Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Now Howrah

Today, I met chairman of DPSC of Howrah for following data:
1. Names, addresses,phone nos. of Savadhipati, Panchayet pradhan of most and least literate blocks;
2. Names and addresses of primary schools of above two blocks.

Howrah District
Howrah district of West Bengal is spread over an area of 1467 sq. kms. The district is a triangular tract of the country and the

apex being situated at the southern end. The district is bounded in the north by the Arambagh and Shrirampur sub-divisions of the district of Hugli. On the east by Calcutta and South Twenty Four Parganas districts, on the south by the Tamluk Subdivision of Medinipur district; and on the west partly by the Tamluk and Ghatal Subdivisions of Medinipur and partly by the Arambagh sub­division of Hugli. Headquarters of this district is Howrah.The district has a population of 3.73 million (1991 census). Overall, there were 878 females per 1000 males. The Scheduled caste and scheduled Tribe contributed about 15.8% and 0.3% of the population respectively. Forty nine percent of the population was living in the rural area. The decennial growth rate between 1981 and 1991 was 25.5 %. The density of the population was 2535 per sq. kms. Bengali, Hindi, and Oriya are the main language spoken in the district.

Area (Sq. Km.)
1467

Population (1991 census)
3.73million

Density (per Sq. Km.)
2535

Sex ratio (females/per 1000 males)
878

Literacy rate (%)
76.62 (male 76.11, female 67.83)

Ref:
Howrah district
DISE data of Howrah

SSA data

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