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Welcome to North 24 Parganas
North 24 Parganas District in Census 2011
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 4094.0 Km2
Population in North Twenty Four Parganas (Census 2011)
Under 6 population
Total : 902644
Male : 463502
Female : 439142

Disabled population
Total disabled population : 201594
In seeing : 97983
In speech : 16128
In hearing : 12407
In movement : 39844
Mental : 35232

 

 
Social, Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
North 24 Parganas District : VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
Backwardness : 294
Sex Ratio Rank : 228 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 2 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 73 (Census 2001)
Minority : Yes
Water : Occurrence of High Arsenic in Ground Water

Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
The quality of education provided in the government schools is very poor.
There is high drop out rates among children after primary education.
People face lot of challenges related to health.
Women get married early and they lack awareness about reproductive and sexual health. This becomes fatal for their life.
Women still prefer midwife fro delivery. They do not go to doctors fro treatment.

Brief About North 24 Parganas District
Crop Husbandury

As per the division of agro-climatic region made by the Planning Commission,the district of north 24-Parganas falls within the new alluvium sub-region of the lower Gangetic plain(Zone lll).The annual rainfall in this district is 1,579 mm.The type of soil varies from sandy to clayey loam,sandy loam being predominant.
Like in other parts of West Bengal the main cultivators in the district are small and marginal farmers

Agro-climatic regional planning

As desired by the Planning Commission the agriculture department has taken up the task of operationalisation of the agro-climatic regional planning.The land in this district falls in the most fertile tract of the state with neutral soil.But though there is no major constraint on higher productivity,growing urbanisation and gradual conversion of land for non-agricultural purposes is a major problem.
Seeds

The availability of quality seeds in this district is a major problem faced by farmers.Most of the poor farmers cannot afford to buy certified seeds at very high prices which come from other states such as Punjab,Haryana,Uttar Pradesh,Maharastra & Orissa.Some of the hybrid seeds come from abroad also.To bridge the gap between supply & demand the governmenthas adopted a scheme of subsidised sale of quality seeds.
Fertilisers

Lije seeds, fertilisers are also imported from other states.Farmers pay a high price for fertilisers though availability is major problem.The government provides a transport subsidy for carrying chemical fertilisers to inaccessible areas & provision is also made for subsidy on its price,so that small & marginal farmers of inaccessible areas can avail of this costliest input.


Plant Protection

A sea change has come about in the protection of plants under the Integrated Pest Management Programme.Instead of prescribing use of chemical pesticides,control measures such as cultural,mechanical,varietal,biological & chemical have been given priority.The high dose of chemical pesticides has resulted in the resurgence of minor pests like Brown Plant Hopper in rice & secondary outbreaks of leaf roller,rice hispa,earcutting caterpilla & so on.
Crop productivity

To increase the coverage & production of major crops a detailed strategy has been chalked out at the state level for different agro-climatic regions.Location-specific high yielding varieties are promoted by the government to increase crop production.
Attempts are made to increase the kharif consumptionof fertiliser in rice production as well as to bring about a more efficient use of fertilisers.

 
 
Voice of North 24 Parganas NGO
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During 2013-14, we plan to talk to 3 to 5 NGOs from each district, including our set of recommended NGOs, to get an overall perspective of the challenges of the district.


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FCRA NGOs  
FCRA NGOs (1 crore plus)*  
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