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District Statistics

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

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
              ( 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

Gurap

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
 

Chinsurah

Chinsurah (Women)

Hooghly-

Chinsurah(M)

44397 1 30 1
 

Chinsurah (P) &

Mogra

Chinsurah-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
          (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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Medical Facilities available in the district of Hooghly

(Number)

 

 

 

Year

No. of Medical Institutions in

 

 

Total No. of Beds

 

 

Total No. of Doctors

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

 

 

Hospitals

 

 

Rural Hospitals

 

Block Primary Health Centres

 

Primary Health Centres

(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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General Educational Institutions by type in the district of Hooghly

(Number)

Type of Institution Year
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

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

GENERAL DEGREE COLLEGES

GENERAL UNIVERSITIES (excluding completely Technical Universities)

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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Public Libraries, Reading Rooms and Mass Literacy Centres in the district of Hooghly

(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

  • Sharp decline in the number of cinema halls of the district is due to the exclusion of closed cinema halls

^ 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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Newspapers and Periodicals published in the district of Hooghly

(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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Classification of Land Utilization Statistics in the district of Hooghly

(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
  •  Less than 50 tonnes of Production
  • Production of 1000 bales of 180 kgs each # Figure of Ginger represents for fresh (not dry ) for the year 2016-17

Sources :1) Directorate of Agriculture, Govt. of W. B.

  • A.E.&S., Govt. of W. B.
  • Tea Board of India

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Estimated Production of Milk (Cow, Buffalo & Goat) and Egg (Hen & Duck)

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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Micro and Small Scale Enterprises with corresponding Employment in the district of Hooghly

(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.

  1. ii) MSME-Development Institute, Kolkata, of India. (compiled from www.udyogaadhar.gov.in)

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