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Area: (per cent)
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88752
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Population:
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67982732
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Capital:
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Calcutta
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Literacy: (per cent)
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57.52
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Principal languages:
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Bengali
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Districts:
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19
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Growth Rate: (per cent)
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24.55
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Density of population: (per sq. km)
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766
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Per Capita State Income at Current Prices (Rs.) (1990-91):
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5,383
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Index of Development of Infrastructure (1990-91):
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115
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Urban Population: (per cent)
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27.48
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Major Minerals:
Coal and china clay, rock phosphate, limestone, dolomite, granite.
Major Industries:
Engineering, automobiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, aluminium,
ceramics, jute, cotton textiles, tea, paper, glass, leather, bonemeal,
bicycle, dairy and poultry, timber processing.
Major Crops:
Rice, jute, tea, potatoes, oilseeds, betal wine, tobacco, wheat,
barley and maize.
Installed Generating
Capacity(March 1995)
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MW *
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Per cent
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Hydro
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72
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2
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Thermal
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3,479
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98
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Nuclear
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-
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-
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Total
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3,550
|
100
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* Excludes the multi-State
Projects
Infrastructure:
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Energy requirement
(Mn. Units) 1994-95
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13,540
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Energy availability
(Mn. Units) 1994-95
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12,708
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Surplus(+)/Deficit(-)
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(-) 832
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Surplus(+)/Deficit(-)
per cent
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(-) 6.1
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Number of Bank
Branches (March 1993)
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4242
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Railway Route
Per '000 Sq.Km. of Area
(1991-92)
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43
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Road Length
Per '000 Sq.Km. of Area
(1987-88)
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649
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Contact:
Principal Secretary
(Industries & Commerce Department)
Government of West Bengal
Writers' Building
Calcutta - 700 001
Tel. 033-257487, 257371
Fax 033-252 900
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