Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Government of

DISTRICT PROFILE

ARWAL 2018-19

Carried out by MSME-Development Institute (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,) Patliputra Industrial Estate, -13 Phone:- 0612-2262719, 2262208, 2263211 Fax: 0612-2262186 e-mail: [email protected] Web- www.msmedipatna.gov.in

Brief Industrial Profile of District

1. General Characteristics of the District:- came into existence on 20.08.2001. Before existence it is a part of subdivision of District.

1.1 Location & Geographical Area:- Arwal district is one of the thirty- eight district of State. It is situated east bank of Sone River. The headquarter of Arwal District is Arwal town, Arwal. Arwal is situated 60 Kms. south of Patna & nearest railway station at Jehanabad. The nearest airport is at Patna. By road, Arwal is linked with Jehanabad, Patna, Aurangabad and Bhojpur .It’s headquarter is situated at Arwal which is approximately 65 KMs south from the state capital Patna. Arwal town is situated on the right side bank of the river Son, which is a tributary to the river Ganges.

1.2 Topography: - The climate of Arwal is of extreme nature i.e. very hot in summers and biting cold in the winter.

1.3 Availability of Minerals:- Sand, stone minerals are available in Arwal District. However no specific production data is available.

1.4 FOREST :- The total land2 available in the district is 195966.08 acres. Forest coverage is very small.

1.5 Administrative setup: - It has one subdivision & five blocks in the district i.e. Arwal, Kaler, Karpis Kurthna, Sonbhadhra Bansi, Suryapur.

S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics 1 Geographical Fe atures (A) Geographical Data i) Latitude 2018-19 NORTH 250 to25.150

ii) Longitude 2018-19 EAST 84.700 to 85.150 iii) Geographical Area 2018-19 Sq. Kms. 634.23 (B) Administrative Units i)Sub-divisions 2018-19 No 1 ii) Tehsils 2018-19 No 5 iii) Sub-Tehsil 2018-19 - Nil iv) Patwar Circle 2018-19 - - v) Panchayat Samiti 2018-19 No 5 vi)Nagar Nigam 2018-19 - Nil vii) Nagar Parishad 2018-19 - 1 viii) Gram Panchayat 2018-19 No 65 xi)Revenue Villages 2018-19 No 315 x)Assembly Area 2018-19 No 02 (Arwal & Kurtha) 2. Population 7,00,843 (A) Sex-wise i) Male 2011 Lakhs 3,63,497 ii)Female 2011 Lakhs 3,37,346 (B) Rural Population 2011 Lakhs 6,48,994 3. Agriculture A. Land utilization i)Total Area 2018-19 Sq. Kms. 634.23 Sq.K.m. ii)Forest cover 2018-19 Acres 195966.08 iii) Area of Cultivation 2018-19 Sq. Kms. 495.20 v) Area of Uncultivation 2018-19 Sq. Kms. 8.45 4. Forest (i)Forest 2011-12 Acres 195966.08 5. Livestock &Poultry A. Cattle i)Cows 2007 Nos. 52500 ii)Buffaloes 2012 Nos. 72954 iii) Bovine 2012 Nos. 125950 B. Other livestock i)Goats 20123 Nos. 50206

ii)Pigs 2012 Nos. 4097 iii)Dogs 2012 Nos. 2516 iv) Horses/Ponies 2012 Nos. 12 v) Fowls 2012 Nos. 57873 vi) Ducks 2012 Nos. 1340 6. Railways Nearest Railway Station is Jehanabad

i)Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms - V)Roads (a)National Highway 2010-11 Kms 134 (b)State Highway 2010- 11 Kms 46

(c)Main District Highway 2010-11 Kms 185

(d)Other district & Rural 2010-11 Kms - Roads (e)Rural road/Agriculture 2010-11 Kms - Marketing Board Roads

(f)Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms - 7. Public Health (a) Allopathic Hospital 2018-19 No. 06 (b) Beds in Allopathic No.

Hospitals 130 (c)Primary health centers 2018-19 No. 05

(d) Dispensaries No. 19 (e)Sub Health Centers 2018-19 No. 47

(f)Private hospitals No. -

(VIII)Banking (Branches)

(a)Commercial Bank 2018-19 Nos. 30 (b) Rural Bank 2018-19 Nos. 24

(c)Co-Operative bank 2018-19 Nos. 1

(d)PLDB Branches Nos. - (IX)Education (a)Primary School Nos. 333 (b)Middle Schools Nos. 193 (c)Secondary & Se