Dakshin Dinajpur
Dakshin Dinajpur district profile
Dakshin Dinajpur, or South Dinajpur, is one of the districts covered by PACS in West Bengal. The district was created on April 1, 1992. It comprises two sub-divisions: Balurghat and Gangarampur.
The former Dinajpur district was divided up during partition into West Dinajpur district and East Dinajpur district. East Dinajpur district, now called Dinajpur, became part of East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. The district of West Dinajpur was enlarged in 1956, when the recommendations of the States Reorganisation Act were implemented, with the addition of some areas of Bihar. The district was divided into Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur on April 1, 1992.
Dakshin Dinajpur has a number of north-south-flowing rivers like the Atreyee, Punarbhaba, Tangon and Brahmani.
Around 28% and 16% of the population belong to the scheduled castes and tribes respectively. Around a fourth of the population is Muslim.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 1,503,178 | |
| Male | 770,335 | |
| Female | 732,843 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 162,477 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 22.11% | |
| Rural | 1,306,324 (86.90%) | |
| Urban | 196,854 (13.10%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 951 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population | 432,660 (28.78%) | |
| ST population | 242,317 (16.12%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 63.59 | |
| Male | 72.43 | |
| Female | 54.28 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 1,112,575 | |
| Muslims | 361,047 | |
| Christians | 22,039 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Balurghat | 135,737 | |
| Gangarampur | 53,533 | |
| NA | NA | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1,579 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,573 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 717 | |
| Primary schools | 998 | |
| Medical facility | 627 | |
| Paved approach road | 370 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 78.1% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 96.1% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 40.4% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 87.9% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 91.8% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 287,498 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 830,894 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 98 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 3, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Census of India 2001 http://censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-1905.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. West Bengal. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 3, 2010
