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COOCH BEHAR is a district of the state of WEST BENGAL belonging to INDIA.

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District Magistrate : Shri. Rajesh Kumar Sinha (IAS)   meet the DM
Official Phone no. : 03582-227101; Residential Ph. no. : 03582-227201
Fax no. : 03582-227000 (official), 03582-225000 (residential)
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Brief know-how about Cooch Behar                   Past Royal History of this once upon Princely State

  GEOGRAPHY :~

| Location within West Bengal |

Location : north-eastern part of West Bengal; bounded by the district of Jalpaiguri in the north and north-west, state of Assam in the east (bounded by the districts of Kokrajhar & Dhubri in Assam) and the International Border in the form of Indo-Bangladesh boundary in the south and south-west. Beside this bounded area there are enclaves (called Chhits) which are outlying and detached tracts of land situated inside Bangladesh. There are 110 such Chhits.

Lies between 26036'20"  &  25057'47" North Latitude ; between 89054'35"  &  88047'44" East Longitude.

The Area of the district is 3387 sq. kms, which contributes 3.82% of the land mass of the State of West Bengal.

Agricultural Area : 111.16 ('000 ha) [2530.63 sq. kms]           Forest Area : 3.15 ('000 ha) [56.99 sq. kms]

Cooch Behar is essentially a flat country with a slight south-eastern slope along which the main rivers of the district flow. Most of the high lands appertain to Sitalkuchi area and most of the low lands lie in Dinhata area. The soil is alluvial of very recent formation. It  is mostly sandy and loose. The surface soil is loam and hardly any good clay is found.

The rivers flow in a slanting course from north-west to south-east. Six river systems cut through the district flowing in a south-easterly direction. From the west to east these are : the Tista system, Jaldhaka system, Torsa, Kaljani, Raidak and Gadadhar system.

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  Rivers :

Name of River

Protected
(flood level mark)

 Remarks
 1.  Dharla
 2.  Gadadhar
 3.  Jaldhaka Y... 80-00
R... 80-90		 Y - Yellow Level
R - Red Level
 4.  Kaljani Y... 45-10
R... 45-70
 5.  Mansai Y... 48-40
R... 48-70
 6.  Raidak - I Y... 35-30
R... 35-90		 (Tufanganj)
 7.  Raidak - II Y... 48-40
R... 49-30		 (LRP crossing)
 8.  Sankosh Y... 48-50
R... 49-40
 9.  Teesta R... 85-39
 10. Torsa Y... 62-81
R... 93-42		 (Deodanga)
      Torsa Y... 116-30
R... 117-50		 (Hasimara)
Other rivers - Dudua, Ghargharia
  * all marks reading apply to 2002-2003

     Climate :
  A highly humid atmosphere and abundant rains characterise the climate of this district, with the temperature being seldom excessive. the Period from june to Beginning of October is south-west monsoon season. October to mid-November constitutes post monsoon season. Cold season being November to February and hot season being March to May.

  January is the coldest month with temperature varying between 10.4oC to 24.1oC, April is the hottest month with mean daily maximum of 32.5oC and mean daily minimum of 20.2oC. Lowest temperature up to 3.9oC and maximum temperature up to 39.9oC have been recorded. The atmosphere is highly humid throughout the year except February to May when relative humidity is as less as 50 to 70%.

Rainfall : Average annual rainfall in the district is 3,201.3 mm. The rainfall generally increases from the south-west to the north-east. About 70% of the annual rainfall is received during the southwest monsoon season, June being the rainiest month. On an average there are about 102 rainy days with records of more than 400 mm rainfall in 24 hours.
   Irrigated Area by different sources :
 Canals - 1645 ha
 Tanks - 5853 ha 
 Deep/Swallow Tube wells - 33353 ha
 Other Sources - 20434 ha
 Total Irrigated Area - 64775 ha
  Water area of the District :
(a) Area of Beels (water body) : 3475.76 acre
(b) Area of Tanks/Ponds : 2484.99 acre
(c) Area of flowing rivers : 2954.14 acre
     Cultivable water area of the district : 3664.84 acres
Flora and Fauna :
  The flora here constitutes among others - palms, bamboos, creepers, ferns, orchids, aquatic plants,
fungi, timber, grass, vegetable, fruit trees, etc.

  In absence of large forest area in the district, except at Patlakhawa, species of wild animals are found in abundant.
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   DEMOGRAPHY :~ Also check "Block Population" , "Municipality-level Population" ,
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Total Household : 5, 17, 878 (as per 2001 census)
Rural : 4, 70, 336
Urban : 47, 542

Total Population : 24, 79, 155 (as per 2001 census)
Male Female Total
(Rural/Urban)
Rural : 11, 57, 241 10, 96, 296 22, 53, 537 (90.9%)
Urban : 1, 14, 853 1, 10,765 2, 25, 618  (9.1%)

Total :

 12, 72, 094 12, 07, 061 24, 79, 155
  Sex Ratio (no. of females per 1000 males) - Urban : 964,  Total : 949 
  Density of population : 732 per sq. km. (approx.)  ||  Percentage of Decadal Growth Rate : 

Child population ( 0 - 6 years) :-
Male Female Total
(Rural/Urban)
Rural : 1, 85, 436 1, 78, 667 3, 64, 103 (16.16%)
Urban : 11, 682 11,345 23, 027 (10.21%)

Total :

 1, 97, 118 1, 90, 012 3, 87, 130
  Child Sex Ratio (no. of girls per 1000 boys) - Urban : 971,  Total : 964
  Child population percentage ( 0 - 6 years) in comparison to the Total population :- 15.62%

Caste wise breakup of population :-

Scheduled Caste (SC)
Male Female Total
(Rural/Urban)
Rural : 6, 13, 853 5, 83, 596 11, 97, 449 (53.1%)
Urban : 22, 593 22, 332 44, 925 (19.9%)

Total :

 6, 36, 446 6, 05, 928 12, 42, 374 (50.1%)

Scheduled Tribe (ST)
Male Female Total
(Rural/Urban)
Rural : 6, 855 6, 281 13, 136 (0.58%)
Urban : 570 540 1, 110 (0.49%)

Total :

 7, 425 6, 821 14, 246 (0.58%)

Religion wise breakup of population :-
Hindu - 76.44%
Muslim - 23.34%
Christian - 0.07%
Jains - 0.10%
Buddhists - 0.02%
Sikh - 0.01%
Others - 0.02%

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Also check out Statistics on   Literates/Illiterates   and   Labourers

  ADMINISTRATIVE SETUP :-
Revenue Sub-Divisions : (1) Cooch Behar Sadar   (2) Dinhata   (3) Mathabhanga    (4) Mekhliganj   (5) Tufanganj

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 Development Blocks/Panchayat Samities :  (1) Cooch Behar - I    (2) Cooch Behar - II    (3) Dinhata - I    (4) Dinhata - II
     (5) Haldibari    (6) Mathabhanga -I     (7) Mathabhanga - II     (8) Mekhliganj     (9) Sitai     (10) Sitalkuchi
     (11) Tufanganj - I     (12) Tufanganj - II
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  SOURCE OF INCOME :-
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Agriculture :

Year :

2000

2001
Per capita food grain production (in Kg)
Use of improved seed (Cereal in M.T.)

15,603

15,200
Consumption of fertilizer (in M.T.)

N - 26,135
P - 14,141
K -  4,815

N - 25,000
P - 14,000
K -  4,000
Favorable climate helps agricultural activity as main source of income.
Wheat is one of the most important cereal crop in Rabi season; Pulse is another important cereal crop and attempt has been taken to increase the productivity as well as production; district is marginally surplus in rice production.
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Animal Resource Farming : Dairy Activities :
This year different schemes have been taken up as area based programme like 446 House Dairy schemes, 182 Poultry & Duckery units, 39 Goat keeping units, 45 Piggery units through different financial institutions.
Check out More on Animal Resource Development! 		Up to January 2002 this year 30,212 nos. A.I. done for genetically up gradation of indigenous cows for better milk prodn. While the average per day collection of milk was only 597 litres in Sep. 2000, it has risen to 2600 litres in Feb. 2002. More on Dairy Activities!

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Industry :

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Per capita Bank Deposits (in Rs.)  
Per capita Bank Credit (in Rs.)
Per capita Bank credit to SSIs (in Rs.)  
Per capita credit to Industries (in Rs.)
% of Workers engaged in Mfg. industries  
Agro-based Industries

Existing

Proposed
  1. Cold Storage 5 -
  2. Fruit Processing unit 2 1
  3. Jute Processing 2 3*
  4. Oil Extraction 20 2
  5. Mini Rice Mill/Paddy Husking 189 20
         * One under Large/Medium Sector

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Statistics on Type of Workers :-

WORKERS
Male Female Total
(Rural/Urban)
Rural : 6, 38, 059 2, 55, 252 8, 93, 311
Urban : 60, 491 12, 903 73, 394

Total :

 6, 98, 550 2, 68, 155 9, 66, 705

NON - WORKERS
Male Female Total
(Rural/Urban)
Rural : 5, 19, 182 8, 41, 044 13, 60, 226
Urban : 54, 362 97, 862 1, 52, 224

Total :

 5, 73, 544 9, 38, 906 15, 12, 450
Male Female Total (Rural/Urban)
Main Workers
Rural : 5, 82, 198 1, 03, 547 6, 85, 745
Urban : 57, 593 10, 973 68, 566

Total :

 6, 39, 791 1, 14, 520 7, 54, 311
Main Cultivators
Rural : 2, 59, 277 30, 577 2, 89, 854
Urban : 676 68 744

Total :

 2, 59, 953 30, 645 2, 90, 598
Main Agricultural Labourers
Rural : 1, 45, 990 41, 532 1, 87, 522
Urban : 750 128 878

Total :

 1, 46, 740 41, 660 1, 88, 400
Main Household Industrial Workers
Rural : 14, 746 11, 788 26, 534
Urban : 1, 499 1, 138 2, 637

Total :

 16, 245 12, 926 29, 171
Main Other Workers
Rural : 1, 62, 185 19, 650 1, 81, 835
Urban : 54, 668 9, 639 64, 307

Total :

 2, 16, 853 29, 289 2, 46, 142

 MARGINAL LABOURER / WORKER 
Male Female Total (Rural/Urban)
Marginal Workers
Rural : 55, 861 1, 51, 705 2, 07, 566
Urban : 2, 898 1, 930 4, 828

Total :

 58, 759 1, 53, 635 2, 12, 394
Marginal Cultivators
Rural : 17, 360 53, 846 71, 206
Urban : 26 10 36

Total :

 17, 386 53, 856 71, 242
Marginal Agricultural Labourers
Rural : 23, 243 73, 466 96, 709
Urban : 221 96 317

Total :

 23, 464 73, 562 97, 026
Marginal Household Industrial Workers
Rural : 1, 509 7, 984 9, 493
Urban : 139 452 591

Total :

 1, 648 8, 436 10, 084
Marginal Other Workers
Rural : 13, 749 16, 409 30, 158
Urban : 2, 512 1, 372 3, 884

Total :

 16, 261 17, 781 34, 042
  EDUCATION :-

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educational facilities
Primary Schools  - 1805 Jr. High School  - 60

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High Schools  - 120 Engineering/Technical Schools  - 2
Higher Secondary  - 61 Professional & Tech. Schools  - 16

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High Madrasa  - 5 General College  - 9
Sr. Madrasa  - 2 Blind School  - 1

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Jr. High Madrasa  - 16 Libraries - 110
University (Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya) - 1

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Literacy Fig.
Male Female Total
(Rural/Urban)
Rural : 7, 22, 947 4, 91, 457 12, 14, 404
Urban : 93, 249 79, 312 1, 72, 561

Total :

 8, 16, 196 5, 70, 769 13, 86, 965
  Literacy Rate (excluding 0-6 years population) : 66.3
  of which Male : 75.9 (Total), 90.4 (Urban)
  and Female : 56.1(Total), 79.8 (Urban)

Illiteracy Fig.
Male Female Total
(Rural/Urban)
Rural : 4, 34, 294 6, 04, 839 10, 39, 133
Urban : 21, 604 31, 453 53, 057

Total :

 4, 55, 898 6, 36, 292 10, 92, 190
[Illiteracy rate (excluding 0-6 years population) - %, of which Male - % & Female - % ]

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  HEALTH :-
Hospitals  - 10

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Health Centres  - 391

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Clinics  - 25

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Dispensaries  - 7

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