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District Statistics

Subject Description
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 %