Social Forestry
State Name: WEST BENGAL (19)
District Name No. Of
Villages
Where
Survey
Completed
Population Total
Household
Availability
of
Community
Forest
Availability of
Non Timber Forest
Produce (NTFP) for
commercial extraction
No. of HHDs in the village where
more than 50% of their annual income
come from collection and sales of
Non Timber Forest Produce (NTFP)
Total Male Female
State Total 39383 89555776 45747870 42321798 19744010 2610 519 13944
24 PARAGANAS NORTH (303) 1614 6195015 3171272 2912260 1421555 20 1 0
24 PARAGANAS SOUTH (304) 2143 10074046 5186679 4787730 2206877 104 8 1465
BANKURA (305) 3599 3789030 1960579 1813683 812243 702 134 4747
PURBA BARDHAMAN (306) 2147 5187881 2676956 2475901 1220018 54 4 268
BIRBHUM (307) 2264 3704357 1915297 1762626 867152 85 14 169
COOCHBEHAR (308) 1221 3700268 1872519 1711598 871896 34 1 5
DARJEELING (309) 565 1325825 667943 640035 291272 22 2 41
DINAJPUR DAKSHIN (310) 1611 1851026 954010 872008 437286 14 1 0
DINAJPUR UTTAR (311) 1497 3546647 1819147 1683595 704212 13 1 5
HOOGHLY (312) 1941 4669654 2373602 2211310 1092336 22 3 52
HOWRAH (313) 816 4269129 2067958 1895724 891694 19 8 190
JALPAIGURI (314) 446 2372587 1213688 1121303 532992 29 5 257
MALDAH (316) 1793 5637546 2852675 2616299 1172084 48 28 73
MEDINIPUR EAST (317) 2985 6393797 3276037 3023224 1441030 146 25 528
MEDINIPUR WEST (318) 5415 5694863 2922939 2726487 1128326 432 60 1501
MURSHIDABAD (319) 2026 8468119 4283974 4028010 1805336 16 2 60
NADIA (320) 1320 5257041 2720245 2483423 1272427 24 3 86
PURULIA (321) 2583 3183863 1637004 1523127 610682 321 33 687
ALIPURDUAR (664) 344 1513073 773105 734069 366499 30 2 17
KALIMPONG (702) 125 210562 105129 101181 53591 6 0 0
JHARGRAM (703) 2520 1189276 607182 578236 270808 404 179 3793
PASCHIM BARDHAMAN (704) 408 1322171 689930 619969 273694 65 5 0
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