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[email protected] Research Team Faculty: Prof. Partha Chatterjee, Dr. Pranab Kumar Das, Dr. Sohel Firdos, Dr. Saibal Kar, Dr. Surajit C. Mukhopadhyay, Prof. Sugata Marjit. Research Associate: Smt. Ruprekha Chowdhury. Research Assistants: Shri Dhritiman Bhattacharya, Smt. Anindita Chakraborty, Shri Pallab Das, Shri Avik Sankar Moitra, Shri Ganesh Naskar and Shri Abhik Sarkar. Acknowledgment The research team at the CSSSC would like to thank Shri G. C. Manna, Deputy Director General, NSSO, Dr. Bandana Sen, Joint Director, NSSO, Shri Pawan Agarwal, Principal Secretary, MDW & ME, Shri A. Khaleque, Director & E.O. Joint Secretary, MDW, Shri A.A. Siddiqui, Joint Secretary MDW, Shri S.N. Pal, Director & E.O. Joint Secretary, Madrasah Education, Shri Arfan Ali Biswas, CEO, Board of Wakfs, Mr. Tanvir Afzal, General Manager, and Mr. Raktim Nag, Manager-Systems, West Bengal Minorities Development & Finance Corporation, Bhavani Bhavan, Kolkata and Shri, Khalil Ahmed, District Magistrate of Haorah and other department officials for their generous support and assistance in our work. 1 Content An Overview…………………………………………………...4 Significance of the Project……………………………………5 The Survey ……..…………………………………………….7 Methodology…………………………………………………..8 Introducing West Bengal……………………………………9 Haorah………………………………………………………10 Demography…………………………………………………10 Selected Villages in Respective Blocks……………………..11 Findings……………………………………………………...12 1. Basic Amenities……………………………………..12 2. Education……………………………………………17 3. Occupation…………………………………………..27 4. Health………………………………………………..31 5. Infrastructure……………………………………….36 6. Awareness about Government Schemes……….…36 7.