Jalpaiguri
Jalpaiguri district profile
Jalpaiguri is one of the districts covered by PACS in West Bengal. The district is the largest district in north Bengal, covering an area 6,245 sq km. It was established in 1869. The headquarters of the district is Jalpaiguri town, which is also the divisional headquarters of north Bengal.
Jalpaiguri, situated in the northern part of West Bengal, has international borders with Bhutan and Bangladesh in the north and south respectively, and Assam and the Darjeeling hills in the east, west and northwest. The region is crisscrossed with rivers including the Teesta, Torsa, Jaldhaka, Raidak and Sankosh. The district is a gateway to the northeastern states and Bhutan.
Jalpaiguri has a fairly high percentage of population belonging to the scheduled castes (36%) and scheduled tribes (18%).
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 3,401,173 | |
| Male | 1,751,145 | |
| Female | 1,650,028 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 349,513 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 21.52 | |
| Rural | 2,794,291 (82.16%) | |
| Urban | 606,882 (17.84%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 942 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population | 1,248,577 (36.71%) | |
| ST population | 641,688 (18.87%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 62.85 | |
| Male | 72.83 | |
| Female | 52.21 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 2,833,229 | |
| Muslims | 369,195 | |
| Christians | 147,654 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Siliguri | 187,772 | |
| Jalpaiguri | 100,348 | |
| Alipurduar | 72,999 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 742 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 732 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 462 | |
| Primary schools | 700 | |
| Medical facility | 570 | |
| Paved approach road | ||
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 72.9% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 97.8% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 48.4% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 78.6% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 87.2% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 622,658 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 1,889,228 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 8 | |
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 2001http://censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-1902.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
