PACS in West Bengal
PACS covers 5 out of 18 districts in West Bengal
People belonging to three main socially excluded groups: scheduled castes (SCs), scheduled tribes (STs) and Muslims, constitute 76.5% of the total population of the five PACS districts in West Bengal, according to Census 2001 data.
Key indicators of the state: West Bengal
| Total population (Census 2001) | 80.18 million |
| Decadal growth 1991-2001 (Census 2001) | 17.77% |
| Crude birth rate (SRS* 2008) | 17.5 |
| Crude death rate (SRS 2008) | 6.2 |
| Total fertility rate (SRS 2007) | 1.9 |
| Infant mortality rate (SRS 2008) | 35 |
| Maternal mortality ratio (SRS 2004 - 2006) | 141 |
| Sex ratio (Census 2001) | 934 |
| Rural population below poverty line# | 28.6% |
| SC population (Census 2001) | 18.45 million (23%) |
| ST population (Census 2001) | 4.41 million (5.5%) |
| Female literacy rate (Census 2001) | 59.6 |
PACS districts in West Bengal (Click on a district to view its key indicators)
| Dakshin Dinajpur | Murshidabad |
| Jalpaiguri | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Maldah |
Footnote: * Sample Registration System, Office of Registrar General, India, quoted in website of National Rural Health Mission (http://www.mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/Health_Profile.htm)
# Planning Commission estimate for 2004-05, using uniform recall period consumption-distribution data of National Sample Survey (NSS) 61st Round, quoted in `Poverty estimates for 2004-05’, press release of Press Information Bureau, Government of India, March 2007
Description:
PACS India promoting Muslims & Dalit Women Empowerment Program in West Bengal.
Keyword:
Muslims Women Empowerment in West Bengal
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