|
Education
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|
Literacy Rates
|
Unit
|
2001
|
2011(P)
|
|
Male
|
Per Cent
|
77.02
|
82.67
|
|
Female
|
Per Cent
|
59.61
|
71.16
|
|
Total
|
Per Cent
|
68.64
|
77.08
|
|
Rural
|
Per Cent
|
63.42
|
72.97
|
|
Urban
|
Per Cent
|
81.25
|
85.54
|
|
Source: Census of India, 2001, 2011
|
|
General Education
|
|
No Of Schools
|
Unit
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
|
Primary
|
Number
|
66151*
|
66817*
|
66929*
|
|
Upper Primary
|
Number
|
3097**
|
3940**
|
5222**
|
|
High and Higher Secondary
|
Number
|
8952
|
9225
|
14180
|
|
Enrollment of Students in School
|
|
Primary
|
Number
|
7625389*
|
7474799*
|
7207704*
|
|
Upper Primary
|
Number
|
6166141**
|
6330203**
|
6294953**
|
|
High and Higher Secondary
|
Number
|
3048343(R)
|
3433506(R)
|
3727585
|
|
Pupil Teacher Ratio
|
|
Primary
|
|
37.05
|
31.51
|
27.50
|
|
Upper Primary
|
|
54.35
|
51.47
|
45.44
|
|
*Including SSK **Including MSK
|
|
|
Source: DISE & SEMIS Reports, Department of School Education, Government of West Bengal.
|
|
|
College Education
|
Unit
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
|
General Degree College for College Education
|
Number
|
447
|
452
|
|
B.Ed & B.P.Ed. Colleges
|
Number
|
128++
|
146++
|
|
Engg. & Technical Colleges
|
Number
|
85+
|
85+
|
|
Other Colleges
|
Number
|
154
|
155
|
|
+Excluding Universities e.g.JU,BESU,BU,CU & WBUT
|
|
++Excluding University Colleges/Department
|
|
Source: Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal.
|
|
Vital Statistics
|
Unit
|
Data recieved in
|
|
|
|
December,2010
|
December,2011
|
|
Birth Rate
|
Per 1000 Population
|
17.2
|
16.8
|
|
Death Rate
|
Per 1000 Population
|
6.2
|
6.0
|
|
Infant Mortality Rate
|
Per 1000 live birth
|
33
|
31
|
|
|
|
Health
|
Unit
|
2010*
|
2011**
|
|
No of Hospitals,Health Centres,Nursing Homes & Clinics
|
Number
|
13924
|
13925
|
|
Total Beds
|
Number
|
104641
|
107346
|
|
Beds per lakh of population#
|
Number
|
118
|
120
|
|
persons per Doctor
|
Number
|
1832
|
1804
|
|
*As on 31st March **As on 30th November
|
|
# Based on Projected Population as on 1st October
|
|
|
Sources:
|
1.Hope to Reality, Information and Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal.
|
|
|
2.Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal.
|
|
|
Distribution of Households in the State by Source of Lighting, 2011(P)
|
|
Sources
|
Per Cent
|
|
Electricity
|
54.5
|
|
Kerosene
|
43.5
|
|
Solar Energy
|
1.2
|
|
Other Oil
|
0.2
|
|
Any other
|
0.1
|
|
No lighting
|
0.5
|
|
Source: Census of India, 2011.
|
|
Distribution of Households in the State by Source of Drinking Water Facility, 2011(P)
|
|
Sources
|
Per Cent
|
|
Tap Water
|
25.4
|
|
Well
|
6.0
|
|
Hand pump
|
50.1
|
|
Tubewell
|
16.7
|
|
Others
|
1.8
|
|
Availability of Drinking Water Source
|
|
Within the premises
|
38.6
|
|
Near the premises
|
34.7
|
|
Away
|
26.6
|
|
|
Note: The sum of percentages may not add up to total hundred due to rounding off
|
|
Source: Census of India, 2011.
|
|
|
Distribution of Households by type of Latrine facility, 2011(P)
|
|
Type of Latrine
|
Per Cent
|
|
Latrine facility within premises
|
58.8
|
|
Latrine connected to Piped sewer system
|
5.5
|
|
Latrine connected to Septic tank or other
|
26.3
|
|
With slab/ventilated pit
|
22.3
|
|
Without slab/open pit
|
3.2
|
|
Other latrine
|
1.4
|
|
Public latrine
|
2.5
|
|
Open
|
38.6
|
|
|
Note: The sum of percentages may not add up to total hundred due to rounding off
|
Source: Census of India, 2011.
|
|
Percentage Distributed of Households by type of fuel for Cooking, 2011(P)
|
|
|
Note: The sum of percentages may not add up to total hundred due to rounding off
|
Source: Census of India, 2011.
|
Abbreviation
|
|
P
|
Provisional
|
R
|
Revised
|
|
E
|
Estimated
|
A
|
Advance
|
|
Q
|
Quick
|
BE
|
Budget Estimate
|
|
MW
|
Mega Watt
|
MU
|
Million Unit
|
|
MKWH
|
Million Killo Watt-Hour
|
MT
|
Metric Tonne
|
|
EM
|
Entreprenuer Memorandum
|
DLHS
|
District Level Household and Facility Survey
|
|
RCH
|
Reproductive and Child Health
|
GSDP
|
Gross State Domestic Product
|
|
NSDP
|
Net State Domestic Product
|
..
|
Not Available
|
|