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Location
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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 25057'47"
& 26036'20" North Latitude ; between 88047'44"
& 89054'35" 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.
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Rivers :
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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Name
of River
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Protected
(flood
level mark)
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Remarks |
| 1.
Dharla |
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| 2.
Gadadhar |
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| 3.
Jaldhaka |
Y... 80-00
R... 80-90 |
Y -
Yellow Level
R - Red Level |
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Kaljani |
Y... 45-10
R...
45-70 |
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| 5.
Mansai |
Y... 48-40
R...
48-70 |
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| 6.
Raidak - I |
Y... 35-30
R...
35-90 |
(Tufanganj) |
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Name
of River
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Protected
(flood
level mark)
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Remarks |
| 7.
Raidak
- II |
Y... 48-40
R...
49-30 |
(LRP crossing) |
| 8.
Sankosh |
Y... 48-50
R...
49-40 |
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| 9.
Teesta |
R... 85-39 |
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| 10. Torsa |
Y... 62-81
R...
93-42 |
(Deodanga) |
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Torsa |
Y... 116-30
R...
117-50 |
(Hasimara) |
Other
rivers -
Dudua, Ghargharia
* all marks reading
apply to 2002-2003
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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.
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Irrigated
Area by different sources :
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Canals |
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1645 ha |
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Tanks |
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5853 ha |
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Deep/Swallow
Tube wells |
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33353 ha |
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Other Sources |
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20434 ha |
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Total
Irrigated Area |
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64775 ha |
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Water
area of the District :
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(a) Area of
Beels (water body) |
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3475.76 acre |
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(b) Area of
Tanks/Ponds |
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2484.99 acre |
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(c) Area of
flowing rivers |
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2954.14 acre |
Cultivable water area of the district : 3664.84 acres
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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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Forest areas.
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Total Population
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24, 79, 155 (as per 2001 census)
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Male |
Female |
Total
(Rural/Urban) |
| Rural
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11,
57, 241 |
10,
96, 296 |
22,
53, 537 (90.9%) |
| Urban
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1,
14, 853 |
1,
10,765 |
2,
25, 618 (9.1%) |
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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.)
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of Decadal Growth Rate :
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Child
population ( 0 - 6 years) :- | |
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Male |
Female |
Total
(Rural/Urban) |
| Rural
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1,
85, 436 |
1,
78, 667 |
3,
64, 103 (16.16%) |
| Urban
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11,
682 |
11,345 |
23,
027 (10.21%) |
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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 :- | |
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Scheduled
Caste (SC) |
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Male |
Female |
Total
(Rural/Urban) |
| Rural
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6,
13, 853 |
5,
83, 596 |
11,
97, 449 (53.1%) |
| Urban
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22,
593 |
22,
332 |
44,
925 (19.9%) |
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Total : |
6, 36, 446 |
6, 05, 928 |
12, 42,
374 (50.1%) |
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Scheduled
Tribe (ST) |
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Male |
Female |
Total
(Rural/Urban) |
| Rural
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6,
855 |
6,
281 |
13,
136 (0.58%) |
| Urban
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570 |
540 |
1,
110 (0.49%) |
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Total : |
7, 425 |
6, 821 |
14, 246 (0.58%) |
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Religion
wise breakup of population :- | |
| Hindu |
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76.44% |
| Muslim |
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23.34% |
| Christian |
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0.07% |
| Jains |
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0.10% |
| Buddhists |
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0.02% |
| Sikh |
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0.01% |
| Others |
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0.02% |
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ADMINISTRATIVE
SETUP :~ |
Revenue
Sub-Divisions :
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Cooch Behar Sadar | | (2) | Dinhata | | (3) | Mathabhanga | | (4) | Mekhliganj | | (5) | Tufanganj |
Relation
between Sub-Divisions and Blocks
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Development
Blocks/Panchayat Samities :
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Cooch Behar - I | | (7) |
Mathabhanga - II | | (2) |
Cooch Behar - II | | (8) |
Mekhliganj | | (3) |
Dinhata - I | | (9) |
Sitai | | (4) |
Dinhata - II | | (10) |
Sitalkuchi | | (5) |
Haldibari | | (11) |
Tufanganj - I | | (6) |
Mathabhanga -I | | (12) |
Tufanganj - II |
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No. of Gram Panchayats : 128
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of Panchayat Samity : 12 check | |
| No.
of Gram Sansads : 1346 | |
| No.
of Mouja : 1170 |
No. of Municipality : 6
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details
No. of Police Stations : 11
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details
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Relation
between Blocks and Gram Panchayats|
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No. of Tea
Clusters : 546
No. of Forest Villages : 3
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Pagoler Kuthi | | (2) | Atimochar | | (3) | Rasikbil |
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SOURCE
OF INCOME :~ |
| Agriculture
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Year : |
2000 |
2001 |
| Per capita food grain
production (in Kg) |
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| 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 |
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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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Crop Status
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More on Agriculture
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Resource Farming :
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Dairy Activities
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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.
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on Animal Resource Development
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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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Activities - Status and Achievements |
Industry
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Figures |
| Per
capita Bank Deposits (in Rs.) |
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| Per capita Bank
Credit (in Rs.) |
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capita Bank credit to SSIs (in Rs.) |
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credit to Industries (in Rs.) |
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of Workers engaged in Mfg. industries |
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| Agro-based
Industries |
Existing |
Proposed |
| 1. Cold Storage |
5 |
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| 2. Fruit Processing unit |
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1 |
| 3. Jute Processing |
2 |
3* |
| 4. Oil Extraction |
20 |
2 |
| 5. Mini Rice Mill/Paddy
Husking |
189 |
20 |
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Scope
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Statistics
on Type of Workers :-
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WORKERS |
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Male |
Female |
Total
(Rural/Urban) |
| Rural
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6,
38, 059 |
2,
55, 252 |
8,
93, 311 |
| Urban
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60,
491 |
12,
903 |
73,
394 |
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Total : |
6,
98, 550 |
2,
68, 155 |
9,
66, 705 |
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NON - WORKERS |
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Male |
Female |
Total
(Rural/Urban) |
| Rural
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5,
19, 182 |
8,
41, 044 |
13,
60, 226 |
| Urban
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54,
362 |
97,
862 |
1,
52, 224 |
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Total : |
5,
73, 544 |
9,
38, 906 |
15,
12, 450 |
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Male |
Female |
Total
(Rural/Urban) |
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| Main
Workers |
| Rural
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5,
82, 198 |
1,
03, 547 |
6,
85, 745 |
| Urban
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57,
593 |
10,
973 |
68,
566 |
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Total : |
6,
39, 791 |
1,
14, 520 |
7,
54, 311 |
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| Main
Cultivators |
| Rural
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2,
59, 277 |
30,
577 |
2,
89, 854 |
| Urban
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676 |
68 |
744 |
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Total : |
2,
59, 953 |
30,
645 |
2,
90, 598 |
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| Main
Agricultural Labourers |
| Rural
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1,
45, 990 |
41,
532 |
1,
87, 522 |
| Urban
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750 |
128 |
878 |
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Total : |
1,
46, 740 |
41,
660 |
1,
88, 400 |
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| Main
Household Industrial Workers |
| Rural
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14,
746 |
11,
788 |
26,
534 |
| Urban
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1,
499 |
1,
138 |
2,
637 |
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Total : |
16,
245 |
12,
926 |
29,
171 |
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| Main
Other Workers |
| Rural
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1,
62, 185 |
19,
650 |
1,
81, 835 |
| Urban
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54,
668 |
9,
639 |
64,
307 |
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Total : |
2, 16,
853 |
29,
289 |
2,
46, 142 |
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MARGINAL
LABOURER / WORKER
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Male |
Female |
Total
(Rural/Urban) |
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| Marginal
Workers |
| Rural
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55,
861 |
1,
51, 705 |
2,
07, 566 |
| Urban
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2,
898 |
1,
930 |
4,
828 |
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Total : |
58,
759 |
1,
53, 635 |
2,
12, 394 |
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| Marginal
Cultivators |
| Rural
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17,
360 |
53,
846 |
71,
206 |
| Urban
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26 |
10 |
36 |
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Total : |
17,
386 |
53,
856 |
71,
242 |
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| Marginal
Agricultural Labourers |
| Rural
: |
23,
243 |
73,
466 |
96,
709 |
| Urban
: |
221 |
96 |
317 |
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Total : |
23,
464 |
73,
562 |
97,
026 |
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| Marginal
Household Industrial Workers |
| Rural
: |
1,
509 |
7,
984 |
9,
493 |
| Urban
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139 |
452 |
591 |
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Total : |
1,
648 |
8,
436 |
10,
084 |
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| Marginal
Other Workers |
| Rural
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13,
749 |
16,
409 |
30,
158 |
| Urban
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2,
512 |
1,
372 |
3,
884 |
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Total : |
16,
261 |
17,
781 |
34,
042 |
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