Survey of Rural India (West Bengal)

Integrated development of rural India is one of the challenging tasks before the Government of India. Community Development Block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development. It is administered by a Block Development Officer. The block covers several gram panchayats, local administrative units at the village level. There are 6311 Community Development Blocks and 240,561 Gram Panchayats. As per census report, about 72.2 per cent of the population lives in 638,588 villages. India has travelled a considerable distance on the road to development since independence and has made significant progress in various sectors. However, new challenging demands have emerged calling for more integrated rural information. Acute shortage of basic facilities such as drinking water, medical support, education infrastructure is still felt in the face of over 27 per cent of rural population who are still facing poverty and essential sustenance. The Block Development Offices face daunting job of having to accelerate the development process and correct imbalances in tune with the wishes and aspirations of the rural people.The relevant more than 175 information about each C.D. BLOCK is given under the following Heads:BRIEF INTRODUCTION; CD BLOCK MAP; COMMUNICATION; RIVER; BACKWARD REGION GRANTS FUND; FOREST AND RESERVED FOREST; ANNUAL RAINFALL; GROUND WATER; COASTAL VILLAGES; BORDER VILLAGES; NATURAL DIVISION; ADMINISTRATION; FAIR; RANKING; GRAM PANCHAYAT; EDUCATION; MEDICAL; DRINKING WATER; BANK; ELECTRICITY; RECREATION FACILITIES; SCHEDULED CASTES; SCHEDULED TRIBES; LITERATES AND ILLITERATES; AGRICULTCURE; SOURCE OF IRRIGATION; IMPORTANT VILLAGESDISTRIBUTION OF WORKERS; RELIGION; AGEWISE DATA; LANGUAGES; DISABLED POPULATION.ZONEWISE DISTRIBUTION OF VOLUMESSouth1,2,3.Andhra Pradesh, 4.Karnataka, 5. Kerala, Lakshadweep, 6,7.Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands West8. Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu 9,10.Maharashtra,Goa 11.Rajasthan Central:12.Chhattisgarh 13,14. Madhya Pradesh 15,16,17. Uttar Pradesh North18. Haryana, Delhi. 19. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand 20. Punjab, Chandigarh East:21,22. Bihar 23. Jharkhand 24.Odisha 25. West Bengal North East26.Assam, Sikkim 27. Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura. All Twenty Seven volumes would prove to be of immense help and become an invaluable companion to all researchers, writers, scholars, administrators, planners, tourists, and librarians etc. who want to know about Rural India closely.