Location: West Bengal is located at the center of the Eastern Region of India. It is strategically positioned with 3 international frontiers, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. The state of West Bengal borders the states of Bihar, Orissa, Sikkim and Assam. It stretches for about 700 Km, from the Bay of Bengal in the South to the mighty Himalayas in the North.
Districts |
West Bengal |
General Information |
1. Bankura
2. Birbhum
3. Burdwan
4. Cooch Behar
5. Darjeeling
6. Dakshin Dinajpur
7. Uttar Dinajpur
8. Hooghly
9. Howrah
10. Jalpaiguri
11. Malda
12. Purba Medinipur
13. Paschim Medinipur
14. Murshidabad
15. Nadia
16. Purulia
17. 24 Parganas North
18. 24 Parganas South |
- Capital: Kolkata
- Area: 88,752 sq. km.
- Population: 801.76 lac.
- Principal Language: Bengali
- Urbanization ratio: 27.97%
- Literacy ratio: 68.64%
- Gross cropped area: 9634 thousand hectares
- Net cropped area: 5296 thousand hectares
- Net irrigated area under
minor irrigation: 4434 thousand hectares
- Cropping intensity: 182%
- 77.83% villages electrified.
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Lead Districts of Banks in West Bengal-
- United Bank of India (10)
- UCO Bank (4)
- Central Bank of India (3)
- Allahabad Bank (1)
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The following eight Districts have been identified for 100% Financial Inclusion at the 100th SLBC meeting held on 12.09.07 besides Hooghly District:
i) Coochbehar ii) Uttar Dinajpur
iii) Dakshin Dinajpur Iv) Malda
v) Murshidabad vi) Birbhum
vii) Purulia & viii) Bankura
The remaining nine districts of the State viz, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Nadia, Burdwan, Howrah, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, 24-Parganas (North) & 24-Parganas (South) have also been identified for 100% Financial Inclusion w.e.f. 01.04.2010. |
West Bengal |
Sl. No. |
General Information (Contd.) |
1. |
Total No. of Sub-Divisions |
66 |
2. |
Total No. of Blocks |
341 |
3. |
Total No. of Municipalities |
120 |
4. |
Total No. of Municipal Corporations |
6 |
5. |
Total No. of inhabited villages |
37945 |
6. |
Total No. of Gram Panchayats |
3354 |
7. |
Total No. of Unbanked Gram Panchayats |
924 |
8. |
Total Population |
801.76 lac |
Of which |
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Rural population |
577.49 lac |
% of rural population to Total population |
72.03 |
9. |
No. of Unbanked villages having 2000+ population |
7486 |
10. |
Out of these Banking outlets set up under FIP up to December 2011 |
5153 |
11. |
(a) of which No. of branches opened |
147 |
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(b) of which under BC model |
5006 |
12. |
Total No. of Households |
157.16 lac |
Out of which |
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Rural |
111.62 lac |
Urban |
45.54 lac |
13. |
No. of Cultivators |
45.56 lac |
14. |
No. of Agricultural Labourers |
45.23 lac |
15. |
Persons engaged in Household Industry |
14.36 lac |
16. |
Other workers |
125.08 lac |
17. |
No. of recorded Sharecroppers |
15.37 lac |
18. |
No. of Pattaholders |
29.89 lac |
19. |
Average population served per Bank Branch (Including RRBs)
but excluding Cooperative Banks & Foreign Banks |
15475 |
20. |
No. of Under banked districts |
17 |
21. |
No. of SHGs Savings Linked up to December 2011
(other than promoted by MFIs) |
1065920 |
22. |
No. of SHGs Credit Linked up to Decemberr 2011 |
916028 |
23. |
No. of KCCs issued up to December 2011 |
5175742 |
24. |
No. of No Frill A/cs opened up to December 2011 |
6507731 |
25. |
No. of Minority concentrated districts |
12# |
# (1) Howrah (2) Kolkata (3) Burdwan (4) Nadia (5) 24-Parganas (N) (6) 24-Parganas (S) (7) Malda (8) Murshidabad (9) Uttar Dinajpur (10) Dakshin Dinajpur, (11) Coochbehar & (12) Birbhum |
