DISTRICT STATISTICAL HANDBOOK 2018 HOOGHLY OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BUREAU OF APPLIED ECONOMICS & STATISTICS, HOOGHLY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & STATISTICS GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL CONTENTS Table Page Sl. No. Description No. No. I. LOCATION, RAINFALL AND CLIMATE (4 tables) 1 1.1 Geographical Location 1 2 1.2 Monthly Rainfall 1 3 1.3 Maximum and Minimum Temperature by month 2 4 1.4 Mean Maximum and Mean Minimum Temperature by month 2 II. AREA AND POPULATION (16 Tables) 5 2.1 Administrative Units 3 6 2.1(a) Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies 5 7 2.1(b) Number of Seats in Municipal Corporations, Municipalities and Panchayats 5 8 2.2 Area, Population and Density of Population 6 9 2.3 Growth of Population by sex 7 10 2.4(a) Distribution of Rural & Urban Population by sex, 2001 8 11 2.4(b) Distribution of Rural & Urban Population by sex, 2011 9 12 2.5(a) Distribution of Population by sex & by age group, 2001 10 13 2.5(b) Distribution of Population by sex & by age group, 2011 11 14 2.6 Distribution of Population by sex in different towns 12 15 2.7 Distribution of Population over different categories of workers and non-workers 15 16 2.8 Distribution of Population over different categories of workers and non-workers by sex 16 17 2.9 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Population by sex 17 18 2.10 Population by religion 18 19 2.10(a) Population by religion & by sex 19 20 2.11 Disabled Persons by type of disability & by sex 21 III. PUBLIC HEALTH (5 Tables) 21 3.1 Medical Facilities 22 22 3.2 Family Welfare Centres 24 23 3.2(a) Achievement of Universal Immunization Programme 25 24 3.3 Patients treated in Hospitals, Health Centres and Sub-centres 26 25 3.3(a) Births and Deaths in different Hospitals and Health Centres 27 IV. EDUCATION AND CULTURE (14 Tables) 26 4.1(a) General Educational Institutions by type 28 27 4.1(b) Professional & Technical Educational Institutions by type 29 28 4.1(c) Special & Non-formal Educational Institutions by type 30 29 4.2(a) Students by sex in different type of General Educational Institutions 31 30 4.2(b) Students by sex in different type of Professional & Technical Educational Institutions 32 31 4.2(c) Students by sex in different type of Special & Non-formal Educational Institutions 33 32 4.3(a) Teachers in different type of General Educational Institutions 34 33 4.3(b) Teachers in different type of Professional & Technical Educational Institutions 35 34 4.3(c) Teachers in different type of Special & Non-formal Educational Institutions 36 35 4.4 Institutions, Students and Teachers by Block, Municipality and Municipal Corporations 37 36 4.5 Literacy Rate by sex in rural and urban areas 39 37 4.6 Public Libraries, Reading Rooms and Mass Literacy Centres 40 38 4.7 Cinema Houses 41 39 4.8 Newspapers and Periodicals published 42 V. AGRICULTURE & ALLIED SECTORS (16 Tables) 40 5.1 Classification of Land Utilization Statistics 43 41 5.1(a) Distribution of Operational Holdings over size-classes 43 42 5.1(b) Area of Vested Agricultural Land distributed & Number of Beneficiaries 44 43 5.2 Area under Principal Crops 44 44 5.3 Production of Principal Crops 45 45 5.3(a) Yield rates of Principal Crops 46 46 5.3(b) Yield rates of some Selected Crops 47 47 5.3(c) Index Numbers of Agricultural Area, Production & Productivity (Base : 1981-82 = 100) 47 48 5.3(d) Area and Production of Fruits and Vegetables 48 49 5.3(e) Area and Production of Flowers 49 50 5.4 Classification of Forest Area, Out-turn of Forest Produce, Revenue & Expenditure 50 51 5.5 Area Irrigated by different sources 51 52 5.5(a) Sources of Irrigation 51 53 5.6 Fertilizer Consumed 52 54 5.7 Warehousing and Cold Storage Facilities 52 55 5.8 Estimated Production of Milk and Egg 52 (contd.) (i) CONTENTS (Concld…) Table Page Sl. No. Description No. No. VI. LIVE-STOCK (2 Tables) 56 6.1 Live-stock and Poultry 53 57 6.2 Veterinary Hospitals, Veterinary Personnel and Cases treated 54 VII. CO-OPERATIVE, BANKING & INSURANCE (3 Tables) 58 7.1 Progress of Co-operative Movement 55 59 7.2 Progress of Commercial Banking 56 60 7.3 Progress of L.I.C. 56 VIII. INDUSTRY (4 Tables) 61 8.1 Micro & Small Scale Enterprises with corresponding Employment 57 62 8.2 Mouzas Electrified 57 63 8.2(a) Consumption of Electricity by different sectors 58 64 8.3 Selected Characteristics of Factories by industry group 59 IX. EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR (4 Tables) 65 9.1 Employment in Registered Factories & State Government Offices 61 66 9.2 Number of Establishments in rural and urban areas 62 67 9.2(a) Number of Persons usually working in rural and urban Establishments 62 68 9.2(b) Percentage of Hired W orkers & Females employed in Non-agricultural Establishments 62 X. EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND SOCIAL SERVICE (3 Tables) 69 10.1 Applicants on the Live-register of Employment Exchanges 63 70 10.2 Registration and Placement effected by Employment Exchanges 63 71 10.3 Assistance to Old-aged Persons, Widows and Handicapped 64 XI. PRICE (5 Tables) 72 11.1 Wholesale Prices of Agricultural Commodities, Live-stock & Live-stock Products 65 73 11.1(a) Regulated Market by category 66 74 11.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Families in different monthly Expenditure Level 66 75 11.3 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial W orkers 67 76 11.4 Progress of Statutory and Modified Ration Shops 67 XII. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION (7 Tables) 77 12.1 Length of Roads maintained by P.W.D., Zilla Parishad & Panchayat 68 78 12.2 Length of different classes of Roads maintained by P.W.D. 68 79 12.3 Length of Roads maintained by Municipalities & Municipal Corporations 69 80 12.4 Registered Motor Vehicles 70 81 12.5 Accidents on Roads 71 82 12.6 Post & Telegraph Offices 71 83 12.7 Progress in Tourism 71 XIII. JUDICIAL AND POLICE (3 Tables) 84 13.1 Offences reported, Cases tried, Persons convicted and acquitted 72 85 13.2 Police Stations and Out-posts 73 86 13.3 Strength of Police Force by category 74 XIV. LOCAL-BODIES (2 Tables) 87 14.1 Population, Receipt and Expenditure of Municipalities & Municipal Corporations 75 88 14.2 Receipt and Expenditure of Zilla Parishad 75 XV. FINANCE (2 Tables) 89 15.1 Revenue collected from different sources 76 90 15.2 Net Collection from Small Savings 77 BLOCK LEVEL STATISTICS (11 Tables) 91 16.1 Some Basic Statistics about the Blocks 80 92 17.1 Population by religion in the Blocks 81 93 17.2 Persons Engaged in Agriculture in the Blocks 82 94 18.1 Area, Production and Yield rates of Major Crops in the Blocks 83 95 18.2 Source of Irrigation and Area Irrigated by different sources in the Blocks 86 96 18.3 Particulars of Fisheries in the Blocks 87 97 19.1 Number of Live-stock and Poultry in the Blocks 88 98 20.1 Commercial and Gramin Banks in the Blocks 89 99 20.2 Co-operative Societies in the Blocks 90 100 21.1 Length of Roads maintained by different agencies in the Blocks 91 101 21.2 Transport Facilities in the Blocks 92 (ii) Hooghly at a glance Description Year Unit Particulars (1) (2) (3) (4) Administrative set-up : District Headquarters Chinsurah Sub-division 2018 Number 4 Police Station '' '' 26 Inhabited Village 2011 '' 1842 Mouza 2011 '' 1934 Municipal Corporation 2018 '' 1 Municipality '' '' 12 Block '' '' 18 Panchayat Samity '' '' 18 Gram Panchayat '' '' 207 Gram Sansad '' '' 3191 Area and Population : Area 2011 Sq. Km. 3149.00 Population '' Number 5519145 Density of Population '' per Sq. Km. 1753 Percentage of Population : Male '' per cent 51.00 Female '' '' 49.00 Rural '' '' 61.43 Urban '' '' 38.57 Climate : Annual rainfall 2018 m.m. 997 Temperature : Maximum '' Degree Celsius .. Minimum '' '' .. Workers : Total workers 2011 per cent 39.01 Non-workers '' '' 60.99 Agriculture and Irrigation : Cropped area 2017-18 ' 000 Hectares 210.89 Percentage of Irrigated area to Cultivated area '' per cent .. Yield rate of Rice '' Kg. per hect. 3225 Medical facilities : Hospitals, Health Centres etc. 2018 Number 943 Sub-Centres 2017-18 '' 672 Family Welfare Centres '' '' 945 Total beds 2018 '' 4848 Beds per lakh of Population (Census 2011) '' '' 88 Education : '' Primary School 2017-18 '' 3023 Middle School '' '' 183 High School '' '' 252 Higher Secondary School '' '' 401 General College '' '' 29 University(Gen. & Tech.) '' '' - Literates : Male 2011 per cent 87.03 Female '' '' 76.36 Total '' '' 81.80 (i) (Contd.) Hooghly at a glance (Concld…) Description Year Unit Particulars (1) (2) (3) (4) Industry : Registered Working Factories 2018 Number 1033 Micro & Small Scale Enterprises 2017-18 '' 3823 Employment in: State Government Offices As on 31.01.2018 '' .. Registered Working Factories (Daily Average) 2018 '' 117216 Micro & Small Scale Enterprises 2017-18 '' 43442 Employment Situation: Applicants on Live-register 2018 '' .. Electricity : Mouzas Electrified 2017-18 '' 1904 Consumption of Electricity '' ' 000 KWH 1896494 Co-operative Societies : Societies '' Number 1834 Members '' '' 676901 Working Capital '' ' 000 Rs. 41938964 Banking : Commercial Bank June, 2018 Number 477 Transport & Communication : Post Offices 2017-18 Number 497 Post & Telegraph Offices(Combined) '' '' - Surfaced Road '' Km. 10987.07 Unsurfaced Road '' '' 5593.76 Registered Motor Vehicles '' Number 607599 Finance : Net Collection from Small Savings '' ' 000 Rs. .. Total Revenue Receipt '' '' 645654 (P) (ii) TABLE 1.1 Geographical Location of Hooghly district and its headquarters Name Latitude Longitude Name of district Latitude Longitude of the district North South East West headquarters (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Hooghly 23º 01'20"N 22º 39'32"N 88º 30'15"E 87º 30'20"E Chinsurah 22º 55'N 88º 24'E Source : District Census Handbook, 1961 TABLE 1.2 Monthly Rainfall in the district of Hooghly ( Millimetre ) Normal Actual Month 1 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) January 11 - 9 4 - - February 32 37 9 44 - - March 34 23 19 32 18 16 April 62 4 98 1 10 88 May 118 77 80 143 106 60 June 249 200 285 187 180 142 July 313 258 692 254 393 321 August 300 334 196 365 235 183 September 236 222 234 236 178 141 October 94 34 25 69 250 22 November 19 - - 26 33 2 December 9 - 14 - 22 22 Total 1477 1189 1661 1361 1425 997 Source : Agricultural Meteorologist, Directorate of Agriculture, Govt.