I. Status of Village Electrification in West Bengal:

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1 CURRENT STATUS OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND ELECTRICITY SERVICE DELIVERY IN RURAL AREAS OF WEST BENGAL I. Status of Village Electrification in West Bengal: As on 31 st August 2013, only 4 villages were yet to be electrified in the state of West Bengal, out of a total of villages in the state, as per the 2001 census. Table 1: Status of Village Electrification in West Bengal 1 States/UTs Total inhabited Villages as per 2001 census Villages electrified as on 31/03/2013 as per new definition (Provisional) No. % Cumulative achievement as on 31/08/2013 as per new definition %age of villages electrified as on 31/08/2013 Un-electrified villages as on 31/08/2013 (V) West Bengal Source: Central Electricity Authority, Therefore the total number of electrified villages in West Bengal accounts to percent. The following table gives the status of electrification of the villages district and block-wise which are covered under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) scheme. Table 2: District and respective block-wise status of Village Electrification in West Bengal District Block No. of Villages covered under RGGVY No. of Electrified Villages (RGGVY) % Villages Electrified No. of Unelectrified Villages % Unelectrified Villages Bankura Bankura - I Bankura - II Barjora Chhatna Gangajalghati Hirbandh Indpur Indus Jaypur Khatra Kotulpur Mejhia Onda Patrasayer Raipur Ranibundh Saltora Sarenga Simlapal Sonamukhi Taldangra Vishnupur TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Barddhaman Ausgram - I Ausgram - II CEA Monthly Report available at

2 Barabani Bhatar Burdwan - I Burdwan - II Faridpur Durgapur Galsi - I Galsi - II Jamalpur Jamuria Kalna - I Kalna - II Kanksa Katwa - I Katwa - II Ketugram - I Ketugram - II Khandaghosh Mangolkote Manteswar Memari - I Memari - II Ondal Pandabeswar Purbasthali - I Purbasthali - II Raina - I Raina - II Raniganj Salanpur TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Birbhum Bolpur Sriniketan Dubrajpur Illambazar Khoyrasol Labpur Mayureswar - I Mayureswar - II Mohammad Bazar Murarai - I Murarai - II Nalhati - I Nalhati - II Nanoor Rajnagar Rampurhat - I Rampurhat - II Sainthia Suri - I Suri - II TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Dakshin Dinajpur Balurghat Bansihari Gangarampur Harirampur Hilli Kumarganj Kushmundi Tapan TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Darjiling Kharibari Matigara Naxalbari Phansidewa TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Haora Amta - I Amta - II

3 Bagnan - I Bagnan - II Bally Jagachha Domjur Jagatballavpur Panchla Sankrail Shyampur - I Shyampur - II Udaynarayanpur Uluberia - I Uluberia - II TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Hugli Arambag Balagarh Chanditala - I Chanditala - II Chinsurah - Magra Dhaniakhali Goghat - I Goghat - II Jangipara Khanakul - I Khanakul - II Pandua Polba - Dadpur Pursura Serampur Uttarpara Tarakeswar TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Koch Bihar Cooch Behar - I Cooch Behar - II Dinhata - I Dinhata - II Haldibari Mathabhanga - I Mathabhanga - II Mekliganj Sitai Sitalkuchi Tufanganj - I Tufanganj - II TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Maldah Bamangola Chanchal - I Chanchal - II English Bazar Gazole Habibpur Harishchandrapur - I Harishchandrapur - II Kaliachak - I Kaliachak - II Kaliachak - III Maldah (old) Manikchak Ratua - I Ratua - II TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Medinipur Bhagawanpur - I Bhagawanpur - II Binpur - I Binpur - II Chandrakona - I Chandrakona - II Contai - I

4 Contai - II Contai - III Dantan - I Dantan - II Daspur - I Daspur - II Debra Egra - I Egra - II Garbeta - I Garbeta - II Garbeta - III Ghatal Gopiballavpur - I Gopiballavpur - II Jamboni Jhargram Keshiary Keshpur Kharagpur - I Kharagpur - II Khejuri - I Khejuri - II Midnapore Mohanpur Moyna Nanda Kumar Nandigram - I Nandigram - II Nandigram - III Narayangarh Nayagram Panskura - I Panskura - II Pingla Potashpur - I Potashpur - II Ramnagar - I Ramnagar - II Sabang Salbani Sankrail TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Murshidabad Beldanga - I Beldanga - II Berhampore Bhagawangola - I Bhagawangola - II Bharatpur - I Bharatpur - II Burwan Domkal Farakka Hariharpara Jalangi Kandi Khargram Lalgola Murshidabad Jiaganj Nabagram Nawda Raghunathganj - I Raghunathganj - II Raninagar - I Raninagar - II Sagardighi

5 Samserganj Suti - I Suti - II TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Nadia Chakdah Chapra Hanskhali Haringhata Kaliganj Karimpur - I Karimpur - II Krishnaganj Krishnagar - I Krishnagar - II Nabadwip Nakashipara Ranaghat - I Ranaghat - II Santipur Tehatta - I Tehatta - II TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS North Twenty Four Parganas Bagda Haroa Minakhan Sandeskhali - I Sandeskhali - II TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Puruliya Arsha Bagmundi Balarampur Barabazar Bundwan Hura Jaipur Jhalda - I Jhalda - II Kashipur Manbazar - I Manbazar - II Neturia Para Puncha Purulia - I Purulia - II Raghunathpur - I Raghunathpur - II Santuri TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS South twenty Four Paragans Baruipur Basanti Bhangar - I Bhangar - II Bishnupur - I Bishnupur - II Budge Budge - I Budge Budge - II Canning - I Canning - II Diamond Harbour - I Diamond Harbour - II Falta Jaynagar - I Jaynagar - II Kakdwip Kulpi

6 Kultali Magrahat - I Magrahat - II Mandirbazar Mathurapur - I Mathurapur - II Namkhana Patharpratima Sonarpur Thakurpukur Mahestola TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Uttar Dinajpur Chopra Goalpokhar - I Goalpokhar - II Hemtabad Islampur Itahar Kaliaganj Karandighi Raiganj TOTAL OF ALL BLOCKS Source: Data compiled from RGGVY website 2 II. Status of Household Electrification in West Bengal: The Census of India 2011, indicates that close to 67 percent of West Bengal rural households continue to depend on Kerosene for lighting. The table and figure below presents a comprehensive scenario of the sources of lighting in the state, which is as per the Government of India Census, Table 3: Sources of Lighting in households of West Bengal District Total No. of Households Electricity Kerosene Solar energy Other oil Any other No lighting Electrified Unelectrified No. % No. % Darjiling 2,34,411 1,62,970 66,664 1, ,805 1,64, , Jalpaiguri 6,20,432 2,03,636 4,09,179 3,780 1, ,399 2,07, ,13, Koch Bihar 6,04,602 1,29,045 4,68,687 4,316 1, ,057 1,33, ,71, Uttar Dinajpur 5,29,416 1,47,941 3,75,583 3,232 1, ,51, ,78, Dakshin Dinajpur 3,38,680 1,21,365 2,12,262 2, ,539 1,24, ,14, Maldah 7,29,770 2,18,159 4,99,071 5,752 2, ,747 2,23, ,05, Murshidabad 12,82,692 3,75,096 8,90,739 8,179 2, ,631 3,83, ,99, Birbhum 7,11,236 2,60,403 4,39,936 5,073 1, ,704 2,65, ,45, Barddhaman 10,64,226 5,19,670 5,25,091 9,428 3, ,490 5,29, ,35, Nadia 8,79,934 3,42,187 5,25,371 5,912 1, ,873 3,48, ,31, North Twenty Four Parganas 9,88,219 4,31,034 5,35,214 13,650 2,357 1,009 4,955 4,44, ,43, Hugli 7,77,386 5,19,678 2,42,398 7,381 1,666 1,176 5,087 5,27, ,50, Bankura 6,91,417 2,83,726 3,97,237 5,260 1, ,062 2,88, ,02, Puruliya 4,96,403 1,40,851 3,48,217 4,318 1, ,758 1,45, ,51, Haora 3,88,459 2,40,924 1,40,976 3, ,249 2,44, ,44, Kolkata South Twenty Four Parganas 12,91,490 4,51,540 7,77,857 53,873 2,050 1,117 5,053 5,05, ,86, Paschim Medinipur 11,09,569 5,42,598 5,48,438 12,718 2, ,390 5,55, ,54, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, available at

7 Purba Medinipur 9,78,844 4,38,673 5,24,811 10,416 1,334 1,004 2,606 4,49, ,29, Total 1,37,17,186 55,29,496 79,27,731 1,60,497 29,974 10,168 59,320 56,89, ,27, Source: Census of India As can be seen from the above table, a number of districts particularly the remote district of West Bengal have close to 70 percent of un-electrified households, while districts which are in and around the state capital or in high industrial belt have a relatively lower level of un-electrified households. The situation more or less similar to Orissa. Figure 1: A snapshot of sources of lighting in households of West Bengal Source: Census of India, 2011 III. Key Sources of Energy for Cooking and Heating in households of West Bengal As is the case with the rest of India, West Bengal also has a very poor penetration of clean sources of energy for meeting the cooking and heating requirements of its communities. Only 4 percent of West Bengal s population has access to modern and relatively clean sources of energy for cooking and heating requirements, mainly LPG, Electricity and bio-gas plants. So in effect, close to 96 percent of its population depend on firewood and other related sources of energy for meeting their cooking and heating requirements. The following table depicts the situation of energy sources for West Bengal.

8 Table 4: Sources of Energy for cooking and heating in households of West Bengal Total no. of Househol ds Firewo od 53,75,6 84 Crop residue Source: Census of India 2011 Cowdung Cake Coal/Lignite/Char coal Kerose ne LPG/PN G Electrici ty 48,99,863 18,65,856 4,52,721 27,164 5,43,381 8,064 Biog as 23,39 1 Any Other No cooking 4,94,229 26,833 Figure 2: Sources of Energy for cooking and heating in households of West Bengal Source: Census 2011 data IV. Status of Assets availability in households of West Bengal: As can be read from the table below almost 74% of the households have access to personal assets and require electricity to operate them. The table and figure below presents a comprehensive scenario of the assets in rural households in the state, which is as per the Government of India Census, 2011 Table 5: Availability of assets in households of West Bengal District Total No. of Households Radio/ Transistors Television Computer/ Laptop Mobile With Internet W/o Internet Darjiling 234,411 38, ,005 2,029 9, ,097 Jalpaiguri 620,432 43, ,972 2,303 22, ,216 Koch Bihar 604,602 31,469 66,188 1,703 24, ,405 Uttar Dinajpur 529,416 50,853 64,633 1,181 23, ,596 Dakshin Dinajpur 338,680 34,663 63, , ,957 Maldah 729,770 71,850 84,610 2,219 48, ,187 Murshidabad 1,282, , ,370 3,301 54, ,486 Birbhum 711,236 84, ,588 2,329 27, ,316 Barddhaman 1,064, , ,512 6,789 52, ,714 Nadia 879,934 89, ,579 4,105 40, ,584

9 North Twenty Four Parganas 988, , ,893 8,212 68, ,924 Hugli 777, , ,647 6,250 40, ,115 Bankura 691,417 95, ,701 2,397 25, ,187 Puruliya 496,403 41,132 64,527 1,515 23, ,004 Haora 388,459 99, ,424 2,195 17, ,561 Kolkata South Twenty Four Parganas 1,291, , ,743 5,356 60, ,802 Paschim Medinipur 1,109, , ,308 3,369 41, ,811 Purba Medinipur 978, , ,247 4,411 49, ,931 Total 13,717,186 1,920,778 2,769,727 60, ,469 4,723,893 Source: Census of India 2011 The table indicates that maximum households have mobile phones, television and radio/transistors in high numbers. Figure 3: Availability of assets in households of West Bengal Source: Census 2011 data V. Status of Electricity Supply in West Bengal: In the West Bengal faced a shortage of electricity supply to the tune of 735 Million units, which translates to a short fall in supply in relation to the demand by 1.7 percent which has increased a bit over the last year. The short fall in electricity supply to meet the peak electricity demand was around 3 percent in the same year.

The following table gives an overview of the electricity demand and supply situation of West Bengal in the year 2011-12 Table 6: Electricity Demand Vs.

10 The following table gives an overview of the electricity demand and supply situation of West Bengal in the year Table 6: Electricity Demand Vs. Supply Situation in West Bengal ( ) Source: Load Generation Balance Report , Central Electricity Authority Further, the assessment of the Central Electricity Authority on the supply versus demand for electricity for the year , indicates that in some months, the gap between supply and demand could be as high as 31 percent, which could potentially mean that the rural electricity supply would be affected even higher than business as usual. Table 7: Anticipated Power Supply and Demand for West Bengal for Source: Load Generation Balance Report , Central Electricity Authority

No. of Enumerators to be engaged (AssumingEach enumerator should enumerate at least 750 household survey forms)

No. of Enumerators to be engaged (AssumingEach enumerator should enumerate at least 750 household survey forms) Requirement of Suviser for Comprehensive House to House to Survey Total Each No. of Suvisors Suvisor Ratio : 1 Alipurduar Alipurduar 15556 65232 16334 0.34 22 2 2 Bankura Bankura 29807 137386 31297 0.65