Burdwan District : At a Glance

	District at a Glance

\| Geographical location \| Rainfall \| Administrative Setup \| Area & Population \| Agriculture & Irrigation \| Medical Facilities \| \| Education \| Industry \| Electricity \| Co-operative Socity & Bank \| Post & Telegraph Office \| Road Length \|

Geographical Location of District
Latitude		Longitude
North	South	East	West
23^o53' N	22^o56' N	88^o25' E	86^o48' E
Geographical Location of District HQ
Latitude		Longitude
23^o14' N		87^o51' E

	Rainfall (Yearly)
	Normal (in Millimetre)	Actual (in Millimetre)
	1333	1322
	Temperature
	Maximum	Minimum
	39^oC	7^oC

Administrative Set up
Sl. No.	Description	Particulars
1.	District Head Quarters	BURDWAN
2.	Sub-division	6 Nos.
3.	Police Station	33 Nos.
4.	Villages (Mouzas)	2529 Nos.
5.	C.D. Block (Panchayat Samity)	31 Nos.
6.	Gram Panchayat	277 Nos.
7.	Gram Sansad	3172 Nos.
8.	Municipal Corporation	2 Nos.
9.	Municipality	9 Nos.
10.	Census Towns	55 Nos.
11.	Out Growth	4 Nos.

Area and Population
Sl. No.	Description		Particulars
1.	Area		7024 Sq.K.M.
2.	Population		7723663 Nos.
3.	Density of Population		1100 Nos.
4.	Sex Percentage :	Male	51.47 %
4.	Sex Percentage :	Female	48.53 %
5.	Ratio of Population :	Rural	60.13 %
5.	Ratio of Population :	Urban	39.87 %
6.	Workers		35.55 %
7.	Non-Workers		64.45 %

Agriculture and Irrigation
Sl. No.	Description		Particulars
1.	Total Area & According to DLR,WB		698770 Hectares
2.	Net Cropped Area		458510 Hectares
3.	Yield rate of	Rice	2960 Kg. per hect.
		Wheat	2193 Kg. per hect.
		Barley	- Kg. per hect.
		Maize	2080 Kg. per hect.
		Gram	1731 Kg. per hect.
		Tur	911 Kg. per hect.
		Rape Seed & Mustard	991 Kg. per hect.
		Linseeds	293 Kg. per hect.
		Jute	21.1 Kg. per hect.
		Sugarcane	95064 Kg. per hect.
		Potato	37645 Kg. per hect.
		Chillies(dry)	1501 Kg. per hect.
		Ginger	1910 Kg. per hect.
4.	Area Irrigated by	Government Canals	296000 hectares
		High Capacity Deep Tubewell	19750 hectares
		Middle Capacity Deep Tubewell	2250 hectares
		Low Capacity Deep Tubewell	1740 hectares
		Shallow Tubewell	120 hectares
		River Lift Irrigation	11790 hectares
5.	Fertilizer Consumed		175100 Tonnes

Medical Facilities
Sl. No.	Description	Particulars
1.	Hospitals	5 Nos.
2.	Rural Hospitals	6 Nos.
3.	Block Primary Health Centres	29 Nos.
4.	Primary Health Centres	103 Nos.
4.	Medical Institutions (State Govt. Undertaking)	5 Nos.
4.	Medical Institutions (Central Govt. Undertaking)	24 Nos.
4.	Medical Institutions (N.G.O./Private Bodies)	5 Nos.
5.	Total no. of Bed	9062 Nos.
6.	Doctors	1133 Nos.
7.	Family Welfare Centre	56 Nos.
8.	Patients treated in various Medical Institutions	5564637 Nos.

Education
Sl. No.	Description		Particulars
1.	Literates :	Male	78.6 %
		Felame	61.0 %
		Total	70.2 %
2.	Primary :	Institution	4074 Nos.
		Student	649789 Nos.
		Teacher	15026 Nos.
3.	Middle :	Institution	110 Nos.
		Student	25316 Nos.
		Teacher	666 Nos.
4.	High :	Institution	472 Nos.
		Student	293398 Nos.
		Teacher	6371 Nos.
5.	Higher Secondary :	Institution	274 Nos.
		Student	285440 Nos.
		Teacher	6193 Nos.
6.	Colleges/ University :	Institution	26 Nos.
		Student	60065 Nos.
		Teacher	980 Nos.
7.	Professional & Technical School & Colleges	Institution	61 Nos.
		Student	17298 Nos.
		Teacher	1310 Nos.
8.	Special & Non-formal Education	Institution	6861 Nos.
		Student	260163 Nos.
		Teacher	8531 Nos.
9.	Public Library		208 Nos.
10.	Mass Literacy Centre		2000 Nos.

Industry
Sl. No.	Description	Particulars
1.	Samll Industrial establishments registered with the Directorate of Cottage & Small Scale Industries	Units	29339 Nos.
1.		Employments	171756 Nos.
2.	Factories	Number	491
		Fixed Capital	556279 Lakhs
		Invested Capital	674213 Lakhs
		Employees	77854 Nos.
		Mandays	26082000
		Net Income	-22553 Lakhs

Electricity
Sl. No.	Description		Particulars
1.	Mouzas electrified		2509 Nos.
2.	Consumption of electricity (in '000 K.W.H.)	Domestic	319460
		Commercial	60610
		Industrial	186660
		Public Lighting	7190
		Agricultural Irrigation	20820
		Public Water Works	5930

Co-operative Socity & Bank
Sl. No.	Description		Particulars
1.	Central Bank	No. of Socities	1
		No. of Members	1734
		Working Capital	Rs.7681561000
2.	Primary Land Mortgage Bank	No. of Socities	2
		No. of Members	15682
		Working Capital	Rs.476991000
3.	Agricultural Credit Societies	No. of Socities	616
		No. of Members	406663
		Working Capital	Rs.2205966000
4.	Non-Agricultural Credit Societies	No. of Socities	683
		No. of Members	196705
		Working Capital	Rs.2793556000
5.	Non-Credit Societies	No. of Socities	1480
		No. of Members	72857
		Working Capital	Rs.517400000
6.	Commercial Banks	No. of Bank	376
		Deposits	619001 Lakh
		Advances	119663 Lakh

Post & Telegraph Offices
Sl. No.	Description	Particulars
1.	Post Office	707 Nos.
2.	Telegraph Office	6 Nos.
3.	Combined office	45 Nos.

Road Length
Sl. No.	Description	Particulars
1.	Surfaced	8259.21 K.M.
2.	Un-Surfaced	4964.42 K.M.
3.	Number of registered Motor Vehicle	397550 Nos.

Source : District Statistical Officer, Burdwan.

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District at a Glance