Goalpara District | NER Databank

District HQ: Goalpara
Distance from State Capital: 150 Km.
Sub Divisions: Goalpara
Revenue Circles: Rongjuli, Dudhnoi, Matia, Balijana, Lakhipur
Development Block: Rongjuli, Kuchdhowa, Matia, Krishnai, Balijana, Kharmuja, Lakhipur, Jaleswar
Major crops: Paddy, wheat, maize, black gram, green gram, lentil, rajma, niger, sesame, toria, jute, pea
Major plantations: Tea, Rubber
Major fruits, nuts, vegetables, spices produced: Banana, Mango, Pineapple, Tomato, Cabbage
Major minerals: Black Granite, Iron Ore
Towns of the District: Goalpara, Lakhipur
Places of Tourist Interest: Sri Sri Surjya Pahar, Paglar Tek, Tukreswari Mandir, Katarihara Pirsthan, Hulukanda Hills
Language commonly used: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Rabha, Garo
Major Tribes: Bodo, Rava, Garo
Police Stations: Goalpara, Dudhnoi, Rangjuli, Dhupdhara, Lakhipur, Matia, Baguan, Marnoi
Major Rivers: Brahmaputra River, Dudhnoi, Krishnai, Jinjiram, Jinary

►DEMOGRAPHY:

Demographic Profile, 2011 Census:

Description	2011	2001
Actual Population	1008183	822035
Male	513292	420251
Female	494891	401784
Population Growth	22.64%	23.03%
Area Sq. Km	1824	1,824
Density/km2	553	453
Proportion to Assam Population	3.23%	3.08%
Sex Ratio (Per 1000)	964	956
Child Sex Ratio (0-6 Age)	963	974
Average Literacy	67.37	58.03
Male Literacy	71.46	64.86
Female Literacy	63.13	50.85
Total Child Population (0-6 Age)	171657	159113
Male Population (0-6 Age)	87457	80604
Female Population (0-6 Age)	84200	78509
Literates	563577	5587296
Male Literates	304302	3038750
Female Literates	259275	2548546
Child Proportion (0-6 Age)	17.03%	19.36%
Boys Proportion (0-6 Age)	17.04%	19.18%
Girls Proportion (0-6 Age)	17.01%	19.54%

Source: census2011.co.in

Rural and Urban Demographic Profile, 2011 Census:

Description	Rural	Urban
Population (%)	86.31 %	13.69 %
Total Population	870121	138062
Male Population	443244	70048
Female Population	426877	68014
Sex Ratio	963	971
Child Sex Ratio (0-6)	963	960
Child Population (0-6)	152141	19516
Male Child(0-6)	77502	9955
Female Child(0-6)	74639	9561
Child Percentage (0-6)	17.49 %	14.14 %
Male Child Percentage	17.49 %	14.21 %
Female Child Percentage	17.48 %	14.06 %
Literates	473388	90189
Male Literates	256085	48217
Female Literates	217303	41972
Average Literacy	65.93 %	76.08 %
Male Literacy	70.02 %	80.24 %
Female Literacy	61.69 %	71.80 %

Source: census2011.co.in

Distribution of Geographical Area, Population, Growth rate, Density, Sex ratio and Literacy rate, Census 2011:

Districts	Geographical Area (Sq. km.)	Population	Growth Rate (%)	Sex Ratio	Literacy (%)	Density
Goalpara	1824	1008183	22.64	964	67.37	553
Assam	78438	31205576	17.07	958	72.19	398

Source: census2011.co.in

Total Population, Rural Population and Urban Population including Male and Female as per 2011 Census:

Districts	Population			Rural			Urban
Districts	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Goalpara	1008183	513292	494891	870121	443244	426877	138062	70048	68014
Assam	31205576	15939443	15266133	26807034	13678989	13128045	4398542	2260454	2138088

Source: census2011.co.in

Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Population Break up as per 2011 Census:

Districts	Scheduled Caste Population			Scheduled Tribe Population
Districts	Persons	Male	Female	Persons	Male	Female
Goalpara	45094	22999	2 2095	231570	116013	115557
Assam	2231321	1145314	1086007	3884371	1957005	1927366

Source: census2011.co.in

Area, Sub-Divisions, Towns, Villages, Blocks, Gaon Panchayats Anchalik Panchayats, Zila Parishad as per Census 2011:

Districts	Area in Sq. km.		Sub- Division	Towns (Statutory + Census)	No. of Villages		CD Blocks	Gaon Panchayat	Revenue Circle
Districts	Total	Rural	Sub- Division	Towns (Statutory + Census)	Total	Inhabited	CD Blocks	Gaon Panchayat	Revenue Circle
Goalpara	1824	1806	2	11	829	779	8	81	5
Assam	78438	62667	80	214	26395	25372	219	2200	185

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Total Households and Amenities (%) as per Census 2011:

District	Total Households	Drinking water within premises	Drinking Water near premises	Electricity as source of lighting	Latrine facilities within premises
Goalpara	198454	58.6	22.3	39.8	65.5
Assam	6406471	54.8	26.7	37.0	64.9

Source: Economic Survey of Assam, 2014-15

►CLIMATE:

Average Monthly Rainfall, 2018:

(in mm)

Districts	January		February		March		April		May		June
Districts	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Goalpara	0	12.7	8.3	20.4	22.5	51.1	275.9	196.6	383.1	399.8	429.7	567.8
Assam	5.51	15.73	15.72	31.71	75.74	77.76	140.46	181.27	263.96	333.87	366.88	465.19

Continued...

Districts	July		August		September		October		November		December
Districts	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal
1	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Goalpara	662.1	1070.6	910.9	1405.2	255	304.9	26.4	157.7	16.4	21.5	11.2	5.2
Assam	686.63	960.03	948.61	1337.40	335.91	303.80	51.71	136.45	21.01	22.03	25.26	11.44

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam, 2019

►AGRICULTURE:

Total Area and Classification of Area, 2018-19:

(Area in Hectare)

District/ State	Reporting Area for LUS	Forests	Not available for cultivation			Other Uncultivated Land excluding Fallow Land
District/ State	Reporting Area for LUS	Forests	Area under non-agricultural uses	Barren and Unculturable Land	Total	Permanent Pastures and other Grazing Land	Land under Misc. Trees groves not including in Net Area Sown	Culturable Waste Land	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Goalpara	182400	36459	26958	28694	55652	2786	6992	7463	17241
State Total	7843800	1852695	1300065	1214592	2514657	171739	221944	159892	553575

Contd.

District/ State	Fallow Land			Net Area Sown	Total Cropped Area	Area Sown more than once
District/ State	Fallow Land other than Current Fallow	Current Fallow	Total	Net Area Sown	Total Cropped Area	Area Sown more than once
1	11	12	13	14	15	16
Goalpara	415	238	653	72395	126691	54296
State Total	91639	107768	199407	2723466	4004462	1280996

Source : Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.

Area under High Yielding Variety of Rice, 2018-19:

(Area in Hect, Yield in Kg/Hect)

District	Autumn Rice		Winter Rice		Summer Rice		Total Area
District	Area	Av. Yield	Area	Av. Yield	Area	Av. Yield	Total Area
Goalpara	3250	2047	44350	2537	26500	3116	74100
Assam	118914	2420	1429529	2901	384310	3218	1932753

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Area, Production and Yield of Rice, 2018-19:

District	Season	Area (Hectare)	Production (Tonnes)	Yield (Tonnes/Hectare)
Goalpara	Autumn	4254	4588	1.08
	Summer	27859	98565	3.54
	Winter	47067	112657	2.39
	Total	79180	215810	2.73
Total Assam		2425178	5437372	2.24

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Fertilizer Consumption, 2018-19:

(In Tonne)

District	Nitrogen (N)	Phosphorous (P)	Murate of Potash (K)	Total (N+P+K)	Gross Croped Area ('000 Ha.)	Per Hect. Consumption (Kg)
Goalpara	8265.56	1849.23	1087.57	11202.36	129.70	86.370
Assam	193372.39	46607.87	50149.49	290122.97	3991.05	72.683

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Season-wise Consumption of Fertilizer, 2018-19:

(in Tonnes)

District	Kharif				Rabi
District	N	P	K	Total	N	P	K	Total
Goalpara	3457.84	771.59	630.74	4860.17	4807.73	1077.64	456.83	6342.19
Assam	84523.98	22069.7	29504.42	136098.06	108841.68	24538.25	20645.05	154025

Source: Statistical Handbook, Assam 2019

►PLANTATION CROPS:

Small Tea Growers of Assam Registered with Tea Board of India, 2019:

(Upto October)

District	No. of Small Tea Growers	Registered Area in Hectare
Goalpara	219	308.24
Assam	113560	106273.16

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Tea Production, 2018:

(In MIllion Kgs)

District	Big Grower	Small Grower	Total
Goalpara	0.84	0.78	1.62
Assam	387.42	304.49	691.91

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Area and Production of Rubber, 2018-19:

District	Area (In Hectare)	Production (In MT)	Tapping Area (in Hect.)
Goalpara	9610.50	6809.00	5636.90
Assam	58120.01	25246.57	20858.65

Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam 2019

Generation of Employment in Rubber Plantation Activities, 2017-18 and 2018-19:

(In Nos)

District	2017-2018	2018-2019
Goalpara	29985	29990
Assam	180789	182873

Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam 2019

►IRRIGATION:

Source and Net Irrigated Area, 2018-19:

(Area in Hectare)

District	Canal			Tank	Well			Other Source	Total
District	Govt.	Private	Total	Tank	Tubewell	Other Well	Total	Other Source	Total
Goalpara	175	-	175	-	-	22200	22200	848	23223
Assam	89337	10388	99725	8577	40311	44175	84486	172721	365509

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.

Source and Gross Irrigated Area, 2018-19:

(Area in Hectare)

District	Canal			Tank	Well			Other Source	Total
District	Govt.	Private	Total	Tank	Tubewell	Other Well	Total	Other Source	Total
Goalpara	175	-	175	-	-	22200	22200	848	23223
Assam	114413	11811	126224	11884	63470	47146	110616	245686	494410

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.

Season-wise Irrigation of Rice, 2018-19:

(Area in Hectare)

District/ State	Autumn	Winter	Summer	Total
Goalpara	-	-	22842	22842
Assam	27201	148144	210021	385366

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.

Crop-wise Irrigation of Cereal and Millets, 2018-19:

(Area in Hectare)

District/ State	Rice	Jowar	Maize	Wheat	Other Cereal and Millets	Total Cereal and Millets
Goalpara	22842	-	-	193	-	23035
Assam	385366	24	3761	3731	301	393183

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.

Irrigation of Foodgrains, 2018-19:

(Area in Hectare)

District/ State	Cereals and Millets	Pulses	Total Food Grains
Goalpara	23035	-	23035
Assam	393183	9398	402581

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.

Irrigation of Condiments and Spices, Fruits & Vegetables and Oilseeds, 2018-19:

(Area in Hectare)

District/ State	Condiments and Spices	Fruits & Vegetables	Oilseeds
Goalpara	-	188	-
Assam	31	29744	47262

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.

Sector wise Irrigation Potential Created, 2018-19 (Cumulative):

(Area in Hect.)

District	Irrigation potential created up to 31st March, 2019			Grand Total
District	Minor Irrigation	Major/Medium Irrigation	Total	Grand Total
Goalpara	17724	0	17724	17724
Assam	733813	273378	1007191	1007191

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Gross Area Irrigated under Govt. Irrigation Facilities, 2018-19:

(Area in Hect.)

District	Irrigation Scheme				Source
District	Surface Lift	Surface Flow	Ground Water Lift	Total	Canals	Tube Wells	Total
Goalpara	143	1502	275	1920	1645	275	1920
Assam	12252	219833	8711	240796	232085	8711	240796

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Length of Irrigation Canals/ Channels Constructed upto 2017-18:

(In Km.)

District	Constructed	Lined	Pipe
Goalpara	203.528	76.300	29.800
Assam	10021.513	2205.519	794.005

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

►LIVESTOCK & VETERINARY:

Population of Cattle, 2019:

District	Population of Cattle
District	Male	Female	Total
Goalpara	108012	225609	333621
Assam	3228349	7680890	10909239

Source: 20th Livestock Census 2019

Population of Buffalo, 2019:

District/ State	Population of Buffalo
District/ State	Male	Female	Total
Goalpara	3756	4775	8531
Assam	149356	272359	421715

Source: 20th Livestock Census 2019

Population of Goat, 2019:

District	Population of Goat
District	Male	Female	Total
Goalpara	33174	69804	102978
Assam	1221788	3093385	4315173

Source: 20th Livestock Census 2019

Population of Sheep, 2019:

District	Population
Goalpara	23191
Assam	332100

Source: 20th Livestock Census 2019

Population of Pig, 2019:

District	Population
Goalpara	49598
Assam	2099000

Source: 20th Livestock Census 2019

Veterinary Facilities, 2018-19:

Districts	Hospitals	Dispensaries	Sub-Centre/ First Aid Centre/ SMC	Block Vety. Dispensaries	Key Village Centre	RAIC	R. P. Check post	BCPP Check post	Total
Goalpara	1	11	17	4	1	0	0	0	34
Assam	22	311	804	124	19	25	20	10	1335

RAIC= Regional Artificial Insemination Centre.

Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam 2019

Performance of Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries, 2018-19:

Districts	Treated				Livestock Castrate	Vaccinated		Artificial Insemination
	Livestock		Poultry			Vaccinated
	Contagious	Non-contagious	Contagious	Non-contagious		Livestock	Poultry
Goalpara	0	166816	0	368389	8133	19502	2631	5335
Assam	7507	1068933	26903	927718	114884	1087278	154851	370457

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

►FISHERY:

Number and Area Under Fisheries, 2018-19:

(Area in Hect.)

District	Beel Fisheries		Ponds & Tanks		Derelict Water		Reservoir Fisheries		Forest Fisheries		River Fisheries		Others (Paddy Field/ Canals etc.)
District	Nos.	Area	Nos.	Area	Nos.	Area	Nos.	Area	Nos.	Area	Nos.	Area	Nos.	Area
Goalpara	50	2178	9208	2021.14	70	463.00	-	-	-	20.0	8	8356	-	5414
Assam	1907	63019.8	455118	75183.90	3973	94044.65	1	996.0	441	4784.8	341	176905	11472	489034

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Economic Survey Assam, 2019-20

Fish Production, Fish Imported and Registered Fish Market, 2018-19:

District	Fish Production (in tonnes)	Fish Imported from other State (in tonnes)	Nos. of Registered Fish Markets
District	Fish Production (in tonnes)	Fish Imported from other State (in tonnes)	Raw Fish
Goalpara	8527.43	412.00	15
Assam	331099.34	12641.44	263

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Numbers of Ornamental Fish Production Units and Commercial Deals, 2018-19:

District	Registered Commercial units dealing with Ornamental Fish	Registered Ornamental Fish Production Units
District	Private	Private
Goalpara	4	1
Assam	78	22

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Private Fisheries and Govt. Financial Assistance Received, 2017-18 and 2018-19:

District	2017-2018			2018-2019
District	Nos. of Fisheries	Amount of Financial Assistance Received (In ₹)	Nos. of Fishers Benefited	Nos. of Fisheries	Amount of Financial Assistance Received (In ₹)	Nos. of Fishers Benefited
Goalpara	32	1411000	32	298	227.580	298
Assam	1013	60196000	1013	8296	6079.488	8296

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Per Capita Requirement, Consumption and Availability of Fish, 2017-18 and 2018-19:

(Unit in Kg)

District	Requirement (Per Annum)	Availability (Per Capita)
District	2017-2018	2017-2018	2018-2019
Goalpara	11043329	8.41	7.23

Note: 1. Requirement is in Kg per capita per annum based on minimum requirement of 11 Kg/ Capita/ Annum and assuming 90% as fish eating population of the District.

2. Per capita availability calculated assuming 90% as fish eating population of the District in regard to the fish production of the respective District in the given year.

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Number of Hatcheries and Fish seed Production, 2018-19:

District	No. of Hatcheries			Production of Fish seed (Fry in million nos.)
District	Govt.	Private	Cooperative	Govt.	Private	Cooperative
Goalpara	0	11	-	0.00	26.91	-
Assam	21	517	-	2.00	9891.37	-

Source: Economic Survey Assam, 2019-20

►FORESTRY:

Forest Cover, 2019:

District	Geographical Area	2019 Assessment				% of GA	Change wrt 2017 Assessment	Scrub
District	Geographical Area	Very Dense Forest	Mod. Dense Forest	Open Forest	Total	% of GA	Change wrt 2017 Assessment	Scrub
Goalpara	1824	14.00	137.66	244.08	395.74	21.70	97.74	1.72
Assam	78438	2794.86	10278.91	15252.74	28326.51	36.11	221.51	173.43

Source: India State of Forest Report 2019

Forest Division wise Area Under Forest, 2018-19:

(Area in Hect.)

Forest Division	Reserve Forest Area	Encroached Forest Area	Numbers of Encroachers in Forest Areas (Household)
Goalpara	25249.66	5798.25	3668.00
Assam	1359026.70	364145.02	205209.00

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Forest division wise out turn of Timber, Fuel-wood and Minor Forest Products, 2018-19:

Forest Division	Industrial Timber (m³)	Fuel-Wood (m³)	Minor Forest Products (m³)
Forest Division	Industrial Timber (m³)	Fuel-Wood (m³)	Sand	Gravel/Stone	Silt/Clay	Sand Gravel
Goalpara	189.298	0	28792	10223	2500	0
Assam	29199.2967	5249.225	2423495	2013390.431	3568833	661661.053

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Division/ Minor Mineral Concession Areas (MCA) of Sand, Stone etc.(Excluding District Council Area) as on 2019:

Name of the Division	Category of MCA	Outside Forest	Inside Forest	Total MCA
Goalpara	Sand	12	0	12
	Ordinary Clay	1	0	1
	Stone	0	1	1
	Total	390	51	441

Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam 2019

►INDUSTRY:

Industrial Area, 2018-19:

Districts	Name of Industrial Area	Total Area (in Sq. Mtr.)	Total No. of Sheds Constructed	No. of Sheds Allotted	Open Area Allotted (in Sq. Mtr.)	No. of Units Functioning
Goalpara	Kothakuthi Ranjuli	7224	0	0	0	0
Assam		2249565.3	173	164	1316371.40	229

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Growth Centre, 2018-19:

Districts	Name of Growth Centre	Total Area (in Sq. Mtr.)	Total No. of Sheds Constructed	No. of Sheds Allotted	Open Area Allotted (in Sq. Mtr.)	No. of Units functioning
Goalpara	Baladmari	36000	5	0	7200	1
Assam		1944841.3	71	49	991700.47	62

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Industrial Growth Centre, 2018-19:

District	Name of Industrial Growth Centre	Total Area (in Sq. Mtr.)	Open Area Allotted (in Sq. Mtr.)	No. of Units Functioning
Goalpara	Matia	2236802	925000	4
Assam		4735631	2535752	80

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 201

Number of Registered MSME units under the Commissionerate of Industries and Commerce, 2018-19:

District	Unit Registered During the Year
	2018-2019
	Micro	Small	Medium	Total
Goalpara	59	8	0	67
Assam	887	231	5	1123

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Number of Investment in Plant & Machinery and Workers under the Commissionerate of Industries and Commerce, 2018-19:

District	Investment in Plant and Machinery (₹ in Lakh)	No of Works
Goalpara	111.00	489
Assam	19075.35	8543

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

►SERICULTURE:

Area under Food Tree Plantation both Government and Private sector for production of Cocoon, 2018-19:

District	No. of Seri. Villages (Pvt. sector)	Eri				Muga				Mulberry
		No. of Farm/ Centre (Govt.)	Area under food plant both Govt. & Pvt. sector (in Hect.)			No. of Farm/ Centre (Govt.)	Area under food plant both Govt. & Pvt. sector (in Hect.)			No. of Farm/ Centre (Govt.)	Area under food plant both Govt. & Pvt. sector (in Hect.)
		No. of Farm/ Centre (Govt.)	Govt.	Pvt.	Total	No. of Farm/ Centre (Govt.)	Govt.	Pvt.	Total	No. of Farm/ Centre (Govt.)	Govt.	Pvt.	Total
Goalpara	273	5	22.4	1365	1387.4	8	197.8	396	593.8	7	34.8	38.00	72.8
Assam	8828	121	516.01	41955	42471.01	87	1003.88	9386	10989.88	118	589.55	2001.5	2591.05

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Sericulture Village & Seri Farmers Engaged in Sericulture, 2018-19

District	No. of Sericulture Villages	Number of Family Engaged
District	No. of Sericulture Villages	Eri	Muga	Mulberry	Total
Goalpara	273	10085	1649	181	12188
Assam	8828	240939	30164	29905	309836

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Production of Cocoon & Raw Silk, 2018-19:

District	Production of Cocoon			Production of Yarn/ Raw Silk
District	Eri (in '000 Kg.)	Muga (in Lakh No)	Mulberry (in '000 Kg.)	Eri (in '000 Kg.)	Muga (in Lakh No.)	Mulberry (in '000 Kg.)
Goalpara	225.00	413.00	10.40	181.00	9.00	10.40
Assam	5632.89	6494.25	611.82	3421.70	157.00	61

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

►HANDLOOM & TEXTILE:

Statistics of Handloom & Textile, 2018-19:

District	Handloom Training Centre (HTC)	No. of Trainee in HTC	No. of Weaver's Extension Service Unit	Weaver's Extension Service Production (in Metre)	No. of Handloom Production Centre Centre	Handloom Production (in Metre)
Goalpara	4	39	3	1108.00	1	305.00
Assam	102	1181	98	49339	20	5160

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

►POWER:

Number of Villages Electrified, 2016-17 and 2017-18:

District	No. of villages (Census 2011)	No. of villages Electrified (Cumulative)
District	No. of villages (Census 2011)	2016-2017	2017-2018
Goalpara	829	795	826
Assam	26395	25663	26235

Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam 2018

►ROADWAYS:

Category-wise Length of Roads, 2019:

(As on 31st March) (In Km.)

District	State Highway	National Highways	Major District Road	Urban Road	Rural Road
Goalpara	137	102	48	38	1610
Assam	2530	3890	4379	1714	45336

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Road Length Constructed by P.W.D (Road), 2019:

(As on 31st March) (In Km.)

District	Total Road Length
District	Cement Concrete	Black Top or Asphalt	ICBP	Metalled & Un-Metalled
Goalpara	12	1036	107	678
Assam	411	30048	2715	20784

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Length of Roads under NH, 2018-19:

(In Km.)

Districts	National Highway
Districts	National Highway	Under Construction	Newly Declared NH	Total
Goalpara	101.684	0	0	101.684
Assam	2801.163	193.736	894.787	3889.686

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Length of Roads per Lakh of Population & Per '00 Sq. Km. of Geographical Area, 2019:

(As on 31st March)

Districts	Total Road Length including NH (Km)	Population	Road Length per Lakh Population (Km)	Area (in Sq. Km.)	Road Length per '00 Sq. Km. of Geographical Area (Km)
Goalpara	1935	1008189	191.97	1824	106.11
Assam	57848	31205576	185.38	78438	73.75

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Habitation Connectivity Status from Phase-I to Phase-X and RCIP-I and works in progress under PMGSY, 2019:

(As on 31st March)

Districts	No. of Villages				Total
Districts	(1000+)	(500+)	(250+)	<205 (incidental)	Total
Goalpara	212	172	149	34	567
Assam	5999	4688	3166	1454	15307

RCIP: Rural Connectivity Investment Programme

PMGSY: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojona

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2018 and 2019

►ROAD TRANSPORT:

Number of Motor Vehicles on Road, 2018-19:

District	Multi Axle Vehicle	Articulated Vehicle	Medium	Heavy	Four Wheelers	Three Wheeler	Stage Carriage	Contract Carriage	Omni Buses
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Goalpara	20	23	-	5	4411	342	-	424	-
Assam	2804	3801	17453	109980	118255	43718	1372	14332	1015

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District	Mini Buses	School Buses	AATT	Motor Cabs	Maxi Cabs	Others Taxi	Auto Rickshaw	Two Wheeler	Car
1	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Goalpara	-	6	-	204	19	-	2075	51298	6086
Assam	2261	2247	9711	14075	9345	41676	138841	2400197	668890

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District	Tractor	Trailor	Crane	Govt. Vehicle	Fire Brigade	Ambulance	Others	E-Rickshaw	Total
1	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Goalpara	1840	340	-	-	-	37	3	124	67257
Assam	58112	21008	1725	20029	113	2615	12728	9226	3725529

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Statement Showing The Motor Vehicle Registration Progressive Total in the Year 2018-19:

District	Multi Axle Vehicle	Articu- lated Vehicle	Medium	Heavy	For Wheeler	Three Wheeler	Stage Carriage	Contract Carriage	Omni Buses
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Goalpara	50	23	-	5	5223	892	-	519	-
Assam	2807	4495	21047	121868	132042	48449	1966	19498	1415

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District	Mini Buses	School Buses	AATT	Motor Cabs	Maxi Cabs	Other Taxi	Auto Rickshaw	Two Wheeler	Car
1	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Goalpara	-	6	-	454	19	-	3165	52695	8086
Assam	2679	2845	12305	15740	10299	41681	153581	2587508	706192

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District	Tractor	Trailer	Crane	Govt. Vehicle	Fire Brigade	Ambulance	Others	E-Rickshaw	Total
1	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Goalpara	2240	104	-	-	-	48	3	124	74656
Assam	63831	23163	2063	23550	130	2769	15117	9439	4026479

Source: Statistical Handbook, Assam 2019

Revenue Collection under Commissionerate of Transport, 2017-18 and 2018-19:

(Rs. in crore)

District Authority	2017-18	2018-19
Goalpara	11.91	12.25
Total	676.33	737.55

R&L- Registered & License, RTA- Regional Transport Authority

Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam 2019

►POSTAL SERVICES:

Number of Post Offices, 2018-19:

Districts	No. of Post Offices			Area (in Sq. Km.)	Estimated Population 2018	Area Served per Post Office (in Sq. Km.)	Population Serve Per Post Offices	Modernised Post Office (in Nos.)	Computerised Post Office (in Nos.)
Districts	Rural	Urban	Total	Area (in Sq. Km.)	Estimated Population 2018	Area Served per Post Office (in Sq. Km.)	Population Serve Per Post Offices	Modernised Post Office (in Nos.)	Computerised Post Office (in Nos.)
Goalpara	102	3	105	1824	1163037	17.37	11077	18	18
Assam	3736	275	4011	78438	34845255	19.56	8687	624	624

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Number of Letter Boxes, 2018-19:

Districts	No. of Letter Boxes			Availability of Post Boxes Rented by Public
Districts	Rural	Urban	Total	Availability of Post Boxes Rented by Public
Goalpara	650	36	686	0
Assam	11304	1123	12427	614

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

►EDUCATION:

Enrolment and Teacher in Lower Primary Schools, 2018-19:

(In nos.)

District	Schools			Enrollment		Teachers
District	Govt./ Prov.	Tea Garden/ Local Bodies	Total	Girls	Total	Govt./ Prov.	Tea Garden/ Local Bodies
Goalpara	1370	1	1371	56601	113605	3636	2
Assam	36262	478	36740	1351868	2650625	104006	1378

Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam 2019

Enrolment and Teachers in Upper Primary School, 2018-19:

(In nos.)

District	Schools
	Govt./ Prov.		Recognised		Tea Garden/ Local Bodies		Total
	UP	Composite HS/HSS	UP	Composite HS/HSS	UP	Composite HS/HSS	UP	Composite HS/HSS
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Goalpara	207	107	181	9	0	0	388	116
Assam	5732	3692	3922	146	3	13	9657	3851

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District	Enrollment		Teacher
	Girls	Total	Govt./ Prov		Recognised		Tea Gardens/ Local Bodies	Total
	Girls	Total	UP	Composite HS/HSS	UP	Composite HS/HSS	Tea Gardens/ Local Bodies	Total
1	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Goalpara	32451	59698	1365	1282	1089	60	0	3796
Assam	791372	1493160	40056	37808	25527	1240	34	104665

UP: Upper Primary; HS: High School

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Number of Lower Primary and Upper Primary Schools (Govt/ Prov. under Deptt. of Elementary Education), 2018-19:

(In nos.)

District	Lower Primary		Upper Primary
District	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
Goalpara	1337	33	198	9
Assam	35102	1160	5413	319

Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam 2019

Nos of Govt. Provincialised Secondary and Higher Secondary School, 2018-19:

(In nos.)

District
District	HS+HSS	Sr. Madrassa + Sanskrit Toal	Total No. of Govt./ Provincialised School
Goalpara	112	8	120
Assam	4082	232	4314

Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam 2019

Status of Educational Institute, 2018-19:

(In nos.)

District	Govt		Provincialised			Model Schools	Provincialised			Total Govt./ Provincialised Secondary and Higher Secondary Institutions
District	HS	HSS	HS	HSS	Total	Model Schools	Junior Colleges	Sanskrit/ Pali Toal	Sr. Madrassa/ Arabic College/ Title Madrassa
Goalpara	0	1	97	13	110	1	0	1	8	120
Assam	4	31	3376	656	4032	15	65	95	138	4345

Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam 2019

Student Teacher Ratio, Drop Rate and Transition Rate, 2018-19:

(in %)

District	Pupil Teacher Ratio		*Dropout rate		Transition Rate from Primary to U. Primary
District	Lower Primary	Upper Primary	Lower Primary	Upper Primary	Transition Rate from Primary to U. Primary
Goalpara	26	24	5.1	0.0	100.0
Assam	719	616	3.1	1.9	100.0

* Dropout rate is calculated based on 2 years U-DISE Data.

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Status of Class-Rooms in Govt./ Provincialised Primary & Upper Primary Schools, 2018-19:

District	No. of PS	Average No. of Class room in PS	No. of UPS	Average No. of Class rooms in UPS	Average Student Classroom Ratio
District	No. of PS	Average No. of Class room in PS	No. of UPS	Average No. of Class rooms in UPS	Primary	Upper Primary
Goalpara	1370	2.6	207	4.1	27	39
Assam	36262	2.7	5732	4.5	23	29

NER: Net Enrollment Ratio; PS: Primary School; UPS: Upper Primary School

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Status of Facilities Available in Primary & Upper Primary Schools, 2018-19:

(in Nos.)

District	Primary School				Upper Primary School
District	No. of Schools	Drinking Water	Boys Toilet	Girls Toilet	No. of Schools	Drinking Water	Boys Toilet	Girls Toilet
Goalpara	1370	1369	1150	1331	207	207	173	196
Assam	36262	34127	32928	34836	5732	5470	5190	5530

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Enrolment and Number of Teachers in High/ Higher Secondary School, 2018-19:

District	High School
		Enrolment		Teacher
	No. of Institution	Female	Total	Female	Total
Goalpara	121	14780	25548	268	1249
Assam	4309	355261	650509	13798	44812

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Enrolment, Teachers and Number of Institutions in HS/ Junior Colleges in 2018-19:

(in Nos.)

District	Higher secondary					Junior College
	No. of Institution	Enrolment		Teacher		No. of Institution	Enrolment		Teacher
	No. of Institution	Female	Total	Female	Total	No. of Institution	Female	Total	Female	Total
Goalpara	21	1406	2862	40	174	6	1769	3463	42	161
Assam	833	66079	133112	2814	7183	252	50301	104729	2412	6384

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Govt./ Provincialised High and Higher Secondary Schools Having Facilities, 2018-19:

District
District	Number of Schools	Drinking Water	Boundary Wall/ Fencing	Functional Girls Toilet	Computer	Ramp	Play Ground	Library	Electricity Connection
Goalpara	121	120	71	114	92	106	104	88	117
Assam	4309	4204	2462	3851	3200	2760	3162	2698	4157

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Number of Institution, Enrollment and Teacher in Sanskrit and Palitols (Prov.) in Assam, 2018-19:

District	No. of Institution	Enrollment		No. of Teacher
District	No. of Institution	Male	Female	Male	Female
Goalpara	1	35	20	1	0
Assam	97	1856	946	235	73

Prov.: Provincialised

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Number of Institutes, Enrolment and Teachers in Pre. Sr. Madrassas, 2018-19:

District	No. of Institution	Enrolment		No. of Teacher
District	No. of Institution	Male	Female	Male	Female
Goalpara	4	427	296	28	4
Assam	250	15339	11226	1815	219

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Number of Institutes, Enrolment and Teachers in Sr. Madrassas, 2018-19:

District	No. of Institution	Enrolment		No. of Teacher
District	No. of Institution	Male	Female	Male	Female
Goalpara	7	756	996	104	5
Assam	134	15785	14537	1553	85

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Number of Institutes, Enrolment and Teachers in Title Madrassas, 2018-19:

District	No. of Institution	Enrolment		No. of Teacher
District	No. of Institution	Male	Female	Male	Female
Goalpara	1	97	22	4	0
Assam	14	1343	438	80	3

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Number of Institutes, Enrolment and Teachers in Arabic Colleges, 2018-19:

District	No. of Institution	Enrolment		No. of Teacher
District	No. of Institution	Male	Female	Male	Female
Goalpara	1	116	174	15	0
Assam	4	707	472	48	2

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

►BANKING:

Number of Functioning Offices of Commercial Banks, 2020:

(As at the end of Quarter)

District	June 2020	March 2020
Goalpara	68	67
Assam	3058	3007

Source: Reserve Bank of India

Population Group-wise Number of Functioning Offices of Commercial Banks, 2020:

(As at the end of Quarter)

District	June 2020				March 2020
District	Rural	Semi Urban	Urban	Total	Rural	Semi Urban	Urban	Total
Goalpara	39	29		68	39	28		67
Assam	1417	880	761	3058	1413	850	744	3007

Source: Reserve Bank of India

Number of Reporting Offices, Aggregate Deposit and Bank Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks, 2020:

(As at the end of Quarter) (₹ in Crore)

District	June 2020			March 2020
District	Number of Reporting Offices	Deposit	Credit	Number of Reporting Office	Deposit	Credit
Goalpara	67	2259	1072	66	2274	1026
Assam	2919	168384	74491	2907	166545	71080
All India	150152	14480784	10432025	149373	14127483	10333231

Source: Reserve Bank of India

Type-wise Distribution of Aggregate deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks, 2020:

(As at the end of Quarter) (₹ in Crore)

District	June 2020				March 2020
District	Current	Savings	Term	Total	Current	Savings	Term	Total
Goalpara	101	1573	585	2259	103	1605	567	2274
Assam	11046	85793	71545	168384	11126	84405	71014	166545
All India	1276932	4852304	8351548	14480784	1204657	4729251	8193574	14127483

Source: Reserve Bank of India

Population Group-Wise Deposits of Scheduled Commercial Banks, March 2020:

(No of Accounts in Thousands and Amount in `Crore)

District	Population Group	No of Offices	No of Accounts	Deposit Amount
Goalpara	Rural	39	696	1018
Goalpara	Semi-urban	27	586	1167

Source: Reserve Bank of India

Population Group-wise Credit of SCB's, March 2020:

District	Population Group	No. of Offices	No. of Accounts	Credit- Amount Outstanding in Crore
Goalpara	Rural	38	64721	443
Goalpara	Semi-urban	26	44051	566

Source: Reserve Bank of India

►MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH:

Health Infrastructure Facility, 2019-20:

(As on December 23, 2020)

District	Type of Facility	Total Facility					Active Facility
District	Type of Facility	Total	Public	Private	Urban	Rural	Total	Public	Private	Urban	Rural
ASSAM	SC	5847	5609	238	62	5785	4958	4933	25	46	4912
	PHC	1670	1226	444	64	1606	1440	1046	394	60	1380
	CHC	333	210	123	74	259	318	198	120	71	247
	SDH	22	16	6	6	16	19	14	5	5	14
	DH	37	37	0	0	37	33	33	0	0	33
	Total	7909	7098	811	206	7703	6768	6224	544	182	6586
Goalpara	SC	156	156	0	3	153	155	155	0	3	152
	PHC	49	45	4	2	47	40	37	3	2	38
	CHC	14	7	7	7	7	13	7	6	6	7
	SDH	0	0	0	0	0
	DH	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
	Total	220	209	11	12	208	209	200	9	11	198

SC= Sub Center; PHC= Primary Health Center; CHC= Community Health Center; SDH= Sub District Hospital; DH= District Hospital

Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India

Health Services Facilities under Govt. Sector, 2018-19:

(In Nos)

District	Civil Hospital	SDCH	FRU	Sub Centres	Primary Health		State Dispensaries		Community Health
District	Civil Hospital	SDCH	FRU	Sub Centres	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
Goalpara	1	0	1	154	37	0	13	0	6	0
Assam	25	14	15	4644	946	0	262	16	172	0

S.D.C.H.=Sub Divisional Civil Hospital; P.H.C.= Primary Health Centre;

F.R.U.= First Referral Units; C.H.C.= Community Health Centres

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Medical & Paramedical Personnel under Govt. Sector, 2018-19:

District	Doctors		Pharmacist		Nurse (ANM)		Midwives (GNM)
District	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
Goalpara	122	39	42	17	596	81	262	30
Assam	3626	1172	1582	507	10932	1319	5213	1078

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Number of Private Hospitals and Registered Diagnostic Centres, 2018:

District	Poly Clinic/ Nursing Home	No. of Diagnostic Centre
Goalpara	6	7
Assam	263	318

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Number of Beds in Different type of Health Institutions, 2018:

District	2018						Total
District	CH	BPHC	MPHC	CHC	SDCH	MCH	Total
Goalpara	150	30	144	150	0	0	474
Assam	3630	900	3460	4860	915	5121	18886

CH= Civil Hospital; BPHC= Block Primary Health Centre;

MPHC= Mini Primary Health Centre; CHC= Community Health Centre;

MCH= Medical College Hospital

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Births & Deaths Registered during 2018:

District	2018
	Current Year Registration		Delayed Registration		Total
	Birth	Death	Birth	Death	Birth	Death
Goalpara	13673	3462	3163	126	16836	3588
Assam	619800	129656	88944	11356	708744	141012

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Number of Family Welfare Centres for the year 2018-19:

District	2018-2019
	Family Welfare Centres (Nos.)
	Rural	Urban
Goalpara	199	6
Assam	5214	189

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Family Planning Performance, 2018-19:

District	Sterilization	IUD Insertion	CC Users	OP Users
Goalpara	1297	6181	4251	9937
Assam	38173	132534	61793	151950

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Universal Immunization Programme Performance, 2018-19:

District	BCG	OPV	PENTA-3	MSL	FULLY IMM	TT (PW) 2+B
Goalpara	25564	19516	22495	22672	22548	24066
Assam	630894	557933	591182	601706	593561	603285

PW= Pregnant Women

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

►EMPLOYMENT:

Number of Employment Exchanges, 2018:

District	General	Special	Employment Information & Guidance Bureau (EI & GB)	Employment Information & Assistance Bureau (EI & AB)
Goalpara	1	-	-	1
Assam	47	2	3	29

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

Employment through Employment Exchanges, 2018:

District	No. of Registration	No. of Live Register	No. of Vacancies Notified	No. of Placement
Goalpara	5282	50801	Nil	Nil
Assam	259592	2024446	833	985

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2019

►PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

Self Help Group (SHG), 2018-19:

District	No. of Women SHG Formed	No. of SHG provided with Revolving Fund
Goalpara	3204	308
Assam	108555	74205

SHG= Self Help Group

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Information of Village Organisation, 2018-19:

District	No. of Village Organisation (Achievement)	No. of SHGs Provided with Community Investment Fund (Achievement)
Goalpara	130	565
Assam	3454	20345

SHG= Self Help Group

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Achievement of National Rural Livelihood Project, 2018-19:

(₹ in Lakh)

District	Achievement
Goalpara	219.62
Assam	6344.83

SHG= Self Help Group

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Physical Achievement Under MGNREGA, 2018-19:

Districts	Employment Generated (Mandays) (In Nos)
Districts	SCs	STs	Others	Total	Women
Goalpara	31719	315772	679129	1026620	447186
Assam	2741621	10697844	39932667	53372132	21928466

MGNREGA= Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Job Cards Issued and Employment Provided, 2018-19:

(in Nos.)

Districts	Job Card Issued	Household Demanded Employment	Household Provided Employment	Household Provided 100 days Employment	Disabled Persons Provided Employment
Goalpara	138024	44923	40655	68	107
Assam	4567589	1922748	1744719	18468	5586

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Physical Achievement and Expenditure Details under PMAY-G, 2018-19:

Districts	Under Construction (Sanctioned Before 2018-19)	Utilization Funds (₹ in Lakh)
Goalpara	257	2471.24
Assam	9007	114968.32

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Financial Performance under PMAY-G and Physical Achievement under National Social Assistance Programme, 2018-19:

(₹ in Lakh)

Districts	Expenditure	Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme	Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme	Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme
Districts	Expenditure	Achievement	Achievement	Achievement
Goalpara	2471.24	21800	4648	1347
Assam	114968.32	684389	107813	34683

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Financial Progress under National Social Assistance Programme, 2018-19:

(₹ in Lakh)

District	Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme	National Family Benefit Scheme	Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme
District	Expenditure Incurred	Expenditure Incurred	Expenditure Incurred
Goalpara	819.171	169.758	819.171
Assam	27249.304	4300.86	27249.304

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Training Programme Conducted by State Institute of Panchayat & Rural Development (SIPRD), 2018-19:

District	Target (In Nos.)		Achievement (In Nos)
District	No. of Programme	No. of Participant	No. of Programme	No. of Participant
Goalpara	90	4500	90	5100
Assam	3250	165500	3286	198156

SIPRD= State Institute of Panchayat & Rural Development

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Training Programme Conducted for Elected Representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutes by SIPRD, 2018-19:

District	Target (In Nos.)		Achievement (In Nos)
District	No. of Programme	No. of Participant	No. of Programme	No. of Participant
Goalpara	20	800	2	139
Assam	530	21200	79	5158

SIPRD= State Institute of Panchayat & Rural Development

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019