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 |
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Geographical Location of Hooghly district and its headquarters |
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Name of the district |
Latitude | Longitude |
Name of district headquarters |
Latitude | Longitude | ||
| North | South | East | West | ||||
| (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 |
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| Monthly Rainfall in the district of Hooghly | |||||||
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| ( Millimetre ) | |||||||
| Month | Normal | Actual | |||||
| 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. of W.B. | |||||||
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| Administrative Units in the district of Hooghly for the year 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sub-Division | Police Station | C.D.Block/ M.C./ M | Panchayat | Mouza |
Inhabited Village |
House- hold |
Town | |||||||||||
| Samity | Gram | Gram Sansad | Municipal Corporation | Municipality | Notified Area |
Census Town (2011) |
Out-growth (2011) |
Total | ||||||||||
| (2011) | (2011) | (2011) | No. | Ward | No. | Ward | No. | Ward | ||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | |
|
Sadar Sub-Div. |
9 | 5/ 0/ 2 | 5 | 69 | 1101 | 770 | 741 | 396794 | – | – | 2 | 52 | – | – | 23 | 1 | 26 | |
|
Dhaniakhali | 1 | 18 | 264 | 214 | 214 | 78260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Pandua | Pandua | 1 | 16 | 247 | 158 | 153 | 74139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | ||
| Balagarh | Balagarh | 1 | 13 | 183 | 136 | 129 | 55881 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | ||
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Hooghly- Chinsurah(M) |
– | – | – | – | – | 44397 | – | – | 1 | 30 | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
|
Chinsurah (P) & Mogra |
|
1 | 10 | 196 | 68 | 52 | 57690 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Bansberia(M) | – | – | – | – | – | 24276 | – | – | 1 | 22 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Polba & Dadpur | Polba-Dadpur | 1 | 12 | 211 | 194 | 193 | 62151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
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| Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies in the district of Hooghly | |||||
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| (Number) | |||||
| Year | Constituency |
No. of Unreserved constituencies |
No. of constituencies reserved for | Total | |
| Scheduled Caste | Scheduled Tribe | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| 2014 | Assembly | 14 | 4 | – | 18 |
| Parliamentary | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | |
| 2015 | Assembly | 14 | 4 | – | 18 |
| Parliamentary | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | |
| 2016 | Assembly | 14 | 4 | – | 18 |
| Parliamentary | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | |
| 2017 | Assembly | 14 | 4 | – | 18 |
| Parliamentary | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | |
| 2018 | Assembly | 14 | 4 | – | 18 |
| Parliamentary | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | |
| Source : Collectorate(Election Deptt.), Hooghly | |||||
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Area, Population and Density of Population in the district of Hooghly, 2011
| Sub-Division / C.D.Block / M.C. / M |
Area (Sq. Km.) (2001) |
Population (Number) | Density of Population (per Sq. Km.) | P.C. of population to district population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Sadar Sub-Division | 1148.15 | 1657518 | 1444 | 30.03 |
| Dhaniakhali | 275.68 | 320534 | 1163 | 5.81 |
| Pandua | 276.43 | 316197 | 1144 | 5.73 |
| Balagarh | 202.15 | 228998 | 1133 | 4.15 |
| Hooghly-Chinsurah(M) | 17.27 | 177259 | 10264 | 3.21 |
| Chinsurah-Mogra | 81.86 | 247055 | 3018 | 4.48 |
| Bansberia(M) | 9.07 | 103920 | 11458 | 1.88 |
| Polba-Dadpur | 285.69 | 263555 | 923 | 4.77 |
N.B.: C.D. Block / M.C./ M / N.A.-wise figures of
Census 2011 for Area are not available at present
Source : Census of India, 2001 & 2011
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(Number)
|
Year |
No. of Medical Institutions in |
Total No. of Beds |
Total No. of Doctors |
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| Health & Family Welfare Deptt., Govt. of W.B. |
Other Departments of Govt. of West Bengal including State Govt. Undertaking |
Local Bodies |
Govt. of India including Central Govt. Undertaking |
N.G.O./ Private Bodies (Nursing Homes) |
Total |
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Hospitals |
Rural Hospitals |
Block Primary Health Centres |
Primary Health Centres |
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| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) |
| 2014 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 60 | .. | .. | .. | 187 | 271 | 4732** | 306* |
| 2015 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 60 | .. | .. | .. | 208 | 292 | 4802** | 475* |
| 2016 | 6 | 17^ | 1 | 91 | .. | .. | .. | 124 | 239 | 4380** | 426* |
| 2017 | 5 | 22^ | .. | 91 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 118 | 2479** | 427* |
| 2018 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 87 | 660 | – | 12 | 161 | 943 | 4848** | 427* |
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(Number)
| Type of Institution | Year | ||||
| 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
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1 GENERAL RECOGNIZED SCHOOLS (i) Recognized Primary Schools under the control of or of the type of (a) D.I.(Primary+Junior Basic) (b) Municipalities / Corporations / Local bodies etc. (c) I.C.S.E./ C.B.S.E./ Anglo-Indian & Missionaries etc. (d) Railway (ER / SER) / DVC etc. (ii) Recognized Middle Schools under the control of or of the type of (a) D.I.(Secondary) (b) Junior Madrasahs (c) I.C.S.E./ C.B.S.E./ Anglo-Indian & Missionaries etc. (d) Railway (ER / SER) / DVC etc. (iii) Recognized High Schools under the control of or of the type of (a) D.I.(Secondary) (b) High Madrasahs (c) I.C.S.E./ C.B.S.E./ Anglo-Indian & Missionaries etc. (d) Railway (ER / SER) / DVC etc. (iv) Recognized Higher Secondary Schools under the control of or of the type of (a) General Stream(Including independent H.S.School) (b) Vocational Stream(Including independent H.S.School) (c) I.C.S.E./ C.B.S.E./ Anglo-Indian & Missionaries etc. (d) Railway (ER / SER) / DVC etc. (e) Senior Madrasahs 2 GENERAL DEGREE COLLEGES 3 GENERAL UNIVERSITIES (excluding completely Technical Universities) 4 CENTRES OF OPEN UNIVERSITIES |
3816 | 3829 | 3745 | 3853 | 3859 |
| 3013 | 3026 | 2941 | 3025 | 3023 | |
| 2974 | 2980 | 2889 | 2971 | 2968 | |
| 39 | 46 | 52 | 54 | 55 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | – | |
| 152 | 152 | 152 | 176 | 183 | |
| 146 | 146 | 146 | 170 | 176 | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | – | |
| 292 | 278 | 279 | 251 | 252 | |
| 261 | 247 | 247 | 219 | 219 | |
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | |
| 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | |
| 359 | 373 | 373 | 401 | 401 | |
| 337 | 351 | 351 | 379 | 379 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | |
| 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
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(Number)
|
Year |
Public Library |
Free Reading Room |
Mass Literacy Centres (Continuing Education Programme) |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 2013-14 | 158 | 158 | – |
| 2014-15 | 158 | 158 | – |
| 2015-16 | 158 | 158 | – |
| 2016-17 | 158 | 158 | – |
| 2017-18 | 158 | 158 | .. |
N.B. : The Mass Literacy Programme was closed on 30th September 2009.
Sources: 1) District Library Officer, Hooghly
2) Officer-in-Charge, Literacy and Education Cell,
Hooghly Zilla Parishad, Chinsurah, Hooghly
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Cinema Houses in the district of Hooghly
|
Year |
Number of Cinema House | Sitting Capacity (Number) | Total Tax Collected (Rs.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| 2013-14 | 38 | 32714 | 6461945 | |
| 2014-15 | 38 | 32714 | 6160843 | |
| 2015-16 | 38 | 32714 | 5923576 | |
| 2016-17 | 73 # | 59163 | 5537445 | |
| 2017-18 ^ | 26* | 23135 | 2650032 | |
# difference in number of cinema houses is due to non-inclusion of a few cinema houses in the previous statistical reports
^ The entertainment tax has given by the source office upto 30.06.2017
Source : Agricultural Income-Tax Officer-in-Charge,
Hooghly Range
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(Number)
|
Year (as on 31st March) |
Daily | Weekly | Fortnightly | Monthly | Others | Total |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) |
|
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 |
–
–
– – 1 |
7
6
8
5
4 |
22
26
17
12
11 |
2
1
1
3
2 |
–
– 1 1
1 |
31
33
27
21
19 |
| LANGUAGE | Year : 2018 | |||||
|
Bengali English Hindi Urdu Others |
1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Total | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
Source : District Information & Cultural Officer, Hooghly
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(Thousand hectares)
| Year | Reporting Area | Forest Area | Area under Non- agricultural use | Barren & uncultivable land | Permanent pastures & other grazing land | Land under misc. tree groves not included in Net area sown | Cultivable waste land | Fallow land other than Current fallow | Current fallow | Net area sown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
| 2013-14 | 313.38 | 0.53 | 97.14 | 0.06 | – | 1.32 | 0.79 | 0.29 | 0.68 | 212.57 |
| 2014-15(P) | 313.38 | 0.53 | 97.85 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 1.34 | 0.73 | 0.13 | 0.76 | 211.97 |
| 2015-16(E) | 313.38 | 0.53 | 98.55 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 1.37 | 0.58 | – | 0.75 | 211.50 |
| 2016-17(E) | 313.38 | 0.29 | 99.30 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 1.64 | 0.46 | – | 0.74 | 210.85 |
| 2017-18(E) | 313.38 | 0.29 | 99.40 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 1.77 | 0.43 | .. | 0.52 | 210.89 |
Source : Directorate of Agriculture (Evaluation), Govt. of W. B.
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Area under Principal Crops in the district of Hooghly
(Thousand hectares)
| Crops | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| Foodgrains : | |||||
| 1. Rice | 286.1 | 276.0 | 277.6 | 267.0 | 260.4 |
| Aus | 5.8 | 6.2 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 8.6 |
| Aman | 196.0 | 190.2 | 188.2 | 186.4 | 187.0 |
| Boro | 84.3 | 79.6 | 80.5 | 70.9 | 64.8 |
| 2. Wheat | 0.1 | 0.2 | (a) | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| 3. Barley | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4. Maize | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| 5. Other Cereals | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total Cereals | 286.4 | 276.4 | 277.8 | 267.3 | 261.4 |
| 6. Gram | (a) | (a) | (a) | (a) | 0.1 |
| 7. Tur | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 8. Other Pulses | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 5.6 |
| Total Pulses | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
| Total Foodgrains | 286.8 | 277.0 | 278.5 | 269.0 | 267.1 |
Sources :1) Directorate of Agriculture, Govt. of W. B.
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in the district of Hooghly and West Bengal
|
Year |
Milk (Thousand tonnes) | Egg ( Number in thousand) | ||
| District | West Bengal | District | West Bengal | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| 2013-14 | 520 | 4906 | 254320 | 4746013 |
| 2014-15 | 389 | 4961 | 251205 | 4813023 |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 5038 | 231133 | 4768672 |
| 2016-17 | 334 | 5183 | 253755 | 6553649 |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 5387 | 293057 | 7643433 |
Source : Directorate of Animal Resources & Animal Health, Govt. of W.B
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(Number)
| Year | Unit | Employment | ||
| During the year | Upto the year | During the year | Upto the year | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| 2014-15 | 973 | 5376 | 6297 | 57685 |
| 2015-16 (Upto September) | 440 | 5816 | 5192 | 62877 |
| 2015-16 (From October onwards) | 756 | 756 | 8657 | 8657 |
| 2016-17 | 2027 | 2783 | 25958 | 34615 |
| 2017-18 | 1040 | 3823 | 8827 | 43442 |
* Data for 2015-16 is upto September’2015, before the introduction of Udyog Aadhar .Data relate to Udyog Aadhar memorandum registration & employment therein from 2015-16 (October onwards).
Source : i) Directorate of Micro & Small Scale
Enterprises, Govt. of W.B.
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