| Voice of Jalpaiguri
: Alok Bhowmik
The road infrastructure is very poor. The children are forced to
travel long distances for attending schools. Due to this there is
a high drop out rate.
The rate of illiteracy is very high.
The health facilities provided by government are hardly accessible.
People lack awareness about sanitation and health
Jalpaiguri
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 6227.0 Km2
Population in Jalpaiguri (Census 2011)
Under 6 population
Total : 445025
Male : 228381
Female : 216644
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 84236
In seeing : 43951
In speech : 10599
In hearing : 6457
In movement : 12882
Mental : 10347
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 43
Sex Ratio Rank : 306
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : B
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 29 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 322 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Jalpaiguri District
A district with abundance of beauty through deep
forests with wild life and tea plantations. Climate favours the
agriculturists to have good crop.
Taluk Headquarters: Alipurduar, Banarhat,
Birpara, Falakata, Kalchini, Kumargram, Mal, Mainaguri, Dhupgari,
Nagrakara, Matiali, Madarihat.
Silguri is the main commercial city of North Bengal
and its importance comes from its strategic location near international
and state borders. It is situated on the banks of the river Mahananda.
Spread around the foothills of the eastern Himalayas, the town is
an important transportation, trading and educational center. The
Kanchanjungha Stadium is one of the important stadiums in West Bengal.
Siliguri is a convenient base for travel to the various Himalayan
hill stations like Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Gangtok. Several hotels
have come up in the city to cater to both the business and tourist
needs. Although it's mainly a commercial and business town, Siliguri
has quite a few industries. The Bagdogra airport (13 kms from Siliguri)
offers connections to Calcutta, Delhi and Guwahati.
The main railway station is at New Jalpaiguri (NJP
- 4 kms from city) which is connected by express trains to all major
Indian cities. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is world famous
and connects NJP and Darjeeling. This railway has been declared
a UNESCO heritage site. Bus services to the district towns and neighboring
states are also available from Siliguri.
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