Statistical Handbook West Bengal 2010
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STATISTICAL PREFACE HANDBOOK Statistical Handbook, West Bengal provides information on salient features of various socio-economic aspects of the State. The present issue is the forty-third edition in the series. The data WEST BENGAL furnished in its previous issue have been updated to the extent possible so that continuity in time-series data can be maintained. 2010 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. Dipankar Chattopadhyay New Secretariat Director, Buildings, Kolkata, Bureau of Applied Economics & Statistics, BUREAU OF APPLIED ECONOMICS & STATISTICS 30th November, 2011. Government of West Bengal. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL iii i v SYMBOLS – The following symbols have been used in this publication Conversion Coefficients to .. = Not available The Metric System – = Negligible or nil P = Provisional I Standard of weights I = Incomplete in coverage 1 Gram = 15.432 Grains R = Revised 1 G r a m = 0. 03527 O u n c e 1 Kilogram = 2. 2046 Pou nds Conversion Table 1 Kilogram = 0. 01968 C w t The Metric System 1 Kilogram = 0. 0009842 To n I Standard of weights 1 To n n e = 0. 9842 Ton (Lon g) 1 G r a m = 0. 08573 To la 1 Grain = 0.065 Gram 1 G r a m = 0. 017147 C hat t ak 1 Ounce = 28.350 Grams 1 Pound = 0.4535924 Kilogram 1 Kilogram = 1. 0717 S e e r 1 Cwt = 50.802 Kilograms 1 Kilogram = 0. 02679 M a u n d 1 Ton = 1016.05 Kilograms = 1.01605 Tonnes II Standard of length and capacity 1 Tola = 11.664 Grams 1 Chattak = 58.32 Grams 1 Metre = 3.2808 Feet 1 Seer = 0.93310 Kilogram 1 M e t r e = 39. 37008 I n c h es 1 Maund = 37.3242 Kilograms 1 M e t r e = 1. 0936 Yards 100 Kilograms = 1 Quintal 1 Kilomet re = 0. 6214 Mile 10 Quintals = 1 Tonne 1 Lit re = 0. 21998 Gallon(Imp.) II Standard of length and capacity 1 Lit re = 0. 26418 Gallon(U.S.) 1 Foot = 0.3048 Metre 1 Inch = 0.0254 Metre III Standard of area 1 Yard = 0.9144 Metre 1 Mile = 1.609344 Kilometres 1 Imperial gallon = 4.54596 Litres 1 Hectare = 2.4711 Acres 1 Sq. Kilometre = 0. 3861 Sq. mile III Standard of area 1 H e c t a re = 0. 003861 Sq. mile 1 Acre = 0.404686 Hectare 1 Sq. mile = 2.58999 Sq. Kilometres = 258.999 Hectares v v i CONTENTS Table Table Page No. Page No. II. Medical and Public Health I. Area and Population 2.0 Birth (live), Death and Infant Mortality Rates for West Bengal 45 1.0 Administrative Units in West Bengal 1 2.0(a) Birth and Death Rates based on Three-Year Average 1.1 Villages, Towns and Households in West Bengal, for West Bengal 46 Census 2001 3 2.1 Medical Facilities in West Bengal 47 1.2 Districtwise Population by Sex in West Bengal, 2.2 Registered Medical Practitioners in West Bengal 48 Census 1991 4 2.3 Districtwise Status of Rural Water Supply Coverage 49 1.3 Districtwise Population by Sex in West Bengal, Census 2001 5 II. Education 1.4 Density of Population, Sex Ratio and Percentage 3.0 Literacy Rate in West Bengal by District 51 Share of Urban Population in West Bengal by 6 3.0(a) Literacy Rate among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled District Tribes in West Bengal by District, Census, 2001 52 1.4(a) Population Literacy rate by Sex and Density, Decennial Growth rate in West Bengal by District (Census,2011) (P) 7 3.1 Number of Schools in West Bengal 54 3.2 Number of Schools in West Bengal under Anglo- 1.5 Number of Workers and Non-workers in West Bengal, Indian School Category 55 2001 8 3.3 Enrolment in General Educational Institutions by 1.5(a) Work Participation Rate (main + marginal) in West Bengal, 2001 9 Stages in West Bengal 56 1.5(b) Ranking of Districts on the basis of percentage of main 3.4 Number of Teachers in General Educational workers to total population in West Bengal, 1991 & 2001 10 Institutions in West Bengal 57 IV. Climate 1.6 Population of CD Blocks in West Bengal by 4.0 Annual Rainfall in West Bengal 58 District, Census 2001 11 1.7 Population of Cities, Towns and Urban Outgrowths in V. Agriculture West Bengal by District, Census 2001 26 5.0 Classification of Area in West Bengal 59 1.8 Annual Estimates of Population of West Bengal 41 5.1 Utilisation of Land in West Bengal by District 60 1.9 Distribution of Population by Religious Communities 5.2 Area under Principal Crops in West Bengal 64 in West Bengal 42 1.10 Districtwise Educational Facilities in West Bengal, 5.3 Net Cropped Area, Gross Cropped Area and Census 2001 43 Cropping Intensity in West Bengal 67 1.11 Districtwise Medical Facilities in West Bengal, 5.4 Production of Principal Crops in West Bengal 68 Census 2001 44 vii viii Table Table Page No. Page No. 7.1 Estimated Production of Milk and Eggs in 5.5 Districtwise Area and Production of Principal Crops West Bengal 108 in West Bengal 71 7.2 Production of Fish and Fishseed in West Bengal 109 5.6 Yield Rates of Principal Crops in West Bengal 91 7.3 Estimated Production of Meat in West Bengal 110 5.7 Area and Production of Fruits and Vegetables in West Bengal 93 VIII. Veterinary 5.8 Area and Production of Flowers in West Bengal 95 8.0 Categorywise number of Veterinary Institutions and the 5.9 Index Number of Agricultural Area under Selected Crops Number of Animals Treated in West Bengal 111 in West Bengal (Base : Triennium ending crop year 1981-82 = 100) 97 8.1 Different Categories of Veterinary Institutions in West Bengal 112 5.10 Index Number of Agricultural Production of selected IX. Mines and Power Crops in West Bengal (Base : Triennium ending (i) Electricity crop year 1981-82 = 100) 99 9.0 Installed Electricity Generating Capacity(derated) in 5.11 Index Number of Agricultural Productivity of selected West Bengal (excluding N.T.P.C.) 114 Crops in West Bengal (Base : Triennium ending 9.0(a) Gross Generation of Electricity in West Bengal crop year 1981-82 = 100) 101 (excluding N.T.P.C.) 115 5.12 Index Number of Agricultural Area, Production, 9.1 Analysis of Sales of Electricity in West Bengal 116 Productivity, Cropping Pattern, Cropping Intensity, 9.2 Districtwise No. of Villages Electrified in Productivity per hectare of Net Area Sown of West Bengal 117 (ii) Mineral Production Selected Crops and Net Area Sown in West Bengal (Base : Triennium ending crop year 1981-82 = 100) 9.3 Production and Value of Minerals of West Bengal 120 103 9.4 Coal and Coke Products Supplied to Different Industries in West Bengal 121 VI. Forest 6.0 Classification of Forest Area by Status and Ownership X. Industry in West Bengal 104 10.0 Number of Major Industries in West Bengal 122 6.1 Out-turn of Timber and Firewood from Forest in 10.1 Economic Structure of Factories under Annual Survey of Industries in West Bengal (Census and West Bengal 105 Non- Census Sectors) 123 6.2 Out-turn of Minor Forest Produce in Forest Areas of 10.2 Number of Registered Small Scale Industrial Units West Bengal 106 in West Bengal 124 VII. Livestock and Fisheries 7.0 Growth of Livestock in West Bengal 107 x i x Table Page Table Page No. No. 12.1 Incidence of Major Cognizable Crimes (IPC) under different 10.3 Industrial Production in West Bengal 125 Crime Heads in Kolkata and Suburbs 141 10.4 Index of Industrial Production of West Bengal by Sector XIII. Police, Civil Defence and Fire Service (Base : 1999-2000 = 100) 127 13.0 Sanctioned Strength of Civil Police in West Bengal 10.4(a) Index of Industrial Production of West Bengal by Use and Expenditure thereof 142 Based Classes of Goods(Base : 1999-2000 = 100 ) 128 13.1 Expenditure on Civil Defence, Home Guards, 10.4(b) Monthly Index of Industrial Production of West Bengal N.C.C. and N.V.F. in West Bengal 143 by Sector (Base : 1999-2000 = 100) 129 13.2 Number of Stations, Staff Strength and XI. Employment and Labour Expenditure on Fire Services in West Bengal 144 11.0 Estimated Employment in Public and Private Sectors XIV. Local Bodies in West Bengal 131 14.0 Number, Income and Expenditure of different Local 11.1 Number of Workers Employed in Major Industries Bodies in West Bengal 145 in West Bengal 132 11.2 Average Number of Persons Employed Daily in XV. Transport and Communication and about the Coal Mines in West Bengal 133 15.0 Length of Roads under the control of Public Works 147 11.3 Average Number of Persons Employed Daily in and Public Works (Roads) Departments in Plantations (Tea) in West Bengal 134 West Bengal 11.4 Estimated Average Daily Employment in Shops, 15.0(a) Length of Roads Maintained by Public Works Commercial Establishments, Cinemas etc. in Department and Public Works Department (Roads) West Bengal 135 according to Category in West Bengal 148 11.5 Employment in Registered Small Scale Industrial 15.1 Length of Roads Maintained by Municipalities and Units in West Bengal 137 Municipal Corporations in West Bengal 149 11.6 Employment through Employment Exchanges in 15.1(a) Districtwise Length of Roads Maintained by Zilla West Bengal 138 Parishads, Panchayat Samities and Gram 11.7 Industrial Disputes in West Bengal 139 Panchayats in West Bengal 150 XII.