West Bengal

Population
(million)
(2001)

GSDP (current prices (Rs’000 million)
(2005-06)

Per capita Income (Rs)
(2005-06)

Growth rate for Real GSDP 2000 - 2006 (%)

Big towns
(No.)

Urban population (%)

Distribution of Households
(%)

Rich

Middle Class

Poor

80.22

2483.4

25,810

7.2

28.3

5.6

53.4

	State Priority Areas: Petrochemicals; Iron & steel; Food processing; pharma; Infotech.
	Investment Strengths: Large market with considerable rural purchasing power; national and international connectivity; power availability with low T&D losses.
	Investment Weaknesses: Active and often adversarial trade unions, infrastructure inadequate outside the metro area; state government policies toward industry find strong opposition from political parties and trade unions

	Value		Value
*Physical infrastructure*
Per capita power supply (2005-06) - KWH	306	Villages electrified %	78
		Power surplus %	-1.7
Telecom density (2002)	3	Cell phones / 1000 persons	54
Road length km / 1000 sq. km area (2002)	1037	Surfaced roads % (2001)	48.8
Registered Vehicles/million population	287.9	Non Transport vehicles/million population (2003)	241.7
No of ports		Railway track length km/’000 sq km (2003-04)	41.5
Airports	7	Irrigated farming % (2003)	55.66
*Quality of Governance*
Average annual enterprise growth (1998-2005) %	4.1
*% of state GDP spent on important growth items*	0.86
*Labour Infrastructure*
Average annual employment growth (1998-2005) (%)	0.87	Man days lost in labour disputes ‘000(2001)	14816.4
*Social Infrastructure*
Literacy rate (%)	68.6	Urban population %	28.3
*Perceptions of Investors*
Physical infrastructure	23	Quality of Governance	24
Labour	26	Social Infrastructure	8

Source: Indicus Research, CS0, Ministries, RBI, India Stats, Census

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