Report of BPL survey as on 30.10.02
Sl.No.	District	Total No.of families	Total No.of BPL families	%of BPL families	SC	ST	Woman headed families	Physically Handicapped	Small Farmer	Marginal Farmer	Rural Artisans	Agril. Labourer
1	Bankura	535766	227626	42.48	111501	31,248	14,911	2,050	8,834	24,480	7,902	143177
2	Birbhum	542536	238873	44.02	63093	15,243	30,287	6,053	5,854	17,297	14,801	25,073
3	Burdwan	915758	240276	26.24	133,427	32,855	17,872	2,868	294	24,756	22,549	155686
4	CoochBehar	475119	218542	46.01	111140	1114	25,856	1,529	23,308	32,804	9,000	108886
5	Darjeeling	97335	52147	44.97	4934	6411	5943	820	2600	4445	2884	13515
6	D..Dinajpur	262984	114529	43.54	34,157	15,418	11,986	3,317			5,577	11,568
7	Howrah	483945	155739	32.18	42,268	385	10,855	767	46,473	1,421	11,587	65,722
8	Hooghly	672672	195630	29.08	98104	15972	15583	3648	506	3302	4925	108135
9	Jalpaiguri	601635	215840	35.87	96020	48,059	NA	2717	1,378	62,398	3,484
10	Malda	562908	218505	38.81	55162	21848	33831	2764	1040	977	16160	175115
11	Murshidabad	1067570	466644	43.31	73988	9730	43275	7816	7936	56249	22176	284850
12	Nadia	779336	266721	34.22	92,649	10,627	23,700	2,675	3,771	6,320	22,842	1,82,414
13	North 24 PGS	825401	311277	37.7	137053	23091	78370	4449	722	11533	14053	235483
14	Purulia	452092	197381	43.65	40,645	47,666	8,573	1,676	28,923	42,728	11,303	75291
15	Purba Medinipur	702071	188778	26.89	39101	1824	19927	3439	810	23874	8123	139744
16	Paschim Medinipur	1,058,290	347945	32.88	99,909	70,316	38,941	2,984	9,421	21,582	29,096	2,39,323
17	South 24 PGS	1042863	388033	37.21	158147	8,205	34,355	4,268	23,747	29,166	22,496	213570
18	Siliguri	84,380	32,233	38.2	12,893	5,471	2,914	453	2,401	9,822	2,420	14,165
19	Uttar Dinajpur	427281	175104	40.98	52,532	17,512	7,982	1,003	12,906	20,729	22,530	39,910
	State	11,589,942	4251823	36.68	1456723	382,995	425,161	55,296	180,924	393,883	253,908	1,809,890