District Statistics
Subject | Description |
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Geographical area(sq. kms) | 3386.18 |
Annual rainfall | 2548.8 mm |
Temperature | 37.9⁰ cel (max) 7.8⁰ cel (min) |
Geographical Location | 26⁰15′47″ & 26⁰59′34″ N Latitude 88⁰23′2″ & 89⁰7′30″ E Longitude |
District Head Quarter | Jalpaiguri |
Sub-Division | [i) Jalpaiguri Sadar ii) Dhupguri iii) Mal] (3 Sub-Divisions) |
Blocks | [Jalpaiguri Sadar / Dhupguri / Maynaguri / Rajganj / Mal / Matiali / Nagrakata/ Kranti/Banarhat](9Blocks) |
Panchayat Samities | 9 |
Gram Panchayat | 80 |
Municipal Corporation | Siliguri Municipal Corporation ( 14 Wards) |
Municipality | [ Jalpaiguri / Dhupguri / Mal/Maynaguri / ] (4 Municipalities) |
Mouza’s | 418 |
Gram Sansads | 1177 |
Police Station | 9 |
Inhabited villages | 404 |
Forest villages | 29 |
Male | 1217532 |
Female | 1164064 |
Total | 2381596 (as per Census 2011) |
Population Density /sq.km | 701 |
Sex Ratio | 956.085 |
Cultivators | 113290 |
Small and Marginal farmers | 121680(Marginal), 27482 (Small) |
Agriculture Labourers | 141257 |
Artisans | 59000 |
House Hold cottage industries | 37500 |
Allied Agro Activities | 9800 |
Non workers | 987306 |
Net cropped area | 198256 |
Percentage of irrigated to cultivated area | 40 % |
Forest | 64393 |
Fallow land | 11286 |
Land not available for Cultivation | 65696 |
Cropping intensity | 186 % |
Area brought under HYV seeds | 60 % |