AQUIFER MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT OF GROUND WATER RESOURCES Dakshin Dinajpur District WEST BENGAL
Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
State |
West Bengal
|
District |
Dinajpur Dakshin |
Block |
Balurghat Bansihari Gangarampur Harirampur Hili Kumarganj Kushmandi Tapan |
Year of Issue |
2021 |
Number of Authors |
2 |
Name of Authors |
MONISHA BARUAH, SC-B ZUMCHILO T EZUNG, SC-B |
Keywords |
AQUIFER MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT OF GROUND WATER RESOURCES Dakshin Dinajpur District WEST BENGAL |
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The study area comprises of 8 blocks of Dakshin Dinajpur districts in West Bengal. The total
geographical area encompassed under the project is 2219 sq. km. The mapable area for the
same is about 2189 sq. km. It is bounded by the north latitudes 26˚35’15” and 25˚10’55” east
longitudes of 89˚00’30” 87˚48’37” in Survey of India toposheet no.s 78C/7, 78C/8, 78C/11,
78C/12, 78C/15, 78C/16, 78D/1, 78D/5.The district with its headquarters at Balurghat can be
divided into two sub-divisions namely Balurghat Sadar and Buniadpur sub-division. The district
has two municipal towns at Balurghat and Gangarampur. The total population of the study area
is 1676276 as per 2011 Census with rural population accounting for almost 86% and the rest
14% as urban population