Libraries
State Name: WEST BENGAL (19)
| District Name | No. Of Villages Where Survey Completed |
Population | Total Household |
Availability of Public Library | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Available | < 1 Km. |
1-2 Km. |
2-5 Km. |
5-10 Km. |
> 10 Km. |
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| State Total | 39383 | 89555776 | 45747870 | 42321798 | 19744010 | 2293 | 587 | 2588 | 11524 | 12330 | 10061 |
| 24 PARAGANAS NORTH (303) | 1614 | 6195015 | 3171272 | 2912260 | 1421555 | 112 | 32 | 112 | 464 | 493 | 401 |
| 24 PARAGANAS SOUTH (304) | 2143 | 10074046 | 5186679 | 4787730 | 2206877 | 127 | 34 | 177 | 593 | 612 | 600 |
| BANKURA (305) | 3599 | 3789030 | 1960579 | 1813683 | 812243 | 159 | 63 | 246 | 1269 | 1250 | 612 |
| PURBA BARDHAMAN (306) | 2147 | 5187881 | 2676956 | 2475901 | 1220018 | 221 | 35 | 153 | 699 | 625 | 414 |
| BIRBHUM (307) | 2264 | 3704357 | 1915297 | 1762626 | 867152 | 126 | 36 | 152 | 748 | 844 | 358 |
| COOCHBEHAR (308) | 1221 | 3700268 | 1872519 | 1711598 | 871896 | 96 | 28 | 68 | 374 | 335 | 320 |
| DARJEELING (309) | 565 | 1325825 | 667943 | 640035 | 291272 | 78 | 6 | 24 | 114 | 145 | 198 |
| DINAJPUR DAKSHIN (310) | 1611 | 1851026 | 954010 | 872008 | 437286 | 47 | 35 | 107 | 526 | 536 | 360 |
| DINAJPUR UTTAR (311) | 1497 | 3546647 | 1819147 | 1683595 | 704212 | 58 | 14 | 72 | 345 | 415 | 593 |
| HOOGHLY (312) | 1941 | 4669654 | 2373602 | 2211310 | 1092336 | 168 | 40 | 219 | 711 | 508 | 295 |
| HOWRAH (313) | 816 | 4269129 | 2067958 | 1895724 | 891694 | 139 | 26 | 121 | 316 | 148 | 66 |
| JALPAIGURI (314) | 446 | 2372587 | 1213688 | 1121303 | 532992 | 53 | 5 | 10 | 93 | 126 | 159 |
| MALDAH (316) | 1793 | 5637546 | 2852675 | 2616299 | 1172084 | 115 | 32 | 88 | 428 | 662 | 468 |
| MEDINIPUR EAST (317) | 2985 | 6393797 | 3276037 | 3023224 | 1441030 | 142 | 61 | 293 | 881 | 818 | 790 |
| MEDINIPUR WEST (318) | 5415 | 5694863 | 2922939 | 2726487 | 1128326 | 120 | 45 | 282 | 1325 | 1787 | 1856 |
| MURSHIDABAD (319) | 2026 | 8468119 | 4283974 | 4028010 | 1805336 | 148 | 25 | 133 | 585 | 642 | 493 |
| NADIA (320) | 1320 | 5257041 | 2720245 | 2483423 | 1272427 | 105 | 17 | 76 | 410 | 406 | 306 |
| PURULIA (321) | 2583 | 3183863 | 1637004 | 1523127 | 610682 | 109 | 18 | 110 | 810 | 915 | 621 |
| ALIPURDUAR (664) | 344 | 1513073 | 773105 | 734069 | 366499 | 37 | 2 | 8 | 79 | 88 | 130 |
| KALIMPONG (702) | 125 | 210562 | 105129 | 101181 | 53591 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 65 |
| JHARGRAM (703) | 2520 | 1189276 | 607182 | 578236 | 270808 | 45 | 28 | 110 | 591 | 839 | 907 |
| PASCHIM BARDHAMAN (704) | 408 | 1322171 | 689930 | 619969 | 273694 | 64 | 4 | 23 | 149 | 119 | 49 |