Ahmadpur (CT) 4300 4111 84114. Suri (M) 31801 30005 618065. Dubrajpur (M) 16938 15814 327526. Bolpur (M) 33337 32356 65693

Burdwan1. Chittaranjan (CT) 24556 21401 459572. Hindusthan Cable Town (CT) 11573 10581 221543. Jemari (CT) 2168 1693 38614. Ramnagar (CT) 2661 2266 49275. Dalurband (CT) 8437 6548 149856. Bilpahari (CT) 4276 3510 77867. Kendrakhattamdi (CT) 3840 3250 70908. Jamuria (M) 68695 60789 1294849. Charanpur (OG) 1690 1611 3301

10. Bhanowara (CT) 4097 3635 773211. Kulti (M) 152821 137082 28990312. Asansol (M.Corp.) 250886 224553 47543913. Pangachhiya (CT) 4137 3531 766814. Haripur (CT) 3716 3173 688915. Nabagram (CT) 2522 2131 465316. Mandarbani (CT) 3157 2340 549717. Sirsha (CT) 2898 2320 521818. Konardihi (CT) 4723 3591 831419. Chak Bankoha (CT) 5883 4427 10310

*20. Sankarpur (CT) 3119 2804 592321. Bahula (CT) 8923 7341 1626422. Chhora (CT) 7021 5827 1284823. Kenda (CT) 7988 6531 14519

*24. Dhandadihi (CT) 2108 1735 3843

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TABLE 1.7-Contd.Urban

District/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)25. Parasia (CT) 4894 3829 872326. Banshra (CT) 2839 2295 513427. Chelad (CT) 4387 3519 790628. Ratibati (CT) 2388 1982 437029. Chapui (CT) 2831 2328 515930. Jemari

(J.K.Nagar Township) (CT) 7757 6317 1407431. Kunustara (CT) 3037 2389 542632. Belebathan (CT) 2291 2003 429433. Parashkal (CT) 6125 4869 1099434. Siduli (CT) 4494 3851 834535. Khandra (CT) 7297 6207 1350436. Ukhra (CT) 10525 9337 1986237. Sarpi (CT) 3169 2727 589638. Mahira (CT) 2502 1987 448939. Kajora (CT) 13840 11155 2499540. Harishpur (CT) 4600 3801 840141. Raniganj (M) 59270 51846 11111642. Nimeha (OG) 930 864 179443. Egara (OG) 2883 2829 571244. Sahebganj )OG) 2203 1956 415945. Amkula (CT) 3478 2456 593446. Murgathaul (CT) 4342 3508 785047. Raghunath Chak (CT) 2955 2525 548048. Ballavpur (CT) 2830 2561 539149. Palashban (CT) 2570 2286 485650. Dignala (CT) 6723 5788 1251151. Durgapur (M.Corp.) 263721 229684 49340552. Katwa (M) 36467 35122 7158953. Panuhat (CT) 2899 2767 566654. Dainhat (M) 11473 11124 22597

UrbanDistrict/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)55. Ondal (CT) 10373 9124 1949756. Baka (CT) 2709 2265 497457. Prayagpur (CT) 2680 2469 514958. Debipur (CT) 4771 4344 911559. Kaniksa (CT) 8616 7916 1653260. Guskura (M) 16464 15403 3186761. Patuli (CT) 2259 2195 445462. Spirampur (CT) 8979 8740 1771963. Sukdal (CT) 6221 5572 1179364. Hatsimia (CT) 3338 2838 617665. Gopinathpur (CT) 2651 2332 498366. Dhatrigram (CT) 5031 4597 962867. Burdwan (M) 148562 137040 28560268. Memari (M) 18672 17535 3620769. Uttar Goara (CT) 3579 3394 697370. Kalna (M) 26669 25513 52182

Nadia1. Karimpur (CT) 4673 4397 90702. Jagadanandapur (CT) 10506 9969 204753. Kshidirpur (CT) 4718 4366 90844. Krishnanagar (M) 70576 68534 1391105. Bablari Dewanganj (CT) 3301 3257 65586. Nabadwip (M) 58287 56729 1150167. Char Maijdia (CT) 2564 2441 50058. Char Brahmanagar (CT) 2723 2597 53209. Baruihuda (CT) 4919 4680 9599

10. Taherpur (NA) 10266 9785 2005111. Bhaduri (OG) 2218 2150 436812. Mahishdanga (OG) 1259 1154 241313. Taherpur (OG) 1861 1750 361114. Barasat (OG) 2962 3141 6103

TABLE 1.7 -Contd.Urban

District/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)15. Santipur (M) 70089 68146 13823516. Phulia (CT) 26109 24170 5027917. Birnagar (M) 13668 12929 2659718. Palitpara (OG) 889 816 170519. Aistala (CT) 10068 9465 1953320. Ranaghat (M) 35052 33697 6874921. Hijuli (OG) 6335 5997 1233222. Ranaghat (OG) 2132 2108 424023. Satigachha (CT) 4278 4128 840624. Cooper's Camp (NA) 9037 8728 1776525. Magurkhal (OG) 1774 1933 370726. Nasra (CT) 5257 5296 1055327. Gopalpur (CT) 3281 3202 648328. Parbatipur (CT) 3965 3873 783829. Chakdaha (M) 44239 42760 8699930. Darapur (CT) 3999 3734 773331. Madanpur (CT) 6251 5780 1203132. Kalyani (M) 41966 40169 8213533. Kanchrapara (OG) 1742 1626 336834. Gayespur (M) 28207 26841 55048

North 24-Parganas1. Bangaon (M) 52537 49626 1021632. Sonatikiri (CT) 3411 3216 66273. Dhakura (CT) 4482 4357 88394. Kanchrapara (M) 65264 60927 1261915. Chakla (OG) 1960 1760 37206. Srotribati (OG) 1094 1074 21687. Nanna (OG) 1605 1514 31198. Jetia@ (CT) 2820 2691 55119. Halisahar (M) 67151 57359 124510

10. Balibhara (OG) 3198 2913 611111. Naihati (CT) 113777 101526 21530312. Bhatpara (M) 243157 199228 442385

TABLE 1.7 -Contd.Urban

District/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)13. Panpur (OG) 998 1024 202214. Bidyadharpur (OG) 136 112 24815. Gobardanga (M) 21144 20481 4162516. Nokpul (CT) 3490 3158 664817. Maslandapur (CT) 4872 4637 950918. Sadpur (CT) 3450 3294 674419. Habra (M) 65141 62461 12760220. Ashoknagar Kalyanagar (M) 56490 55117 11160721. Bara Bamonia (CT) 3171 3003 617422. Guma (CT) 4733 4569 930223. Garulia (M) 42550 37376 79926

24. Garshyamnagar (CT) 3712 3646 735825. Kargachhi (CT) 7106 6802 1390826. Ichhapur Defence Estate (CT) 5645 4741 1038627. North Barrackpur (M) 63796 59872 12366828. Jafarpur (CT) 7303 6741 14044

29. Barrackpur Cantonment (CB) 12195 9846 2204130. Ruiya (CT) 5579 5135 1071431. Barrackpur (M) 76299 68092 14439132. Titagarh (M) 70705 53508 12421333. Patulia (CT) 7185 6650 1383534. Nebadhai Duttapukur (CT) 10122 9754 1987635. Baduria (M) 24262 23155 4741736. Barasat (M) 118374 113147 23152137. Madhyamgram (M) 79728 75723 15545138. Talbandha (CT) 7760 7466 1522639. Muragachha (CT) 5037 4754 979140. Khardaha (M) 61214 55256 11647041. Bandipur (OG) 2965 2698 566342. Chandpur (CT) 4568 4270 883843. Panihati (M) 180307 168131 34843844. New Barrackpur (M) 41813 41379 8319245. Kamarhati (M) 168555 145952 314507

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District/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)46. Baranagar (M) 132559 118209 25076847. North DumDum (M) 113034 107008 22004248. Dum Dum (M) 52890 48406 10129649. South Dum Dum (M) 200298 192146 39244450. Bidhannagar (M) 83220 81001 16422151. Rajarhat Gopalpur (M) 140218 131593 27181152. Raigachhi (CT) 3436 3293 672953. Dhanyakuria (CT) 2142 2028 417054. Basirhat (M) 57965 55194 11315955. Taki (M) 19925 17380 37305

Hooghly1. Arambag (M) 28729 27411 561402. Tarakeswar (M) 14976 13211 281873. Pandua (CT) 13758 13403 271614. Badhagachhi (CT) 2414 2305 47195. Kodalia (CT) 4176 3892 80686. Raghunathpur (CT) 7594 6559 141537. Madhusudanpur (CT) 3555 3258 68138. Amodghata (CT) 3475 3390 68659. Shankhanagar (CT) 3616 3278 6894

10. Bansberia (M) 55389 49023 10441211. Khamarpara (OG) 207 177 38412. Bandel Thermal

Power Project Town (OG) 65 53 11813. Bara Khejuria (OG) 1183 984 216714. Chak Bansberia (CT) 3912 3425 733715. Kulihanda (CT) 6696 6354 1305016. Hooghly Chinsurah (M) 86788 83418 17020617. Naldanga (OG) 7270 6697 1396718. Simla (CT) 6915 6719 1363419. Dharmapur (CT) 2740 2644 5384

TABLE 1.7-Contd.Urban

District/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)20. Chandannagar (M.Corp.) 84181 78006 16218721. Bhadreswar (M) 58040 48031 10607122. Singur (CT) 10025 9512 1953723. Chanpdani (M) 57842 45404 10324624. Baidyabati (M) 56394 51835 10822925. Dakshin Rajyadharpur (CT) 4804 4501 930526. Serampore (M) 105415 92442 19785727. Purba Tajpur (CT) 3058 3218 627628. Kharsarai (CT) 3005 2846 585129. Begampur (CT) 4872 4673 954530. Chikrand (CT) 4338 4008 834631. Pairagachha (CT) 2167 2188 435532. Rishra (CT) 6236 6001 1223733. Rishra (M) 62585 50720 11330534. Konnagar (M) 37901 34276 7217735. Nabagram Colony (CT) 16574 15350 3192436. Kanaipur (CT) 3241 3061 630237. Bamunari (CT) 3612 3304 691638. Mohanpur (CT) 11036 9810 2084639. Barijhati (CT) 3278 3117 639540. Goralgachha (CT) 2342 2157 449941. Krishnapur (CT) 3365 3311 667642. Raghunathpur

(P.S.- Dankuni) (CT) 4121 3876 799743. Mrigala (CT) 9096 8552 1764844. Uttarpara-Kotrung (M) 78808 71555 150363

TABLE 1.7 -Contd.Urban

District/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)Bankura

1. Barjora (CT) 5989 5523 115122. Beliatore (CT) 2885 2769 56543. Sonamukhi (M) 14026 13328 273544. Bankura (M) 66429 62352 1287815. Bishnupur (M) 31223 30724 61947

Purulia1. Nabagram (CT) 3001 2650 56512. Santaldih Thermal

Power Project Town (CT) 2595 2084 46793. Hijuli (CT) 3625 3231 68564. Parbeliya (CT) 3170 2869 60395. Raghunathpur (M) 11389 10543 219326. Arra` (CT) 10321 9603 199247. Adra (CT) 11377 10654 220318. Chapari (CT) 3842 3403 72459. Jhalda (M) 9315 8557 17872

10. Purulia (M) 59092 54714 11380611. Balarampur (CT) 11294 10533 2182712. Barabazar (CT) 4003 3561 7564

Purba Medinipur1. Haldia (M) 89893 80780 1706732. Egra (M) 12858 12322 251803. Contai (M) 40389 37124 775134. Bahirgram (CT) 4184 4104 82885. Kolaghat (CT) 12093 11609 237026. Kakdihi (CT) 2541 2338 48797. Dakshin Bagnan (CT) 2440 2234 46748. Tamluk (M) 23683 22147 458309. Gosafat (CT) 2819 2587 5406

Paschim Medinipur1. Durllabhganj (CT) 3230 2904 6134

TABLE 1.7 -Contd.Urban

District/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)2. Ramjibanpur (M) 8924 8440 173643. Chandrakona (M) 10464 9934 203984. Kshirpai (M) 7439 7109 145485. Kharar (M) 5894 5686 115806. Ghatal (M) 26852 24730 515827. Midnapore (M) 76503 73266 1497698. Jhargram (M) 27136 26009 531459. Kharagpur Rly.

Settlement (CT 43009 41095 8410410. Kharagpur (M) 97721 91040 18876111. Balichak (CT) 6102 6105 1220712. Deuli (CT) 4276 3892 8168

Howrah1. Mansinipur (CT) 2810 2591 54012. Jagadishpur (CT) 6583 6247 128303. Bally (M) 149603 111303 2609064. Bally (CT) 49446 43466 929125. Chakapara (CT) 12622 11594 242166. Chamrail (CT) 4328 4227 85557. Eksara (CT) 3367 3118 64858. Khalia (CT) 2595 2355 49509. Domjur (CT) 8397 8472 16869

10. Dakshin Jhapardaha (CT) 5735 5716 1145111. Khantora (CT) 2900 2873 577312. Bhandardaha (CT) 2405 2407 481213. Makardaha (CT) 3423 3314 673714. Kautlia (CT) 3895 3476 737115. Tentulkuli (CT) 2598 2529 512716. Salap (CT) 6111 5676 1178717. Bankra (CT) 25408 23039 4844718. Nibra (CT) 11606 10702 2230819. Ankurhati (CT) 4132 3653 778520. Bipra Noapara (CT) 4815 4187 9002

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TABLE 1.7 -Contd.Urban

District/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)21. Kalara (CT) 12023 11107 2313022. Kesabpur (CT) 5242 5123 1036523. Natibpur (CT) 2974 2736 571024. Argari (CT) 4945 4577 952225. Mahiari (CT) 7919 7515 1543426. Howrah (M.Corp.) 547068 460464 100753227. Dhuilya (CT) 9489 8912 1840128. Andul (CT) 2920 2762 568229. Bikihakola (CT) 6225 5675 1190030. Ramchandrapur (CT) 4619 4398 901731. Podra (CT) 8819 7991 1681032. Panchpara (CT) 7899 7173 1507233. Hatgachha (CT) 2935 2626 556134. Jhorhat (CT) 8660 7468 1612835. Banupur (CT) 7349 4298 1164736. Sankrail (CT) 13704 11881 2558537. Manikpur (CT) 10501 8626 1912738. Nalpur (CT) 2840 2805 564539. Beldulei (CT) 4491 4493 898440. Jalakendua (CT) 2840 2942 578241. Gabberia (CT) 2550 2430 498042. Paniara (CT) 3406 3300 670643. Panchla (CT) 11390 10661 2205144. Sahapur (CT) 3856 3677 753345. Raghudebbati (CT) 6088 5794 1188246. Sarenga (CT) 11115 10523 2163847. Santoshpur (CT) 3700 3481 718148. Bagnalr (CT) 4431 4339 877049. Naupala (CT) 3796 3333 712950. Khalop (CT) 4454 4215 866951. Balarampota (CT) 2333 2163 4496

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TABLE 1.7 -Contd.Urban

District/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)52. Uttarpirpur (CT) 2476 2316 479253. Uluberia (M) 105843 96292 20213554. Khalisani (OG) 5460 5174 1063455. Chak Srikrishna (OG) 1349 1287 2636

Kolkata (M.C) 2500040 2072836 4572876South 24-Parganas

1. Maheshtala (M) 202304 182962 3852662. Chata Kalikapur (CT) 10321 9778 200993. Balarampur (CT) 2415 2295 47104. Uttar Raypur (CT) 10520 9866 203865. Budge Budge (M) 41165 34366 755316. Nischindapur (OG) 3131 2892 60237. Pujali (M) 17665 16193 338588. Birlapur (CT) 10965 8925 198909. Chak Kashipur (CT) 6151 5007 11158

10. Bowali (CT) 5354 4848 1020211. Bhangar Raghunathpur (CT) 2560 2451 501112. Rajpur Sonarpur (M) 174140 162567 33670713. Bishnupur (CT) 2392 2138 453014. Kanyanagar (CT) 5222 4973 1019515. Amtala (CT) 3930 3673 760316. Chak Enayetnagar (CT) 2862 2802 566417. Baruipur (M) 23025 21888 4491318. Uttar Kalas (CT) 2816 2653 546919. Diamond Harbour (M) 19209 18025 3723420. Bilaudapur (CT) 2911 2811 5722

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TABLE 1.8Annual Estimates of Population of West Bengal

(In thousand)Year Annual Estimates of Population

(As on 1st October) (As on 1st March)

1991 68904 680781992 70279 694601993 71632 708241994 72957 721641995 74244 734711996 75487 747381997 76677 759571998 77805 771191999 78862 782152000 79840 792372001 80729 801762002 81928 812782003 82935 823202004 83902 833162005 84842 842772006 85768 852162007 86659 86125

2008 87506 869952009 88335 878392010 89158 88669

Source : Registrar General of India.

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TABLE 1.7 -Concld.Urban

District/City/Town/ Status PopulationOutgrowth Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

21. Uttar Duryapur (CT) 2656 2408 5064

22. Jaynagar Mazilpur (M) 12024 11291 23315

23. Joka (OG) 3985 3685 7670

M.Corp. = Municipal Corporation CB = Cantonment BoardM = Municipality NA = Notified AreaC T = Census Town OG = Outgrowth

Source : Census of India, 2001 Final Population Totals,West Bengal, Series 20.

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TABLE 2.0

Birth (live), Death and Infant Mortality Rates for West Bengal

NumberParticulars 1991 2001 2004 2005 2006 2007

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)1. Birth rates(Per thousand population)Rural 30.3 22.9 21.8 21.2 20.7 19.8Urban 18.5 13.8 12.9 12.6 12.3 12.7Combined 27.0 20.6 19.3 18.8 18.4 17.92. Death rates(Per thousand population)Rural 8.9 7.2 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.3Urban 6.7 6.4 6.0 6.6 6.3 6.4Combined 8.3 7.0 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.33.Infant mortality rates(Per thousand live births)Rural 76 54 42 40 40 39Urban 47 37 32 31 29 29Combined 71 51 40 38 38 37

Source: Sample Registration System,Registrar General of India.

TABLE 1.9

Distribution of Population by Religious Communities in West Bengal

ReligiousCommunities 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

All Religions 24810308 34926279 44312011 54580647 68077965 80176197

Hindus 19462706 27523358 34611864 42007159 50866624 58104835

Muslims 4925496 6985287 9064338 11743259 16075836 20240543

Christians 175021 204530 251752 319670 383477 515150

Sikhs 29864 34184 35084 49054 55392 66391

Buddhists 81576 112253 121504 156296 203578 243364

Jains 19116 26940 32203 38663 34355 55223

Others 114910 38610 194126 263414 452403 895796

Religion notstated 1619 1117 1140 3132 6300 54895

Source: Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.

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TABLE 1.10Districtwise Educational Facilities in West Bengal , Census 2001

District Number of Villages having EducationalFacilities within villages

Primary Middle Secondary Senior CollegeSchool School School Secondary

School (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

West Bengal 28185 5541 3411 999 138Burdwan 2156 488 337 75 11Birbhum 1770 334 222 44 10Bankura 2661 337 220 74 7Midnapore 6092 1050 565 180 23Howrah 683 194 140 38 6Hooghly 1607 371 225 64 11Purulia 2133 256 127 56 7North 24 Parganas 1378 293 215 75 5South 24 Parganas 1768 522 291 96 17KolkataNadia 1132 276 172 65 8Murshidabad 1527 371 240 54 8Uttar Dinajpur 1044 135 79 26 2Dakshin Dinajpur 996 134 99 23 3Malda 1144 262 183 36 5Jalpaiguri 700 181 107 24 5Darjeeling 472 153 69 30 5Cooch Behar 922 184 120 39 5

Source : Directorate of Census Operatioin,West Bengal.

TABLE 1.11Districtwise Medical Facilities in West Bengal , Census 2001

District Number of Villages having MedicalFacilities within villages

Health Allopathic Public PublicCentre Dispensary Health Health

Centre Sub-Centre(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)West Bengal 537 2963 999 4575Burdwan 38 335 97 419Birbhum 13 83 65 151Bankura 49 102 45 255Midnapore 46 574 167 793Howrah 15 109 28 159Hooghly 33 328 72 354Purulia 40 64 59 170North 24 Parganas 23 201 56 294South 24 Parganas 49 298 75 470KolkataNadia 32 175 45 136Murshidabad 42 203 65 356Uttar Dinajpur 14 34 29 145Dakshin Dinajpur 7 30 29 140Malda 6 94 42 209Jalpaiguri 66 159 44 188Darjeeling 24 136 26 135Cooch Behar 40 38 55 201

Source : Directorate of Census Operatioin,West Bengal.

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TABLE 2.0(a)

Birth and Death Rates based on Three-Year Average for WestBengal

Per thousand of populationBirth Rate Death Rate

Year Rural Urban Combined Rural Urban Combined(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1990-92 30.1 17.8 26.6 9.0 6.8 8.31991-93 29.0 17.7 25.8 8.8 5.9 8.01992-94 28.2 17.4 25.2 8.8 6.0 8.01993-95 27.6 17.5 24.8 8.5 6.2 7.91994-96 26.5 16.7 23.9 8.3 7.2 8.01995-97 25.4 16.2 22.9 8.0 7.2 7.81996-98 24.5 15.7 22.2 7.9 7.2 7.71997-99 23.7 15.1 21.5 7.6 7.0 7.41998-00 23.1 14.5 20.9 7.3 6.9 7.21999-01 22.9 14.0 20.6 7.1 6.6 7.02000-02 22.8 14.0 20.5 7.0 6.5 6.82001-03 22.6 14.0 20.5 7.0 6.3 6.82002-04 22.3 13.7 20.0 6.7 6.2 6.62003-05 21.8 13.1 19.4 6.5 6.2 6.42004-06 21.2 12.6 18.8 6.3 6.3 6.32005-07 20.6 12.5 18.4 6.3 6.4 6.3

Source : Registrar General of India.

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TABLE 2.1

Medical Facilities in West Bengal (as on 31st March)

NumberParticulars 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)Medical Institutions*(1) Hospitals 429 434 434 433 2016+ 2081+ 2290+(2) Health Centres 1267 1268 1268 1268 1268 1269 1273(3) Sub-Centres 8126 8126 10356 10356 10356 10356 10356Total Institutions 9822 9828 12058 12057 13640 13706 13919(1) Rural 9505 9509 11739 11624 11624 11625 11629(2) Urban 317 319 319 433 2016+ 2081+ 2290+Total Beds 71328 71328 71328 70519 92315 96081 100019(1) Rural 18976 18961 18961 12207 13364 13921 15191(2) Urban 52352 52367 52367 58312 78951+ 82160+ 84828+

Source : State Bureau of Health Intelligence, Govt. of West Bengal.

Note :1) Health Centres include Rural Hospital, Block Primary

Health Centre and Primary Health Centre.* Exclude clinics, dispensaries and private institutions.

+ Includes private institutions, the rest of the years relate to Govt.Institutions,Local fund and Voluntary Organizations.

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TABLE 2.3

Districtwise Status of Rural Water Supply Coverage(as on 1.4.2008)

(Under the project of P.H.E.,Govt. of West Bengal)

Name of Total no. Not No. of Habitations PopulationDistrict of inhabited cov- covered covered

habitat ions ered Part ially Ful ly under habi - c overed covered water

t a t i o n supplyschemes

('000)(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Cooch Behar 2195 602 280 1313 1539Jalpaiguri 4118 675 228 3215 2629

Darjeeling

a) Plain 944 13 40 891 407b) D.G.H.C.* 1068 89 159 820 252Uttar Dinajpur 3662 4 2 3656 2003Dakshin Dinajpur 4749 6 140 4603 1197Malda 4128 246 1101 2781 2203Murshidabad 2966 29 1218 1719 4815Nadia 3900 1371 768 1761 3358North 24-Parganas 6863 773 1489 4601 3562South 24-Parganas 8491 485 1280 6726 4867Howrah 1797 – 436 1361 1758Hooghly 11160 209 677 10274 3200

TABLE 3.0Literacy Rate in West Bengal by District

(Per cent)District Literacy rate of

Persons Males Females 1991 2001 1991 2001 1991 2001

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)West Bengal 57.70 68.64 67.81 77.02 46.56 59.61Burdwan 61.88 70.18 71.12 78.63 51.46 60.95Birbhum 48.56 61.48 59.26 70.89 37.17 51.55Bankura 52.04 63.44 66.75 76.76 36.55 49.43Purba Medinipur 74.00 80.20 85.70 89.10 61.50 70.70PaschimMedinipur 65.40 70.40 77.50 81.30 52.50 59.10Howrah 67.62 77.61 76.11 83.22 57.83 70.11Hooghly 66.78 75.11 75.77 82.59 56.90 67.2124-Parganas(N) 66.81 78.07 74.72 83.92 57.99 71.7224-Parganas(S) 55.10 69.45 68.45 79.19 40.57 59.01Kolkata 77.61 80.86 81.94 83.79 72.09 77.30Nadia 52.53 66.14 60.05 72.31 44.42 59.58Murshidabad 38.28 54.35 46.42 60.91 29.57 47.63Uttar Dinajpur 34.58 47.89 45.24 58.48 22.85 36.51Dakshin Dinajpur 46.40 63.59 56.75 72.43 35.33 54.28Malda 35.62 50.28 45.61 58.80 24.92 41.25Jalpaiguri 45.09 62.85 56.00 72.83 33.20 52.21Darjeeling 57.95 71.79 67.07 80.05 47.84 62.94Cooch Behar 45.78 66.30 57.35 75.93 33.31 56.12Purulia 43.29 55.57 62.17 73.72 23.24 66.50

Note : Percentage of literates has been calculated on thebasis of population aged 7 and above.

Source : Directorate of Census Operations,

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TABLE 2.3-Concld.

Name of Total no. Not No. of Habitations PopulationDistrict of inhabited Cov- covered Covered

habitat ions ered Part ially Ful ly under Habi- covered covered water

tation supplySchemes

('000)(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Purba Medinipur 5461 401 609 4451 3767Paschim Medinipur 15871 238 425 15208 4230Bankura 6179 107 609 5463 2817Purulia 3809 82 897 2830 1906Burdwan 5103 52 312 4739 4210Birbhum 3801 153 401 3247 2632West Bengal 96265 5535 11071 79659 51352

Source : Public Health Engineering Directorate,Government of West Bengal.

* D.G.H.C. = Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council.Note : Identification of habitations and their coverage

status is based on habitation Survey 2003 andsubsequent coverage under various programmeupto 2007-08.

Norms for full coverage of Habitation:1) One spot source for 250 persons.2) In case of piped water supply 40 litres per capita per day

/one public stand post for 250 persons.3) The drinking water source exists within 1.6Km. of the

habitation in plains/100 metres elevation in hilly areas.4) Quality parameters of drinking water are within the

specified limits of habitation survey guidence.

TABLE 2.2

Registered Medical Practitioners in West Bengal(on the register at the end of the year)

NumberParticulars 1991 2001 2005 2006 2007 2008

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)1. Registered Medical Practitioners

a) Allopath 36312 44471 48637 49633 50656 51651b) Homoeopath* 17597 24076 26050 26448 26868 27417

c) AyurvedicPractitioners 2631 3014 3176 3234 3273 3343

Note : Figures represent persons who are "in the active list"* = The figures relate to those who are institutionally qualified.

Sources :(1) Paschim Banga Ayurved Parishad.(2) West Bengal Medical Council.(3) Council of Homoeopathic Medicine, West Bengal.

West Bengal.

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TABLE 3.0(a)

Literacy Rate among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes inWest Bengal by District, Census 2001

Per centDistrict Scheduled Castes

Male Female Total Rural Urban(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)West Bengal 70.54 46.90 59.04 57.09 68.99Burdwan 63.74 39.59 51.99 49.71 58.53Birbhum 57.75 33.05 45.74 44.83 57.98Bankura 58.22 27.11 42.92 42.22 54.78Midnapore 76.88 49.84 63.57 62.92 70.93Howrah 70.50 51.40 61.13 57.16 70.39Hooghly 67.26 44.73 56.10 52.96 70.3724-Parganas(N) 79.59 61.41 70.79 67.89 76.1724-Parganas(S) 79.63 54.21 67.36 66.31 78.63Kolkata 77.25 62.26 70.54 – 70.54Nadia 71.76 53.94 63.09 61.77 69.21Murshidabad 58.05 39.27 48.91 46.76 62.60Uttar Dinajpur 63.49 35.71 50.06 48.31 69.34Dakshin Dinajpur 66.35 42.09 54.55 53.54 65.64Malda 62.75 38.87 51.17 49.99 67.69Jalpaiguri 73.37 49.62 61.87 61.13 68.37Darjeeling 73.91 50.31 62.43 59.93 72.03Cooch Behar 75.82 52.29 64.35 63.94 74.88Purulia 63.01 26.35 45.14 44.47 50.08

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TABLE 3.0(a) -Concld.Per cent

District Scheduled TribesMale Female Total Rural Urban

(1) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)West Bengal 57.38 29.15 43.40 42.35 58.67Burdwan 55.36 28.19 41.83 40.83 45.41Birbhum 44.17 18.17 31.20 31.09 35.78Bankura 67.84 31.13 49.60 49.47 73.68Midnapore 62.92 30.83 47.05 46.58 61.48Howrah 61.16 42.19 52.06 34.13 66.21Hooghly 59.23 31.94 45.45 44.77 55.0424-Parganas(N) 58.38 33.27 46.09 42.57 64.7624-Parganas(S) 56.33 29.88 43.29 41.91 62.40Kolkata 83.66 67.07 76.39 – 76.39Nadia 51.78 29.20 40.63 39.27 51.78Murshidabad 46.17 25.01 35.79 34.89 57.95Uttar Dinajpur 39.51 17.63 28.68 27.82 63.71Dakshin Dinajpur 55.14 30.22 42.82 42.05 70.53Malda 44.72 19.63 32.16 31.78 66.10Jalpaiguri 54.24 30.67 42.59 42.10 61.10Darjeeling 65.07 45.85 55.48 50.91 84.76Cooch Behar 66.38 43.30 55.31 53.59 75.21Purulia 61.26 23.40 42.64 42.33 62.61Note : Percentage of literates has been calculated on

the basis of population aged 7 and above.Source : Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.

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TABLE 3.1 Number of Schools in West Bengal

(As on 30th September) Number

Year Primary, SSK & Total Junior MSK Total TotalJunior SSP Primary High Junior High &Basic & Junior High Higher

Basic Secon-dary

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)2002-03 49865 14699 64564 1990 . . 1990 77012003-04 49865 16850 66715 1984 . . 1984 78162004-05 50397 16430 66827 1928 863 2791 79712005-06 49986 16117 66103 1229 1593 2822 86402006-07 49986 17121 67107 1241 1752 2993 88412007-08 49913 17212 67125 1283 1803 3086** 8640**Note : Figures are revised and include unaided shcools and recognised Madrasahs.

** Excluding Madrasah & unaided schools.

Sources: 1) Department of School Education, Government of West Bengal.

2) Paschim Banga Rajya Sishu Siksa Mission, Government of West Bengal. 3) Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal.

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TABLE 3.3

Enrolment in General Educational Institutions by stages in WestBengal

(as on 30th September)

In numberYear Primary, Junior High High and Higher

Junior Basic Secondary(Class I - V) (Class VI - VIII) (Class IX - XII)

(1) (2) (3) (4)

2002-03 9786885 3400308 20478332003-04 10327725 3818261 22347722004-05 9881352 3622026 22029322005-06 9150073 3624219 25348342006-07 8862119 3844699 25004162007-08 8620622 3849995 2715083

Note : 1) Figures are revised. 2) Figures exclude enrolment in SSK, SSP, MSK & Madrasah and unaided schools.

Sources : 1) Directorate of School Education, Government of West Bengal.

TABLE 3.2

Number of Schools in West Bengalunder Anglo-Indian School Category

( as on November,2008 )District ICSE CBSE

(Kendriya Vidyalayas& Army Schools)

(1) (2) (3)Burdwan 22 16Birbhum 0 0Bankura 0 1Purba Medinipur 4 2Paschim Medinipur 8 5Howrah 25 1Hooghly 15 124-Parganas (N) 18 124-Parganas (S) 02 23Kolkata 97 2Nadia 4 1Murshidabad 3 3Uttar Dinajpur 2 1Dakshin Dinajpur 0 1Malda 4 10Jalpaiguri 18 20Darjeeling 51 20Cooch Behar 1 1Purulia 2 4West Bengal 276 106

Source : Department of School Education,(Anglo Indian Section).

Notes :i) ICSE : Indian Council of School-Certificate Examination.ii) CBSE : Central Board of Secondary Education.

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ltivat

ed l

and

exclu

ding

curre

nt fa

llows

141

1.6

119

1.4

120

1.4

Tota

l rep

ortin

g ar

ea*

8683

100.

086

8410

0.0

8684

100.

0

Note

: *

Exclu

ding

Kolka

taSo

urce

: Di

recto

rate

of

Agric

ultur

e (E

valua

tion

Wing

),

Met

ropo

litan

Distr

ict.

Govt

. of

Wes

t Be

ngal

.

TABLE 3.4

Number of Teachers in General Educational Institutionsin West Bengal

(as on 30th September)Number

Year Primary Junior Basic High and HigherSecondary

(1) (2) (3) (4)

2002-03 151192 11124 1287072003-04 157397 11388 1243852004-05 151665 11163 1205032005-06 149764 10895 1304182006-07 153515 8951 1388402007-08 152011 6360 141895

Note : 1) Figures are revised. 2) Figures exclude no. of teachers in SSK, SSP, MSK & Madrasah & unaided schools.

Source : Directorate of School Education, Government of West Bengal.

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67

70

68

69

TABL

E 5.

1

Utili

satio

n of

Lan

d in

Wes

t Be

ngal

by

Dist

rict

(200

6-07

)(In

hec

tare

)Ar

eaAr

eaOt

her

Distr

ictac

cord

ingno

tun

cultiv

ated

Area

Curre

ntNe

t ar

eato

villa

geav

ailab

lelan

dun

der

fallo

wsso

wn

pape

rsfor

exclu

ding

fore

stcu

ltivat

ioncu

rrent

**fa

llows

***

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Burd

wan

6987

6220

1711

1033

421

165

7041

4585

11Bi

rbhu

m 4

5111

894

868

8467

1585

314

256

3176

74Ba

nkur

a

6879

9814

8190

5540

1491

6940

443

3446

56Pu

rba

Med

inipu

r 3

9659

497

890

3509

899

3142

2911

54Pa

schim

Med

iniap

ur92

8581

1586

6920

959

1719

3521

403

5556

15Ho

wrah

13

8676

4978

813

94–

5308

8218

6Ho

oghly

313

379

8880

435

1053

016

2205

19No

rth 2

4-Pa

rgan

as

3865

2411

9704

4443

–23

9925

9978

Sout

h 24

-Par

gana

s

9487

1013

6555

2927

4263

6210

081

3727

85Na

dia 3

9065

586

689

5845

1216

6903

2900

02

TABL

E- 5

.1- C

oncld

.

( 20

07-0

8 )

(In h

ecta

re)

Area

Ar

ea

Oth

erDi

strict

acco

rding

not

uncu

ltivat

edAr

eaCu

rrent

Net

area

to v

illage

avail

able

land

unde

rfa

llows

sow

npa

pers

forex

cludi

ngfo

rest

cultiv

ation

curre

nt**

fallo

ws**

*(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)M

ursh

idaba

d53

2499

1298

4327

9077

132

739

8768

Utta

r Di

najpu

r

3124

6632

167

2615

580

304

2768

00Da

kshin

Dina

jpur

22

1909

3175

723

3093

222

2218

4668

Mald

a

3708

6287

944

5290

1679

6563

221

0317

Jalpa

iguri

622

700

8801

562

3017

9000

1480

733

4648

Darje

eling

325

469

3959

584

4712

4575

1215

314

0699

Cooc

h Be

har

3315

6568

932

8787

4256

1446

2481

44Pu

rulia

6256

4610

4426

1828

475

048

1149

6431

2924

Wes

t Be

ngal*

8684

113

1783

437

1204

5611

7366

931

0778

5295

773

*Exc

luding

Kolk

ata.

Sour

ce:D

irecto

rate

of

Agric

ultur

e, (

Evalu

ation

Wing

,)M

etro

polita

n Di

strict

.

Gove

rnm

ent

of W

est

Beng

al.**A

rea

unde

r no

n- a

gricu

ltura

l use

s, b

arre

n an

d un

cultu

rable

land

.***

Area

und

er p

erm

anen

t pa

sture

s &

othe

r gr

azing

land

s, lan

d un

der

misc

. tre

e gr

oves

not

includ

ed i

n ne

t ar

ea s

own,

cult

urab

le wa

ste

lands

, fa

llow

lands

oth

er t

han

curre

nt f

allow

s.

TABL

E 5.

1-Co

ntd

( 20

07-0

8 )

(In h

ecta

re)

Area

Area

Othe

rDi

strict

acco

rding

not

uncu

ltivat

edAr

eaCu

rrent

Net

area

to v

illage

avail

able

land

unde

rfa

llows

sow

npa

pers

forex

cludi

ngfo

rest

cultiv

ation

curre

nt**

fallo

ws**

*(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)Bu

rdwa

n69

8762

2070

6011

093

2116

574

0145

2043

Birb

hum

4511

1897

090

7289

1585

312

344

3185

42Ba

nkur

a68

7998

1496

8965

1114

8930

3748

034

5388

Purb

a M

edini

pur

3965

9497

054

3166

899

2748

2927

27Pa

schim

Med

inipu

r92

8581

1592

4919

958

1719

3518

740

5586

99Ho

wrah

1386

7652

244

1647

–40

5780

728

Hoog

hly31

3379

8923

233

6953

034

121

9907

North

24-

Parg

anas

3865

2412

1917

3561

–18

2125

9225

Sout

h 24

-Par

gana

s94

8710

1387

3932

1242

6300

8164

3722

95Na

dia39

0655

8848

458

7712

1658

2728

9251

(200

6-07

)(In

hec

tare

)

Ar

ea

Area

O

ther

Distr

ictac

cord

ingno

tun

cultiv

ated

Area

Curre

ntNe

t ar

eato

villa

geav

ailab

lelan

dun

der

fallo

wsso

wn

pape

rsfor

exclu

ding

fore

stcu

ltivat

ioncu

rrent

**fa

llows

***

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Mur

shida

bad

5324

9912

7218

1822

771

393

4022

95Ut

tar

Dina

jpur

31

2466

3135

526

0258

032

727

7602

Daks

hin D

inajpu

r

2219

0930

842

1657

749

1362

917

5032

Mald

a

3708

6284

415

3292

1679

7007

621

1400

Jalpa

iguri

622

700

8678

351

4317

9000

1604

833

5726

Darje

eling

325

469

3712

380

6912

4575

1334

014

2362

Cooc

h Be

har

331

565

6753

610

611

4256

894

2482

68Pu

rulia

6256

4610

6206

1862

175

048

1155

3131

0240

Wes

t Be

ngal*

868

4113

1754

346

1187

4511

7378

734

1230

5296

005

TA

BLE

5.1-

Cont

d.

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72 73

71TA

BLE

5.2

Area

und

er P

rinci

pal

Crop

s in

Wes

t Be

ngal (In

tho

usan

d he

ctar

es)

Crop

s19

90-9

120

00-0

120

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)

I.Fo

odgr

ains

(i)Ce

reals

:Ri

ce 5

813

543

557

8356

8757

20Au

s 6

1039

428

828

428

2Am

an 4

307

363

941

1340

0239

26Bo

ro 8

96 1

402

1382

1401

1512

Whe

at 2

6942

636

735

135

3Ba

rley

10

42

32

Mai

ze 6

5 3

572

8577

Ragi

13

13

1313

13Sm

all M

illets

10

43

33

Othe

r Ce

reals

2 1

12

2To

tal C

erea

ls61

82

5918

6241

6144

6170

TABL

E 5.

2-Co

ntd.

(In t

hous

and

hect

ares

)Cr

ops

1990

-91

200

0-01

2005

-06

2006

-07

2007

-08

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(ii)Pu

lses

:Gr

am 2

6

55

4031

25Ar

har

(Tur

) 6

9

22

1M

ung

15

1

112

1316

Mas

ur 7

4 7

662

6459

Khes

ari

45

41

3332

34Ot

her

Pulse

s 1

48

83

7477

66To

tal

Pulse

s 3

14

275

223

220

201

Tota

l Fo

odgr

ains

649

6 6

193

6464

6363

6371

IINo

n-Fo

odgr

ains

(i)Oi

lseed

s :

Rape

seed

&M

usta

rd 3

78

436

422

422

407

Linse

ed 8

12

75

6Se

sam

e (T

il) 9

9

107

149

200

203

Othe

r Oi

lseed

s 2

8 4

466

7791

Tota

l Oi

lseed

s 5

13

599

644

704

707

(ii)Fi

bres

:Ju

te 5

00

613

559

595

610

Mes

ta 9

11

1010

7Ot

her

Fibr

es 2

33

79

Tota

l Fibr

es 5

11 6

2757

261

262

6

TABL

E 5.

2-Co

ncld

.(In

tho

usan

d he

ctar

es)

Crop

s 1

990-

9120

00-0

120

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)

(iii)P

lanta

tion

Crop

:Te

a+ 1

0110

811

511

5(P)

115(

P)(iv

)Spic

es :

Chilli

es 4

9 6

252

5262

Ging

er 5

98

1011

Tota

l Sp

ices

54

71

6062

73v.

Vege

table

s&

Misc

ellan

eous

Cro

ps :

Potat

o 1

95

300

354

408

401

Suga

rcan

e 1

2 2

215

1717

Toba

cco

13

11

1412

12P

=Pro

vision

alSo

urce

s:(

1)Di

rect

orat

e of

Agr

icultu

re (

Evalu

ation

Wing

),+

=Figu

res

relat

e to

Govt

. of

Wes

t Be

ngal.

calen

dar

year

e.g

.(2

)Te

a Bo

ard.

1990

-91

mea

ns 1

990

and

so o

n.

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75

76

74

TABL

E 5.

3Ne

t Cr

oppe

d Ar

ea,

Gros

s Cr

oppe

d Ar

ea a

ndCr

oppi

ng I

nten

sity

in

Wes

t Be

ngal

Year

Net

Crop

ped

Area

Gros

s Cr

oppe

d Ar

eaCr

oppin

g(in

hec

tare

)(in

hec

tare

)In

tens

ity(In

per

cent

)(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)19

90-9

154

6342

486

6228

615

919

95-9

654

6192

589

7254

416

419

96-9

754

6313

290

3293

616

519

97-9

854

6505

992

3303

016

919

98-9

954

4024

793

0964

717

119

99-0

054

7170

795

4536

317

420

00-0

154

1738

291

1659

716

820

01-0

255

2157

697

7881

517

720

02-0

353

5419

695

1042

317

820

03-0

454

2767

296

6132

517

820

04-0

553

7470

495

2293

017

720

05-0

652

9470

295

3260

718

020

06-0

752

9600

596

3453

518

220

07-0

852

9577

397

5150

818

4

Sour

ce:

Dire

ctor

ate

of A

gricu

lture

(Ev

aluat

ion W

ing),

Gov

t. of

Wes

t Be

ngal

.

TABL

E 5.

4

Prod

uctio

n of

Prin

cipa

l Cr

ops

in W

est

Beng

al (In t

hous

and

tonn

es)

Crop

s19

90-9

1

2000

-01

2005

-06

2006

-07

2007

-08

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

I.Fo

odgr

ains

(i)Ce

reals

:Ri

ce 1

0436

1

2428

1451

114

746

1472

0Au

s90

6

684

606

575

566

Aman

686

6 7

203

9858

9650

9228

Boro

266

4

4541

4047

4521

4926

Whe

at 5

30

1059

774

800

917

Barle

y 1

22

33

3M

aize

82

8820

725

324

4Ra

gi 1

115

1515

15Sm

all M

illets

43

33

3Ot

her

Cere

als 2

11

11

Tota

l Cer

eals

110

77

1359

615

514

1582

115

903

`(ii)

Pulse

s :

Gram

15

5037

2425

Arha

r (T

ur)

36

21

1M

ung

76

55

11M

asur

53

68

4743

45Kh

esar

i 2

9 4

330

3027

Othe

r Pu

lses

86

46

5351

49To

tal

Pulse

s 1

93

219

174

154

158

Tota

l Fo

odgr

ains

112

70

1381

515

688

1597

516

061

TABL

E 5.

4-Co

ntd.

(In th

ousa

nd to

nnes

)Cr

ops

199

0-91

20

00-0

120

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)II.

Non-

Food

grain

s(i)

Oilse

eds

Rape

seee

d&

Mus

tard

336

417

383

339

362

Linse

ed 2

42

12

Sesa

me

(Til)

87

92

136

186

186

Othe

r Oils

eeds

29

58

102

119

156

Tota

l Oils

eeds

454

571

623

645

706

(ii)Fi

bres

(a) :

Jute

549

6 7

428

7989

8411

8216

Mes

ta 4

6 8

412

595

78Ot

her F

ibres

9 1

011

2119

Tota

l Fibr

es 5

551

752

281

2585

2783

13(

iii).P

lanta

tion

Crop

:Te

a (c

) 1

4975

3(b)

1815

36(b

)21

7454

2399

71(P

)22

7592

(P)

(iv).

Spice

s :

Dry

Chilli

es 3

755

6164

94Gi

nger

(Dry

) 9

19

1420

23To

tal S

pices

46

74

7584

117

TABL

E 5.

4-Co

ncld

.(In

thou

sand

tonn

es)

Crop

s 1

990-

91

2000

-01

2005

-06

2006

-07

2007

-08

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

v.Ve

geta

bles

&M

iscell

aneo

usCr

ops

:

Potat

o 4

482

767

374

6350

5299

01

Suga

rcan

e 8

59 1

466

1248

1267

1772

Toba

cco

13

620

1717

(a)

=In

thou

sand

bale

s of

180

Kgs

. eac

h.So

urce

s:

(1)D

irecto

rate

of A

gricu

lture

(b)

=Fi

gure

s re

late

to c

alend

ar y

ear

(Eva

luatio

n W

ing),

e.g.

199

0-91

mea

ns 1

990

& so

on.

Govt.

of W

est B

enga

l.(c

)=

In th

ousa

nd K

gs.

(2)T

ea B

oard

.P

=

Pr

ovisi

onal.

77

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80

TABLE 5.5

Districtwise Area and Production of Principal Crops inWest Bengal

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

Crops 1990-91 2000-01Area Production Area Production

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)Burdwan :Rice 560.6 1420.4 582.7 1571.4Wheat 2.7 5.7 6.3 15.3Other Cereals (a) (b) 0.1 0.2Total Cereals 563.3 1426.1 589.1 1589.9Pulses 2.8 1.4 5.4 6.0Total Foodgrains 566.1 1427.5 594.5 1592.9Oilseeds 64.9 53.6 56.2 38.4Jute(c) 13.7 188.8 10.5 190.4Potato 38.0 1017.0 42.1 1115.0

Birbhum :Rice 376.7 813.1 318.2 796.5Wheat 14.2 25.1 26.9 77.7Other Cereals 1.0 0.5 0.6 1.1Total Cereals 391.9 838.7 345.7 875.3Pulses 8.6 5.4 20.2 16.8

Total Foodgrains 400.5 844.1 365.9 892.1Oilseeds 50.3 39.4 37.4 42.1Jute(c) 0.2 2.7 0.1 2.0Potato 8.1 171.9 12.8 266.6

TABLE 5.5-Contd.

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

Crops 1990-91 2000-01Area Production Area Production

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)Bankura :Rice 434.8 843.8 395.6 993.4Wheat 7.8 12.3 8.8 21.1Other Cereals 3.3 9.1 1.2 1.3Total Cereals 445.9 865.2 405.6 1015.8Pulses 2.7 1.4 1.3 0.9Total Foodgrains 448.6 866.6 406.9 1016.7Oilseeds 38.3 33.6 27.5 21.2Jute(c) 0.4 5.6 0.4 6.9Potato 19.4 510.5 21.5 571.3

Purba Medinipur :Rice 1024.9 1529.3 528.3 1240.2Wheat 5.6 8.8 0.7 1.8Other Cereals 1.5 1.5 - (b)Total Cereals 1032.0 1539.6 529.0 1242.0Pulses 22.2 19.1 9.3 11.3Total Foodgrains 1054.2 1558.7 538.3 1253.3Oilseeds 52.0 44.9 24.9 30.2Jute(c) 10.0 140.1 4.8 93.0Potato 33.6 763.6 20.6 441.7

TABLE 5.5 -Contd.

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08Area Production Area Production Area Production(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

639.0 1968.5 642.8 1967.0 635.8 1858.62.2 4.8 2.6 5.8 2.2 6.00.3 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.9

641.5 1973.8 645.7 1973.6 638.3 1865.51.3 1.2 3.4 1.4 1.5 0.8

642.8 1975.0 649.1 1975.0 639.8 1866.3 42.1 42.1 56.4 46.7 50.6 42.8

15.4 282.4 13.8 229.6 11.1 157.243.4 921.2 59.4 845.5 54.4 1332.9

368.5 1116.3 388.4 1199.4 394.0 1220.7 30.1 75.7 31.7 83.8 32.1 94.9

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6398.9 1192.3 415.4 1283.7 426.6 1316.2 18.5 14.5 20.7 16.0 17.8 18.2417.4 1206.8 436.1 1299.7 444.4 1334.436.8 34.3 38.2 38.7 36.3 41.2

0.2 3.3 0.4 6.3 0.1 1.813.8 283.0 16.5 141.2 17.8 393.5

81

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08Area Production Area Production Area Production(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

386.9 1013.4 406.9 1138.0 416.8 1173.66.8 12.5 6.0 12.8 3.5 7.71.2 1.9 1.2 2.6 0.7 1.2

394.9 1027.8 414.1 1153.4 421.0 1182.50.7 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3

395.6 1028.2 414.5 1153.6 421.3 1182.826.5 19.4 42.2 26.5 40.1 30.2

(a) (b) (a) 0.6 (a) 0.828.1 650.2 35.6 456.4 41.9 941.7

414.9 786.7 430.3 1045.3 396.4 821.80.5 1.1 0.5 1.2 0.5 1.4

– – – – – –415.4 787.8 430.8 1046.5 396.9 823.210.4 11.2 10.8 13.0 11.0 8.5

425.8 799.0 441.6 1059.5 407.9 831.719.0 31.6 21.2 36.7 22.6 40.01.4 21.0 1.5 26.5 0.5 8.43.3 56.9 4.7 49.6 4.6 76.2

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TABLE 5.5-Contd.

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

Crops 1990-91 2000-01Area Production Area Production

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Paschim Medinipur

Rice * * 580.2 1344.2

Wheat * * 12.9 29.4

Other Cereals * * 1.7 3.0

Total Cereals * * 594.8 1376.6

Pulses * * 11.5 8.8

Total Foodgrains * * 606.3 1385.4

Oilseeds * * 47.6 52.7

Jute (c) * * 2.9 49.6

Potato * * 39.8 1154.9

* Combined figures for Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipurare shown against Purba Medinipur since separate figures arenot available for the year 1990-91.

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08Area Production Area Production Area Production(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

654.0 1629.7 692.4 1798.8 650.2 1798.9

12.1 21.0 7.1 15.3 6.5 16.6

1.1 2.0 0.9 1.8 0.5 1.0

667.2 1652.7 700.4 1815.9 657.2 1816.5

6.9 4.3 5.9 3.4 5.6 4.3

674.1 1657.0 706.3 1819.3 662.8 1820.8

84.5 79.6 96.4 99.4 107.4 128.3

5.2 74.9 5.2 70.8 4.8 53.1

71.3 1519.6 79.4 843.7 70.7 1874.4

TABLE 5.5-Contd.

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Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

Crops 1990-91 2000-01Area Production Area Production

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)Howrah :Rice 133.1 232.5 113.3 224.2Wheat 0.1 0.2 1.0 2.1Other Cereals - - – –Total Cereals 133.2 232.7 114.3 226.3Pulses 4.5 2.2 0.4 0.4Total Foodgrains 137.7 234.9 114.7 226.7Oilseeds 3.8 2.3 5.3 4.3Jute(c) 3.5 46.6 6.8 101.3Potato 3.6 101.6 9.2 246.9

Hooghly :Rice 275.3 610.7 199.3 503.7Wheat 0.8 1.5 1.6 3.7Other Cereals (a) (b) (a) (b)Total Cereals 276.1 612.2 200.9 507.4Pulses 0.8 0.5 1.5 1.0

Total Foodgrains 276.9 612.7 202.4 508.4Oilseeds 34.3 34.1 33.6 31.5Jute(c) 31.4 447.8 29.9 532.0Potato 58.3 1486.1 80.6 2337.7

TABLE 5.5-Contd.

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

Crops 1990-91 2000-01Area Production Area Production

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)North 24-Parganas :Rice 287.4 646.9 273.9 641.0Wheat 8.9 18.7 13.6 33.8Other Cereals (a) (b) – –Total Cereals 296.3 665.6 287.5 674.8Pulses 15.6 8.6 12.9 10.4

Total Foodgrains 311.9 674.2 300.4 685.2Oilseeds 34.8 35.1 48.5 45.7Jute(c) 37.3 436.0 55.8 776.9Potato 3.4 58.8 8.5 189.0

South 24-Parganas :Rice 417.9 509.7 425.9 866.9Wheat 0.6 1.0 3.2 5.7Other Cereals – – – –Total Cereals 418.5 510.7 429.1 872.6Pulses 12.1 3.2 8.7 6.9Total Foodgrains 430.6 513.9 437.8 879.5Oilseeds 4.2 4.9 5.7 4.0Jute(c) 1.7 20.9 1.8 18.1Potato 1.1 15.6 3.8 78.6

TABLE 5.5-Contd.

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08Area Production Area Production Area Production(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

125.6 286.0 116.8 243.6 117.8 259.20.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.10.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

125.8 286.4 117.4 244.4 118.4 260.40.4 0.3 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.4

126.2 286.7 118.5 245.0 119.0 260.85.6 7.2 6.7 9.3 6.9 10.23.3 61.4 3.8 70.2 3.6 63.37.3 214.0 8.7 74.8 8.0 231.3

310.3 850.0 299.2 846.8 301.8 845.10.4 0.7 1.2 2.7 0.4 0.8

(a) (b) 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.7310.7 850.7 300.7 850.2 302.4 846.6

2.5 2.3 1.8 1.2 0.4 0.2313.2 853.0 302.5 851.4 302.8 846.831.2 36.5 35.2 39.9 42.9 46.231.0 603.9 31.6 585.8 28.7 516.992.2 2350.0 96.7 1065.7 94.8 2465.2

TABLE 5.5-Contd.

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08Area Production Area Production Area Production(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

277.1 717.4 278.1 726.0 273.6 744.67.4 16.2 7.0 16.9 6.9 17.9

(a) (b) – – 0.1 0.2284.5 733.6 285.1 742.9 280.6 762.7

11.5 8.0 13.6 7.8 9.2 6.5296.0 741.6 298.7 750.7 289.8 769.244.6 48.7 47.0 44.6 48.8 52.448.2 821.8 60.4 1118.8 55.3 981.0

5.7 127.3 6.6 114.0 10.7 233.1

396.0 845.3 415.1 911.1 392.5 796.83.3 5.1 1.6 3.3 2.4 4.80.2 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.6

399.5 850.9 416.9 914.9 395.2 802.28.9 5.9 10.1 6.5 15.2 10.6

408.4 856.8 427.0 921.4 410.4 812.8 13.1 15.0 12.1 15.2 14.4 16.4

1.4 19.6 0.6 7.8 0.7 7.6 2.1 32.9 4.1 62.8 2.8 49.5

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TABLE 5.5-Contd.Area in thousand hectares

Production in thousand tonnesCrops 1990-91 2000-01

Area Production Area Production(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Nadia :Rice 285.0 695.1 229.2 650.0Wheat 41.5 81.5 60.4 148.5Other Cereals 5.0 3.8 0.6 0.8Total Cereals 331.5 780.4 290.2 799.3Pulses 73.8 49.7 57.0 44.2Total Foodgrains 405.3 830.1 347.2 843.5Oilseeds 59.3 63.8 108.9 100.0Jute(c) 116.6 1542.5 130.3 1702.8Potato 1.9 34.4 3.6 93.1

Murshidabad :Rice 353.9 785.3 224.1 548.2Wheat 92.2 174.9 135.5 373.5Other Cereals 4.8 5.2 2.0 1.8Total Cereals 450.9 965.4 361.6 923.5Pulses 53.0 29.6 59.3 56.3Total Foodgrains 503.9 995.0 420.9 979.8Oilseeds 55.6 60.4 71.1 72.1Jute(c) 105.8 1379.5 141.0 1901.5Potato 6.3 107.6 8.9 213.7

TABLE 5.5 -Contd.Area in thousand hectares

Production in thousand tonnes2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Area Production Area Production Area Production(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

265.4 732.4 250.3 677.7 240.7 683.047.1 100.4 46.9 102.6 47.5 110.6

1.9 4.5 5.1 10.7 3.1 7.4314.4 837.3 302.3 791.0 291.3 801.046.4 38.6 39.0 28.3 36.4 28.8

360.8 875.9 341.3 819.3 327.7 829.8 102.6 99.2 107.2 102.6 104.7 102.9 120.2 18.6.4 130.6 1887.0 127.5 1762.2

5.5 147.5 5.7 120.2 5.6 114.2

404.3 1189.6 395.1 1030.6 398.4 1142.4 125.5 273.1 125.5 270.3 122.6 313.4

7.3 24.9 9.7 35.5 6.4 20.7 537.1 1487.6 530.3 1336.4 527.4 1476.5

55.1 47.1 52.0 36.1 51.5 41.7 592.2 1534.7 582.3 1372.5 578.9 1518.2

92.8 97.8 92.4 86.2 93.8 90.3 127.6 1865.6 135.0 1972.0 153.2 1981.9

10.3 178.6 10.7 106.7 14.7 269.9

TABLE 5.5-Contd.

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08Area Production Area Production Area Production(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

280.1 692.4 256.3 589.7 281.1 683.5 38.2 77.7 35.2 86.3 36.5 98.2

12.1 54.8 14.6 60.5 14.7 62.8330.4 824.9 306.1 738.5 332.3 844.5 5.1 2.6 4.8 2.7 2.7 1.5335.5 827.5 310.9 741.2 335.0 846.0

40.1 27.8 37.8 20.7 36.0 25.8 53.9 644.9 53.2 650.0 50.7 609.6

8.4 167.0 8.1 109.8 8.7 247.3

211.7 519.3 185.1 446.4 197.9 492.0

9.2 17.7 8.9 21.9 10.1 29.90.1 0.2 1.5 4.1 0.5 1.4

221.0 537.2 195.5 472.4 208.5 523.30.9 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.4

221.9 537.6 196.1 472.7 209.4 523.7 23.6 17.6 24.2 13.5 23.1 14.0

16.3 185.6 17.6 204.6 19.7 250.9 3.0 59.2 2.9 42.1 3.9 92.4

TABLE 5.5-Contd.Area in thousand hectares

Production in thousand tonnesCrops 1990-91 2000-01

Area Production Area Production(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Uttar Dinajpur :Rice 477.8 768.4 283.2 628.6Wheat 28.0 67.2 37.5 86.2Other Cereals 0.6 0.3 1.3 1.7Total Cereals 506.4 835.9 322.0 716.5Pulses 22.6 10.9 9.1 4.6Total Foodgrains 529.0 846.8 331.1 721.1Oilseeds 55.0 49.9 45.4 32.4Jute(c) 45.9 299.1 59.0 457.5Potato 4.3 31.7 6.7 133.4

Dakshin Dinajpur :Rice * * * * 210.7 467.4Wheat * * * * 10.2 25.2Other Cereals * * * * 0.1 (b)Total Cereals * * * * 221.0 492.6Pulses * * * * 4.1 2.4Total Foodgrains * * * * 225.1 495.0Oilseeds * * * * 22.6 21.0Jute(c) * * * * 15.1 146.1Potato * * * * 4.8 87.8

Note : ** Combined figures for Uttar & Dakshin Dinajpur have been shown against Uttar Dinajpur.

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Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

Crops 1990-91 2000-01Area Production Area Production

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)Malda :Rice 263.8 492.3 221.7 523.1Wheat 37.6 88.5 49.4 124.0Other Cereals 13.5 13.9 6.5 12.0Total Cereals 314.9 594.7 277.6 659.1Pulses 59.2 38.5 36.1 29.6Total Foodgrains 374.1 633.2 313.7 688.7Oilseeds 28.7 21.7 35.7 38.1Jute(c) 27.5 218.7 24.0 248.1Potato 1.5 20.4 2.4 42.8

Jalpaiguri : Rice 275.4 249.7 260.8 384.1Wheat 10.6 16.4 26.6 47.0Other Cereals 4.9 6.2 2.6 6.0Total Cereals 290.9 272.3 290.0 437.1Pulses 4.9 2.9 6.6 4.4

Total Foodgrains 295.8 275.2 296.6 441.5Oilseeds 12.3 7.6 12.4 7.6Jute(c) 40.6 266.7 44.3 401.5Potato 4.1 49.2 14.3 308.9

TABLE 5.5-Contd.

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

Crops 1990-91 2000-01Area Production Area Production

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)Darjeeling :Rice 55.3 64.6 34.1 52.9Wheat 3.7 3.8 3.3 6.3Other Cereals 45.1 52.1 24.7 54.2Total Cereals 104.1 120.5 62.1 113.4Pulses 1.0 0.6 1.9 1.2Total Foodgrains 105.1 121.1 64.0 114.6Oilseeds 1.8 1.3 0.4 0.2Jute(c) 3.7 22.4 2.2 18.1Potato 4.2 39.7 7.1 97.2

Cooch Behar :Rice 305.7 401.9 291.9 517.3Wheat 13.6 22.5 25.2 49.8Other Cereals 3.2 2.3 0.7 0.5Total Cereals 322.5 426.7 317.8 567.6Pulses 9.4 5.7 10.5 7.0Total Foodgrains 331.9 432.4 328.3 574.6Oilseeds 10.3 5.3 12.6 7.7Jute(c) 61.9 478.7 84.1 782.6Potato 5.3 57.2 12.2 281.7

TABLE 5.5-Contd.

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08Area Production Area Production Area Production(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

218.6 636.1 154.2 470.6 147.3 480.4 45.9 101.8 42.9 111.1 46.9 137.9

12.6 31.6 15.0 31.3 12.4 24.8277.1 769.5 212.1 613.0 206.6 643.1 25.4 21.7 26.1 22.5 24.3 24.2302.5 791.2 238.2 635.5 230.9 667.3

39.1 42.3 40.3 40.7 37.7 39.5 22.1 298.1 23.2 341.3 22.5 289.2

2.5 38.5 2.8 46.1 2.9 76.0

248.5 394.6 229.6 419.0 236.1 372.418.5 31.8 16.1 33.1 18.8 39.212.4 22.8 12.1 23.4 12.1 25.6

279.4 449.2 257.8 475.5 265.0 437.2 4.1 2.0 4.2 2.1 4.1 2.2

283.5 451.2 262.0 477.6 269.1 439.4 13.3 8.6 13.7 7.8 15.9 13.2 40.1 505.1 42.4 446.7 41.2 518.8

25.6 348.6 33.7 574.2 32.5 905.8

TABLE 5.5-Contd.

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08Area Production Area Production Area Production(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

34.5 58.7 31.4 58.7 32.2 59.5 2.2 2.9 2.2 3.2 2.2 3.826.3 43.8 26.6 45.2 27.1 52.5

63.0 105.4 60.2 107.1 61.5 115.82.1 1.3 2.0 1.2 1.1 0.7

65.1 106.7 62.2 108.3 62.6 116.50.5 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.22.5 31.0 2.5 31.4 2.6 28.36.6 108.5 6.7 110.4 7.2 109.2

280.5 545.5 239.4 445.8 293.5 518.8 14.0 23.6 12.9 25.2 13.4 29.3

3.7 23.2 6.6 35.7 10.4 58.2298.2 592.3 258.9 506.7 317.3 606.3

9.2 8.2 8.8 4.9 5.9 3.7307.4 600.5 267.7 511.6 323.2 610.0 22.5 12.1 22.6 12.0 20.8 9.6

70.1 764.2 73.1 762.0 87.7 985.1 24.1 243.0 24.1 273.0 18.6 478.9

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Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

Crops 1990-91 2000-01Area Production Area Production

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)Purulia :Rice 285.3 372.8 262.2 474.9Wheat 1.2 2.1 2.9 7.5Other Cereals 16.9 15.1 15.0 26.5Total Cereals 303.4 390.0 280.1 508.9Pulses 20.8 13.7 18.7 7.3Total Foodgrains 324.2 403.7 298.8 516.2Oilseeds 7.6 5.6 2.8 1.5Jute (c) - - – –Potato 1.4 16.5 0.9 12.8

West Bengal :Rice 5812.9 10436.5 5435.3 12428.0Wheat 269.1 530.2 426.0 1058.6Other Cereals 99.8 110.0 97.1 109.1Total Cereals 6181.8 11076.7 5918.4 13595.7Pulses 314.0 193.4 274.5 219.5Total Foodgrains 6495.8 11270.1 6192.9 13815.2Oilseeds 513.2 453.3 598.6 570.7Jute(c) 500.2 5496.3 613.0 7428.4Potato 194.5 4481.8 299.7 7673.1Note : The total of district figures may be slightly different from

the State figures due to approximation.

TABLE 5.6-Concld.

(In Kg. per hectare)Crops 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

(1) ( 2 ) (3) (4) (5) (6)(ii) Fibres :

Jute 1978 2182 2572 2545 2425Mesta 911 1382 2176 1762 1877Sunhemp 817 837 963 1008 997Cotton 360 391 461 442 272

(iii) PlantationCrop:Tea + 1480 1689 1899(R) 2091(P) 1983(P)

(iv) Spices:Dry Chillies 764 894 1169 1217 1502Ginger(Dry) 1696 2026 1813 2044 2129

(V) Vegetables &MiscellaneousCrops:Potato 23046 25606 21053 12384 24704Sugarcane 70689 67821 83009 76386 105051Tobacco 1011 545 1433 1385 1408

+= Figures relate to calendar Sources: (1) Directorate of Agriculture year e.g. 1990-91 means (Evaluation Wing),

1990 and so on Govt. of West Bengal. (2) Tea Board.

P = Provisional.R = Revised.

TABLE 5.5-Concld.

Area in thousand hectaresProduction in thousand tonnes

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08Area Production Area Production Area Production(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

267.0 528.9 280.6 731.4 313.7 768.2 3.2 7.1 1.8 3.7 1.6 3.8

12.0 18.1 11.7 19.3 7.6 7.1 282.2 554.1 294.1 754.4 322.9 779.1 13.2 4.5 14.3 6.2 12.4 4.9

295.4 558.6 308.4 760.6 335.4 784.0 5.6 3.3 9.0 4.7 4.8 2.5

– – – – – – 1.3 16.5 1.5 15.8 1.1 9.3

5782.9 14510.8 5687.0 14745.9 5719.8 14719.5 366.7 773.5 350.6 799.9 352.6 917.3 91.6 229.2 106.2 274.7 97.0 265.8

6241.2 15513.5 6143.8 15820.5 6169.4 15902.6222.6 174.5 219.6 154.4 200.9 158.0

6463.8 15688.0 6363.4 15974.9 6370.4 16060.5 643.5 623.3 703.4 645.4 707.4 705.7 558.9 7989.2 594.9 8411.5 609.8 8216.0 354.5 7462.5 407.9 5052.0 400.8 9900.8(a) = Less than 50 hectares. Source : Directorate of Agriculture,(b) = Less than 50 tonnes. (Evaluation Wing),(c) = In thousand bales of Govt. of West Bengal.

180 Kgs. each.

TABLE 5.6

Yield Rates of Principal Crops in West Bengal(In Kg. per hectare)

Crops 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

I. Foodgrains :(i) Cereals –

Rice 1795 2287 2509 2593 2573Aus 1485 1736 2102 2027 2009Aman 1594 1979 2397 2411 2350Boro 2973 3240 2928 3226 3259Wheat 1970 2485 2109 2281 2602Barley 1129 524 1248 916 1316Maize 1263 2503 2888 2967 3167Ragi 827 1205 1213 1140 1145SmallMillets 494 675 924 925 956OtherCereals 1102 1911 2503 2588 2735

(ii) Pulses–Gram 584 917 911 768 983Arhar(Tur) 498 669 866 691 810OtherPulses 480 775 728 656 746

II. Non-Foodgrains :(i) Oilseeds –

Rapeseed &888Mustard 889 956 909 803

Linseed 215 334 289 240 275Sesame

915(Til) 875 861 916 929 Other

1721Oilseeds 1051 1319 1107 917

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TABLE 5.7

Area and Production of Fruits and Vegetables in West Bengal

Sl.No. Names of Area Fruits/Vegetables (In thousand hectares)

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

A. FRUITS1. Mango 69.13 70.09 78.23 80.902. Banana 26.64 27.80 31.69 37.373. Pineapple 12.85 13.38 13.40 9.534. Papaya 8.71 9.51 9.90 10.695. Guava 9.37 9.88 10.82 11.866. Jackfruit 10.61 10.88 11.43 11.437. Litchi 7.16 8.05 8.09 8.118. Mandarin Orange 3.52 3.55 3.74 3.749. Other Citrus 6.27 6.48 7.06 7.21

10. Sapota 3.93 4.17 4.20 3.8811. Others 8.10 8.90 8.57 9.53

Total 166.29 172.69 187.13 194.25B. VEGETABLES

1. Tomato 46.11 49.96 50.95 51.132. Cabbage 71.30 74.71 72.79 73.203. Cauliflower 64.63 65.64 66.11 66.914. Peas 24.96 21.67 21.56 20.935. Brinjal 148.35 152.90 152.46 153.936. Onion 16.33 17.51 17.92 18.677. Cucurbits 159.17 164.72 163.64 163.658. Ladies' Finger 63.68 65.77 67.98 71.469. Radish 34.97 35.73 37.99 38.33

10. Others 238.91 241.30 252.22 254.20Total 868.41 889.84 903.62 912.41

TABLE 5.7-Concld.Sl.No. Name of Production

Fruits/Vegetables (In thousand tonnes)2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)A. FRUITS

1. Mango 460.75 513.34 549.76 623.352. Banana 512.52 544.87 802.07 892.253. Pineapple 349.85 379.16 372.09 283.184. Papaya 253.14 263.65 276.92 308.625. Guava 140.89 152.99 148.96 162.216. Jackfruit 148.38 160.10 185.32 190.677. Litchi 69.91 74.92 77.24 77.768. Mandarin Orange 32.27 32.51 36.44 36.459. Other Citrus 50.07 54.56 61.00 62.00

10. Sapota 45.39 49.02 51.35 43.4011. Others 65.11 76.58 79.38 86.78

Total 2128.28 2301.70 2640.53 2766.67B. VEGETABLES

1. Tomato 694.95 857.18 868.71 956.672. Cabbage 1863.91 1982.68 1968.11 2016.063. Cauliflower 1685.19 1666.15 1658.17 1682.094. Peas 122.02 129.38 124.52 123.805. Brinjal 2701.69 2757.44 2698.55 2734.936. Onion 183.58 221.67 237.54 248.777. Cucurbits 1748.17 1763.07 1978.60 2017.528. Ladies' Finger 677.28 718.94 762.39 815.329. Radish 358.63 392.27 427.91 451.38

10. Others 961.20 1067.97 1363.47 1509.42Total 10996.62 11556.75 12087.97 12555.96

Source: Directorate of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture, Govt. of West Bengal.

TABLE 5.8

Area and Production of Flowers in West Bengal

Sl.No. Names of Flowers Area(In hectare)

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)1. Rose 1489 1593 1594 1613

2. Gladiolus 1883 2060 2061 2285

3. Tube Rose 2812 2541 2887 3431

4. Chrysanthemum 440 519 525 500

5. Marigold 4234 4040 4211 4742

6. Jasmine 463 576 574 462

7. Seasonal flowers 4323 4018 4101 4072

8. Miscellaneous 2281 2539 2610 2485

Total 17925 17886 18563 19590

Sl.No. Names of Flowers ProductionUnit 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

(1) (2) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)1. Rose Crore 18.17 18.01 28.20 72.41

Spikes2. Gladiolus Crore 26.96 29.35 30.22 33.38

Spikes3. Tube Rose " 44.50 46.12 58.87 78.15

4. Chrysanthemum Tonne 523.00 592.00 12.37* 12.86*

5. Marigold " 33794 32481 34330 38700

6. Jasmine " 694.00 766.00 770.00 630.00

7. Seasonal flowers " 7648.00 6244.00 6000.00 6340.00

8. Miscellaneous " 2015.00 2209.00 2580.00 2780.00

* Unit of Crore Spikes. Source : Directorate of Food ProcessingIndustries and Horticulture,

Govt. of West Bengal.

TABLE 5.8-Concld.

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TABLE 5.9

Index Number of Agricultural Area under Selected Crops inWest Bengal

(Base : Triennium ending crop year 1981-82 = 100)

Crops 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

I. Foodgrains 107.4 102.4 106.9 105.2 105.3A. Cereals 111.6 106.8 112.6 110.9 111.31. Rice 114.0 106.6 113.5 111.6 112.2

(i)Aus 94.5 61.0 44.6 43.9 43.6(ii)Aman 103.7 87.7 99.1 96.4 94.6(iii)Boro 299.0 467.8 461.1 467.5 504.4

2. Wheat 80.5 127.4 109.7 104.9 105.53. Barley 31.4 10.6 7.3 8.7 6.34. Maize 128.4 70.1 142.6 169.9 153.45. Ragi 84.5 81.6 81.4 84.8 84.36. Small Millets 100.0 40.6 30.7 30.4 29.47. Other Cereals 91.7 110.0 124.2 122.5 144.2B. Pulses 61.9 54.1 43.9 43.3 39.61. Gram 29.0 61.9 45.3 35.3 28.42. Arhar (Tur) 25.4 38.9 8.0 9.0 4.83. Mung 44.5 32.3 33.1 36.3 47.34. Masur 79.1 81.5 65.9 68.8 63.05. Mashkalai 96.4 51.2 41.7 44.4 38.46. Other Pulses 46.9 41.0 38.7 37.2 35.9

TABLE 5.9-Concld.Crops 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)II.Non- Foodgrains 122.1 151.6 154.7 168.3 170.4(P)A. Oilseeds 172.7 201.4 216.5 236.7 238.0

1.Rapeseed and Mustard 276.6 318.9 308.3 308.4 298.12.Linseed 14.5 20.3 11.4 8.6 10.13.Sesame(Til) 103.9 112.1 155.5 209.6 212.54.Other oilseed 426.6 680.2 1042.0 1194.5 1420.5

B. Fibres 87.9 107.7 98.3 105.1 107.71. Jute 92.6 113.5 103.5 110.1 112.92. Mesta 22.8 27.2 25.9 24.2 18.63. Sunhemp 118.8 95.0 78.6 80.6 70.64. Cotton 50.0 595.0 753.0 2825.0 4115.0

C. PlantationCrop-Tea 109.1 115.8 123.4 123.7 123.7(P)

D. Spices 215.5 285.2 240.7 255.0 296.71. Dry chillies 205.0 258.4 218.3 219.5 262.12. Ginger dry 189.3 333.2 274.8 350.7 388.23. Turmeric 330.0 462.7 394.8 455.3 495.7

E. Vegetables andMiscellaneousCrops 144.2 218.0 251.9 286.8 282.11. Potato 169.4 261.0 308.8 355.4 349.12. Sugarcane 55.0 97.3 67.7 74.7 76.03.Tobacco 83.6 68.8 91.3 78.9 77.0

All combined 109.8 110.3 114.5 115.3 115.7(P)Notes : P = Provisional. Source: Bureau of Applied

R = Revised. Economics & Statist ics, Govt. of West Bengal.

TABLE 5.10

Index Number of Agricultural Production ofSelected Crops in West Bengal

(Base : Triennium ending crop year 1981-82 = 100)

Crops 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

I. Foodgrains 157.1 191.5 218.7 222.8 223.8A Cereals 160.4 195.9 224.9 229.5 230.41. Rice 164.3 196.9 229.0 233.1 233.0(i) Aus 153.3 115.7 102.4 97.3 95.7(ii) Aman 136.3 143.0 195.8 191.6 183.2(iii) Boro 347.1 591.7 527.3 589.0 641.82. Wheat 97.6 194.4 142.3 147.2 168.83. Barley 39.6 6.2 10.2 8.9 9.34. Maize 144.0 155.7 365.7 447.3 431.25. Ragi 114.7 160.4 161.2 157.6 157.56. Small Millets 71.5 40.4 41.8 41.4 41.37. Other Cereals 87.5 97.5 72.5 78.8 90.0B. Pulses 75.2 82.9 65.7 58.0 60.11. Gram 26.4 88.2 64.1 42.2 43.42. Arhar(Tur) 13.4 27.9 7.4 6.6 4.23. Mung 38.8 34.6 24.2 26.9 60.64. Masur 146.6 188.7 129.4 117.6 123.55. Mashkalai 118.9 56.2 62.8 61.8 61.66. Other Pulses 62.5 86.3 73.4 68.2 60.0

Crops 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

II. Non-Foodgrains 179.4 265.2 274.7 239.5 333.6

A. Oilseeds 315.6 393.5 422.3 434.4 470.51. Rapeseed &

Mustard 443.6 550.4 505.5 446.9 477.42. Linseed 11.5 25.4 12.4 7.8 10.43. Sesame(Til) 183.7 195.1 287.7 393.5 393.04. Other Oilseeds 700.0 1400.2 2495.1 2913.5 3817.1B. Fibres 125.4 169.8 183.3 193.2 188.31. Jute 129.9 175.6 188.8 198.8 194.22. Mesta 20.2 36.9 55.2 41.7 34.23. Sunhemp 123.4 99.0 94.3 101.7 88.14. Cotton 55.6 716.7 1071.4 4077.2 3666.7C. Plantation

Crop-Tea 118.4 143.5 169.7 185.2 178.8(P)D. Spices 226.7 337.5 359.4 393.4 551.41. Dry Chillies 215.6 317.7 351.0 367.6 541.62. Ginger dry 207.9 436.5 322.2 463.3 534.43. Turmeric 359.1 433.2 483.6 580.5 668.0E. Vegetables &

Miscellaneouscrops 203.2 342.5 336.3 232.3 443.9

1. Potato 225.9 386.8 376.2 254.7 499.12. Sugarcane 69.4 118.3 100.8 102.3 143.13. Tobacco 91.7 40.5 141.4 118.0 117.1All combined 162.7 210.2 232.9 227.0 251.6(P)P = Provisional. Source : Bureau of AppliedR=Revised. Economics & Statistics,

Govt. of West Bengal.

TABLE 5.10-Concld.

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TABLE 5.11Index Number of Agricultural Productivity of Selected Crops in

West Bengal(Base : Triennium ending crop year 1981- 82 =100)

Crops 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

I. Foodgrains 146.2 187.0 204.6 211.8 212.5A. Cereals 143.7 183.4 199.7 206.9 207.01. Rice 144.1 184.7 201.8 208.9 207.7 (i) Aus 162.2 189.7 229.5 221.6 219.5 (ii) Aman 131.4 163.1 197.6 198.8 193.7 (iii) Boro 116.1 126.5 114.4 126.0 127.22. Wheat 121.2 152.6 129.7 140.3 160.03. Barley 126.1 58.5 139.7 102.3 147.64. Maize 112.1 222.1 256.5 263.3 281.15. Ragi 135.7 196.6 198.0 185.8 186.86. Small Millets 71.5 92.5 136.2 136.2 140.57. Other Cereals 95.4 88.6 58.4 64.3 62.4B. Pulses 121.5 153.2 149.7 133.9 151.81. Gram 91.0 142.5 141.5 119.5 152.82. Arhar(Tur) 52.8 71.7 92.5 73.3 87.53. Mung 87.2 107.1 73.1 74.1 128.14. Masur 185.3 231.5 196.4 170.9 196.05. Mashkalai 123.3 109.8 150.6 139.2 160.46. Other pulses 133.3 210.5 189.7 183.3 167.1

TABLE 5.11-Concld.Crops 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

II. Non-Foodgrains 146.9 174.9 177.6 142.3 195.8(P)

A. Oilseeds 182.7 195.4 195.1 183.5 197.71. Rapeseed &

Mustard 160.4 172.6 164.0 144.9 160.12. Linseed 79.3 125.1 108.8 90.7 103.03. Sesame(Til) 176.8 174.0 185.0 187.7 184.94. Other oilseeds 164.1 205.9 239.5 243.9 268.7B. Fibres 142.7 157.7 186.5 183.8 174.81. Jute 140.3 154.7 182.4 180.6 172.02. Mesta 88.6 135.7 213.1 172.3 183.93. Sunhemp 103.9 104.2 120.0 126.2 124.84. Cotton 111.2 120.5 142.3 144.3 89.1C. Plantation

Crop-Tea 108.5 123.9 137.5 150.5 144.5(P)D. Spices 105.2 118.3 149.3 154.3 185.81. Dry chillies 105.2 122.9 160.8 167.5 206.62. Ginger dry 109.8 131.0 117.2 132.1 137.73. Turmeric 108.8 93.6 122.5 127.5 134.8E. Vegetables and Miscellaneous

Crops 140.9 157.1 133.5 81.0 157.41. Potato 140.9 148.2 121.8 71.7 143.02. Sugarcane 126.2 121.6 148.9 136.9 188.33. Tobacco 109.7 58.9 154.9 149.6 152.1All Combined 148.2 190.6 203.4 196.9 217.5(P)

P = Provisional. Source : Bureau of AppliedR= Revised. Economics & Statistics,

Govt. of West Bengal.

TABLE 5.12

Index Number of Agricultural Area, Production, Productivity,Cropping Pattern, Cropping Intensity, Productivity per hectare of

Net Area Sown of Selected Crops and Net Area sown in WestBengal

(Base : Triennium ending crop year 1981-82 = 100)Index of

Year Area Produc- Produc- Cropp- Cropp- Produc- Nettion tivity ing ing tivity area

pattern Inten- per hec- sownsity tare of

net areasown

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)1990-91 109.8 162.7 148.2 114.2 111.8 165.7 98.22000-01 110.3 210.2 190.6 128.8 113.4 216.0 97.32002-03 115.6 225.4 195.0 130.1 120.2 234.3 96.22003-04 117.5 236.8 201.5 126.8 120.5 242.9 97.52004-05 115.1 234.0 203.3 128.3 119.2 242.2 96.62005-06 114.5 232.9 203.4 130.7 120.4 244.9 95.12006-07 115.3 227.0 196.9 133.8 121.2 238.7 95.12007-08(P) 115.7 251.6 217.5 134.7 121.7 264.6 95.1P=Provisional. Source :Bureau of Applied Economics &

Statistics, Govt. of West Bengal.

TABLE 6.0

Classification of Forest Area by Status and Ownershipin West Bengal

(In thousand hectares)Particulars 1990-91 1995-96 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Total 1188 1188 1188 1188 1188 1188

A. Status :

(i) Reserved forests 706 706 706 706 706 706

(ii) Protected forests 377 377 377 377 377 377

(iii) Unclassed stateforests and others 105 105 105 105 105 105

B. Ownership :

State &Corporate Bodies 1188 1188 1188 1188 1188 1188

Source : Chief Conservator of Forest, Govt. of West Bengal.

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114

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6.2

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(Ton

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(Ton

nes)

( Quin

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(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

1990

-91

148

934

520

80..

–19

95-9

632

419

865

1455

2238

–19

96-9

744

727

290

1033

2830

1782

1997

-98

595

2711

4160

322

7841

0919

98-9

949

522

–15

920

7052

0019

99-0

055

223

265

570

985

1311

2000

-01

494

718

4837

1–

2137

2001

-02

323

21–

626

–67

3820

02-0

336

335

–35

0–

9530

2003

-04

383

18–

642

–68

9020

04-0

531

113

1071

347

2223

1620

05-0

630

616

1177

1165

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TABLE 7.1

Estimated Production of Milk and Eggs in West BengalProduction of milk Production of eggs

Year Cow milk Buffalo milk Goat milk Total (Hen & Duck)(`000 tonnes) (`000 tonnes) (`000 tonnes) (`000 tonnes) (No. in million)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

1990-91 2637 275 . . 2912 22791995-96 3042 289 . . 3331 2568

1996-97 3028 349 . . 3377 2603

1997-98 3072 332 . . 3404 26341998-99 3116 315 . . 3431 2653

1999-00 3133 321 . . 3454 2678

2000-01 3133 326 11 3470 2682

2001-02 3113 291 111 3515 27102002-03 3186 297 117 3600 2750

2003-04 3267 302 118 3687 2820

2004-05 3376 292 122 3790 28882005-06 3469 302 121 3892 2964

2006-07 3628 250 106 3984 30392007-08(P) 3730 239 108 4077 3057

P = Provisional. Source : Directorate of Animal Resources &Animal Health, Govt. of West Bengal.

TABLE 7.0

Growth of Livestock in West Bengal(Number in thousand)

Particulars 1994 1997 2003 2006+(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

1. Cattle : 17324 17833 17984 18665(i) Adult male cross-breed Cattle

(Above 21/2 years) 33 34 63 . .(ii) Adult male indigenous Cattle

(Above 3 years) 5036 5186 3555 . .(iii) Adult female cross-breed Cattle

(Above 21/2 years) 453 463 926 . .(iv) Adult female indigenous Cattle

(Above 3 years) 5247 5403 5643 . .(v ) Young stock cross-breed Cattle

(Upto 21/2 years) 431 440 1029 . .(vi) Young stock indigenous Cattle

(Upto 3 years) 6124 6307 6768 . .2. Buffalo : 987 999 876 857

(i) Adult male Buffalo (Over 3 years) 597 569 506 . .(ii) Adult female Buffalo (Over 3 years) 200 238 206 . .(iii) Young stock Buffalo (Upto 3 years) 190 192 164 . .3. Others : 16614 18226 14078 14209

(i) Sheep 1461 1462 1411 1419(ii) Goats 14117 15648 11757 11881

(iii) Horses and Ponnies 18 18 11 10(iv) Pigs 1018 1098 899 8994. Poultry : 41915 46219 51115 54888

(i) Fow l 29803 32578 37686 41072(ii) Duck 12019 13593 13024 13379

(iii) Other Poultry 93 48 405 437 + Data for 2006 Source : Directorate of Animal Resources & relate to projected figure Animal Health, Govt. of West Bengal. for 2006-07.

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(2)

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19

90-9

188

252

2106

9219

95-9

688

554

2085

8919

96-9

786

363

1965

9519

97-9

888

728

8758

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98-9

986

769

1528

0019

99-0

014

5031

2995

6320

00-0

188

160

2503

9920

01-0

214

7031

2755

1420

02-0

310

2357

2184

6920

03-0

413

0551

3067

2920

04-0

511

3871

3665

8320

05-0

685

993

3240

9220

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711

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TABLE 7.2

Production of Fish and Fishseed in West Bengal

Particulars 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

1. Productionof Fish :(In thousandtonnes)

(a) Inland 555 879 1090 1181 1264

(b) Marine 125 181 160 178 183Total 680 1060 1250 1359 1447

2. Production ofFishseed :(numberIn million) 7552 8850 12500 13200 13572

Source : Directorate of Fisheries,Govt. of West Bengal.

TABLE 7.3

Estimated Production of Meat in West BengalProduction of Meat ('000 tonnes)

Year Goat Meat Poultry Pork Mutton Bovine Total(Cattle & Buffalo)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1990-91 91.5 35.4 31.4 4.0 533.4 695.7

1995-96 172.6 103.1 13.9 25.4 101.2 416.2

1996-97 173.1 106.2 14.1 25.9 101.8 421.1

1997-98 137.8 136.7 25.9 27.9 98.8 427.1

1998-99 139.4 138.3 26.2 28.2 99.9 432.0

1999-00 123.1 158.4 28.1 28.9 97.1 435.6

2000-01 133.3 132.7 31.6 16.2 124.4 438.2

2001-02 135.2 134.6 32.4 16.3 123.6 442.1

2002-03 138.9 138.4 34.1 15.4 123.2 450.0

2003-04 144.3 143.5 33.7 15.7 125.8 463.0

2004-05 148.3 147.0 31.2 16.2 132.5 475.2

2005-06 152.2 151.0 31.8 16.6 135.5 487.12006-07 156.3 155.2 32.8 17.0 139.3 500.6

2007-08(P) 161.5 151.4 33.7 17.7 140.7 505.0

P=Provisional. Source: Directorate of Animal Resources & Animal Health,Government of West Bengal.

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2006

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10

110

110

110

110

110

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lock

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spen

sary

341

341

341

341

341

341

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nimal

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20

324

732

4832

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199

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)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)10

.Pa

rasit

ic Co

ntro

l Unit

Main

and

Sub

-Dep

ot 2

11

11

11

11.

Vigil

ance

Unit

5 5

55

55

12.

Mob

ile D

iagno

stic

Labo

rato

ry 4

11

11

1(M

.A.H

.C.)

13.

Addit

ional

Bloc

k An

imal

Heall

th C

entre

(A.

B.A.

H.C.

) 2

7027

127

127

127

127

114

.Tu

berc

ulosis

Con

trol U

nit 4

44

44

415

.Im

mun

e Be

lt 6

66

66

6

Note

:To

enh

ance

vet

erina

ry f

acilit

ies,

Govt

. of

W

est

Beng

al op

ened

on

e A.

D.A.

C. a

t ea

ch G

ram

Pan

chay

at l

evel

from

31.

3.99

.+

=

Inclu

ding

19 D

istric

t Ve

terin

ary

Hosp

itals.

Sou

rce:

Dire

ctora

te o

f An

imal

Reso

urce

s &

Anim

al He

alth,

Gov

t. of

Wes

t Be

ngal.

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124125

TABLE 9.2

Districtwise No. of Villages Electrified inWest Bengal

(as on 31st March)

1991 2001District No. P.C. No. P.C.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)Burdwan 2387 95.9 2380 95.7Birbhum 2213 99.1 2217 99.3Bankura 2027 56.9 2470 69.3Midnapore 4558 43.5 5572 53.2Howrah 749 100.0 734 100.0Hooghly 1865 98.3 1897 100.0North 24-Parganas 1479 92.4 1506 94.1South 24-Parganas 1698 80.1 1808 85.3Kolkata – – - -Nadia 1254 100.0 1248 100.0Murshidabad 1760 91.8 1794 93.5Uttar Dinajpur 2327 76.4 1250 82.7Dakshin Dinajpur 1154 75.0Malda 1595 97.2 1597 97.3Jalpaiguri 724 98.6 732 99.7Darjeeling 488 78.7 539 86.9Cooch Behar 1117 98.1 1121 98.4Purulia 1343 54.7 1577 64.2West Bengal 27584 72.8 29596 78.1

TABLE 9.2 -Contd.2005 2006

District No. P.C. No. P.C.(1) (6) (7) (8) (9)

Burdwan 2443 98.2 2452 98.6Birbhum 2222 99.6 2223 99.6Bankura 2822 79.2 2873 80.6Purba Medinipur 2047 68.8 2097 70.5Paschim Medinipur 4914 65.5 4968 66.3Howrah 734 100.0 734 100.0Hooghly 1897 100.0 1897 100.0North 24-Parganas 1548 96.8 1542 97.1South 24-Parganas 2052 96.8 2006 94.7Kolkata – – – –Nadia 1248 100.0 1248 100.0Murshidabad 1834 95.6 1845 96.2Uttar Dinajpur 1346 89.1 1403 92.9Dakshin Dinajpur 1244 81.1 1283 83.6Malda 1599 97.4 1601 97.6Jalpaiguri 731 99.6 732 99.7Darjeeling 527 85.0 529 85.3Cooch Behar 1120 98.2 1120 98.2Purulia 1862 75.8 1982 77.1West Bengal 32190 84.9 32788* 86.3

TABL

E 9.

1

Anal

ysis

of

Sale

s of

Ele

ctric

ity i

n W

est

Beng

al

In M

KWH

Sl.N

o.Ty

pe o

f Us

e19

90-9

1

2000

-01

2005

-06

2006

-07

2007

-08

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

1.Do

mes

tic 1

960.

9743

74.2

561

21.1

265

07.0

069

84.7

82.

Com

mer

cial

1096

.12

19

10.5

125

28.6

527

86.3

230

43.9

43.

Indu

strial

4263

.95

68

70.8

096

51.4

811

102.

0512

844.

264.

Publi

c Lig

hting

70.8

9 1

46.0

223

2.46

241.

3425

4.66

5.Tr

actio

n55

0.46

771

.40

939.

4598

1.81

1042

.71

6.Ag

ricult

ure

454.

01

997.

2089

4.71

940.

0111

10.0

67.

Publi

c W

ater

Wor

ks24

2.13

365

.09

448.

0446

7.92

477.

90an

d se

wera

ge p

umpin

g8.

Misc

ellan

eous

182.

96 3

7.47

585.

2643

5.63

472.

59To

tal

8821

.47

1

5472

.74

2140

1.17

2346

2.08

2623

0.90

Note

:Th

e sa

les i

nclud

e D.

V.C`

s sa

leSo

urce

: D

epar

tmen

t of

Pow

er,

to u

ltimat

e co

nsum

ers

Gov

ernm

ent

of W

est

Beng

al.in

Wes

t Be

ngal.

TABL

E 9.

0(a)

Gros

s Ge

nera

tion

of E

lect

ricity

in

Wes

t Be

ngal

(exc

ludi

ng N

.T.P

.C.)

In M

.U.

Parti

cular

s19

90-9

120

00-0

120

04-0

520

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

) (

5)(6

)(7

) G

ross

Gen

erat

ion

1.Hy

del

346.

9644

4.83

642.

5856

6.55

608.

3059

0.75

2.Th

erm

al99

33.1

521

995.

28*

3060

8.51

3286

9.22

3367

9.23

3490

0.47

3.Di

esel

and

Wind

0.52

0.50

0.63

0.63

0.68

0.73

4.G

as23

.56

6.

300.

000.

000.

000.

00

5.Pu

mp

Stor

age

––

––

–39

2.62

Tota

l10

304.

19 2

2446

.91*

3125

1.72

3343

6.40

3428

8.21

3588

4.57

*Ex

cludin

g Ba

kres

war

Ther

mal

Sour

ce :

Dep

artm

ent

of P

ower

,Po

wer

Stat

ion.

Gove

rnm

ent

of W

est

Beng

al.

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127

129

TABLE 9.2 -Concld.2007 2008

District No. P.C. No. P.C.(1) (10) (11) (12) (13)

Burdwan 2463 99.0 2464 99.0Birbhum 2224 99.6 2230 99.9Bankura 3250 91.2 3329 93.4Purba Medinipur 2392 80.4 2824 94.9Paschim Medinipur 5377 71.7 6384 85.1Howrah 734 100.0 734 100.0Hooghly 1897 100.0 1897 100.024-Parganas (N) 1581 99.6 1589 99.424-Parganas (S) 2037 96.1 2050 96.7Kolkata – – – –Nadia 1248 100.0 1248 100.0Murshidabad 1865 97.2 1883 98.2Uttar Dinajpur 1473 97.5 1474 97.6Dakshin Dinajpur 1474 96.1 1482 96.6Malda 1603 97.7 1610 98.1Jalpaiguri 732 99.7 732 99.7Darjeeling 536 86.5 536 86.5Cooch Behar 1120 98.2 1120 98.2Purulia 2118 86.2 2365 96.3West Bengal (Total) 34377* 90.7 36204* 95.5

Note : No. of Inhabited villages as per 1991 Census has been used to calculate the percentages.* Includes 253 more villages electrified by WBREDA

126

128

TABLE 9.3Production and Value of Minerals of West Bengal

(Value in thousand Rupees)Items/ 2006 2007 2008Unit Production Value Production Value Production Value(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Coal(`000 tonnes) 24811 31322099 22830 29724556 23185 31669314China Clay(Kaolin)(tonnes) 81893 33641 79016 37217 93894 43307Fire Clay(tonnes) 54401 5392 55830 5252 55337 5556Clay(Others)(tonnes) 402 27 118 8 140 12Apatite(Tonnes) 5791 10136 4790 8384 1724 3018

Note : Production and value Source: Monthly Statistics of Mineral Production, are compiled on the I.B.M. , Govt. of India.

basis of monthly figures.

TABL

E 9.

4Co

al a

nd C

oke

Prod

ucts

Sup

plie

d to

Diff

eren

t Ind

ustri

es in

Wes

t Ben

gal

(In th

ousa

nd to

nnes

)In

dustr

ies20

03-0

420

04-0

520

05-0

620

06-0

7(R)

2007

-08

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

1.St

eel

224

928

5628

5412

2713

562.

Powe

r 2

8217

2998

130

353

3201

233

428

3.Ce

men

t10

68

87

4.Fe

rtiliz

er–

––

––

5.Pa

per

63

7174

8266

6.Te

xtile

/Ray

on39

3218

2731

7.Co

ke O

ven

––

––

–8.

Soft

Coke

––

––

–9.

Hard

Cok

e–

––

––

10.

Brick

s/Ot

hers

148

516

6418

8040

0734

0211

.Co

lliery

Cons

umpt

ion48

447

246

243

441

312

.Du

mp

––

––

Tota

l32

547

3508

235

649

3779

738

703

Sour

ce:

Coal

Cont

rolle

r, M

inistr

y of

Coa

ls,Go

vt. o

f Ind

ia.

TABL

E 10

.0Nu

mbe

r of

Maj

or I

ndus

tries

in

Wes

t Be

ngal

(Reg

iste

red

unde

r Ch

ief

Insp

ecto

r of

Fac

torie

s)In

dustr

y19

91

2001

2004

2005

2006

(R)

2007

(P)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

1.

Rice

Mills

426

577

631

646

670

704

2.Te

a Fa

ctorie

s27

832

335

135

435

736

23.

Cotto

n Te

xtiles

312

34

436

437

538

238

64.

Jute

Mills

78

96

105

106

106

107

5.Le

athe

r &

Leat

her

Prod

ucts

*..

....

362

371

443

6.Pa

per

& Pa

per

Prod

ucts

197

24

426

527

227

427

97.

Print

ing &

Allie

dIn

dustr

ies35

6 4

0542

943

243

343

98.

Rubb

er &

Rub

ber

Prod

ucts

330

3

2834

935

036

838

49.

Chem

ical

& Ch

emica

lPr

oduc

ts55

4

747

796

810

826

840

10.

Glas

s &

Glas

sPr

oduc

ts61

76

8181

8892

11.

Engin

eerin

g42

52 5

181

5449

5483

5533

5646

12.

Ship

Build

ing&

Repa

irs32

3

434

3433

3313

.El

ectri

city

78

8385

8686

8714

.Co

al M

ines

114

9

910

010

110

0..

P =

Prov

ision

al.So

urce

s:

(1)

Labo

ur i

n W

est

Beng

al.R=

Revis

ed.

(2)

Dire

ctor

ate

Gene

ral

of M

ines

Safe

ty,*

Intro

duce

d fro

m 2

005.

Mini

stry

of

Labo

ur,

Govt

. of

Ind

ia.

Source : West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd.

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130131

132133

TABL

E 10

.3-C

oncld

.Ite

mUn

it20

0620

0720

08(1

)(2

)(6

)(7

)(8

)1.

Jute

Tex

tiles

Tota

l`0

00 t

onne

s14

18.0

1282

.514

54.7

Hess

ian`0

00 t

onne

s30

0.4

284.

330

1.1

Sack

ing`0

00 t

onne

s89

7.9

791.

792

9.2

Othe

rs'00

0 to

nnes

219.

720

6.5

224.

4

2.Co

tton

Texti

lies(

+)

Mill

mad

eYa

rn`0

00 K

gs.

3426

231

265

2865

5Cl

oth

`000

met

res

4164

4164

4164

Han

dloom

* Cl

oth

`000

Sq.

met

res

9800

0092

1200

1014

00

3.Iro

n an

d St

eel

Se

mi-f

inish

ed S

teel

`000

ton

nes

1185

.115

15.1

1641

.0

Finis

hed

Stee

l`0

00 t

onne

s17

11.3

1949

.418

57.3

4.Te

a`0

00 K

gs.

2332

8623

1436

2331

33(P

)*

Year

200

1 m

eans

2001

-02

and

so o

n..

Sour

ces

:1)

Jute

Com

miss

ioner

+inc

ludes

blen

ded/

mixe

d2)

Tea

Boar

dan

d no

n-co

tton

good

s.3)

Text

ile C

omm

ission

erP

= Pr

ovisi

onal.

4)Jo

int D

irecto

r (H

andlo

om)

5)Jo

int P

lant

Com

mitte

e,Go

vt. o

f In

dia.

TABL

E 10

.3

Indu

stria

l Pr

oduc

tion

in W

est

Beng

al

Item

Unit

1991

2001

2005

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1.Ju

te T

extile

sTo

tal

`000

ton

nes

1238

.013

92.7

1384

.8He

ssian

`000

ton

nes

372.

027

7.6

318.

1Sa

cking

`000

ton

nes

636.

0 9

01.9

839.

2Ot

hers

`000

ton

nes

230.

021

3.2

227.

5

2.Co

tton

Text

iles

(+)

Mill

mad

eYa

rn`0

00 K

gs.

6435

239

189

3535

2Cl

oth

`000

met

res

6584

317

2441

08Ha

ndloo

m*C

loth

`000

met

res

4320

00 6

5000

010

8000

0

3.Iro

n an

d St

eel

Sem

i-fini

shed

Ste

el`0

00 t

onne

s27

2.0

1030

.111

07.7

Fini

shed

Ste

el`0

00 t

onne

s10

17.4

1554

.916

58.0

4.Te

a`0

00 K

gs15

9166

1906

8921

4660

TABL

E 10

.1Ec

onom

ic S

truct

ure

of F

acto

ries

unde

r An

nual

Sur

vey

of I

ndus

tries

in

Wes

t Be

ngal

(Ce

nsus

and

Non

-Cen

sus

Sect

ors)

Num

ber

/ Rs

. in

Lakh

Parti

cular

s19

90-9

1 2

000-

0120

03-0

420

04-0

520

05-0

6(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)1.

Num

ber

of F

acto

ries

5606

6091

5942

6105

6077

2.Fi

xed

Capit

al84

8988

1725

304

2409

038

2456

223

2650

026

3.In

veste

d Ca

pital

1251

767

252

2097

3313

050

3621

044

4002

439

4.Pr

oduc

tive

Capit

al10

5284

720

0548

025

5797

631

0766

635

1404

85.

Num

ber

of W

orke

rs57

8651

4558

1240

8938

4179

9642

0665

6.Nu

mbe

r of

Em

ploye

es74

0980

5698

3851

5267

5179

3951

6107

7.W

ages

to

Wor

kers

1344

92 2

5612

724

0972

2555

5426

7215

8.To

tal e

molu

men

ts20

2882

385

608

3787

2450

0697

4156

139.

Fuels

con

sum

ed13

1266

2599

7931

2766

3966

0643

7913

10.M

ater

ials

cons

umed

1023

504

241

7002

3221

047

4498

873

5281

684

11.T

otal

input

s12

6565

2 3

2067

9542

2643

059

7333

469

6497

612

.Pro

duct

s15

2912

234

3469

545

4909

361

5289

368

5684

313

.Gro

ss o

utpu

t16

2873

5 3

9182

6752

2339

272

4228

781

3727

914

.Net

Valu

e ad

ded

3198

4256

9917

7902

6310

5489

294

7059

Note

:Al

l Elec

tricit

y Un

derta

kings

oth

er t

han

capt

ive u

nits

are

kept

out

side

the

purv

iew o

f A

SI f

rom

198

8-89

. Al

l dep

artm

enta

l un

derta

kings

suc

h as

Railw

ay W

orks

hops

etc.

hav

e als

o be

en k

ept

outsi

de f

rom

199

9-20

00.

Sour

ce:

Annu

al Su

rvey

of

Indu

stries

,C.

S.O.

, Go

vern

men

t of

Ind

ia.

TABLE 10.2Number of Registered Small Scale Industrial Units

in West Bengal(as on 31st March)

Year Number of RegisteredSmall Scale Industrial Units*

(1) (2)1990 1041261995 2034921996 2207381997 2399841998 2563431999 2694992000 2792192001 2878232002 2992562003 3101952004 3203092005 3305432006 3417372007+ 3610512008++ 389968

Source: Directorate of Cottage and Small* Cumulative Total. Scale Industries, West Bengal.+ Including 4860 proposed units during Oct., 06 to March, '07.++ Including 11299 proposed units during 2007-08.

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134135

136137

TABL

E 10

.4

Inde

x Nu

mbe

r of

Ind

ustri

al P

rodu

ctio

n in

Wes

t Be

ngal

(Bas

e :

1993

-94

= 10

0)

Mon

thM

ining

Man

ufac

turin

g20

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(P)

2005

-06

2006

-07

2007

-08(

P)(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)Ap

ril13

2.5

150.

311

7.6

169.

218

8.5

186.

6M

ay 1

28.5

150.

412

2.4

177.

919

1.4

199.

5Ju

ne 1

30.6

153.

612

2.2

169.

620

5.3

214.

2Ju

ly12

4.6

114.

010

8.0

185

.120

8.6

211.

6Au

gust

136.

412

3.1

120.

1 1

73.7

199.

321

1.4

Sept

embe

r14

0.0

112.

510

9.4

211

.719

3.7

183.

9Oc

tobe

r14

6.0

132.

113

2.0

178

.617

1.8

190.

1No

vem

ber

150.

715

8.8

132

.017

6.2

174.

920

3.6

Dece

mbe

r16

7.6

155.

914

2.6

198.

018

8.9

196.

6Ja

nuar

y 1

68.2

173.

415

7.2

167.

116

9.8

192.

2Fe

brua

ry16

9.9

170.

215

9.9

156.

418

0.8

189.

2M

arch

181.

319

5.1

199.

018

4.6

210.

720

6.0

Aver

age

April

- M

arch

148

.014

9.1

135.

217

9.0

190.

319

8.7

TABL

E 10

.4-C

oncld

.M

onth

Elec

tricit

yGe

nera

l20

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(P)

2005

-06

2006

-07

2007

-08(

P)(1

)(8

)(9

)(1

0)(1

1)(1

2)(1

3)Ap

ril23

3.6

231.

224

1.6

173

.419

0.9

189.

1M

ay24

3.3

255.

926

6.4

181.

919

5.5

202.

8Ju

ne22

5.2

225.

924

9.1

173.

020

5.4

214.

3Ju

ly22

4.1

230.

022

6.3

186.

620

7.4

209.

8Au

gust

215.

321

8.9

244.

917

6.1

198.

721

1.5

Sept

embe

r22

1.2

229.

922

8.5

210.

419

4.3

185.

4Oc

tobe

r24

0.3

239.

725

7.4

182

.717

6.2

193.

9No

vem

ber

220.

522

9.5

228.

517

9.1

178.

920

3.5

Dece

mbe

r23

7.1

250.

724

1.2

200.

319

3.0

198.

7Ja

nuar

y24

6.1

249.

629

2.9

173.

617

6.5

195.

3Fe

brua

ry

237.

222

7.7

243.

116

3.5

184.

419

2.8

Mar

ch 2

52.3

255.

728

3.7

190.

121

4.0

212.

3Av

erag

eAp

ril -

Mar

ch23

3.0

237.

124

6.1

182.

619

3.0

200.

8P

= Pr

ovisi

onal.

Sour

ce:

Bure

au o

f Ap

plied

Eco

nom

ics &

Sta

tistic

s,Go

vt.

of W

est

Beng

al.

TABL

E 11

.1Nu

mbe

r of

Wor

kers

Em

ploy

ed in

Maj

or In

dust

ries

in W

est B

enga

l

Indu

stry

1991

200

120

0320

0420

0520

06(R

)20

07(P

)(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)(8

)1.

Ri

ce M

ills10

841

142

8914

724

1511

315

465

1679

417

417

2.Te

a Fa

ctor

ies24

977

277

6028

808

2908

829

185

2927

329

414

3. C

otto

n Te

xtiles

4725

7 4

7263

4735

847

603

4785

347

123

4737

14.

Jut

e M

ills22

7254

212

685

2134

1621

4241

2142

6721

4267

2143

375.

Lea

ther

& L

eath

er P

rodu

cts*

....

....

1353

513

841

1550

46.

Pap

er &

Pap

er P

rodu

cts13

234

124

7512

757

1286

413

001

1281

212

921

7. P

rintin

g &

Allie

d In

dustr

ies15

266

157

1215

988

1631

516

418

1632

616

810

8. R

ubbe

r & R

ubbe

r Pro

ducts

1593

2

1304

113

322

1341

413

419

1377

714

050

9. C

hemi

cal &

Che

mica

l Prod

ucts

3449

339

181

3875

639

579

3982

440

095

4051

810

. Glas

s &

Glas

s Pr

oduc

ts85

7884

0686

3386

4386

4388

7989

8511

. Eng

ineer

ing35

9773

31

8146

3218

8732

6151

3295

1933

1066

3381

3712

. Ship

Buil

ding

& Re

pairs

8576

7617

6907

6907

6907

6826

6826

13. E

lectri

city

1542

4

1962

318

810

1881

018

860

1886

018

925

14. C

oal M

ines

1091

9179

454

7288

7(R)

7061

769

000

7600

0..

Note

:Dat

a re

late

to th

e fa

ctorie

sSo

urce

s: (1

) Lab

our i

n W

est B

enga

l.re

giste

red

unde

r CIF

. (

2) D

irecto

rate

Gen

eral

of M

ines

P=Pr

ovisi

onal.

R=

Revis

ed.

Saf

ety,

Govt.

of I

ndia.

* Int

rodu

ced

from

200

5.

TABL

E 11

.0

Estim

ated

Em

ploy

men

t in

Pub

lic a

nd P

rivat

e Se

ctor

s in

Wes

t Be

ngal

Num

ber

in th

ousa

ndPu

blic

Secto

rOr

ganis

edYe

ar e

nded

Cent

ral

Stat

eQu

asi

Loca

lTo

tal

Priva

teTo

tal

in De

cem

ber

Govt

.Go

vt.

Govt

.Bo

dies

Sect

orCo

l(6)+

Col(7

)(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)(8

)19

91 4

21.6

428.

970

3.1

144.

516

98.1

888.

025

86.1

2001

400.

144

2.5+

629.

518

1.5

1653

.675

0.0

2404

.020

0338

4.2

432.

951

9.5

151.

314

87.9

722.

022

10.0

2004

357.

942

5.6

489.

415

5.9

1428

.875

0.0

2179

.020

0535

0.6

395.

248

2.2

152.

013

80.0

759.

021

39.0

2006

347.

438

2.9

455.

515

3.1

1338

.976

9.0

2108

.020

0734

0.2

367.

8(P)

452.

514

0.9

1301

.4(P

)75

0.0

2051

.0(P

)P

=Pr

ovisi

onal

Sour

ces

:(1

)Di

recto

rate

of

Emplo

ymen

t,Go

vern

men

t of

Wes

t Be

ngal.

+ =

Rela

tes

to 3

0th

April.

Note

s:

1) S

tate

Gov

ernm

ent

Emplo

yees

as

on 3

1st

Mar

ch.

2)Qu

asi

Govt.

impli

es O

rgan

isatio

n

und

er G

ovt.,

i.e

., Go

vern

men

t Un

derta

kings

.(2)

Bure

au o

f Ap

plied

Eco

nom

ics &

Sta

tistic

s, G

ovt.

of W

est

Beng

al.

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138139

141 140

TABL

E 11

.2

Aver

age

Num

ber

of P

erso

ns E

mpl

oyed

Dai

ly in

and

abo

ut th

e Co

al M

ines

in W

est B

enga

l

Clas

s19

81 1

991

200

120

0420

0520

06(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)Gr

and

Tota

l12

9106

109

191

7945

470

617

6947

664

525

Unde

r Gro

und

7545

7 6

7537

4980

943

193

4209

539

602

Mal

es75

457

675

3749

809

4319

342

095

3960

2Fe

mal

es–

––

––

–Op

en C

ast W

orkin

g64

05 3

814

3701

4348

4768

4196

Mal

es51

37 3

291

3625

4254

4673

4102

Fem

ales

1268

523

76

9495

94

Surfa

ce47

244

378

4025

944

2307

622

613

2072

7

Male

s40

504

326

3822

334

1988

619

420

1740

7Fe

mal

es67

40 5

202

3610

3190

3193

3320

Note

:Figu

res

relat

e to

31s

t Dec

embe

r.So

urce

:Di

recto

rate

Gen

eral

of M

ines

Safe

ty,Go

vern

men

t of I

ndia.

TABLE 11.4

Estimated Average Daily Employment in Shops, CommercialEstablishments, Cinemas etc. in West Bengal

(as on 31st March)

Particulars 1991 2001 2005(1) (2) (3) (4)

1. Number of(i) Shops 379351 459323 522273

(ii) Commercialestablishments 26677 72227 80717

(iii) Cinemas and Theatres 373 386 397

(iv) Other establishments forpublic entertainment 32783 36642 40279

2. Number of employees of(i) Shops 333908 365589 384368

(ii) Commercialestablishments 109491 154597 169993

(iii) Cinemas and Theatres 7803 8206 8241

(iv) Other establishments forpublic entertainment 76347 84439 92102

TABLE 11.4-Concld.

Particulars 2006 2007 2008(1) (5) (6) (7)

1.Number of(i) Shops 529837 540997 553261(ii) Commercial

establishments 81833 83311 85656 (iii) Cinemas and Theatres 398 398 399(iv) Other establishments for

public entertainment 40376 40631 410792.Number of employees of(i) Shops 392434 400617 422971(ii) Commercial

establishments 172727 177751 210179(iii) Cinemas and Theatres 8332 8332 8347(iv) Other establishments for

public entertainment 92355 93111 93960Notes : 1) Figures relate to Source: Chief Inspector,Shops &

only registered shops Establishments, Govt.and establishments in of West Bengal.places notified as perBengal Shops andEstablishments Act, 1963.

2) Employees exclude self-employed and unpaid family workers.

TABLE 11.3

Average Number of Persons Employed Daily in Plantations (Tea) inWest Bengal

Number in ThousandYear Average daily workers(1) (2)

1991 253

1995 258

1996 252

1997 244

1998 247

1999 251

2000 253

2001 256

2002 259

2003 260

2004 263

2005 263

2006 2622007 262

Source: Tea Statistics, Tea Board.

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143

144 145

TABLE 11.5

Employment in Registered Small Scale Industrial Units in West Bengal (as on 31st March)

Number

Year Employment *(1) (2)

1990 6547301995 12100011996 13123331997 14293501998 15280451999 16046782000 16688312001 17220832002 17827362003 18440822004 19092162005 19734072006 20446292007 22109592008 2506208

* = Cumulative Total Source: Directorate of Cottage and SmallScale Industries, West Bengal.

142

TABL

E 12

.0

Inci

denc

e of

Maj

or C

ogni

zabl

e Cr

imes

(IP

C) u

nder

diff

eren

t Cr

ime

Head

s in

Wes

tBe

ngal

(ex

clud

ing

Kolk

ata

and

Subu

rbs)

Num

berr

Parti

cular

s19

91 2

001

2006

2007

2008

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Tota

l (1

to 1

2)31

389

175

2923

560

2269

530

280

1.No

te f

orge

ry33

3813

511

311

32.

Mur

der

1620

1530

1425

1616

1760

3.Cu

lpable

hom

icide

689

574

401

382

1655

4.Da

coity

571

248

177

145

170

5.Ro

bber

y66

351

142

635

352

76.

Burg

lary

1026

278

601

285

324

7.Th

eft

(Tot

al)*

2004

8 1

0212

1253

210

823

1396

97A

.Au

to T

heft

..27

1418

0020

478.

Kidn

appin

g &

Abdic

tion

..13

5516

8622

169.

Swind

ling

514

367

1947

1280

1665

10.

Riot

6225

282

023

8535

0752

1411

.Do

wry

deat

h..

259

445

443

439

12.

Rape

..69

017

3120

6222

28 *

Tot

al th

eft

includ

es A

uto

thef

t.So

urce

s :

(1)D

irecto

r Ge

nera

l of

Polic

e,Go

vern

men

t of

Wes

t Be

ngal.

(2)I

nspe

ctor

Gen

eral

of P

olice

,Go

vern

men

t of

Wes

t Be

ngal.

TABL

E 11

.6

Empl

oym

ent

thro

ugh

Empl

oym

ent

Exch

ange

s in

Wes

t Be

ngal

Num

ber

Parti

cular

s19

91 2

001

2006

2007

2008

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

I.Nu

mbe

r of

Em

ploym

ent

exch

ange

s at

the

end

of t

he y

ear

70

7171

7373

II.Re

gistra

tion

durin

g th

e ye

ar46

0340

46

7373

4969

2621

3053

2669

57III.

Plac

ed i

n em

ploym

ent

durin

g th

e ye

ar88

49 1

1157

1507

482

0948

57(a

)Ce

ntra

l Go

vern

men

t12

50 2

4016

211

265

(b)

Stat

e Go

vern

men

t38

37

467

817

6919

3116

42(c

)Qu

asi

Gove

rnm

ent

and

Loca

l Bo

dies

2102

51

9011

055

5495

2795

(d)

Othe

r Es

tabli

shm

ents

1660

10

4920

8867

135

5IV

.On

the

Reg

ister

at

the

end

of t

he y

ear

5081

909

618

0880

7729

462

5721

016

5971

876

(a)

Indu

stria

l Su

perv

isory

7622

8

621

0872

570

5377

656

181

(b)

Skil

led a

nd S

emi-s

killed

2875

49

141

9217

756

7615

879

497

(c)

Cler

ical

8131

05 1

2300

0022

1492

516

4135

917

1333

0(d

)Ed

ucat

ional

1524

57 1

9770

0016

4054

212

1571

512

6902

2(e

)Do

mes

tic93

596

974

8230

8808

2288

4123

8841

(f)Un

skille

d36

5897

4 2

8000

9834

7486

125

0516

726

1500

5(g

)Ot

hers

V.Va

canc

ies n

otifie

d du

ring

the

year

1423

6

971

342

860

1639

212

054

VI.

Vaca

ncies

outs

tandin

g at

the e

nd o

f the

yea

r*92

002

78

482

1395

9114

7774

1549

71*

Vaca

ncies

out

stan

ding

have

bee

n ca

lculat

ed w

ith e

ffect

fro

m 1

995

onwa

rds.

Note

: L

ive R

egist

er a

nd R

egist

ratio

n de

crea

sed,

am

ong

othe

rs,

due

to p

urgin

g o

ut o

fpla

ced,

ove

r ag

ed a

nd l

apse

d re

gistra

tion.

Sour

ce :

Dire

ctora

te o

f E

mplo

ymen

t ,

Gove

rnm

ent

Wes

t Be

ngal.

TABL

E 11

.7

Indu

stria

l Di

sput

es i

n W

est

Beng

al

Parti

cular

s19

91 2

001

2006

2007

(R)

2008

(P)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Num

ber

of C

ases

Strik

es21

20

911

12Lo

ckou

ts 1

92

309

265

276

262

Tota

l 2

13

329

274

287

274

Men

inv

olved

(in T

hous

and)

Strik

es 3

.1

20.

520

0.6

257.

725

8.1

Lock

outs

144

.4

129

.410

4.4

120.

681

.6To

tal

147

.5

149

.930

5.0

378.

333

9.7

Man

days

Los

t (in

lak

hs)

Strik

es 0

.8

13.7

2.4

133.

538

.0Lo

ckou

ts 1

99.7

1

98.8

187.

517

1.4

157.

1To

tal

200

.5 2

12.5

189.

930

4.9

195.

1

Note

: L

ocko

ut i

nclud

es S

trike

Sour

ces:

1. L

abou

r in

Wes

t Be

ngal.

foll

owed

by

Lock

out.

2. L

abou

r Co

mm

ission

er,

R =

Rev

ised

Wes

t Be

ngal.

P =

Pro

vision

al.

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146TA

BLE

12.1

Inci

denc

e of

Maj

or C

ogni

zabl

e Cr

imes

(IP

C) u

nder

diff

eren

t Cr

ime

Head

s in

Kolk

ata

and

Subu

rbs

Num

ber

Parti

cular

s19

91 2

001

2006

2007

2008

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Tota

l (1

to 1

2)81

3856

5340

6146

8854

131.

Note

for

gery

..54

1614

352.

Mur

der

9265

2536

513.

Culpa

ble h

omici

de..

811

1277

4.Da

coity

2126

112

145.

Robb

ery

159

149

5174

866.

Burg

lary

350

148

115

114

138

7.Th

eft

(Tot

al)*

6899

4040

2566

2924

3365

7A.

Auto

The

ft–

–58

162

154

68.

Swind

ling

..86

396

311

2612

739.

Riot

617

275

167

220

211

10.

Dowr

y de

ath

..6

48

1211

.Ra

pe..

1938

4435

12.

Kidn

appin

g &

Abdu

ction

––

9411

411

6*T

otal

thef

t inc

ludes

Aut

o Th

eft.

Sour

ce :

Com

miss

ioner

of

Polic

e, K

olkat

a.

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147148

149150

TABLE 13.1

Expenditure on Civil Defence, Home Guards,N.C.C. and N.V.F.in West Bengal

Rs. in LakhParticulars 1990-91 2000-01 2004-05

(1) (2) (3) (4)

I. Civil Defence 1966.11 2824.19 2462.25

II. Home Guards 1877.77 7223.33 6509.90

III. N.C.C. . . . . 909.77

IV. N.V.F. . . . . 1322.23

TABLE 13.1(Concld.)Rs. in Lakh

Particulars 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1) (5) (6) (7)

I. Civil Defence 2386.12 2302.83 2395.60

II. Home Guards 9047.21 8240.53 9314.76

III. N.C.C. 528.50 851.09 845.45

IV. N . V. F. 1340.35 1372.58 1154.97

Note : N.C.C. has Source: Home (Civil Defence) Deptt., come under the Govt. of West Bengal. administrative control of this Deptt. from Higher Education Deptt. on 29.10.03 and figures of N.V.F. are supplied from 2004-05.

TABL

E 14

.0

Num

ber,

Inco

me

and

Exp

endi

ture

of d

iffer

ent

Loca

l Bo

dies

in

Wes

t Be

ngal

Loca

l Bod

ies19

80-8

1 1

990-

9120

00-0

120

03-0

4(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

) I,

Mun

icipa

l Cor

pora

tions

(i)Nu

mbe

r (T

otal)

23

66

(ii)No

. Re

porti

ng2

3 6

6(iii

)In

com

e (R

s. in

Lak

h)37

92.1

019

492.

5069

904.

9787

807.

60(iv

)Ex

pend

iture

(Rs

. in

Lakh

)40

43.5

022

466.

3075

604.

6275

858.

94II.

Mun

icipa

lities

(i)Nu

mbe

r (T

otal)

9610

411

712

0(ii)

No.

Repo

rting

9610

411

612

0(iii

)In

com

e (R

s. in

Lak

h)29

38.6

513

433.

0065

912.

9559

045.

48(iv

)Ex

pend

iture

(Rs

. in

Lakh

)26

67.7

813

703.

2053

380.

8460

891.

09III.

Kolka

ta I

mpr

ovem

ent

Trus

t(i)

Num

ber

(Tot

al)1

11

1(ii)

No.

Repo

rting

11

11

(iii)

Inco

me

(Rs.

in

Lakh

)72

0.79

1096

.50

3480

.75

3737

.69

(iv)

Expe

nditu

re (

Rs.

in La

kh)

578.

0516

59.1

631

28.3

133

01.0

1IV

.Ko

lkata

Por

t Tr

ust

(i)Nu

mbe

r (T

otal)

11

11

(ii)No

. Re

porti

ng1

11

1(iii

)In

com

e (R

s. i

n Cr

ore)

101.

6526

9.02

859.

1085

6.98

(iv)

Expe

nditu

re (

Rs.

in Cr

ore)

98.3

826

9.02

549.

5367

4.09

TABL

E 13

.0

Sanc

tione

d St

reng

th o

f Ci

vil

Polic

e in

Wes

t Be

ngal

and

Expe

nditu

re t

here

of

Parti

cular

s 1

991

2

001

2006

2007

2008

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Wes

t Be

ngal

(exc

luding

Kolk

ata)

:St

reng

th (

Num

ber)*

588

18

603

0867

209

6765

468

721

Cost

(Rs

. in

Lakh

)* 2

3271

.0

796

05.7

979

428.

2610

4063

.38

1133

72.6

1

Kolka

taSt

reng

th (

Num

ber)

217

46

2620

126

668

2678

127

000(

P)(A

rmed

& U

narm

ed)

Cost

(Rs

. in

Lakh

) 9

395.

40

2435

9.00

4032

2.48

4117

3.00

4693

8.00

(P)

Note

:Co

st Fig

ures

relat

e to

finan

cial

Sourc

es:

(1)Di

recto

r Gen

eral

of Po

lice,

Wes

t Ben

gal.

year

, i.e.,

figur

es fo

r 199

1 rela

te(2)

Inspe

ctor G

ener

al of

Polic

e, W

est B

enga

l.to

1991

-92 an

d so o

n. St

reng

th(3)

Comm

ission

er o

f Poli

ce, K

olkata

.for

1991

relat

es to

stre

ngth

as on

31st

Dece

mber,

1991

.*

The

Telec

om P

erso

nnel

and

Easte

rn F

ronti

er R

ifle B

attali

ons h

ave

been

inclu

ded f

rom

the ye

ar, 2

002.

P =

Prov

ision

al.

TABLE 13.2

Number of Stations, Staff Strength and Expenditure on FireServices in West Bengal

Particulars 1990-91 2000-01 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Number of Stations 80 93 96 102 105 107

Staff Strength (Number) 7030 6810 8088 7889 8084 8509

Expenditure (Rs. in Lakh)1270.81 6655.89 7888.52 7761.68 8109.00 8604.00

Source : Director of Fire Services,Govt. of West Bengal.

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151152

154

Loca

l Bod

ies 2

004-

0520

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(1

)(6

)(7

)(8

)(9

)I.

Mun

icipa

l Cor

pora

tion

(i)Nu

mbe

r (T

otal)

66

66

(ii)No

. Re

porti

ng6

66

4**

(iii)In

com

e (R

s. in

Lak

h)10

3961

.23

1059

21.9

414

2451

.52

1689

77.4

3

(iv

)Exp

endit

ure

(Rs.

in La

kh)

90

570.

5199

604.

5612

0544

.30

1446

73.5

0II.

M

unici

paliti

es

(i)

Num

ber

(Tot

al)12

012

012

012

0

(ii)

No.

Repo

rting

120

119

115*

111*

*

(iii

)Inco

me

(Rs.

in L

akh)

6888

4.69

8809

0.90

9478

8.74

1261

54.9

2

(iv

)Exp

endit

ure

(Rs.

in La

kh)

6492

9.72

8056

0.74

8460

6.63

1060

25.6

5III.

Ko

lkata

Im

prov

emen

t Tr

ust

(i)Nu

mbe

r (T

otal)

11

11

(ii)No

. Re

porti

ng 1

11

1

(iii

)Inco

me

(Rs.

in L

akh)

2691

.78

4559

.68

5495

.75

6865

.57

(iv)E

xpen

ditur

e (R

s. in

Lakh

)30

35.0

827

83.9

028

18.6

829

78.5

8IV

.Ko

lkata

Por

t Tr

ust

(i)Nu

mbe

r (T

otal)

11

11

(ii)No

. Re

porti

ng1

11

1

(iii

)Inco

me

(Rs.

in

Cror

e)10

06.9

4(P)

1118

.29

1271

.95

1366

.23

(iv)E

xpen

ditur

e (R

s. i

n Cr

ore)

658.

23(P

)78

2.37

771.

8375

3.22

Notes

:1.

Kolka

ta Po

rt Tr

ust i

s a

single

por

t hav

ing tw

o Do

ck sy

stems

at K

olkata

and

Hald

ia.

2.Inc

ome

& Ex

pend

iture

of K

PT re

late

to re

venu

e a/c

, whil

e the

same

for K

IT re

late

to bo

th re

venu

e &

Capit

al a/c

3. *

Figu

res f

or f

ive m

unici

paliti

es a

re n

ot av

ailab

le for

the

year

200

6-07

. **

Data

for t

wo M

.C. a

nd N

ine M

unici

paliti

es a

re n

ot av

ailab

le for

the

year

200

7-08

.So

urces

:(1

) Com

piled

by t

he B

urea

u of

Appli

ed E

cono

mics

& S

tatist

ics

from

the r

ecor

ds o

f Loc

al Se

lf-Gov

t. De

partm

ent,

Wes

t Ben

gal

(2) A

nnua

l Rep

ort o

n the

oper

ation

of K

olkata

Impr

ovem

ent T

rust.

(3) A

nnua

l Acc

ounts

of K

olkata

Por

t Tru

st.

153

TAB

LE 1

4.0-

Conc

ld.

TABL

E 15

.0

Leng

th o

f Ro

ads

unde

r th

e co

ntro

l of

Pub

lic W

orks

an

d Pu

blic

Wor

ks (

Road

s)De

partm

ents

in

Wes

t Be

ngal

(as

on

31st

Mar

ch)

(In K

ilom

etre

)Pa

rticu

lars

1991

20

0120

0620

0720

08(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)

A.Su

rface

d17

202

1677

018

074

1816

618

279

(i)Bl

ack

Top

1653

916

335

1776

117

846

1796

4(ii)

Wat

erbo

und

Mac

adam

663

435

313

320

315

B.Un

surfa

ced

569

651

142

179

161

Tota

l (A

+B)

1777

117

421

1821

618

345

1844

0No

tes

:(i)

Figu

res

for

Blac

k To

p ca

tego

ry i

nclud

e ce

men

t co

ncre

te t

ype.

(ii) T

he d

eclin

e in

lengt

h of

roa

ds is

due

to

the

trans

fer

of a

utho

rity

of m

ainte

nanc

e to

oth

er a

genc

ies.

Su

rface

d: A

roa

d co

ated

with

mat

erial

s lik

e ce

men

t,

con

cret

e,Bi

tum

inus,

stone

chips

etc.

,

ov

er e

arth

en b

ase.

Unsu

rface

d: E

arth

en r

oads

with

out

any

la

yer

of r

oad

mat

erial

s.So

urce

: Pu

blic

Wor

ks(R

oads

) De

partm

ent,

G

ovt.

of W

est

Beng

al

TABL

E 15

.0(a

)

Leng

th o

f Roa

ds M

aint

aine

d by

P.W

.D. a

nd P

.W.D

. (Ro

ads)

acc

ordi

ng to

Cat

egor

y in

Wes

t Ben

gal (

as o

n 31

st M

arch

)(In

Kilo

met

re)

Cate

gory

of

Road

s19

91 2

001

2006

2007

2008

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

1.Na

tiona

l Hi

ghwa

y17

10

189

823

2423

3423

34

2.St

ate

High

way

3248

3

235

3337

3337

3337

3.Di

strict

Roa

ds53

40

5833

6330

6330

6372

4.Ru

ral

Road

s74

7364

5562

2563

4463

97

Tota

l17

771

17

421

1821

618

345

1844

0

Note

:Th

e de

cline

in

lengt

h of

roa

ds is

due

to

the

trans

fer

ofau

thor

ity o

f m

ainte

nanc

e to

oth

er a

genc

ies.

Sour

ce:

Publi

c W

orks

(Ro

ads)

Dep

artm

ent,

Govt

. of

Wes

t Be

ngal.

TABL

E 1

5.1

Leng

th o

f Ro

ads

Mai

ntai

ned

by M

unic

ipal

ities

and

Mun

icip

al C

orpo

ratio

ns i

nW

est

Beng

al (

as o

n 31

st M

arch

)(In

Kilo

met

res)

Parti

cular

s19

91

200

120

0620

0720

08(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)M

unici

paliti

es :

Surfa

ced

6045

1325

518

154

1800

6(P)

..Un

surfa

ced

3316

61

7875

6172

34(P

)..

Mun

icipa

l Co

rpor

ation

s :

Kolka

taSu

rface

d14

50

156

016

3616

5016

55Un

surfa

ced

275

270

234

220

225

Howr

ahSu

rface

d16

2

17

626

626

427

0Un

surfa

ced

3

–24

2620

Chan

dann

agar

Surfa

ced

111

16

7*20

3*20

5*20

8*Un

surfa

ced

28

332

*35

7*36

0*36

0*Du

rgap

urSu

rface

d–

191

226

235

293

Unsu

rface

d–

1

0114

615

416

7As

anso

lSu

rface

d..

7012

914

816

2Un

surfa

ced

..90

111

123

135

Silig

uri

Surfa

ced

350

505

527

690

Unsu

rface

d–

2

7011

593

16P

=Pr

ovisi

onal.

Sour

ces

:1)

Distr

ict S

tatis

tical

Hand

book

,*=

Inclu

ding

adde

d ar

ea.

Bure

au o

f Ap

plied

Eco

nom

ics &

Sta

tistic

s,

Wes

t Be

ngal.

2) M

unici

pal

Corp

orat

ions.

Page 48: West Bengal Statistical Handbook 2008

156

157

155

TABL

E 15

.1(a

)Di

stric

twis

e Le

ngth

of R

oads

Mai

ntai

ned

by Z

ila P

aris

hads

, Pan

chay

atSa

miti

es a

nd G

ram

Pan

chay

ats

in W

est B

enga

l

(in K

ilom

etre

)Sl

.Di

strict

2004

-200

5No

.Zi

lla P

arish

adPa

ncha

yat S

amity

& G

ram

Panc

haya

tSu

rface

dUn

surfa

ced

Tota

lSu

rface

dUn

surfa

ced

Tota

l(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)(8

)1.

Burd

wan

595.

0012

10.0

018

05.0

043

05.0

030

06.0

073

11.0

02.

Birb

hum

1009

.00

849.

0018

58.0

090

.00

4027

.00

4117

.00

3.Ba

nkur

a57

1.00

732.

7513

04.4

513

3.16

6680

.00

6813

.16

4.Pu

rba

Med

inipu

r79

3.00

278.

0010

71.0

066

11.0

030

31.0

096

42.0

05.

Pasc

him M

edini

pur6

73.0

041

9.00

1092

.00

2810

.00

1276

5.00

1557

5.00

6.Ho

wrah

498.

7294

8.68

1447

.40

1941

.05

1879

.02

3820

.07

7.Ho

oghly

1468

.55

4413

.44

5881

.99

**

*8.

24-P

arga

nas(

N)73

7.80

698.

0014

35.8

017

20.5

033

53.0

050

73.5

09.

24-P

arga

nas(

S)29

79.4

491

71.9

212

151.

3621

90.5

223

82.3

345

72.8

510

.Na

dia72

7.62

881.

5516

09.1

722

10.6

115

56.6

437

67.2

511

.M

ursh

idaba

d61

4.00

1574

.00

2188

.00

1849

.80

3583

.40

5433

.20

12.

Dina

jpur (

U)39

7.48

181.

6157

9.09

381.

4530

44.6

834

26.1

313

.Di

najpu

r (D)

420.

5715

8.65

579.

2228

8.33

2634

.31

2922

.64

14.

Mald

a67

8.50

230.

5090

9.00

789.

5032

83.0

040

72.5

015

.Ja

lpaigu

ri61

2.66

105.

5471

8.20

848.

5134

51.5

643

00.0

716

.Da

rjeeli

ng50

9.00

1170

.00

1679

.00

93.0

050

8.00

601.

0017

.Co

och

Beha

r44

8.14

576.

6910

24.8

318

1.44

1238

.87

1420

.31

18.

Puru

lia88

4.20

734.

5916

18.7

969

4.00

3361

.00

4055

.00

Wes

t Ben

gal

1461

8.38

2433

3.92

3895

2.30

2713

7.87

5978

4.81

8692

2.68

TABL

E 15

.1(a

)-con

td(in

Kilo

met

re)

Sl.

Distr

ict20

05-2

006(

P)No

.Zi

lla P

arish

adPa

ncha

yat S

amity

& G

ram

Panc

haya

tSu

rface

dUn

surfa

ced

Tota

lSu

rface

dUn

surfa

ced

Tota

l(1

)(2

)(9

)(1

0)(1

1)(1

2)(1

3)(1

4)1.

Burd

wan

939.

3010

62.0

020

01.3

044

29.1

029

14.6

073

43.7

02.

Birb

hum

1009

.00

849.

0018

58.0

098

.00

4169

.00

4269

.00

3.Ba

nkur

a57

3.00

742.

0013

15.7

014

7.16

6949

.00

7096

.16

4.Pu

rba

Med

inipu

r86

6.00

324.

0011

90.0

071

00.0

040

23.0

011

123.

005.

Pasc

him M

edini

pur

873.

0022

4.00

1097

.00

4727

.00

1416

6.00

1889

3.00

6.Ho

wrah

498.

7294

8.68

1447

.40

1943

.05

1878

.00

3821

.00

7.Ho

oghly

346.

0410

02.0

213

48.0

624

15.1

856

94.6

981

09.8

78.

North

24-

Parg

anas

766.

8072

1.00

1497

.80

1827

.00

3319

.50

5146

.50

9.So

uth

24-P

arga

nas4

504.

2998

90.6

714

394.

9627

42.3

542

11.7

169

54.0

610

.Na

dia75

7.00

847.

0216

04.0

222

77.1

916

36.3

839

13.5

711

.M

ursh

idaba

d64

1.00

1537

.00

2178

.00

1891

.52

3410

.90

5302

.42

12.

Dina

jpur (

U)36

6.98

447.

0581

4.03

448.

5042

19.9

846

68.4

813

.Di

najpu

r (D)

420.

5715

8.65

579.

2240

3.24

3277

.71

3680

.95

14.

Mald

a69

4.00

280.

0097

4.00

813.

5032

80.0

040

93.5

015

.Ja

lpaigu

ri65

8.17

60.0

371

8.20

1022

.45

3277

.62

4300

.07

16.

Darje

eling

93.0

0*50

8.00

*60

1.00

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9.00

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70.0

0**

1679

.00*

*17

.Co

och

Beha

r10

9.35

240.

5034

9.85

263.

2557

35.0

059

98.2

518

.Pu

rulia

986.

2064

9.92

1636

.12

697.

0033

78.0

040

75.0

0

Wes

t Ben

gal

1511

3.12

2049

1.54

3560

4.66

3375

4.49

7671

1.11

1104

65.6

0

TABL

E 15

.1(a

)- Co

ncld.

(in K

ilom

etre

)Sl

.Di

strict

2006

-200

7(P)

No.

Zilla

Par

ishad

Panc

haya

t Sam

itie &

Gra

mPa

ncha

yat

Surfa

ced

Unsu

rface

dTo

tal

Surfa

ced

Unsu

rface

dTo

tal

(1)

(2)

(15)

(16)

(17)

(18)

(19)

(20)

1.

Burd

wan

946.

5610

55.1

820

01.7

444

29.9

229

16.1

473

46.0

62.

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hum

1009

.00

849.

0018

58.0

098

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4169

.00

4267

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3.Ba

nkur

a57

8.70

699.

8812

78.5

818

6.56

7078

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7264

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4.Pu

rba

Med

inipu

r90

0.00

357.

0012

57.0

071

93.0

046

53.0

011

846.

005.

Pasc

him M

edini

pur

912.

0027

9.00

1191

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5890

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1647

9.00

2236

9.00

6.Ho

wrah

498.

7294

8.68

1447

.40

1941

.05

1879

.02

3820

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7.Ho

oghly

168.

85+

977.

3911

46.2

424

15.1

856

94.6

981

09.8

78.

24-P

arga

nas(

N)85

4.44

714.

0015

68.4

420

71.0

040

30.0

061

01.0

09.

24-P

arga

nas(

S)53

86.6

513

124.

5618

511.

2122

55.0

144

43.7

766

98.7

8@10

.Na

dia77

8.40

830.

4116

08.8

122

27.7

815

44.6

737

72.4

5+11

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ursh

idaba

d68

8.00

1490

.00

2178

.00

1924

.20

3436

.00

5360

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12.

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jpur (

U)47

9.08

437.

9591

7.03

507.

2545

40.9

050

48.1

513

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najpu

r (D)

432.

1717

6.15

608.

3240

3.24

3277

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3680

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a71

9.50

314.

0010

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1753

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718.

2011

23.8

632

48.3

143

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716

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rjeeli

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508.

00*

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00*

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00**

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h Be

har

140.

5221

3.18

353.

7029

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6237

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6535

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18.

Puru

lia94

0.73

535.

0914

75.8

269

7.00

3378

.00

4075

.00

Wes

t Ben

gal

1619

1.49

2356

2.50

3975

3.99

3503

4.00

8142

9.57

1164

63.5

7*

Road

s m

ainta

ined

by S

illigu

ri M

ohak

uma

Paris

had.

Sour

ce: D

istric

t Sta

tistic

al Ha

nd B

ook,

** Ro

ads

main

taine

d by

DGH

C

B.A

.E&S

.,Gov

t. of

Wes

t Ben

gal.

+ 20

2.58

k.m

. roa

ds in

Hoo

ghly,

262k

.m. i

n Na

dia &

40k.

m. i

n Ho

wrah

main

taine

d un

der P

.M.G

.S.Y

.@

Sur

face

d Ro

ad fr

om P

anch

ayat

Sam

ity &

Gra

m P

anch

ayat

has

bee

n tra

nsfe

rred

to Z

illa P

arish

ad.

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160 161

TABL

E 15

.2 -

Conc

ld.Pa

rticu

lars

2006

2007

2008

Rura

lUr

ban

Tota

lRu

ral

Urba

nTo

tal

Rura

lUr

ban

Tota

l(1

)(1

1)(1

2)(1

3)(1

4)(1

5)(1

6)(1

7)(1

8)(1

9)1.

Num

ber

ofPo

st Of

fices

7640

1111

8751

7639

1111

8750

7639

1109

8748

2.Nu

mbe

r of

Depa

rtmen

tal

Teleg

raph

Offic

es-

4141

-41

41–

3636

3.Nu

mbe

r of

com

bined

Pos

tan

d Te

legra

phOf

fices

233

227

460

233

227

460

287

185

472

Sour

ces:

(1)

Offic

e of

the

Pos

tmas

ter

Gene

ral,

Wes

t Be

ngal.

(2)

Of

fice

of t

he C

hief

Gene

ral M

anag

er,

W

.B.

Telec

om C

ircle,

Kolk

ata.

TABL

E 15

.3

Tele

phon

e Fa

cilit

ies

in W

est

Beng

al (

as o

n 31

st M

arch

)

Parti

cular

s19

91 2

001

2006

2007

2008

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

K

olka

ta T

elep

hone

s*1.

Num

ber

of T

eleph

one

Exch

ange

s68

221

550*

*55

5**

552*

*2.

Num

ber

of T

eleph

ones

3315

64 1

3073

3213

5759

413

7431

013

7436

33.

Num

ber

of T

runk

Tele

phon

e

call

s bo

oked

(in

lakh)

18.2

4 6

.06

3.87

0.15

0.10

4. N

umbe

r of

Tru

nk T

eleph

one

c

alls

effe

ctive

only

(in

lakh)

10.3

5 4

.20

3.29

0.14

0.10

5. N

umbe

r of

pub

lic C

all O

ffices

(a)

Loc

al26

02 2

1072

3350

431

081

2860

0 (

b) S

TD/P

ay P

hone

138

7130

184

2871

131

406

W

est

Beng

al T

elec

om

(exc

luding

Kolk

ata)

1. N

umbe

r of

Tele

phon

e

Exch

ange

s44

8 1

116

1371

1383

1385

2.Nu

mbe

r of

Tele

phon

es68

131

742

905

1243

856

1209

679

1117

703

3.Nu

mbe

r of

Tru

nk T

eleph

one

ca

lls b

ooke

d on

ly (in

'000)

3469

661

10.

370.

184.

Num

ber

of T

runk

Tele

phon

e

calls

effe

ctive

only

(in'

000)

248

3 5

531

0.32

0.15

5.Nu

mbe

r of

pub

lic C

all O

ffices

(a)

Loc

al10

1960

2793

8411

168

9642

(b)

Lon

g dis

tanc

e89

832

199+

+

4883

7++

5365

5++

56

043+

+

*Inc

luding

How

rah a

nd O

ther S

ubur

ban E

xcha

nges

So

urce

s :(

1) O

ffice o

f the

Gen

eral M

anag

er**

Includ

ing o

ne W

LL a

nd o

ne G

SM M

obile

Swi

tch.

W

est B

enga

l Tele

com

Circ

le.++

Figur

es fo

r lon

g dis

tance

Pub

lic C

all(2)

Gen

eral M

anag

er,Of

fices

inclu

de P

anch

ayat,

Nati

onal

High

way,

Calcu

tta Te

lepho

nes.

Villa

ge P

ublic

Tele

phon

es &

S.T.

D.

TABL

E 15

.4

Num

ber

of R

egis

tere

d M

otor

Veh

icle

s i

n W

est

Beng

al (

incl

udin

g Ko

lkat

a)(a

s on

31s

t M

arch

)

(In N

umbe

r)Pa

rticu

lars

199

1

2001

2006

2007

2008

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

1. G

oods

Veh

icles

109

026

1989

1123

5269

2560

7228

9018

2. M

otor

Car

s/Je

eps

232

911

4044

4355

6230

6024

2067

1248

3. M

otor

cycle

,Sco

oter

etc.

4870

8711

0819

118

3382

020

8135

523

5961

34.

Tax

i/Con

tract

Car

riage

s 3

6237

5187

668

926

7270

274

338

5. M

inibu

ses

5524

7489

8051

7793

6. S

tage

Car

riage

s (B

us)

1933

223

898

3611

034

686

3266

77.

Aut

o-Ri

cksh

aws

997

129

324

4031

542

195

4383

08.

Tra

ctor

s/Tr

ailor

s 1

6243

3818

458

828

6343

067

128

9. O

ther

s 7

961

2868

834

812

3739

139

266

Tota

l 9

1876

818

8903

928

7179

931

9830

235

8490

1

Note

:Figu

res

relat

e to

tho

seSo

urce

:Tr

ansp

ort

Dep

artm

ent,

vehic

les f

or w

hich

road

Gove

rnm

ent

of W

est

Beng

al.ta

x wa

s pa

id.

TABL

E 15

.2

Post

s an

d Te

legr

aphs

in

Wes

t Be

ngal

(as

on

31st

Mar

ch)

Parti

cular

s19

9120

0120

05Ru

ral

Urba

nTo

tal

Rura

lUr

ban

Tota

lRu

ral

Urba

nTo

tal

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

1.Nu

mbe

r of

Post

Offi

ces

7258

1093

8351

7553

1112

8665

7639

1113

8752

2.Nu

mbe

r of

Depa

rtmen

tal

Tele

grap

hOf

fices

–36

36–

4242

–41

413.

Num

ber

ofco

mbin

ed P

ost

and

Tele

grap

hOf

fices

860

9095

023

341

664

923

322

746

0

}

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164165

TABL

E 15

.5

Impo

rtant

Act

iviti

es o

f St

ate

Tran

spor

t Un

derta

king

s in

Wes

t Be

ngal

Parti

cular

s20

03-0

420

04-0

520

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)A.

Calc

utta

Sta

te T

rans

port

Corp

orat

ion

1.Fl

eet

Stre

ngth

as

on31

st M

arch

1150

1118

1152

1143

1013

2.To

tal N

umbe

r of

rou

tes

209

196

196

196

196

3.To

tal r

oute

len

gth

(in k

m.)

2369

320

761

2076

120

761

2076

14.

Tota

l len

gth

run

durin

g th

e ye

ar(`0

00 k

m.)

6282

958

564

5180

950

837

4834

35.

Aver

age

num

ber

of b

uses

put

on

road

per

day

769

707

659

635

603

6.To

tal

pass

enge

rs s

erve

ddu

ring

the

year

(in

lakh)

2205

2040

1957

1877

1890

7.To

tal

earn

ing (

Rs.

in lak

h)

6714

.96

6606

.00

7226

.00

7482

.42

7400

.76

(i) E

arnin

g fro

m s

ale o

f tic

kets

(Rs.

in lak

h)

6542

.44

6353

.00

6987

.00

7281

.75

7213

.96

(ii) T

otal

earn

ing f

rom

oth

er s

ourc

es(R

s. i

n lak

h)

172.

5225

3.00

239.

0020

0.67

186.

808.

Tota

l ex

pend

iture

(Rs

. in

lakh)

1510

5.14

1496

0.95

1889

3.00

1912

2.88

1783

7.79

TABL

E 15

.4 (

a)

Num

ber

of R

egis

tere

d M

otor

Veh

icle

s i

n Ko

lkat

a(a

s on

31s

t M

arch

)Nu

mbe

rPa

rticu

lars

199

1 2

001

2006

2007

2008

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

1.Go

ods

Vehic

les 4

8674

64

787

7105

572

576

7435

02.

Mot

or C

ars/

Jeep

s 1

8216

1

2806

3136

3752

3830

4740

4701

3.M

otor

cycle

s/Sc

oote

rs e

tc 1

9884

633

6477

4196

5643

5413

4510

304.

Taxi/

Cont

ract

Carri

age/

Luxu

ry T

axi

190

35

3301

539

293

4055

541

599

5.M

ini B

uses

682

7

118

313

6015

0115

326.

Auto

-Rick

shaw

s 5

705

131

5617

392

1808

318

512

7.St

age

Carri

ages

(Bus

) 5

772

8

105

9431

9617

9755

8.Tr

acto

rs/T

raile

rs 4

458

478

448

4048

5448

569.

Othe

rs 5

267

20

786

2114

721

168

2121

5To

tal

476

745

7

6292

494

7926

9868

1410

2755

0No

te :

Figu

res

relat

e to

tho

se v

ehicl

es f

or S

ourc

e:Tr

ansp

ort

Depa

rtmen

t,wh

ich r

oad

tax

was

paid.

Govt

. of

Wes

t Be

ngal.

TABL

E 15

.5-C

ontd

.Pa

rticu

lars

20

03-0

420

04-0

520

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(R)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

B.No

rth B

enga

l St

ate

Tran

spor

t Co

rpor

atio

n1.

Flee

t St

reng

th a

s on

31st

Mar

ch75

884

185

674

975

12.

Tota

l Num

ber

of r

oute

s 4

4044

044

044

044

03.

Tota

l rou

te l

engt

h (in

km

.)16

2500

1625

0016

2500

1625

0016

2500

4.To

tal l

engt

h ru

n du

ring

the

year

(`000

km

.) 4

3034

3758

637

815

3745

546

082

5.Av

erag

e nu

mbe

r of

bus

es p

ut o

nro

ad p

er d

ay45

042

342

143

051

86.

Tota

l pa

ssen

gers

ser

ved

durin

g th

e ye

ar (

in lak

h)75

4.91

729.

9579

8.31

788.

0910

44.9

57.

Tota

l ea

rning

(Rs

. in

lakh)

4280

.83

4103

.29

4549

.65

4668

.82

6218

.75

(i) E

arnin

g fro

m s

ale o

f tic

kets

(

Rs.

in lak

h)

4152

.03

3909

.43

4463

.84

4520

.83

5830

.16

(ii) T

otal

earn

ing f

rom

oth

er s

ourc

es

(R

s. in

lakh)

12

8.80

*19

3.86

*85

.81*

147.

99*

388.

75*

8.To

tal

expe

nditu

re (

Rs.

in lak

h)10

648.

33**

1084

7.57

**11

851.

70**

1273

5.64

**140

94.1

9**

*Ex

cludin

g th

e am

ount

of

subs

idy r

eceiv

ed f

rom

the

Sta

te G

ovt.

**In

cludin

g de

prec

iation

and

inte

rest. TA

BLE

: 15

.5-C

ontd

.Pa

rticu

lars

20

03-0

420

04-0

520

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(R)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

C.So

uth

Beng

al S

tate

Tra

nspo

rt Co

rpor

atio

n1.

Flee

t St

reng

th a

s on

31st

Mar

ch

488

488

486

486

554

2.To

tal N

umbe

r of

rou

tes

162

162

162

143

143

3.To

tal r

oute

len

gth

(in k

m.)

493

1048

190

3198

929

856

2985

64.

Tota

l len

gth

run

durin

g th

e ye

ar(`0

00 k

m.)

359

7236

246

3765

835

530

3465

45.

Aver

age

num

ber

of b

uses

put

on

road

per

day

332

348

329

314

324

6.To

tal

pass

enge

rs s

erve

ddu

ring

the

year

(in

lakh)

307.

8931

3.65

313.

0030

6.00

860.

937.

Tota

l ea

rning

(Rs

. in

lakh)

35

80.8

237

72.0

675

76.4

980

57.8

572

56.9

0(i)

Ear

ning

from

sale

of

ticke

ts(R

s.in

lakh)

340

1.54

3657

.59

4250

.18

4165

.49

4257

.89

(ii) T

otal

earn

ing f

rom

oth

er s

ourc

es(R

s. i

n lak

h)17

9.28

114.

4733

26.3

138

92.3

629

99.0

18.

Tota

l ex

pend

iture

(Rs

. in

lakh)

805

9.42

8299

.16

9954

.37

1047

5.10

1010

1.60

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TABL

E 15

.6Ac

tiviti

es o

f th

e Ca

lcut

ta T

ram

ways

Com

pany

Lim

ited

Parti

cular

s20

03-0

420

04-0

520

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)1.

Tota

l nu

mbe

r of

car

s(a

)Tr

am31

931

931

931

931

9

(b)

Bus

340

350

338

368

329

2.To

tal

num

ber

of r

oute

s(a

)Tr

am29

2913

1111

(b)

Bus

39

4337

3737

3.To

tal r

oute

leng

th(a

)Tr

am

6863

6666

131

(in K

m.

doub

le tra

ck)

(b)

Bus

12

4016

0011

7711

7711

774.

Aver

age

num

ber

of v

ehicl

es(a

)Tr

am

1

4413

512

412

499

put

on r

oad

per

day

(b)

Bus

2

0620

320

321

622

15.

Tota

l len

gth

of r

un(a

)Tr

am43

5642

4029

3828

4322

70(in

tho

usan

d km

.)(b

)Bu

s17

056

1657

717

687

1855

820

375

6.To

tal

pass

enge

rs s

erve

d(a

)Tr

am47

948

239

038

728

3(in

lak

h)(b

)Bu

s39

537

542

347

250

07.

Aver

age

num

ber

of p

erso

ns(a

)Tr

am51

3150

5850

1649

5547

98em

ploy

ed p

er d

ay(b

)Bu

s23

8322

9522

9522

1422

148.

Tota

l ea

rning

s(a

)Tr

am13

2813

4512

7717

8611

06(R

s. i

n lak

h)(b

)Bu

s21

5422

8025

9929

8431

57(i)

Ea

rning

fro

m s

ale o

f(a

)Tr

am11

1310

6589

789

165

0

tic

kets

(Rs

. in

lakh)

(b)

Bus

2122

2218

2565

2932

3106

(ii)

Earn

ing f

rom

oth

er(a

)Tr

am21

528

038

089

545

6

s

ourc

es (

Rs.

in La

kh)

(b)

Bus

3262

3452

519.

Tota

l exp

endit

ure

(a)

Tram

9112

9691

1097

212

448

1317

9(R

s. i

n lak

h)(b

)Bu

s31

2831

5039

2644

0841

61No

te:

Bus

serv

ices

are

being

ope

rate

d by

Calc

utta

Sour

ce:

Tran

spor

t De

ptt.,

Tram

ways

Com

pany

Lim

ited

from

04.

11.9

2.Go

vt.

of W

est

Beng

al.

TABL

E 15

.5(a

)

Sum

mar

y of

the

Im

porta

nt A

ctiv

ities

of

Wes

t Be

ngal

Sur

face

Tra

nspo

rtCo

rpor

atio

n (L

aunc

h Se

rvic

e)Pa

rticu

lars

200

3-04

2004

-05

2005

-06

2006

-07

2007

-08

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

1.Fl

eet

Stre

ngth

as

on31

st M

arch

2323

2323

232.

Tota

l nu

mbe

r of

rou

tes

99

77

63.

Tota

l rou

te l

engt

h (in

km

.) 7

575

6565

604.

Tota

l len

gth

run

durin

g th

e ye

ar(in

km

.)

1170

00..

....

..5.

Aver

age

num

ber

of l

aunc

h ve

hicles

put

on r

iver

per

day

1515

1919

196.

Tota

l pa

ssen

gers

ser

ved

durin

g th

e ye

ar (

'000)

17

750

1725

017

500

1700

016

300

7.To

tal e

arnin

gs (

Rs.

in lak

h)47

3.71

334.

0363

7.57

601.

4761

5.10

(i) E

arnin

g fro

m s

ale o

f tic

kets

(Rs.

in

lakh

)24

9.85

334.

0338

5.00

370.

8338

0.10

(ii)Ea

rning

fro

m o

ther

sou

rces

(Rs.

in

lakh

)

223.

86.

.25

2.57

230.

6423

5.00

8.To

tal

expe

nditu

re (

Rs.

in lak

h)59

6.63

613.

0383

2.59

890.

1381

0.00

Sour

ce:T

rans

port

Depa

rtmen

t, Go

vt. o

f W

est

Beng

al...

Inclu

ded

in bu

s se

rvice

s sh

own

in Ta

ble 1

5.5

TABLE 16.0Foreign Trade at Kolkata Port (Sea & Air)

Rs. in LakhYear Import Export(1) (2) (3)

1990-91 321992 198757

1995-96 662891 367214

1996-97 652370 321689

1997-98 627425 497587

1998-99 797113 560457

1999-00 848406 574218

2000-01 646505 708415

2001-02 763199 553681

2002-03 1148883 771550

2003-04 1556100 1182319

2004-05 1850966 1712625

2005-06 2679988 16746222006-07(R) 6200344 18023472007-08 6366194 1976834

R= Revised. Source : Office of the Director Generalof Commercial Intelligence andStatist ics, Govt. of India.

TABL

E 15

.5-C

oncld

.Pa

rticu

lars

200

3-04

2004

-05

2005

-06

2006

-07

2007

-08

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

D.W

est

Beng

al S

urfa

ce T

rans

port

Corp

orat

ion

(Bus

ser

vice

s)1.

Flee

t St

reng

th a

s on

31s

t M

arch

8996

4063

972.

Tota

l Num

ber

of r

oute

s14

1410

1215

3.To

tal r

oute

len

gth

(in k

m.)

777

780

572

779

960

4.To

tal l

engt

h ru

n du

ring

the

year

(`000

km

.)95

222

0117

7517

4534

685.

Aver

age

num

ber

of b

uses

put

on r

oad

per

day

3725

2525

456.

Tota

l pa

ssen

gers

ser

ved

durin

g th

e ye

ar (

in lak

h)40

2720

2543

7.To

tal

earn

ing (

Rs.

in lak

h)35

9.52

446.

5738

2.0

369.

1065

9.26

(i) E

arnin

g fro

m s

ale o

f tic

kets

(Rs.

in

lakh)

288.

7326

7.23

227.

0022

7.10

436.

98(ii)

Tot

al ea

rning

fro

m o

ther

sou

rces

(Rs.

in

lakh)

70.7

917

9.34

+15

5.00

142.

0022

2.28

8.To

tal

expe

nditu

re (

Rs.

in lak

h)80

6.61

527.

6259

8.41

728.

5510

49.2

6P

= Pr

ovisi

onal.

R =

Rev

ised.

S

ourc

e: T

rans

port

Depa

rtmen

t, Go

vt. o

f W

est

Beng

al.+

=In

cludin

g La

unch

Ser

vice.

Page 52: West Bengal Statistical Handbook 2008

170

173

171TA

BLE

16.2

-Con

cld.

In Q

uinta

lsSl

.Na

me

of C

omm

oditie

s19

9020

0020

0620

0720

08(P

)No

. (1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

19.

Leat

her

and

Leat

her

prod

ucts

....

1110

011

100

– 2

0.W

ood

and

Tim

ber

(incl.

Tea

kwo

od)

1161

3760

837

1364

977

1714

395

2185

430

21.

Vege

table

Oils

(incl.

all

edibl

e oil

s)

1047

730

060

1609

600

1855

930

1529

610

22.

Kero

sene

1

1192

6823

390

3914

770

4452

348

2780

701

23.

Mine

ral

Oils

(exc

l. Ke

rose

ne)

6999

058

1911

6519

1293

0666

1397

0688

1358

2901

24.

Oil C

akes

4470

431

850

2750

––

25.

Oil S

eeds

39

0573

1320

1372

3014

2719

5218

0 2

6.Fe

rtilis

er &

Org

anic

Man

ure

....

3304

270

3101

193

2237

300

27.

Coal

& Co

ke83

8931

4273

2444

2010

7632

940

1018

3479

8218

2230

28.

Lime

and

Lime

ston

e30

3317

569

1085

9317

1054

7531

1090

5994

29.

Man

gane

se O

re42

44–

4851

2–

690

30.

Iron

Ore

4426

–86

710

1799

044

6773

031

.Iro

n an

d St

eel

1188

7460

9301

340

1169

3840

1473

4574

1642

7950

32M

etal

and

Met

al pr

oduc

ts28

684

2680

–-42

960

4400

33.

Mac

hiner

y an

d Tr

ansp

ort

Equip

men

ts66

420

300

–15

5052

034

.El

ectri

cal

good

s

....

3486

025

6029

5035

.Gl

asse

s(inc

l. m

anuf

actu

ring

item

s)

447

0839

0–

––

36.

Cem

ent

669

242

7988

9221

1660

811

7022

211

1176

337

.Br

icks

177

320

2830

–64

0–

P= P

rovis

ional.

Sour

ce:

Inlan

d Tr

ade

(Rail

,Rive

r an

d Ai

r bo

rne)

o

f In

dia,

D.G.

C.I.S

., Go

vt. o

f In

dia.

172

TABL

E 16

.2Ou

tflow

of

Good

s fro

m W

est

Beng

al t

o ot

her

Stat

es b

y Ra

ilan

d Ri

ver

(Yea

r en

ding

31s

t M

arch

) I

n Qu

intals

Sl.

Nam

e of

Com

mod

ities

1990

2000

2006

2007

2008

(P)

No.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

1.An

imals

Live

stoc

k (in

num

ber)

1064

––

––

2.Fi

sh..

..–

––

3.Ri

ce i

n th

e hu

sk46

059

80–

––

4.Ri

ce n

ot in

the

hus

k18

2590

1554

5014

1970

6136

032

5950

(incl.

rice

flou

r an

d pa

rche

d)5.

Whe

at 5

2840

3047

0–

1250

0–

6.W

heat

Flou

r79

7218

160

––

–7.

Gram

and

Gra

m p

rodu

cts

280

2998

8510

240

2617

0–

8.Pu

lses

othe

r th

an G

ram

and

Gram

pro

duct

s83

350

4471

074

040

3846

9064

1100

9.Ot

her

sorts

of

Grain

(incl.

Jow

ar,

Bajra

,Maiz

e,M

illets

etc

.)25

640

–12

340

––

10.F

ruits

and

Veg

etab

les-F

resh

113

426

430

7923

0022

9145

023

0261

711

.Gur

-Jag

gery

, Gu

r-Sha

kkar

1217

––

4910

–12

.Sug

ar 1

052

2086

475

3247

080

0013

880

13.S

alt–

4786

––

–14

.Jut

e (R

aw)

4924

270

597

––

2500

015

.Gun

ny-B

ags

& Cl

oths

172

8938

1629

062

2887

970

2450

770

4082

770

16.O

ther

Jut

e M

anuf

actu

res

568

7086

092

0–

860

17.R

aw C

otto

n (lo

ose

& pr

esse

d) 4

40–

160

1456

0–

18.C

otto

n M

anuf

actu

red

and

othe

rpie

ce g

oods

5670

–37

020

––

TABL

E 16

.1In

flow

of G

oods

to

Wes

t Be

ngal

fro

m o

ther

Sta

tes

by R

ail

and

Rive

r(Y

ear

endi

ng 3

1st

Mar

ch)

In Q

uinta

lsSl

.Na

me

of C

omm

oditie

s19

9020

0020

0620

0720

08(P

)No

.(1

)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

1.An

imals

Live

stoc

k (in

num

ber)

2597

116

0783

2300

2019

7540

6793

02.

Fish

....

––

–3.

Rice

in

the

husk

103

58–

1389

52–

1240

4.Ri

ce n

ot in

the

hus

k33

5091

1130

2949

6987

4389

288

1708

7644

( inc

l. ric

e flo

ur &

par

ched

)5.

Whe

at 6

8660

1280

2089

2110

1111

7289

1106

9963

6.W

heat

Flou

r53

100

1569

600

1035

783

5769

8054

200

7.Gr

am a

nd G

ram

pro

duct

s 2

7935

263

762

1912

651

458

7540

08.

Pulse

s ot

her

than

Gra

man

d Gr

am p

rodu

cts

6413

4911

8022

7028

089

6811

6860

9.Ot

her

sorts

of

Grain

(inc

l. 5

5720

612

1019

1991

016

6977

212

3214

3Jo

war,

Bajra

, M

aize,

Mille

ts e

tc.)

10.

Fruit

s an

d Ve

geta

bles-

Fres

h 7

2244

021

6416

3104

728

1522

433

4273

460

11.

Gur-J

agge

ry,

Gur-S

hakk

ar 5

990

1715

7162

1065

12–

12.

Suga

r 1

0753

2836

7448

013

4303

6710

1931

7114

3787

8813

.Sa

lt12

5276

628

6265

619

8654

2045

8142

9238

14.

Jute

(Ra

w)41

685

6000

072

0–

–15

.Gu

nny-

Bags

& C

loths

139

0517

4022

475

3050

–16

.Ot

her

Jute

Man

ufac

ture

s 1

064

––

––

17.

Raw

Cotto

n (lo

ose

& pr

esse

d) 7

3010

–17

341

5309

624

4270

18.

Cotto

n M

anuf

actu

red

and

othe

rpie

ce g

oods

271

9616

90–

––

TAB

LE 1

6.1-

Conc

ld.In

Quin

tals

Sl.

Nam

e of

Com

mod

ities

1990

2000

2006

2007

2008

(P)

No.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

19.L

eath

er a

nd L

eath

er p

rodu

cts..

..–

––

20.

Woo

d an

d Ti

mbe

r (in

cl. T

eak

wood

)52

9421

7055

838

7339

2888

3828

5914

21.

Vege

table

Oils(

incl.

all e

dible

oils)

2209

6192

804

6772

014

3561

3209

4322

.Ke

rose

ne

245

–36

1823

2793

7065

8549

23.

Mine

ral

Oils

(exc

l. Ke

rose

ne)

1174

175

4933

596

4722

491

6369

029

8533

459

24.

Oil C

akes

838

017

1816

3147

7645

629

0531

649

9582

625

.Oi

l See

ds

8937

0616

416

7486

6710

4627

013

4523

26.

Ferti

liser

& O

rgan

ic M

anur

e..

..15

8288

8616

0890

0312

3977

1827

.Co

al &

Coke

7598

2093

1042

8536

610

4204

098

1025

7505

712

9073

941

28.

Lime

and

Lime

ston

e65

8983

010

2351

7530

0650

1434

2100

2131

2212

4429

.M

anga

nese

Ore

544

461

3302

5023

3110

034

6550

051

1511

030

.Iro

n Or

e

30

3061

0139

3684

3011

5975

990

1303

5194

019

3656

320

31.

Iron

and

Stee

l10

0992

6210

2063

4118

3276

9120

5917

3720

4166

5332

.M

etal

and

Met

al pr

oduc

ts10

8242

1329

2581

0017

6960

2842

7633

.M

achin

ery

and

Tran

spor

tEq

uipm

ents

1393

114

581

1271

4254

919

1444

0034

.El

ectri

cal

good

s

..

..57

098

9088

960

35.

Glas

ses(

incl.m

anuf

actu

ring

item

s)12

571

440

––

1157

036

.Cem

ent

211

5973

258

3390

3853

7776

8052

2071

5764

2679

5637

.Bric

ks

2177

55–

––

–P=

Prov

ision

al.So

urce

:In

land

Trad

e (R

ail,

Rive

r an

dAi

r bo

rne)

of

India

.D.

G.C.

I.S.,

Govt

. of

Ind

ia.

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174 175

177 176

TABLE 17.0

Status of Banking Operation in West Bengal (as on the last Fridayof December)

Particulars 1991 2001 2006 2007 2008(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Bank Offices (Number) 4216 4430 4622 4783 4991

Deposits 1995605 7310710 13803300 17215300 21263500(Rs. lakh)

Bank Credit 1029985 3212883 8360600 10388800 12555100(Rs. lakh)

Credit Deposit Ratio 51.6 43.9 60.6 60.3 59.0(%)

Note : Deposits and advances relate to reporting offices only.

Source: Reserve Bank of India.

TABLE 17.0(a)-Concld.Rs. Lakh

Particulars All India

2001 2006 2007 2008 (1) (6) (7) (8) (9)Rural :–Number ofOffices 32496 30586 30546 31204Deposits 14952256 24523100 27690700 33346600Advances 6113950 14530500 16880400 19563800Percentageof Adv. toDeposits 40.9 59.3 61.0 58.7Semi-Urban :–Number ofOffices 14632 15646 16743 18329Deposits 20124119 33128000 39226400 48059700Advances 6701254 17324600 21110300 24686500Percentageof Adv. toDeposits 33.3 52.3 53.8 51.4Urban-Metropolitan :–Number ofOffices 19133 23786 25724 28217Deposits 67036595 179145700 227181800 274327700Advances 45599725 146065700 177739600 221698300Percentageof Adv.toDeposits 68.0 81.5 78.2 80.8Total :–Number ofOffices 66261 70018 73013 77750Deposits 102112970 236796800 294097800 355734000Advances 58414930 177920800 215730300 265948600Percentageof Adv. toDeposits 57.2 75.1 73.4 74.8

Source: Reserve Bank of India.

TABLE 18.0

Life Insurance Business in West Bengal

Particulars 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Number of Policies 731780 2039908 3295623 3345882 3603446

Sum assured(Rs.in lakh) 208199 1085263 2731836 1970915 1948980

First YearPremium Income(Rs.in lakh) 10715 58329 137915 98409 169494

*Yearly renewalPremium Income(Rs.in lakh) 36024 189122 484994 512031 658773

* Only renewal premium income Source : Life Insurance for ordinary policies have been Corporation of India.

taken into account.

TABLE 17.0(a)

Deposits and Advances of ScheduledCommercial Banks

(as on last Friday of December)Rs. Lakh

Particulars West Bengal 2001 2006 2007 2008

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)Rural :–Number of Offices 2277 2263 2270 2308Deposits 1150931 1794000 2180100 2648500Advances 258961 673000 866500 966700Percentage of Adv.to Deposits 22.5 37.5 39.7 36.5Semi-Urban :–Number of Offices 563 516 548 612Deposits 911985 1194900 1495000 1867700Advances 155846 373100 448400 521900Percentage of Adv.to Deposits 17.1 31.2 30.0 28.0Urban-Metropolitan :–Number of Offices 1590 1843 1965 2071Deposits 5247794 10814500 13540200 16747400Advances 2798075 7314500 9073900 11066500Percentage of Adv.to Deposits 53.3 67.6 67.0 66.0Total :–Number of Offices 4430 4622 4783 4991Deposits 7310710 13803300 17215300 21263500Advances 3212883 8360600 10388800 12555100Percentage of Adv.to Deposits 43.9 60.6 60.3 59.0

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178 179

180 181

TABLE 19.1

Joint Stock Companies Registered and Gone into Liquidation orStruck Off from the Register in West Bengal

Particulars 1990-91 2005-06 2006-07(R) 2007-08(P) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

1. Registered duringthe year (Number) 2545 6170 6005 9651

Authorised Capital (Rs. in lakh) 39022 121285 787359 359491

2. Ceased to workeither by liquidationor struck off duringthe period (Number) 42 8 20765 . .

P = Provisional. Source : Registrar of Companies, R = Revised. Govt. of India

TABLE 19.0

Joint Stock Companies at Work in West Bengal(as on 31st March)

NumberYear Public Private Total(1) (2) (3) (4)

1991 6443 24619 31062

1995 8334 41805 50139

2000 9454 61179 70633

2001 9589 62461 72050

2002 9683 63630 73313

2003 9765 65027 74792

2004 9871 67056 76927

2005 10051 71201 81252

2006 10233 77180 87413

2007(R) 8507 62369 708762008(P) 8840 71719 80559

P=Provisional. Source: Registrar of Companies,R=Revised. Govt. of India.

TABL

E 21

.0

Inde

x Nu

mbe

r of

Who

lesa

le P

rices

by

Grou

p an

d Su

b-gr

oup

ofCo

mm

oditi

es i

n Ko

lkat

a(B

ase

: 19

52-5

3 =

100)

(Mon

thly

Ave

rage

s)

Grou

p &

Sub-

grou

pW

eight

199

1 2

001

2006

2007

2008

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

I.Fo

od A

rticle

s(4

10)

113

6.5

204

3.5

2416

.625

19.5

2648

.8Ce

reals

461

634

.9

14

15.1

1380

.014

22.3

1355

.0Pu

lses

45 1

783.

4 3

457.

548

35.0

5582

.961

68.1

Fruit

s &

Vege

table

s47

973

.8

219

0.6

2554

.130

21.0

2367

.2M

ilk &

Ghe

e92

129

1.1

19

73.1

2585

.927

16.0

2910

.3Ed

ible

Oil

66 2

240.

0

249

0.7

3342

.136

53.6

3969

.2Fi

sh,

Egg

& M

eat

49 1

355.

9 3

179.

239

43.5

4025

.743

17.8

Suga

r &

Gur

64 1

139.

4

224

2.2

2844

.123

04.2

2798

.3Ot

hers

176

177

1.7

27

69.4

3460

.536

07.1

4062

.2

TABL

E 20

.0

Num

ber,

Mem

bers

hip

and

Fina

ncia

l Po

sitio

n of

Co-

oper

ativ

e So

ciet

ies

inW

est

Beng

al

Parti

cular

s 1

990-

91 2

000-

0120

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)Nu

mbe

r of

Soc

ieties

171

50

2188

527

237

2453

425

524

(a)

Cred

it 1

1932

1

3502

1323

612

657

1268

5(b

)No

n-Cr

edit

521

8

838

314

001

1187

712

839

Num

ber

of M

embe

rs(in

tho

usan

d) 6

741

7

943

9137

9026

9586

(a)

Cred

it 6

044

7

076

8171

8277

8810

(b)

Non-

Cred

it 6

97

867

966

749

776

Wor

king

Capit

al(R

s. i

n lak

h) 1

9069

8

864

204

1655

257

1800

226

1895

355

(a)

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it 1

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5

8361

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2861

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(b)

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it .

.

....

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Note

: E

xclud

ing t

he C

o-op

erat

iveSo

urce

:Reg

istra

r of

Co-

oper

ative

Soc

ieties

,So

cietie

s of

Wea

vers

, In

dust

ries,

Govt

. of

Wes

t Be

ngal.

Milk

and

Fish

eries

.

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184

TABL

E 21

.0-C

ontd

.Gr

oup

& Su

b-gr

oup

Weig

ht19

91

200

120

0620

0720

08(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)II.

Liquo

r an

d To

bacc

o(2

1) 1

663.

3

4457

.153

65.2

5572

.757

79.6

Toba

cco

893

159

1.8

4

468.

654

37.5

5682

.660

15.5

III.Fu

el, P

ower

, Lig

ht&

Lubr

icant

s(5

7) 2

409.

2 6

234.

783

00.9

8284

.891

55.6

IV.

Indu

strial

raw

mat

erial

s(1

16)

169

9.4

39

88.6

5291

.048

95.1

5220

.4Fi

bres

696

787

.3

1609

.219

75.0

1612

.519

35.6

Oilse

eds

149

216

9.5

2

689.

938

12.4

4447

.244

93.4

Mine

rals

7 .

...

....

..Ot

hers

148

556

5.6

16

430.

222

300.

820

339.

920

888.

8

TABL

E 21

.0 -

Cont

d.Gr

oup

& Su

b-gr

oup

Weig

ht19

91 2

001

2006

2007

2008

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

V.M

anuf

actu

red

Prod

ucts

(396

) 9

98.3

18

78.9

2186

.422

12.3

2282

.8In

term

ediat

e In

dustr

ialPr

oduc

ts10

017

12.0

296

8.0

3016

.231

04.5

3064

.1Fi

nishe

d Pr

oduc

ts90

0 9

19.0

1757

.920

94.2

2113

.221

96.0

Text

iles

600

970

.518

98.0

2282

.922

64.4

2296

.2Co

tton

Man

ufac

ture

s89

831.

098

0.7

980.

798

0.7

980.

7Ju

te M

anuf

actu

res

490

991

.7

205

5.8

2508

.524

86.9

2524

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oolle

n21

..

....

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al Pr

oduc

ts80

653

.2

653

.265

3.2

653.

265

3.2

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icals

98 7

02.4

1

755.

221

62.7

2258

.325

93.2

TAB

LE 2

1.0

-Con

cld.

Grou

p &

Sub-

grou

pW

eight

199

1 2

001

2006

2007

2008

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Oil C

akes

8 1

729.

9

5076

.560

04.1

7016

.587

37.2

Pape

r & P

aper

Pro

ducts

39 ..

....

....

Cem

ent

7 2

017.

5

3342

.241

12.5

4869

.950

21.6

Misc

ellan

eous

68 8

98.1

13

08.6

1402

.114

72.1

1540

.1

All

Com

bined

(100

0)12

30.7

24

93.6

3056

.230

66.2

3238

.8

Note

:Fi

gure

s in

brac

kets

ind

icate

the

weig

ht a

ssign

ed in

com

bining

the

five

grou

ps in

to a

sing

le all

- co

mm

oditie

s ind

ex.

Weig

hts

atta

ched

to

vario

ussu

b-gr

oups

with

in gr

oups

are

sho

wn w

ithou

t br

acke

ts.So

urce

:Bu

reau

of

Appli

ed E

cono

mics

&St

atist

ics,

Govt.

of

Wes

t Be

ngal.

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185 186

TABLE 21.0(a)-Contd.Year/Month Misce- Non-food Fibres Oilseeds Other All

llaneous articles non- combi-food food ned

articles articles(1) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)

1991 327.9 288.6 255.6 213.9 464.1 304.61995 364.4 430.2 461.3 278.8 541.6 444.3

1996 392.2 498.6 587.4 281.6 548.5 497.2

1997 502.4 356.8 316.6 271.3 563.7 474.4

1998 607.4 397.1 335.7 362.9 592.8 587.91999 598.8 431.5 415.0 337.8 589.8 580.3

2000 501.6 413.4 415.1 286.7 568.0 590.4

2001 490.4 473.6 516.4 290.2 596.5 602.62002 444.1 461.8 443.6 311.0 695.5 663.7

2003 516.9 434.5 371.6 383.0 655.4 598.9

2004 565.6 439.6 418.1 385.4 560.6 627.22005 564.7 547.0 609.5 387.2 591.1 687.6

2006 604.8 574.1 638.5 411.2 617.2 696.22007 606.4 548.3 519.9 502.2 676.5 748.9

2008 673.2 638.4 623.1 543.4 795.0 733.3

TABLE 21.0(a)

Index Number of Wholesale Prices of Agricultural Commodities inKolkata (Base : 1980-81 = 100)

Year/Month Food Foodgrains Cereals Pulses Fruits SpicesArticles and

Vegetables(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1991 308.4 202.0 194.2 244.6 485.9 395.8

1995 447.7 336.4 328.3 380.7 700.3 480.01996 496.9 346.6 328.4 446.3 863.8 446.8

1997 502.9 344.4 331.0 417.7 778.0 643.2

1998 634.1 370.6 348.7 490.1 1092.9 903.51999 616.3 382.6 364.3 482.7 969.3 1022.2

2000 633.2 454.6 449.4 483.5 953.1 961.8

2001 633.8 447.4 430.9 537.4 993.6 902.1

2002 712.6 413.2 387.0 556.4 1399.4 844.52003 638.7 416.0 391.6 548.9 1105.0 762.8

2004 672.6 417.3 391.8 556.9 1221.1 717.42005 721.7 420.6 390.2 586.9 1417.8 660.82006 725.7 453.2 394.5 774.0 1254.0 972.42007 797.5 473.1 394.9 900.5 1398.6 1254.62008 756.3 465.4 374.3 963.3 1297.6 1022.8

TABLE 21.0(a)-Contd.Year/Month Food Foodgrains Cereals Pulses Fruits Spices

Articles andVegetables

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

2007

January 771.4 478.3 396.5 925.7 1204.3 1510.3

February 777.7 476.4 396.3 914.0 1315.8 1335.1

March 755.8 468.3 396.0 863.7 1272.9 1171.4

April 772.0 471.6 395.8 885.7 1280.9 1209.5

Ma y 766.8 470.3 395.4 880.2 1288.1 1200.0

June 798.8 470.4 395.3 881.2 1420.5 1130.1

July 828.8 472.8 396.0 892.4 1554.2 1163.8

August 820.1 472.9 396.0 893.1 1520.3 1206.3

September 814.1 472.9 394.0 904.2 1485.6 1246.3

October 841.1 472.0 393.1 903.6 1584.7 1233.5

November 821.5 475.1 392.7 925.8 1480.7 1296.1

December 801.4 476.1 392.0 936.2 1375.1 1353.3

TABLE 21.0(a)-Contd.Year/Month Misce- Non-food Fibres Oilseeds Other All

llaneous articles non- combi-food food ned

articles articles(1) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)

2007

January 621.9 562.6 572.5 443.8 683.3 730.7

February 557.6 532.8 550.2 437.7 683.3 730.0

March 613.3 530.1 542.9 429.1 624.6 711.8

April 687.4 515.6 513.3 427.0 632.2 722.0

Ma y 642.1 523.2 478.0 497.2 668.2 719.3

June 662.4 529.8 483.7 486.1 699.4 746.4

July 587.4 538.0 485.2 501.1 715.7 772.1

August 562.4 571.4 532.7 524.2 726.6 771.6

September 561.6 565.1 529.6 522.4 706.9 765.5

October 580.0 565.6 516.0 536.0 725.8 787.4

November 589.4 569.8 519.1 599.5 659.2 772.4

December 611.5 576.0 515.5 622.8 667.9 757.5

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TABLE 21.0(a)-Contd.Year/Month Food Foodgrains Cereals Pulses Fruits Spices

Articles andVegetables

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

2008

January 782.8 476.2 391.8 938.0 1330.6 1296.9

February 752.0 482.3 392.3 974.2 1264.6 1220.6

March 719.0 479.2 392.5 952.9 1198.1 1072.5

April 739.2 472.0 392.3 907.6 1195.4 1024.3

Ma y 716.9 471.7 392.6 904.2 1142.1 972.0

June 718.6 469.7 389.1 909.9 1141.8 969.2

July 784.1 476.7 390.8 946.4 1395.9 966.9

August 778.3 483.3 392.8 977.5 1355.4 975.2

September 770.7 439.6 338.6 991.5 1396.6 970.2

October 786.5 443.9 338.7 1019.3 1422.9 965.1

November 775.7 444.8 339.7 1019.6 1395.9 938.1

December 752.1 445.4 340.6 1018.6 1331.3 903.0

TABLE 21.0(a)-Concld.Year/Month Misce- Non-food Fibres Oilseeds Other All

llaneous articles non- combi-food food ned

articles articles(1) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)

2008January 592.4 576.6 508.7 627.0 682.6 742.6

February 509.0 543.8 518.2 516.4 641.8 711.4

March 494.6 580.7 565.8 529.1 682.4 692.0

April 723.4 593.5 598.4 497.1 702.1 710.8

Ma y 692.4 622.1 621.7 520.9 749.6 698.4

June 717.8 636.6 631.8 545.0 763.0 702.6

July 674.9 640.7 623.4 554.0 792.1 756.1

August 681.6 672.3 663.6 552.6 843.4 757.6

September 721.9 682.6 673.9 544.7 876.7 753.5

October 778.1 700.7 677.0 547.0 951.7 769.8

November 762.2 688.6 674.8 540.1 908.9 758.7

December 729.8 722.0 720.4 546.8 945.1 746.2

Source : Bureau of Applied Economics &Statistics, Govt. of West Bengal.

191

TABL

E :

21.1

Inde

x Nu

mbe

r of

Ret

ail

Pric

es o

f Fo

od A

rticl

es i

n Ko

lkat

a(B

ase

: 19

93 =

100

)

Yea

r/Mon

thCe

reals

Pulse

sRi

ceRi

ceW

heat

&M

ung

Mus

urOt

her

Prod

ucts

Whe

atPu

lses

Prod

ucts

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

200

514

418

220

320

524

819

1 2

006

139

186

231

301

257

217

200

715

419

425

130

828

824

4

2008

*16

821

825

629

934

926

0 2

008

Janu

ary

167

214

255

308

334

257

Febr

uary

164

219

255

296

337

252

Mar

ch17

020

625

730

134

926

1Ap

ril16

921

825

729

532

026

7M

ay16

922

225

629

336

426

3Ju

ne16

922

925

429

938

926

3

TABL

E :

21.1

-Co

ntd.

Yea

r/Mon

thM

usta

rdSa

ltSp

ices

Suga

rGu

rOi

l(1

) (

8)(9

)(1

0)(1

1)(1

2)20

0521

017

816

719

917

720

0622

319

517

220

617

420

0720

225

123

015

618

820

08*

234

268

250

157

189

2008

Janu

ary

214

267

243

154

183

Febr

uary

217

266

244

157

183

Mar

ch24

026

024

515

818

3Ap

ril23

526

624

715

818

0M

ay23

027

325

715

819

8Ju

ne26

727

426

415

820

7

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193TA

BLE

: 21

.1-C

ontd

.Ye

ar/M

onth

Milk

and

Milk

Pro

duct

s

Ve

geta

bles

Milk

Ghee

Potat

oOn

ion(1

)(1

3)(1

4)(1

5)(1

6)20

0520

219

021

619

220

0620

819

724

814

920

0723

921

327

225

620

08*

263

220

201

160

2008

Janu

ary

258

218

267

256

Febr

uary

261

218

202

138

Mar

ch26

221

817

613

6Ap

ril26

221

917

713

7M

ay26

522

118

814

5Ju

ne27

022

319

715

1

194

196195

TABLE : 21.1(a)Consumer Price Index Numbers of Different Articles in Kolkata

( Base : 2006-07 =100 )

Food, Beverage and TobaccoGroups / Cereals Pulses Milk & Oil & Meat, Vege- FruitsSub Groups milk Pro- fats fish & tablesDescription fucts egg(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)June'07 104.3 102.8 106.6 106.2 107.7 101.7 106.5July'07 104.7 104.0 106.8 109.2 106.0 120.6 103.1August'07 106.0 107.8 107.1 112.7 108.7 125.5 95.9Sept'07 105.7 106.5 106.9 110.2 106.3 124.4 119.7Oct'07 106.9 106.1 106.9 110.0 110.5 136.3 81.6Nov'07 107.8 106.8 110.2 113.0 109.4 122.6 79.5Dec'07 107.6 107.8 110.2 117.2 111.6 116.3 82.3Jan'08 108.3 106.6 112.5 118.8 110.4 112.6 85.1Feb'08 109.8 108.2 112.7 122.2 105.5 112.0 85.9March'08 111.4 111.7 115.2 137.7 114.0 94.9 86.1April'08 111.2 111.5 121.1 136.3 120.9 87.8 85.1May'08 111.8 112.2 121.1 132.2 122.1 89.6 114.2AverageIndex 108.0 107.7 111.4 118.8 111.1 112.0 93.7

TABLE : 21.1(a)-contd.

Food, Beverage and TobaccoGroups / Suger etc. Condi- Non- Prepa- Pan,Sub Groups ments & alcholic red meals supari,Descrip- spices beverage etc. toba-tion cco etc.(1) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)

June'07 84.1 111.6 102.6 102.4 109.9July'07 86.0 112.8 102.6 102.7 109.7August'07 86.1 116.4 103.2 102.2 110.0Sept'07 83.9 117.3 104.4 104.7 109.6Oct'07 84.5 117.0 106.7 104.9 109.6Nov'07 85.0 116.7 106.0 105.0 110.9Dec'07 82.4 123.5 108.6 107.0 111.8Jan'08 86.9 124.3 108.6 107.1 112.5Feb'08 89.1 123.7 108.6 108.1 113.5March'08 89.4 124.7 108.6 108.0 112.8April'08 90.3 128.6 109.0 108.1 112.3May'08 90.8 130.3 109.2 108.2 111.7AverageIndex 86.5 120.6 106.5 105.7 111.2

TAB

LE :

21.

1 -C

oncld

.Ye

ar/M

onth

Non-

leafy

Leaf

yFi

shM

eat

Egg

Vege

table

sVe

geta

bles

(1)

(17

)(1

8)(1

9)(2

0)(2

1)20

0520

626

819

621

715

820

0621

128

321

722

415

820

0724

331

422

924

018

720

08*

218

249

237

264

188

2008

Janu

ary

198

235

228

252

200

Febr

uary

217

230

230

239

181

Mar

ch22

424

724

025

417

6Ap

ril24

024

023

127

618

1M

ay21

125

423

728

118

9Ju

ne22

029

025

428

520

1

* Si

x m

onth

s av

erag

e fo

r 20

08.

N.B.

1. T

his s

eries

has

bee

n dis

cont

inued

&

has

bee

n re

place

d by

a n

ewSo

urce

:Ind

ustria

l St

atist

ics O

ffice,

se

ries

with

bas

e 20

06-0

7=10

0

Ra

tion

and

open

mar

ket

price

s.

from

July

200

8 on

ward

s.

Bu

reau

of

Appli

ed E

cono

mics

2. I

ndice

s ha

ve b

een

com

piled

& St

atist

ics,

Govt.

of

W.B

.

on t

he b

asis

of b

oth

Ratio

n

and

ope

n m

arke

t pr

ices.

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200 199

TAB

LE 2

1.2

Cons

umer

Pric

e In

dex

Num

bers

in

Kolk

ata

by M

onth

ly F

amily

Exp

endi

ture

Lev

el

(Bas

e :

1993

= 1

00)

Ye

ar/

Fam

ily e

xpen

ditur

e lev

els (

mon

thly)

Mon

thRs

. 1

toRs

. 10

01 t

oRs

. 20

01 t

oRs

. 35

01 t

oRs

. 50

01Rs

. 10

00Rs

. 20

00Rs

. 35

00Rs

. 50

00an

d ab

ove

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

2005

212.

621

0.3

212.

822

3.0

225.

220

0622

0.9

218.

722

1.2

231.

423

4.3

2007

234.

323

2.3

234.

524

3.6

245.

120

08*

238.

123

6.7

240.

224

9.2

250.

620

08Ja

nuar

y23

7.4

235.

423

7.9

246.

324

7.5

Febr

uary

234.

.923

3.4

236.

824

5.8

247.

4M

arch

237.

023

5.7

239.

524

8.4

249.

8Ap

ril23

7.8

236.

524

0.5

249.

525

0.9

May

238.

823

7.4

241.

225

0.3

251.

7Ju

ne24

2.8

241.

624

5.5

254.

725

6.4

* Si

x m

onth

s av

erag

e fo

r 20

08.

Note

: Th

is se

ries

has

been

disc

onti-

Sour

ce:

Indu

strial

Sta

tistic

s Of

fice,

nu

ed &

has

bee

n re

place

d by

Bur

eau

of A

pplie

d Ec

onom

ics

a ne

w se

ries

with

bas

e 20

06-0

7&

Stat

istics

, Go

vt.

of W

est

Beng

al.

= 10

0 fro

m J

uly 2

008

onwa

rds.

TABLE : 21.1(a)-contd.

Groups / Total Fuel & TotalSub Groups Food Light Clothing,Description Beverage Bedding &

& Tobacco Footwear (1) (14) (15) (16)

June'07 104.7 101.3 101.5July'07 107.3 101.3 100.2August'07 109.0 101.3 101.4Sept'07 109.2 101.3 100.8Oct'07 110.4 101.3 101.5Nov'07 109.2 101.3 102.8Dec'07 109.6 101.4 103.4Jan'08 109.7 101.4 103.6Feb'08 109.6 100.7 105.0March'08 110.9 102.1 104.5April'08 111.6 101.3 103.4May'08 113.1 101.7 104.7AverageIndex 109.5 101.4 102.7

TABLE : 21.1(a)-concld.

Groups / Housing Misc Al lSub Groups ellane- CombinedDescription ous

(1) (17) (18) (19)June'07 100.5 104.8 103.9July'07 100.5 104.5 104.6August'07 100.5 104.9 105.4Sept'07 100.5 104.5 105.2Oct'07 100.5 104.3 105.7Nov'07 100.5 104.6 105.4Dec'07 100.5 106.0 106.2Jan'08 100.5 106.1 106.3Feb'08 100.5 106.6 106.5March'08 100.5 107.9 107.5April'08 100.5 107.9 107.7May'08 100.5 108.1 108.4AverageIndex 100.5 105.8 106.1

Note : Figures are Provisional.Source : Bureau of Applied Economics &

Statistics, Govt. of West Bengal.

TAB

LE 2

1.2(

a)Co

nsum

er P

rice

Inde

x Nu

mbe

rs i

n Ko

lkat

a by

Mon

thly

Fam

ily E

xpen

ditu

re L

evel

(B

ase

: 20

06-0

7 =

100)

Ye

ar/

Fam

ily e

xpen

ditur

e lev

els (

mon

thly)

Mon

thSu

b str

atum

ISu

b str

atum

II

Sub

strat

um II

ISu

b str

atum

IV

All

(Rs.

1 to

600

)(R

s.60

1 to

1000

)(Rs

.100

1to1

800)

(Rs.

1801

& a

bove

)Co

mbin

ed(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)20

07-0

810

6.6

106.

210

6.2

105.

710

6.1

2007

-08

June

103.

810

3.7

103.

910

4.0

103.

9Ju

ly10

5.0

104.

610

4.8

104.

310

4.6

Augu

st10

6.0

105.

610

5.7

104.

910

5.4

Sept

embe

r10

6.2

105.

510

5.5

104.

610

5.2

Octo

ber

106.

610

6.0

106.

010

5.0

105.

7No

vem

ber

106.

210

5.7

105.

610

4.8

105.

4De

cem

ber

106.

610

6.2

106.

310

6.0

106.

2Ja

nuar

y10

6.9

106.

310

6.4

106.

010

6.3

Febr

uary

107.

410

6.4

106.

510

6.2

106.

5M

arch

108.

010

7.7

107.

610

7.3

107.

5Ap

ril10

7.9

107.

710

7.9

107.

510

7.7

May

108.

910

8.4

108.

610

8.0

108.

4

Note

: F

igure

s ar

e Pr

ovisi

onal.

Sour

ce:

Indu

strial

Sta

tistic

s Of

fice,

Bure

au o

f Ap

plied

Eco

nom

ics &

Stat

istics

, Go

vt. o

f W

est

Beng

al.

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203201

TABL

E 21

.4

Cons

umer

Pric

e In

dex

Num

bers

for

Agr

icul

tura

l La

bour

ers,

Wes

t Be

ngal

(Bas

e :

1986

-87

= 10

0)(M

onth

ly A

vera

ges)

Grou

p19

9120

0120

0520

0620

0720

08

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Foo

d15

128

131

432

835

840

2

Gen

eral

15

929

933

835

237

741

5

Note

: F

igure

s fo

r 19

91 a

re c

onve

rted

from

Sour

ce :

Lab

our

Bure

au,

Govt

. of

Ind

ia.ba

se 1

960-

61 =

100

.

Cons

umer

Pric

e In

dex

Num

bers

for

Urb

an N

on-M

anua

l Em

ploy

ees

of d

iffer

ent

Cent

res

in W

est

Beng

al (

Base

: 1

984-

85 =

100

)(M

onth

ly A

vera

ges)

Cent

re19

91 2

001

2005

2006

2007

2008

*(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)Ko

lkata

176

353

412

432

467

482

Khar

agpu

r17

137

144

048

252

452

8

Silig

uri

178

414

474

488

517

525

* A

vera

ge o

f Ja

nuar

y to

Mar

ch.2

008.

Sour

ce:

Cent

ral S

tatis

tical

Orga

nisat

ion,

Govt

. of

Ind

ia.

TABL

E 21

.5

TABL

E 21

.3

Cons

umer

Pric

e In

dex

Num

bers

for

Ind

ustri

al W

orke

rs o

f di

ffere

ntCe

ntre

s in

W

est

Beng

al(B

ase

: 19

82 =

100

)(M

onth

ly A

vera

ges)

Cent

res

199

1

200

120

0620

0720

08(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)1.

Kolka

ta

218

492

620

676

727

2.Ho

wrah

23

0

519

658

703

754

3.Da

rjeeli

ng 1

99

393

458

496

540

4.Ja

lpaigu

ri 1

99

407

461

495

538

5.As

anso

l 2

06

431

543

604

660

6.Ra

nigan

j

201

399

498

531

563

Note

: In

dices

for

200

6,20

07 &

200

8So

urce

: La

bour

Bur

eau,

Gov

t. of

Ind

ia.

ar

e co

nver

ted

from

bas

e :

2001

=100

.

202

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204 205

206 207

TABL

E 22

.0

Budg

etar

y Po

sitio

n (A

ctua

l) of

the

Gov

ernm

ent

of W

est

Beng

alRs

. in

Lakh

Parti

cular

s19

90-9

120

00-0

120

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)I.

Reve

nue

Acco

unt

-(a

)Re

venu

e(i)

Tax

Reve

nue

3177

73 1

0153

1617

0567

120

2003

723

8554

0(ii)

Othe

rRev

enue

s93

151

436

902

6669

1856

2794

6311

98To

tal

4109

2414

5221

823

7258

925

8283

130

1673

8(b

)Ex

pend

iture

-Ci

vil-E

xpen

ditur

e(i)

Deve

lopm

ent

345

637

121

6999

1443

502

1588

391

1901

681

(ii)No

n-De

velop

men

t16

7175

993

346

1668

184

1827

736

1929

761

Tota

l 5

1281

2

2210

345

3111

686

3416

127

3831

442

TABL

E 22

.0-C

ontd

.Rs

. in

Lakh

Parti

cular

s19

90-9

120

00-0

120

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(c

)Sur

plus

(+)

orDe

ficit

(-)(-)

1018

88

(-)75

8127

(-)7

3909

7(-)

8332

96(-)

8147

04II.

Capit

al Ac

coun

t -

(a)

Rece

ipts

(i)Pe

rman

ent

Debt

*40

595

20

6182

715

1914

110

6193

727

5025

4(ii)

Othe

r De

bt11

2680

1538

7758

396

6209

769

388

Tota

l15

3275

2215

704

15

7753

711

2403

428

1964

2(b

)Di

sbur

sem

ents

-(i)

Capit

al Ex

pend

iture

outs

ide t

he R

even

ueAc

coun

t36

862

1322

80 1

6527

220

1822

2687

73(ii)

Rede

mpt

ion o

fPe

rman

ent

Debt

*23

041

1152

934

2003

8426

3569

1612

625

(iii)L

oans

and

Adva

nces

2362

6 9

0798

4894

9512

7866

1317

35To

tal

8352

913

7601

285

5151

5932

5720

1313

3

TABL

E 22

.0-C

oncld

.Rs

. in

Lakh

Parti

cular

s19

90-9

120

00-0

120

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

8(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(c

)Sur

plus

(+)

orDe

ficit

(-)(+

)697

46 (

+)83

9692

(+)

7223

86(+

)530

777

(+)8

0650

9

III.M

iscell

aneo

us(N

et)

(+)

4301

3

(-)78

299

(+)

3862

0(+

)296

663

(-)10

452

IV.

Cash

Bala

nce

Posit

ion(a

)Ope

ning

Balan

ce(-)

9327

(+)3

596

(-)23

109

(-)12

00(-)

7056

(b)

Clos

ing B

alanc

e(+

)154

4

(+)

6862

(-)1

200

(-)70

56(-)

2570

3Ne

t inc

reas

e (+

) or

decr

ease

(-)

(+)

1087

1

(+)3

266

(+)2

1909

(-)58

56(-)

1864

7 *

Inte

rnal

debt

of

the

Stat

e Go

vern

men

tNo

te:T

ax R

even

ue i

nclud

es S

tate

Tax

Rev

enue

and

Sha

re o

f Ce

ntra

lly L

evied

Tax

es.

Sour

ce:

Annu

al Fi

nanc

ial S

tate

men

ts of

the

Gove

rnm

ent

of W

est

Beng

al.

TABL

E 22

.1

Estim

ates

of

Net

Stat

e Do

mes

tic P

rodu

ct o

f W

est

Beng

al b

y In

dust

ry o

f Or

igin

at

Curr

ent

Pric

es(B

ase

Year

: 1

999-

00)

Rs.

in Cr

ore

Indu

stry

1999

-00

2005

-06

2006

-07(

P)20

07-0

8(Q)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1.Ag

ricult

ure

3437

1.65

4428

4.16

4737

6.73

5512

5.53

2.Fo

rest

ry10

00.8

115

99.0

918

40.7

621

05.4

93.

Fish

ery

4391

.72

6621

.66

7657

.79

8584

.44

4.M

ining

and

Quar

rying

1299

.15

2641

.45

2748

.70

2431

.07

5.M

anuf

actu

ring

5.1

Regis

tere

d48

88.9

470

97.7

191

12.7

294

09.7

85.

2 Un

-regis

tere

d58

15.3

010

165.

6812

979.

1414

580.

986.

Cons

tructi

on64

21.5

317

131.

3220

800.

7825

526.

317.

Elec

tricit

y,Gas

and

Wat

er S

upply

1225

.04

2437

.41

2934

.72

3747

.96

8.Tr

ansp

ort,

Stor

age

and

Com

mun

icatio

ns8.

1 Ra

ilway

s14

59.5

127

18.0

932

51.9

534

72.9

7

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210 211

TABLE 22.3Net Collection from Small Savings in West Bengal and India

Rs. in CroreWest Bengal's

Year Net Collect ion* Collection aspercentage to All-

West Bengal India India Collection(1) (2) (3) (4)

1980-81 173.69 1123.21 15.461990-91 893.34 7971.33 11.211991-92 582.00 5655.47 10.291992-93 595.00 4537.92 13.111993-94 1272.00 7157.30 17.771994-95 2025.00 14425.65 14.041995-96 2024.00 10075.58 20.091996-97 2108.04 12131.29 17.381997-98 3790.11 20412.20 18.571998-99 4690.74 28540.78 16.441999-00 5584.34 32213.00 17.342000-01 6386.93 37578.97 17.002001-02 6781.56 37767.84 17.962002-03 7613.08 50937.17 14.952003-04 8308.29 61944.08 13.412004-05 9645.53 84221.29 11.452005-06 9895.53 67571.70 14.642006-07 6238.93 36761.24 16.972007-08(P) 490.64 (-)11212.25 (–)4.38

P = Provisional Sources : (1) Directorate of Small Savings,* Post Office Savings only. West Bengal.

(2) National Savings Commissioner,Government of India, Nagpur.

(3 ) Ministry of Finance, Deptt. ofEconomic Affairs,Government of India.

TABL

E 2

2.1-

Conc

ld.Rs

. in

Cror

eIn

dustr

y19

99-0

020

05-0

620

06-0

7(P)

2007

-08(

Q)(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)8.

2Tr

ansp

ort

byot

her

mea

nsan

d St

orag

e56

46.0

990

93.6

610

388.

1711

604.

038.

3Co

mmun

icatio

ns14

98.6

928

94.6

333

02.6

040

92.5

49.

Trad

e, H

otels

&Re

stau

rant

s19

772.

9035

062.

8942

700.

2647

123.

8110

.Ba

nking

&In

sura

nce

9228

.53

1277

4.99

1514

9.62

1633

7.88

11.

Real

Esta

te,

Owne

rship

of D

wellin

gs a

nd B

usine

ssSe

rvice

s90

71.0

723

442.

6828

032.

6033

758.

9212

.Pu

blic

Adm

inistr

ation

6395

.94

9595

.63

9806

.35

1116

0.87

13.

Othe

r Se

rvice

s12

811.

9520

583.

9422

691.

6725

834.

42To

tal

1252

98.8

220

8144

.99

2407

74.5

627

4897

.00

Per

Cap

ita I

ncom

e (R

s.)

1588

8.36

2453

3.25

2807

2.77

3172

1.69

Note

: Es

timat

es h

ave

been

rev

ised

on t

he b

asis

of u

pto

date

info

rmat

ion.

P =

Prov

ision

al

Q =

Quick

Sou

rce

: Bu

reau

of

Appli

ed E

cono

mics

& S

tatis

tics,

Gov

ernm

ent

of W

est

Beng

al.

TABL

E 22

.2

Estim

ates

of

Net

Stat

e Do

mes

tic P

rodu

ct

of W

est

Beng

al b

y In

dust

ry o

f Or

igin

at

Cons

tant

(19

99-0

0) P

rices

Rs.

in Cr

ore

Indu

stry

1999

-00

2005

-06

2006

-07(

P)20

07-0

8(Q)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5

)1.

Agric

ultur

e34

371.

6538

151.

4838

905.

4040

904.

722.

Fore

stry

1000

.81

1514

.47

1653

.31

1835

.34

3.Fi

sher

y43

91.7

249

51.8

753

16.7

556

81.8

34.

Mini

ng a

ndQu

arry

ing12

99.1

520

29.6

820

62.0

318

68.3

65.

Man

ufac

turin

g5.

1 Re

giste

red

4888

.94

5238

.83

5723

.91

5844

.73

5.2

Un-re

giste

red

5815

.30

8479

.10

9937

.30

1006

6.80

6.Co

nstru

ction

6421

.53

1246

1.84

1429

1.64

1666

0.92

7.El

ectri

city,

Gas

and

Wat

er S

upply

1225

.04

2046

.17

2090

.84

2166

.68

8.Tr

ansp

ort,

Stor

age

and

Com

mun

icatio

ns8.

1 Ra

ilway

s14

59.5

127

10.1

229

73.3

532

28.7

8

TABL

E 22

.2-C

oncld

.Rs

. in

Cror

eIn

dustr

y19

99-0

020

05-0

620

06-0

7(P)

2007

-08(

Q)(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)8.

2 Tr

ansp

ort

byot

her

mea

nsan

d St

orag

e56

46.0

980

73.8

487

29.7

091

85.7

18.

3Co

mmun

icatio

ns14

98.6

945

70.0

053

96.1

964

38.7

4 9

.Tr

ade,

Hot

els &

Re

stau

rant

s19

772.

9027

577.

1330

780.

2532

947.

6410

. Ba

nking

&In

sura

nce

9228

.53

1136

3.89

1366

3.16

1531

0.27

11.

Real

Esta

te,

Owne

rship

of D

wellin

gs a

nd B

usine

ss

Serv

ices

9071

.07

1764

9.40

1999

9.60

2264

9.26

12.

Publ

icAd

min

istra

tion

6395

.94

7542

.74

7256

.44

7718

.64

13.

Othe

r Se

rvice

s12

811.

9517

121.

2617

789.

4518

789.

25To

tal

1252

98.8

217

1481

.82

1865

69.3

220

1297

.67

Pe

r Ca

pita

Inco

me

(Rs.

)15

888.

3620

211.

9021

752.

7923

228.

71No

te :

Est

imat

es h

ave

been

rev

ised

onSo

urce

:Bur

eau

of A

pplie

d Ec

onom

ics &

Sta

tistic

s,th

e ba

sis o

f up

to d

ate

infor

mat

ion.

Gove

rnm

ent

of W

est

Beng

al.

P=

Prov

ision

alQ

= Qu

ick

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214 215

TABLE 23.0

Outlay and Expenditure under the Seventh Five-Year Plan (1985-90)by Major Heads of Development in West Bengal

Rs. in LakhMajor Heads of Development Agreed Actual Percentage

Outlays Expenditure to TotalExpenditure

(1) (2) (3) (4)I. Agriculture and Allied Activities 29500 26110 5.66II. Rural Development* 39975 67856 14.70III. Co-operation 5000 3558 0.77IV. Irrigation and Flood Control 40000 41652 9.03V. Energy 124925 126232 27.36

VI. Industry and Minerals 31500 38264 8.29VII. Transport 21730 29104 6.31VIII. Scientific Services and

Research 660 393 0.09IX. Social and Community

Services 96045 103847 22.50X. General Economic Services 20377 19178 4.16XI. General Services 2788 5224 1.13

Grand Total 412500 461418 100.00* Includes both Normal Plan and Source : Finance (Budget)

Supplement Plan as per Actual Department,Expenditure of State Five-Year Government ofPlan (Yellow Book) for 1985-90 West Bengal.of the Finance Deptt., Govern-ment of West Bengal.

TABLE 23.1

Expenditure under the Annual Plans preceding Eighth Five-YearPlan by Major Heads of Development in West Bengal

Rs. in LakhAnnual Plans*Major Heads of Development

1990-91 1991-92(Actual) (Actual)

(1) (2) (3)I. Agriculture and Allied Activities 6852.75 5420.43II. Rural Development 25409.71 26655.06III. Special Areas Programme 1825.19 2253.10IV. Irrigation and Flood Control 12291.96 10778.39V. Energy 37134.74 32255.17

VI. Industry and Minerals 7399.17 6441.13VII. Transport 8117.86 6021.75VIII. Communications - -IX. Science, Technology and

Environment 112.12 110.09X. General Economic Services 5451.02 2380.00XI. Social Services 23515.69 21959.22XII. General Services 917.16 983.84

Grand Total 129027.37 115258.18* Includes both Normal Plan and Source : Finance (Budget)

Supplement Plan as per White Department,Book (Abstract) of the Finance Government ofDeptt., Government of West Bengal. West Bengal.

TABLE 23.2

Outlay and Expenditure under the Eighth Five-Year Plan (1992-97)by Major Heads of Development in West Bengal

Rs. in LakhAgreed Total * Percentage

Major Heads of Outlay Expenditure toDevelopment Eighth Plan 1992-97 Total

1992-97 (Actual) Expenditure(1) (2) (3) (4)

I. Agriculture andAllied Activities 60932.00 36163.71 3.71

II. Rural Development 68662.00 166530.73 17.06III. Special Areas

Programme 14435.00 34127.04 3.50IV. Irrigation and Flood

Control 119800.00 86916.43 8.90V. Energy 302088.00 287367.07 29.44

VI. Industry and Minerals 107478.00 70242.82 7.20VII. Transport 57515.00 59562.66 6.10VIII. Science, Technology

and Environment 2587.00 781.70 0.08IX. General Economic

Services 9455.00 34304.71 3.51X. Social Services 239231.00 188463.30 19.31XI. General Services 10817.00 11650.52 1.19

Grand Total 993000.00 976110.69 100.00* Including both Normal Plan and Supplement

Plan as per White Book (Abstract) of theFinance Deptt., Government of West Bengal.Sources : 1. Finance (Budget) Deptt., Government of West Bengal.

2. Plan Expenditure, Eighth Five-Year Plan period (1992-97) of the Finance (Budget) Department,Government of West Bengal.

TABLE 23.3Outlay and Expenditure under the Ninth Five-Year Plan(1997-2002)

by Major Heads of Development in West Bengal

Rs. in LakhMajor Heads of Outlay Total Percentage

Development Ninth Plan Expenditure* to Total(1997-2002) (1997-2002) Expenditure

(1) (2) (3) (4)I. Agriculture and Allied

Activit ies 79106.00 66220.41 3.15II. Rural Development 101885.00+ 180212.34 8.57

III. Special Areas Progr-amme 47100.00 72806.78 3.46

IV. Irrigation and FloodControl 149900.00 162173.31 7.71

V . Energy 563719.00 618486.29 29.41VI . Industry and Minerals 124975.00 147067.05 6.99

VII. Transport 123314.00 221188.19 10.52VIII. Science, Technology

and Environment 6208.00 8085.52 0.39IX. General Economic

Services 39961.00 58961.23 2.80X. Social Services 415849.00 506495.73 24.09

Xi. General Services 37983.00 61278.01 2.91Grand Total 1690000.00 2102974.86 100.00

* Including both Normal Source :Finance (Budget) Department,Plan and Supplement Plan Government of West Bengal.as per White Book (Abstract)of the Finance (Budget) Deptt.,Government of West Bengal.

Includes Supplement Plan for 2001-02.+ Including Integrated Rural Energy Programme.

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220219TA

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Tra

nspo

rt30

.00

7.20

5.70

(iv)

Oth

er T

rans

port

26.8

55.

616.

16

TABL

E 2

3.5

- Con

td.

Outla

y an

d Ex

pend

iture

und

er th

e El

even

th

Five

-Yea

r Pl

an (

2007

-201

2) in

Wes

t Ben

gal

Rs. i

n cr

ore

Secto

r and

Hea

dsPr

ojecte

dEx

pend

iture

of D

evelo

pmen

tOu

tlay

Elev

enth

Plan

2007

-08

2008

-09

(200

7-20

12)

(Rev

ised)

(Bud

get)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

VIII.

Scie

nce,

Tec

hnol

ogy

& En

viro

nmen

t32

5.00

74.6

171

.84

IX.

Gen

eral

Eco

nom

icS

ervi

ces

244.

8553

.77

84.2

1i)

Secr

etar

iat

Econ

omic

Serv

ices

12.1

02.

303.

20ii)

Tour

ism

110.

509.

7024

.50

iii)

Surv

eys

& St

atis

tics

1.25

0.22

0.33

iv)

Dist

rict

Plan

ning

78.5

0–

–v)

Oth

er G

ener

al E

cono

mic

Serv

ices

42.5

041

.55

56.1

8X

.So

cial

Ser

vice

s22

847.

4640

49.9

454

68.5

2i)

Gen

eral

Edu

catio

n36

94.3

778

4.43

959.

26ii)

Tech

nica

l Edu

catio

n64

8.45

94.9

113

4.47

iii)

Spor

ts &

You

th S

ervi

ces

204.

4565

.69

95.6

4iv

)Ar

t & C

ultur

e11

0.80

23.2

726

.11

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TABL

E 2

3.5-

Con

td.

Outla

y an

d Ex

pend

iture

und

er th

e El

even

th F

ive-

Year

Pla

n (2

007-

2012

) in

Wes

t Ben

gal

Rs. i

n cr

ore

Secto

r and

Hea

dsPr

ojecte

dEx

pend

iture

of D

evelo

pmen

tOu

tlay

Elev

enth

Plan

2007

-08

2008

-09

(200

7-20

12)

(Rev

ised)

(Bud

get)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

X.

Soci

al S

ervi

ces

v)M

edic

al &

Pub

lic H

ealth

(incl

udin

g E.

S.I.

&Fa

mily

Wel

fare

)38

97.3

043

5.33

504.

15vi

)W

ater

Sup

ply

&Sa

nita

tion

2013

.62

310.

7033

5.70

vii)

Hous

ing

(incl

udin

gPo

lice

Hous

ing)

698.

0913

7.19

133.

89vi

ii)U

rban

Dev

elop

men

t(in

clud

ing

Stat

e Ca

pita

lPr

ojec

ts)

6331

.72

1280

.62

2006

.43

ix)

Info

rmat

ion

& Pu

blic

ity20

.14

6.57

5.79

226 227

228

TABL

E 23

.6

Mov

emen

t in

(Pe

r Ca

pita

) Pl

an E

xpen

ditu

re i

nW

est

Beng

al

Stat

e Pl

anPe

r Ca

pita

Plan

Inde

x of

Per

Cap

itaYe

arEx

pend

iture

Expe

nditu

rePl

an E

xpen

ditur

e(R

s. i

n Cr

ore)

(Rs.

)(B

ase

: 19

70-7

1=10

0)(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)19

70-7

158

.08

12.4

110

0.00

1980

-81

420.

3577

.68

625.

9519

90-9

112

90.2

719

1.40

1542

.30

1995

-96

2466

.82

335.

3427

02.1

819

96-9

727

25.0

336

4.73

2939

.00

1997

-98

2962

.47

390.

6331

47.7

019

98-9

938

60.7

050

1.79

4043

.43

1999

-00

3918

.84

502.

3140

47.6

220

00-0

156

47.9

970

6.88

5696

.05

2001

-02*

4639

.74

574.

3846

28.3

620

02-0

327

11.1

433

0.67

2664

.54

2003

-04

2529

.47

304.

3324

52.3

020

04-0

537

53.5

444

5.63

3590

.89

2005

-06

5989

.75

705.

9956

88.8

820

06-0

769

35.4

880

8.63

6515

.95

2007

-08(

Revis

ed)

9589

.50

1106

.58

8916

.84

2008

-09(

Budg

et)

1074

5.23

1227

.94

9894

.76

Note

s:1)

Sta

te P

lan E

xpen

ditur

e co

mpr

ises

Norm

al Pl

an,

Outla

ys t

o be

met

by

auto

nom

ous

bodie

s an

d Su

pplem

ent

Plan

upt

o 20

02-0

3 an

d ex

clude

sCe

ntra

lly S

pons

ored

Sch

emes

and

Cen

tral

Sect

or S

chem

es.

2) P

er C

apita

Plan

Exp

endit

ure

is ba

sed

on m

id-ye

ar p

opula

tion

as e

stim

ated

by R

egist

rar

Gene

ral

of I

ndia

.*I

nclud

es S

upple

men

t Pl

an.

Sou

rce

: Fi

nanc

e (B

udge

t) De

ptt.,

Gov

ernm

ent

of W

est

Beng

al.TA

BLE

23.

5 - C

oncld

.Ou

tlay

and

Exp

endi

ture

und

er th

e El

even

th F

ive-

Year

Pla

n ( 2

007-

12 )

in W

est B

enga

lRs

. in

cror

eSe

ctor a

nd H

eads

Proje

cted

Expe

nditu

reof

Dev

elopm

ent

Outla

yEl

even

th P

lan20

07-0

820

08-0

9(2

007-

2012

)(R

evise

d)(B

udge

t)(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)

X.

Soci

al S

ervi

ces

x)W

elfa

re o

f Sc

hedu

led

Cast

es,

Sche

dule

d Tr

ibes

&O

ther

Bac

kwar

d C

lass

es65

6.87

141.

1318

8.92

xi)

Labo

ur &

Em

ploy

men

t24

3.34

14.2

155

.21

xii)

Soci

al S

ecur

ity &

Wel

fare

1815

.66

516.

3172

5.59

xiii)

Nutri

tion

1436

.19

164.

9421

3.06

xiv)

Oth

er S

ocia

l Se

rvic

es10

76.4

674

.64

84.3

0XI

)G

ener

al S

ervi

ces

624.

7719

3.11

256.

09

Gra

nd T

otal

6377

9.00

9589

.50

1074

5.23

Note

:Th

e ou

tlay

Rs.

1006

66 la

kh u

nder

' Ene

rgy

' Sec

tor

to b

e m

et fr

om t

hene

t in

tern

al r

esou

rces

of

Auto

nom

ous

Bodi

es h

ave

been

tak

en in

to a

ccou

nt.

C

onse

quen

tly t

he o

utla

y un

der

Powe

r &

Ener

gy w

ould

be

Rs.

2049

29 la

kh,

Rs.

2060

29 la

kh r

espe

ctiv

ely.

Acc

ordi

ngly,

the

Gra

nd T

otal

wou

ld b

e Rs

. 11

7518

9la

kh.

* In

clud

ing

Fore

stry

& W

ild L

ife.

So

urce

s :

1) F

inan

ce

(Bud

get )

Dep

artm

ent,

+In

clud

ing

AIBP

G

over

nmen

t of W

est B

enga

l.2)

Ann

ual P

lan,

Dev

elop

men

t &

Plan

ning

Depa

rtmen

t,

G

over

nmen

t of W

est B

enga

l.

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TABL

E 24

.0

Dist

rictw

ise

Impo

rtant

Tou

rist

Spot

s wi

th D

ista

nce

from

Kol

kata

and

Num

ber

of B

eds

in d

iffer

ent

type

s of

Lod

ges

Mai

ntai

ned

by d

iffer

ent

Govt

. De

partm

ents

(as

on 3

0.9.

2008

)

Dist

rictw

iseRo

ute

Dista

nce

No.

of b

eds

main

taine

d by

impo

rtant

from

*W.B

.W

.B.

W.B

.W

.B.

D.G.

H.C

tour

ist s

pots

Kol-

Tour

ismYo

uth

Fore

stBe

n-ka

taDe

velop

-Se

rvi-

Dev.

fish

men

tce

sCo

rpn.

(Km

.)Co

rpn.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Sout

h 24

Par

gana

sBa

kkha

li via

Nam

khan

a13

150

––

––

Fras

erga

nj via

Nam

khan

a12

9–

––

40–

Gang

asag

ar v

ia Na

mkh

ana

140

––

––

Diam

ond

Harb

our

via A

mta

la48

60–

–32

–Sa

jnekh

ali v

ia Ba

sant

i13

073

––

––

Kakd

wip

via D

iamon

d Ha

rbou

r96

––

–22

229 230

TABL

E 24

.0-C

ontd

.Di

stric

twise

Rout

eDi

stanc

eNo

. of

bed

s m

ainta

ined

byim

porta

ntfro

mW

.B.

W.B

.W

.B.

W.B

.D.

G.H.

Cto

urist

spo

tsKo

l-To

urism

Yout

hFo

rest

Ben-

kata

Deve

lop-

Serv

i-De

v.fis

hm

ent

ces

Corp

n.(K

m.)

Corp

n.(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)(8

)No

rth 2

4-Pa

rgan

asPe

rmad

an v

ia Bo

ngao

n10

0–

––

––

Uday

acha

l15

54–

––

–(B

idhan

naga

r)M

alanc

ha20

16–

––

–(B

arra

ckpu

r)Ko

lkata

––

72–

––

(Mou

lali

Yuba

Ken

dra)

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TABL

E 24

.0-C

ontd

.Di

stric

twise

Rout

eDi

stanc

eNo

. of

bed

s m

ainta

ined

byim

porta

ntfro

m*W

.B.

W.B

.W

.B.

W.B

.D.

G.H.

Cto

urist

spo

tsKo

l-To

urism

Yout

hFo

rest

Ben-

kata

Deve

lop-

Serv

i-De

v.fis

hm

ent

ces

Corp

n.(K

m.)

Corp

n.(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)(8

)M

idna

pore

Digh

avia

Nor

ghat

183

6487

–36

–Di

gha

2nd

Tour

ist l

odge

via N

orgh

at18

3–

––

––

Sank

arpu

rvia

Nor

ghat

180

––

–20

–Jh

argr

amvia

Kha

ragp

ur18

1–

––

––

Naya

char

via H

aldia

Isla

nd13

5–

––

––

Kank

rajho

revia

Jha

rgra

m &

Belp

ahar

i22

5–

––

––

Ranis

hiram

ani

Pary

atak

Aba

s13

824

Hatib

ari

via J

harg

ram

216

––

––

231232

233234

TAB

LE 2

4.0

-Con

td.

Dist

rictw

iseRo

ute

Dista

nce

No.

of b

eds

main

taine

d by

impo

rtant

from

*W.B

.W

.B.

W.B

.W

.B.

D.G.

H.C

tour

ist s

pots

Kol-

Tour

ismYo

uth

Fore

stBe

n-ka

taDe

velop

-Se

rvi-

Dev.

fish

men

tce

sCo

rpn.

(Km

.)Co

rpn.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Howr

ahGa

diara

via B

agna

n or

Nurp

ur10

088

––

––

Howr

ah–

5–

24–

––

Hoog

hly

Tara

kesw

arvia

She

orap

huli

6847

––

––

Bank

ura

Bank

ura

via B

ishnu

pur

187

––

––

–M

ukut

mon

ipur

via K

olagh

at22

6–

3728

––

Bish

nupu

rvia

Ara

mba

gh15

254

––

––

Susu

niavia

Ban

kura

..–

––

––

Burd

wan

Burd

wan

..Du

rgap

urvia

Bur

dwan

182

54–

––

–M

aitho

nvia

Bur

dwan

242

18–

––

–Ch

uruli

avia

Asa

nsol

228

––

––

TABL

E 24

.0-C

ontd

.Di

stric

twise

Rout

eDi

stanc

eNo

. of

bed

s m

aint

aine

d by

impo

rtant

from

*W.B

.W

.B.

W.B

.W

.B.

D.G.

H.C.

tour

ist s

pot

Kol-

Tour

ismYo

uth

Fore

stBe

n-ka

taDe

velop

-Se

rvi-

Dev.

fish

men

t Co

rpn.

ces

Corp

n.(K

m.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Mur

shid

abad

Lalba

g via

Kris

hnan

agar

222

–56

––

Berh

ampo

re v

ia Kr

ishna

naga

r21

142

––

30–

Mal

da

Mald

a via

Ber

ham

pore

349

2641

––

Utta

r Di

najp

ur

Raigu

nge

via M

alda

425

34–

––

TABL

E 24

.0-C

ontd

.Di

stric

twise

Rout

eDi

stanc

eNo

. of

bed

s m

aint

aine

d by

impo

rtant

from

*W.B

.W

.B.

W.B

.W

.B.

D.G.

H.C

tour

ist s

pots

Kol-

Tour

ismYo

uth

Fore

stBe

n-ka

taDe

velop

-Se

rvi-

Dev.

fish

men

tce

sCo

rpn.

(Km

.)Co

rpn.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Birb

hum

Bolpu

rvia

Bur

dwan

212

93–

––

–(S

antin

iketa

n)Ba

kres

war

via D

ubra

jpur

229

–68

––

–M

assa

njore

––

27–

––

Puru

lia P

uruli

avia

Bish

nupu

r29

7–

36–

––

Ajod

hya

Hills

via P

uruli

a &

Sirk

abad

353

––

––

–Du

arsin

ivia

Pur

ulia

&Du

brajp

ur27

8–

–6

––

Garp

arch

kot

via P

uruli

a &

Asan

sol

252

––

37–

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TABL

E 24

.0-C

ontd

.Di

stric

twise

Rout

eDi

stanc

eNo

. of

bed

s m

ainta

ined

byim

porta

ntfro

m*W

.B.

W.B

.W

.B.

W.B

.D.

G.H.

Cto

urist

spo

tsKo

l-To

urism

Yout

hFo

rest

Ben-

kata

Deve

lop-

Serv

i-De

v.fis

hm

ent

ces

Corp

n.(K

m.)

Corp

n.(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)(8

)Da

rjeel

ing

Miri

kvia

Silig

uri

624

––

––

40

Kurs

eong

via S

iligur

i63

332

––

––

Sand

akph

uvia

Silig

uri

708

––

––

55

Phulu

tvia

Silig

uri

731

––

––

18

Lava

via S

iligur

i68

8–

–56

–8

Luleg

aon

via S

iligur

i70

0–

–49

–33

TABL

E 24

.0-C

ontd

.Di

stric

twise

Rout

eDi

stanc

eNo

. of

bed

s m

ainta

ined

byim

porta

ntfro

m*W

.B.

W.B

.W

.B.

W.B

.D.

G.H.

Cto

urist

spo

tsKo

l-To

urism

Yout

hFo

rest

Ben-

kata

Deve

lop-

Serv

i-De

v.fis

hm

ent

ces

Corp

n.(K

m.)

Corp

n.(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)(8

)Ja

lpai

guri

Jalpa

iguri

via S

iligur

i65

0–

––

––

Mur

ti Ba

nani

via S

iligur

i72

4–

––

––

Baro

dabr

yvia

Silig

uri

690

––

21–

–M

albaz

arvia

Silig

uri

630

20–

–14

–Ar

anya

kM

adar

ihat

via S

iligur

i70

757

––

––

(Jald

apar

a)Ho

long

via S

iligur

i70

2Ja

ldhak

a(Jh

along

)75

4–

–4

––

Garu

bath

an71

7–

–8

––

Pare

nvia

Silli

guri

Jaldh

aka

692

––

8–

–M

urti

via S

iligur

i63

6–

–32

––

Darje

elin

gSi

ligur

ivia

Ber

ham

pur

585

45–

–24

–Da

rjeeli

ngvia

Silig

uri

665

45–

–23

70Ka

limpo

ngvia

Silig

uri

654

60–

2022

32

235 236

237

TABL

E 24

.0-C

oncld

.Di

stric

twise

Rout

eDi

stanc

eNo

. of

bed

s m

ainta

ined

byim

porta

ntfro

m*W

.B.

W.B

.W

.B.

W.B

.D.

G.H.

Cto

urist

spo

tsKo

l-To

urism

Yout

hFo

rest

Ben-

kata

Deve

lop-

Serv

i-De

v.fis

hm

ent

ces

Corp

n.(K

m.)

Corp

n.(1

)(2

)(3

)(4

)(5

)(6

)(7

)(8

)Da

rjeel

ing

Mon

gpoo

via S

iligur

i63

4–

–14

––

Lepc

hajag

at"

727

––

14–

–Su

ntale

Kho

la''

736

––

20–

–Sa

msin

g"

732

––

––

–Ra

ngpo

o"

740

––

4–

Rash

ik bil

l via

Coo

chbe

har

863

––

20–

–Bu

xar

Jung

le lod

ge(R

aja b

hat

khaw

a)"

––

––

––

Sang

alila

Rang

e–

Cooc

hbeh

arCo

ochb

ehar

via

Silig

uri

720

––

–28

–No

tes:1

)At

pres

ent n

o tou

rist lo

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t Ben

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ll the

tour

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are

2)W

est B

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est

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m De

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ment

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ration

Limi

ted.

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TABL

E 25

.0Ne

wspa

pers

and

Per

iodi

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Pub

lishe

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Wes

t Be

ngal

(as

on 3

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ch)

Nu

mbe

rPa

rticu

lars

2000

2001

2003

2004

2005

2006

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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Daily

157

161

174

182

187

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781

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609

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738

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1139

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stra

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240

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E 25

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Num

ber

of R

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tions

and

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ntre

s in

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t Ben

gal

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cular

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l Ind

ia Ra

dio, K

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a.

238

TABLE 24.1

Countrywise Foreign Tourist Arrivals in West BengalNumber

Sl. No. Country of Origin 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)1. United Kingdom 30538 35659 44574 45911 45223

2. U.S.A. 25276 29520 36900 38007 37437

3. Sri Lanka 12128 13118 16397 16888 16635

4. France 15624 18068 22585 23535 23182

5. Germany 19986 23259 29074 29946 29497

6. Japan 37009 42660 53325 54924 54101

7. Italy 11567 13468 16835 17340 17080

8. Malaysia 6919 7982 9977 10276 10122

9. Saudi Arabia 2446 2844 3555 3661 3607

10. Canada 14570 17001 21251 21888 21560

11. Australia 16014 18466 23082 23774 23418

12. Singapore 12324 14473 18091 18633 18354

13. U.A.E. 2108 2453 3066 3157 3110

14. Switzerland 4388 5130 6412 6699 6599

15. Iran 1269 1482 1852 1907 1880

16. Bangladesh 303744 353305 441631 454879 448056

17. Nepal 2304 3730 4662 4801 4729

18. Thailand 4373 5040 6300 6489 6392

19. Burma 2881 3360 4200 4326 4262

20. Sweden 780 1005 1256 1293 1274

21. China 1744 2073 2591 2668 2628

22. Korea 2398 2847 3559 3665 3611

23. Netherlands 1025 1194 1492 1536 1513

24. Spain 1774 2078 2597 2674 2634

25. Bhutan 2637 3083 3854 3969 3910

26. Israel 376 450 563 579 571

27. Ireland 601 737 926 953 939

28. New Zealand 750 930 1162 1196 1179

29. Russia 1078 1450 1812 1866 1839

30. Others 237063 268774 335967 347252 338329

Total 775694 895639 1119548 1154692 1133671

U.A.E. = United Arab Emirates. Source : Directorate of Tourism,Government of West Bengal.

Sl. No. Country of Origin 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

TABLE 24.1 -Concld.Number

239

241

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242

244

243

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245

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247

Punjab 52.8 64.7 72.1 79.1 58.5 69.7

Rajasthan 30.4 55.3 65.3 76.2 38.6 60.4

Tamil Nadu 54.6 66.2 78.0 82.5 54.6 73.5

Uttar Pradesh 36.7 52.5 61.0 69.8 41.6 56.3

West Bengal 50.5 63.4 75.3 81.3 57.7 68.6

All India 44.5 58.7 73.0 79.9 52.1 64.8

* Literacy rate relates Sources:1) Primary Census Abstractto population aged Total population,TABLE-A5,seven years and above. 2001 Census of India.

+ Urban-Rural breakup for 2 ) Final population Series-1 Assam is not available 2001, Census of India.

Appendix II -Concld.

Literacy rate *State Rural Urban Total

1991 2001 1991 2001 1991 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

246

Appendix - IILiteracy Rates in Major States and All India

Literacy rate *State Rural Urban Total

1991 2001 1991 2001 1991 2001(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Andhra Pradesh 35.7 54.5 66.4 76.1 44.1 60.5

Assam + – 59.7 – 85.3 52.9 63.3

Bihar 33.8 43.9 67.8 71.9 38.5 47.0

Gujarat 53.1 61.3 76.5 81.8 61.3 69.1

Haryana 49.9 63.2 73.7 79.2 55.9 67.9

Karnataka 47.7 59.3 74.2 80.6 56.0 66.6

Kerala 88.9 90.0 92.3 93.2 89.8 90.9

Madhya Pradesh 35.9 57.8 70.8 79.4 44.2 63.7

Maharashtra 55.5 70.4 79.2 85.5 64.9 76.9

Orissa 45.5 59.8 72.0 80.8 49.1 63.1

for 1991.

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254

Appe

ndix

IV

Perc

enta

ge d

istri

butio

n of

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n W

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y br

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ndix

IV

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td.

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253

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257

255

Appe

ndix

IV

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td.

Stat

e/Ca

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issa

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lation

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, Ce

nsus

of

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.

258

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ndix

VAv

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e M

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ly P

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Exp

endi

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261 262

Appe

ndix

VII

Per

Thou

sand

Dis

tribu

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260

Appe

ndix

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Appendix VIIITotal Cropped Area, Net Area Sown and Cropping Intensity in

Major States of IndiaStates Total

Cropped Area('000 hectare)

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06(R) 2006-07(P)(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Andhra Pradesh 11559 12366 12519 13362 12811Assam 3965 3958 3756 3763 3553Bihar 7957 7882 7399 7396 7582Gujarat 10631 11421 11009 11304 12202Haryana 6032 6388 6425 6504 6394Karnataka 11532 11450 12807 13027 12438Kerala 2970 2954 2996 2986 2918Madhya Pradesh 18078 19788 20203 19608 20113Maharashtra 22387 22190 22368 22556 22571Orissa 7853 8637 8718 8710 8677Punjab 7826 7985 8069 7945 7983Rajasthan 13218 21664 21062 21699 21534Tamil Nadu 5191 5316 5889 6033 5843Uttar Pradesh 24311 25425 24578 25129 25800West Bengal 9510 9661 9523 9533 9635All-India 175618 190200 190422 192611 193723

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Appendix VIII - Contd.

States Net AreaSown

('000 hectare)2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06(R) 2006-07(P)

(1) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)Andhra Pradesh 9615 10118 10327 10745 10147Assam 2774 2774 2774 2753 2753Bihar 5725 5712 5572 5556 5556Gujarat 9481 9852 9852 9852 9852Haryana 3458 3534 3527 3566 3556Karnataka 9838 9847 10499 10509 10105Kerala 2189 2190 2155 2132 2101Madhya Pradesh 14518 14945 14975 14971 14735Maharashtra 17579 17432 17490 17473 17475Orissa 5680 5795 5739 5739 5739Punjab 4243 4243 4243 4243 4243Rajasthan 10807 17394 16549 16836 16764Tamil Nadu 4590 4689 5097 5244 5126Uttar Pradesh 16597 16750 16683 16633 16633West Bengal 5354 5428 5375 5295 5296All-India 132692 140971 141139 141810 140298

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Appendix VIII - Concld.

States CroppingIntensity

(in percent)2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06(R) 2006-07(P)

(1) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16)Andhra Pradesh 120 122 121 124 126Assam 143 143 135 137 129Bihar 139 138 133 133 136Gujarat 112 116 112 115 124Haryana 174 181 182 182 180Karnataka 117 116 122 124 123Kerala 136 135 139 140 139Madhya Pradesh 125 132 135 131 136Maharashtra 127 127 128 129 129Orissa 138 149 152 152 151Punjab 185 188 190 187 188Rajasthan 122 125 127 129 128Tamil Nadu 113 113 116 115 114Uttar Pradesh 147 152 147 151 155West Bengal 178 178 177 180 182All-India 132 135 135 136 138

R = Revised. Sources : 1. Directorate of Economics and Statistics,P = Provisional. Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.

2. Directorate of Agriculture (Evaluation Wing),Government of West Bengal.

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Appendix X -Contd.Rural

Percentage distribution of owner householdsStates Year Marginal Small Semi- Medium Large All

medium(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

Madhya Pradesh2003 61.70 18.00 12.10 7.10 1.10 100.01992 52.38 19.19 16.20 10.34 1.88 100.001982 48.77 16.24 18.24 13.76 2.99 100.001971-72 40.26 16.96 20.72 17.20 4.86 100.00

Orissa 2003 85.50 9.70 3.70 0.90 0.10 100.001992 75.71 14.42 7.34 2.40 0.12 100.001982 66.06 20.84 9.31 3.42 0.37 100.001971-72 68.94 18.08 9.04 3.52 0.42 100.00

Punjab 2003 76.30 9.50 7.90 5.10 1.00 100.001992 69.63 9.98 12.21 7.11 1.08 100.001982 66.87 10.08 11.61 9.94 1.47 100.001971-72 67.50 8.37 12.71 9.19 2.23 100.00

West Bengal 2003 92.06 5.70 1.40 0.20 0.00 100.001992 85.88 9.48 3.94 0.71 0.00 100.001982 81.60 11.50 5.54 1.28 0.08 100.001971-72 77.62 12.64 7.30 2.39 0.05 100.00

All India 2003 79.60 10.80 6.00 3.00 0.60 100.001992 71.88 13.42 9.28 4.54 0.88 100.001982 66.64 14.70 10.78 6.45 1.42 100.001971-72 62.62 15.49 11.94 7.83 2.12 100.00

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Appendix X Percentage Distribution of Owner Households and Area Owned over Five Broad Size Classes of Holding in Major States and

All IndiaRural

Percentage distribution of owner householdsStates Year Marginal Small Semi- Medium Large All

medium(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

Andhra Pradesh2003 82.70 9.10 5.30 2.60 0.50 100.001992 76.41 12.35 7.46 3.38 0.39 100.001982 67.49 14.03 10.01 6.69 1.78 100.001971-72 65.30 13.65 11.22 7.57 2.26 100.00

Bihar 2003 89.40 7.10 2.70 0.70 0.10 100.001992 80.56 11.10 6.00 2.14 0.20 100.001982 76.65 12.42 7.79 2.82 0.31 100.001971-72 71.71 15.11 9.15 3.66 0.37 100.00

Gujarat 2003 73.30 11.90 7.20 6.50 1.00 100.001992 63.33 15.18 12.19 7.62 1.67 100.001982 57.25 13.61 14.98 11.45 2.70 100.001971-72 52.25 15.24 13.63 13.80 5.08 100.00

Haryana 2003 77.20 9.80 7.70 4.90 0.40 100.001992 59.04 13.49 18.19 8.53 0.77 100.001982 56.84 15.49 13.31 12.48 1.88 100.001971-72 63.90 8.95 11.67 13.00 2.48 100.00

Kerala 2003 95.30 3.50 0.90 0.30 0.00 100.001992 92.66 5.32 1.66 0.34 0.02 100.001982 90.67 6.07 2.52 0.69 0.05 100.001971-72 88.69 7.32 3.00 0.91 0.08 100.00

Appendix IX -Concld.(In thousand tonnes)

States Total Pulses Total Foodgrains2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08

(1) (6) (7) (8) (9)Andhra Pradesh 1347.0 1697.0 16229.0 19303.0

(9.49) (11.5) (7.47) (8.4)Assam 59.0 63.0 3060.0 3470.0

(0.42) (0.4) (1.41) (1.5)Bihar 438.2 497.1 11098.6 10864.1

(3.09) (3.4) (5.11) (4.7)Gujarat 593.0 743.0 6499.0 8206.0

(4.18) (5.0) (2.99) (3.6)Haryana 140.0 101.8 14763.0 15307.8

(0.99) (0.7) (6.79) (6.6)Karnataka 893.0 1265.0 9599.0 12186.0

(6.29) (8.6) (4.42) (5.3)Kerala 8.4 8.4 640.5 539.7

(0.06) (0.1) (0.29) (0.2)Madhya Pradesh 3203.1 2453.6 13747.0 12070.5

(22.56) (16.6) (6.33) (5.2)Maharashtra 2304.0 3024.0 12645.1 15191.7

(16.23) 20.5) (5.82) (6.6)Orissa 351.8 383.5 7344.7 8143.3

(2.48) (2.6) (3.38) (3.5)Punjab 27.1 23.0 25313.31 26815.1

(0.19) (0.2) (11.65) (11.6)Rajasthan 1481.3 1552.8 14208.8 16058.7

(10.43) (10.5) (6.54) (7.0)Tamil Nadu 290.5 185.0 8263.0 6582.3

(2.05) (1.3) (3.80) (2.9)Uttar Pradesh 1975.1 1576.9 41214.5 42094.8

(13.91) (10.7) (18.97) (18.2)West Bengal 154.4 147.6 15974.9 16050.2

(1.09) (1.0) (7.35) (7.0)All India 14197.5 14761.5 217282.1 2307750

Note :Figures in Sources :1. Department of Agriculture &parentheses indicate Co-operation, Ministry ofpercentage shares Agriculture, Govt. of India.of different states in 2. Directorate of Agriculture,All India production. Evaluation Wing, Govt. of

West Bengal.

Appendix IXProduction of Foodgrains by Major States of India

(In thousand tonnes)States Rice Total Cereals

2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Andhra Pradesh 11872.0 13324.0 14882.0 17606.0(12.72) (13.8) (7.33) (8.2)

Assam 2916.0 3319.0 3001.0 3407.0(3.12) (3.4) (1.48) (1.6)

Bihar 4989.3 4418.1 10660.4 10367.0(5.34) (4.6) (5.25) (4.8)

Gujarat 1390.0 1474.0 5906.0 7463.0(1.49) (1.5) (2.91) (3.5)

Haryana 3371.0 3613.0 14623.0 15206.0(3.61) (3.7) (7.20) (7.0)

Karnataka 3446.0 3717.0 8706.0 10921.0(3.69) (3.8) (4.29) (5.1)

Kerala 631.0 528.5 632.1 531.3(0.68) (0.5) (0.31)( (0.2)

Madhya Pradesh 1368.4 1461.9 10543.9 9616.9(1.47) (1.5) (5.19) (4.5)

Maharashtra 2569.0 2996.0 10341.1 12167.7(2.75) (3.1) (5.09) (5.6)

Orissa 6824.7 7540.7 6992.9 7759.8(7.31) (7.8) (3.44) (3.6)

Punjab 10138.0 10489.0 25286.0 26792.1(10.86) (10.8) (12.45) (12.4)

Rajasthan 169.8 259.6 12727.5 14505.9(0.18) (0.3) (6.27) (6.7)

Tamil Nadu 6610.6 5040.2 7972.5 6397.3(7.08) (5.2) (3.93) (3.0)

Uttar Pradesh 11124.0 11780.0 39239.4 40517.9(11.92) (12.21) (19.32) (18.8)

West Bengal 14745.9 14719.5 15820.5 15902.6(15.80) (15.2) (7.79) (7.4)

All India 93355.3 96692.9 203084.6 216013.5

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Appendix X -Contd.Rural

Percentage distribution of area ownedStates Year Marginal Small Semi- Medium Large All

medium(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)

Andhra 2003 21.87 19.95 21.16 22.91 14.05 100.00Pradesh 1992 21.30 22.44 24.15 24.06 8.06 100.00

1982 11.26 15.29 20.70 29.83 22.92 100.001971-72 9.92 13.16 21.19 30.15 25.58 100.0

Bihar 2003 42.07 25.29 18.53 9.56 4.63 100.001992 28.58 23.84 24.46 18.68 4.44 100.001982 23.96 22.91 27.02 20.22 5.90 100.001971-72 18.20 23.43 28.07 23.63 6.67 100.00

Gujarat 2003 13.60 16.05 18.96 39.12 12.28 100.001992 9.55 15.44 24.78 31.99 18.24 100.001982 6.66 10.78 22.63 39.45 20.49 100.001971-72 4.53 9.94 16.73 36.15 32.65 100.00

Haryana 2003 13.15 15.83 24.62 34.14 12.26 100.001992 7.96 13.43 33.54 37.17 7.91 100.001982 5.04 13.44 21.58 44.90 15.05 100.001971-72 4.63 7.43 18.95 46.93 22.06 100.00

Kerala 2003 60.72 21.13 10.78 7.16 0.00 100.001992 54.51 24.19 14.32 6.33 0.66 100.001982 445.74 23.51 19.11 10.06 1.59 100.001971-72 40.88 24.32 19.95 11.89 2.96 100.00

Appendix X -Concld.Rural

Percentage distribution of area ownedStates Year Marginal Small Semi- Medium Large All

medium(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)

Madhya 2003 11.61 19.07 25.80 31.25 12.29 100.00Pradesh 1992 7 . 6 1 15.49 24.97 35.38 16.57 100.00

1982 4 . 9 9 11.08 24.30 37.93 21.72 100.001 9 7 1 - 7 2 3.34 9.16 21.36 37.80 28.34 100.00

Orissa 2003 41.52 27.06 19.72 9.98 1.78 100.001992 26.37 27.16 25.99 18.08 2.40 100.001982 19.88 29.73 25.04 19.50 5.84 100.00

1 9 7 1 - 7 2 20.45 26.95 25.88 20.72 6.00 100.00Punjab 2003 9.16 15.63 25.30 34.50 15.31 100.00

1992 7 . 1 8 12.35 30.21 38.04 12.22 100.001982 5 . 5 9 10.76 22.87 42.23 18.56 100.00

1 9 7 1 - 7 2 4.47 8.87 25.06 37.96 23.64 100.00West 2003 58.23 25.71 11.88 4.02 0.00 100.00Bengal 1 9 9 2 41.29 28.11 22.98 7.62 0.00 100.00

1982 30.33 28.77 27.23 12.12 1.54 100.001 9 7 1 - 7 2 27.28 25.69 27.72 18.61 0.70 100.00

All India 2003 23.05 20.38 21.98 23.08 11.55 100.001992 16.93 18.59 24.58 26.07 13.83 100.001982 12.22 16.49 23.38 29.83 18.07 100.00

1 9 7 1 - 7 2 9.76 14.68 21.92 30.73 22.91 100.00Notes:1)A plot of land was considered to be owned by the household

if permanent heritable possession, with or without the right to transfer thetitle, was vested in a member or members of the household. Land heldin owner like possession under long term lease or assignment was alsoconsidered as land owned.2) Marginal holdings - those of size less than 1.01 hectares.3) Small holdings - those of size 1.01 to 2.00 hectares.4) Semi-medium holdings - those of size 2.01 to 4.00 hectares.5) Medium holdings - those of size 4.01 to 10.00 hectares.6) Large holdings - those of size larger than 10.00 hectares.

Source: N.S.S. Land and Live Stock Holding Survey 59th round, Report no.491

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7.3

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ndix

XI -

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ld.Ru

ral

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enta

ge d

istrib

ution

of

area

ope

rate

dSt

ates

Year

Mar

ginal

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i-M

edium

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em

edium

(1)

(2)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

Mad

hya

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esh

2002

-03

13.1

20.3

28.5

27.0

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1991

-92

6.7

15.5

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-82

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Note

s:

1)M

argin

al ho

lding

s -

thos

e of

size

les

s th

an 1

.01

hecta

res.

2)Sm

all h

olding

s -

thos

e of

size

1.0

1 to

2.0

0 he

ctare

s.3)

Sem

i-med

ium h

olding

s -

thos

e of

size

2.0

1 to

4.0

0 he

ctare

s.4)

Med

ium h

olding

s -

thos

e of

size

4.0

1 to

10.

00 h

ecta

res.

5)La

rge

holdi

ngs

- th

ose

of s

ize l

arge

r th

an 1

0.00

hec

tare

s.So

urce

: N

.S.S

Lan

d an

d Liv

esto

ck H

olding

Sur

vey,

59th

rou

nd,

Repo

rt no

. 49

1

Appe

ndix

XII

Regi

ster

ed F

acto

ries

Cove

red

By A

nnua

l Su

rvey

of

Indu

strie

s fo

rM

ajor

Sta

te i

n In

dia

2004

-05

(Fac

tory

Sec

tor)

Stat

es/

Num

ber

of F

acto

ries

Value

of

outp

utNe

t va

lue a

dded

by

Union

Ter

ritor

ies(R

s. i

n lak

h)m

anuf

actu

re(R

s. in

lakh)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

India

1363

5316

7256

142

2599

0686

Andh

ra P

rade

sh15

572

1023

8450

1593

777

Assa

m17

1022

0500

237

2082

Biha

r16

7412

2216

991

016

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at13

603

2607

4860

3601

558

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ana

4339

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atak

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155

5351

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aras

htra

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5807

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jasth

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8264

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il Na

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053

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r Pr

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est

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ion T

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ories

and

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r St

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218

6314

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0

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ndix

XII-

conc

ld.

200

5-20

06 (

Fact

ory

Sect

or)

-con

cld.

Stat

es/

Num

ber

of F

acto

ries

Value

of

outp

utNe

t va

lue a

dded

by

Union

Ter

ritor

ies(R

s. i

n lak

h)m

anuf

actu

re(R

s. in

lakh)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

India

1401

6019

0835

548

3118

6419

Andh

ra P

rade

sh15

790

1180

1646

1766

116

Assa

m18

6425

6091

435

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r16

6916

7849

842

223

Gujar

at14

055

3079

5504

4787

158

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ana

4304

8579

899

1358

920

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5220

8946

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a Pr

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h29

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5428

871

4211

Mah

aras

htra

1871

137

3588

6274

3540

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issa

1862

2797

711

6287

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njab

8332

5943

945

6617

10Ra

jasth

an60

0554

2207

780

2700

Tam

il Na

du21

265

1899

8170

2798

101

Utta

r Pr

ades

h10

503

1188

6143

1642

591

Wes

t Be

ngal

6077

8137

279

9470

59Un

ion T

errit

ories

and

othe

r St

ates

1329

422

4760

7447

0761

5No

te:A

ll ele

ctrici

ty u

nder

takin

gs

Sou

rce

:

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al Su

rvey

of

Indu

stries

, 20

03-0

4 &

othe

r th

an c

aptiv

e un

its a

nd

2

004-

05 (

Sum

mar

y Re

sults

for

all d

epar

tmen

tal u

nder

takin

gsfa

ctory

sec

tor),

Gov

t. of

Ind

ia, C

SO.

like

railw

ay w

orks

hops

are

kept

out

side

the

purv

iew o

f AS

I.

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281

Appendix - XIIIValue of M

inerals and Ores Produced in Major States of IndiaRs. in Lakh

States/Area Iron Coal2005

20062007

20082005

20062007

2008(1)

(2)(3)

(4)(5)

(6)(7)

(8)(9)

India687009

926411381402

22233622817641

32813793571944

3882826Andhra Pradesh

505912399

4494273925

326865 369934

419542434718

Assam –

––

–11198

2005217642

15455Bihar

––

––

– –

––

Jharkhand48305

4793258455

73399556785

685396759126

844972Bom

bay High Area–

––

– –

––

Gujarat–

––

– –

––

Haryana–

––

– –

––

Karnataka188036

222887281972 457245

––

––

Madhya Pradesh

320805

22691698

462411557892

630523708842

Chhattishgarh111468

150758334339

530674405691

478538559429

636235M

aharashtra808

8602093

3099291009

334530350990

379042Orissa

247769365468

501131770236

284159335359

360028385506

Rajasthan13

1933

40–

––

–Tam

il Nadu–

––

––

––

– Uttar Pradesh

––

––

119533100729

9904283112

West Bengal

––

––

284567313220

297246316690

Other Statesand UT's

8523115290

156168 313046

7542385729

7837678254

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282 283

284 285

Appendix -XIVEducational Institutions in Major States of India,

2005-2006States No. of Schools

Primary/ Junior Middle/ Senior Secondary/Basic School Basic School Higher

Secondary(1) (2) (3) (4)

Andhra Pradesh 62159 17290 19247Assam 30499 9716 5527Bihar 38161 12328 3637Gujarat 16415 22621 7654Haryana 12152 2168 5317Karnataka 27017 27512 11730Kerala 6817 3044 5472Madhya Pradesh 94890 35133 8504Maharashtra 42267 26377 19503Orissa 46370 17012 8890Punjab 13291 2481 4043Rajasthan 56573 28955 11199Tamil Nadu 34208 8017 9582Uttar Pradesh 134455 40021 13809West Bengal 49986 1229 8640All India 772568 288493 159667

Sources:(1) Selected Educational Statistics,2005-06. (2) Directorate of School Education,

Govt. of West Bengal.

Appendix XVStudent Enrolment in Educational Institution in

Major States of India, 2005-06State No. of Students enrolled ('000)

Primary Middle School Secondary/Stage Stage Higher

SecondaryStage

(1) (2) (3) (4)Andhra Pradesh 7392 3731 3288Assam 3551 1463 816Bihar 10525 2384 1332Gujarat 6557 2492 1760Haryana 1997 1160 873Karnataka 5758 2886 2099Kerala 2545 1601 1467Madhya Pradesh 11274 4253 2195Maharashtra 11558 6311 4831Orissa 4701 1602 1386Punjab 1872 1064 862Rajasthan 9412 3361 1924Tamil Nadu 6378 3634 3008Uttar Pradesh 25187 7272 6072West Bengal 9150 3624 2535All India 132049 52195 38386

Source : Selected Educational Statistics,2005-06,Ministry of Human Resource Development,Govt. of India.

Appe

ndix

- XI

II Co

ncld.

Rs.

Lakh

Stat

es/A

rea

Petro

leum

(Cr

ude)

2005

2006

2007

2008

(1)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

India

1808

523

1873

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643

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ra P

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ly St

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f M

inera

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as c

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ted

from

mon

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n Bu

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of

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ovt.

of I

ndia.

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ndix

XVI

Dr

opou

t Ra

tes

in M

ajor

Sta

tes

of I

ndia

2005

-06

St

ates

Clas

s I-V

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s I-V

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tal

(1)

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(4)

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ra P

rade

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Sour

ce:

Selec

ted

Educ

ation

al St

atist

ics,2

005-

06,

Mini

stry

of

Hum

an R

esou

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Deve

lopm

ent.

Govt.

of

India

.

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286 287Ap

pend

ix X

VII

Pu

pil-T

each

er R

atio

by

Stag

es o

f Ed

ucat

ion

in M

ajor

Sta

tes

in I

ndia

Year

: 2

005-

06

Stat

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imar

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nior

Midd

le/Se

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/Pos

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gher

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ca-

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choo

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(1)

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(6)

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ra P

rade

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: Se

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istics

,200

5-06

, M

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man

Res

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vt. o

f In

dia.

Appe

ndix

- XV

IIIIn

stal

led

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nerg

y Ge

nera

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Sold

and

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n M

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293 294

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Appendix XXIVUnorganised Manufacturing Enterprises in India

(NSS 62nd Round, July 2005 - June 2006)States/UTs Number of enterprises (in hundred) % share

Rural Urban Total of total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)1. West Bengal 22238 5290 27528 16.132. Uttar Pradesh 17045 6549 23594 13.823. Andhra Pradesh 10852 4480 15332 8.984. Tamil Nadu 8503 6316 14819 8.685. Maharashtra 5562 5703 11265 6.606. Karnataka 6632 2986 9618 5.637. Orissa 8709 863 9572 5.618. Madhya Pradesh 5645 2901 8546 5.019. Bihar 6634 1090 7724 4.52

10. Kerala 4928 1659 6587 3.8611. Gujarat 3008 3536 6544 3.8312. Rajasthan 4009 2356 6365 3.7313. Assam 3330 378 3708 2.1714. Punjab 1502 1430 2932 1.7215. Haryana 1197 1104 2301 1.3516. Other States &

Union Territories 11489 2784 14273 8.36India 121283 49425 170708 100.00

Note :Major States excluding other States & UTsare listed in descending order of Source: N.S.S. 62nd Round,

number of enterprises. 2005-2006.

Appendix XXVEmployment in Unorganised Manufacturing Enterprises in India

(NSS 62nd Round, July 2005 - June 2006)States/UTs Number of workers (in hundred) % share

Rural Urban Total of total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)1. West Bengal 41761 13177 54938 15.082. Uttar Pradesh 35641 17238 52879 14.513. Tamil Nadu 17833 15862 33695 9.254. Andhra Pradesh 20266 9124 29390 8.065. Maharashtra 10052 18962 29014 7.966. Orissa 18263 1972 20235 5.557. Karnataka 12941 6803 19744 5.428. Gujarat 6637 11884 18521 5.089. Madhya Pradesh 11172 6234 17406 4.78

10. Bihar 12057 2474 14531 3.99 11. Kerala 10086 3824 13910 3.8112. Rajasthan 7264 5689 12953 3.5513. Assam 5354 971 6325 1.7414. Punjab 2323 3685 6008 1.6515. Haryana 2243 3197 5440 1.4916. Other States &

Union Territories 20690 8749 29439 8.08India 234583 129845 364428 100.00

Note :Major States excluding other States & UTsare listed in descending order of Source: N.S.S. 62nd Round,

number of enterprises. 2005-2006.

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