State Profile  |
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Geographical Area |
88752 Sq. Km. |
|
Percentage Area of State to area of Indian Union |
2.74% |
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Average Annual rainfall |
1666 mm |
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Districts |
23 |
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No. of Sub-divisions |
66 |
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No of Blocks |
342 |
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No. of Municipalities |
127 |
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Total No. of Municipal Corporations |
6 |
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No of Villages (inhabited) |
37945 |
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Villages Electrified |
37779 (99.56%) |
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Total No. of Gram Panchayats |
3354 |
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Capital |
Kolkata |
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Average population served per Bank Branch (including RRBs) but excluding Cooperative Banks & Foreign Banks (As on December, 2019) |
11415 |
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No. of Minority concentrated districts. |
#13 |
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Principal Language |
Bengali |
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Airport |
Kolkata, Bagdogra,Andal |
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Ports |
Kolkata, Haldia |
#(1) Howrah, (1) Kolkata, (2) PurbaBurdwan, (3) Nadia, (4) 24-Parganas North, (5) 24-Parganas South, (6) Malda, (7) Murshidabad, (8) Uttar Dinajpur, (9) DakshinDinajpur, (10) Coochbehar, (11) Birbhum, (12) PaschimBurdwan,(13) Howrah
Population Details: (As per 2011 census)
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Population |
913.48 lac |
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Rural population |
657.97 lac |
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% of rural population |
72.03% |
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% of urban population |
27.97% |
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Male population |
469.27 lac (51.37%) |
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Female population |
444.21 lac (48.62%) |
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Sex ratio (Females per 1000 Males) |
950 |
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Total No. of Households |
157.16 lac |
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No. of Rural households |
111.62 lac |
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No. of Urban households |
45.54 lac |
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Schedule Caste population |
184.53 lac |
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Schedule Tribe population |
44.06 lac |
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Density of population |
1029 per sq.km |
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Literacy level |
626.14 lac (68.55%) |
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Highest Population Districts |
Lowest Population Districts |
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North 24 Parganas-100.82 lac (11.04%) |
DakshinDinajpur -16.70 lac (1.83%) |
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South 24 Parganas - 81.53 lac (8.93%) |
Darjeeling - 18.42 lac (2.02%) |
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Burdwan -77.23 lac (8.46%) |
Coochbehar - 28.22 lac (3.09%) |
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Murshidabad- 71.02 lac (8.46%) |
Purulia-29.27 lac (3.21%) |
Farming Activities: (As per 2011 census)
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Total or Gross cropped area |
9459 thousand hectares |
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Net cropped area |
5204 thousand hectares |
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Net irrigated area under minor irrigation |
4434 thousand hectares |
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Cropping intensity |
182% |
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Major Crops |
Rice, Potato, Jute, Tea, Vegetables, Pulses |
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Soil type |
Gangetic Alluvial soil & lateritic soil |
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Climate |
Tropical, humid except in northern hilly region |
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Cultivators |
51.17 lac |
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Of the above, Small & Marginal farmers |
43.42 lac |
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Agricultural Labourers |
101.89 lac |
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Recorded Sharecroppers |
15.37 lac |
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Workers engaged in Household Industries |
14.36 lac |
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Workers engaged in Allied Agro Activities |
3.35 lac |
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Other workers |
121.73 lac |
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Per Capita Deposit (as on 31.12.2019) |
Rs.87679 |
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Per Capita Advance (as on 31.12.2019) |
Rs.54319 |
Bank wise & District wise allocation of Lead Bank Responsibility:
|
Bank |
No. of Districts |
Name of Districts |
|
United Bank of India |
11 |
Bankura, DakshinDinajpur, Uttar Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, Purulia, 24-Pargans (South), PurbaMedinipur, PaschimMedinipur&Jhargram |
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UCO Bank |
4 |
Howrah, Hooghly, Birbhum&PurbaBurdwan
|
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Central Bank of India |
4 |
Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Coochbehar&Alipurduar
|
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Allahabad Bank |
1 |
24-Parganas (North)
|
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State Bank of India |
3 |
Kolkata, Kalimpong&PaschimBurdwan
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Population group wise Brick & Mortar Branch in the State of West Bengal:
Position of ATMs in the State of West Bengal:
|
Population group |
March 2019 |
June 2019 |
September 2019 |
December 2019 |
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Rural |
2761 |
2731 |
2792 |
2768 |
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Semi- urban |
2161 |
2180 |
2202 |
2318 |
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Urban |
3120 |
3159 |
3178 |
3180 |
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Metro |
2693 |
2792 |
2820 |
2914 |
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TOTAL |
10735 |
10862 |
10992 |
11180 |
VITAL STATISTICS OF WEST BENGAL
(Amount Rs in crore)
|
Parameter |
March 2018 |
March 2019 |
June 2019 |
Sept 2019 |
Dec 2019 |
|
No. of Branches |
8228 |
8230 |
8338 |
8368 |
8374 |
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Total Deposits |
710512 |
762840 |
772748 |
795044 |
800934 |
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Total Advances (with RIDF) |
464580 |
492580 |
487748 |
494328 |
496198 |
|
CD Ratio |
65 |
64 |
63 |
62 |
62 |
|
C+I: Deposit Ratio |
77 |
75 |
74 |
72 |
72 |
|
Priority Sector Advances (PSA) |
168373 |
202660 |
184959 |
176492 |
179157 |
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% of PSA to ANBC |
40 |
42 |
38 |
37 |
38 |
|
Agriculture Advances |
47439 |
52130 |
52103 |
51438 |
54588 |
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% of Agri Advances to ANBC |
11 |
13 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
|
MSME |
87275 |
100510 |
96595 |
85696 |
87415 |
|
Education Loans |
2396 |
2627 |
2348 |
2273 |
2421 |
|
Housing Loans |
40804 |
44194 |
45466 |
47034 |
48809 |
|
DRI Advances |
153 |
420 |
338 |
736 |
488 |
|
% of DRI Advances to ANBC |
0.04 |
0.09 |
0.07 |
0.15 |
0.10 |
|
Advances to SC/ST Communities |
17517 |
16430 |
16754 |
31656 |
29712 |
|
Adv. to Women Entrepreneurs |
39357 |
39287 |
49875 |
52235 |
53456 |
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% of Adv to Women to ANBC |
9 |
8 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
|
Weaker Section Advances |
58918 |
56423 |
65082 |
49780 |
55123 |
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% of Weaker Advances to ANBC |
14 |
12 |
14 |
11 |
12 |
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Minority Community Advances |
31323 |
31122 |
27143 |
38720 |
40767 |
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% of Minority Co Adv. to Prisec |
19 |
16 |
14 |
21 |
22 |
DISBURSEMENT PARTICULARS UNDER ANNUAL CREDIT PLAN
(Amount Rs in crore)
|
Sl.
|
Parameter |
ACP Plan 2018-19 |
ACP achieved (Dec,18) |
% Achiev. |
ACP Plan19-20 |
ACP achieved (Dec,19) |
% Achie. |
|
1 |
Agriculture |
64071 |
33566 |
52 |
55000 |
34127 |
62 |
|
2 |
MSME |
50000 |
37898 |
75 |
70000 |
51025 |
73 |
|
3 |
OPS |
15890 |
12931 |
81 |
23000 |
8998 |
39 |
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Total PRISEC |
129961 |
84395 |
65 |
148000 |
94150 |
64 |
|
|
4 |
NPS |
16500 |
8752 |
53 |
18000 |
111024 |
616 |
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Grand Total |
146461 |
93147 |
64 |
166000 |
205174 |
124 |
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