percentage of total no bpl heads as per last survey with overall population is. 21.76% [ Population as per 2001 census is 40,172.00]
percentage of total no bpl heads as per present survey with overall population is  30.39%[ Population as per 2001 census is 40,172.00]
Socio Economic Survey analysis- Mapping of poor Population
A structured questionnaire based Socio Economic Survey was conducted among the poor families of Kurseong Municipality to gauge the Socio Economic and demographic profile of the Municipality area and the vulnerability context.

Objectives

• Objective of the study was to record the Socio Economic status of the poor families of the Municipality area
• Understand Livelihoods, Health and education status of the members of the families and adopt strategies for sustainable livelihood development for them.

Methodology:

Structured questionnaire were administered to get the opinion of the sample respondents.

Finding of Socio Economic Survey:

• Gender :

Male             - 6042
Female          -5761

1000-5000     - 15.07%
5001-10000    - 6.67%
10001-20000  - 0.15%
20000 and above- 0.69%

Vulnerability Issues

Several other vulnerability issues are apparent from the socio- economic survey report like the rate of literacy is 75.96 %, the illiterate percentage amounting to 9.51 %, about 15.48 % of the population have never been to school. From the score card system conducted by the ULB to identify problems in slum areas, it has been revealed that the condition of basic amenities in the slum areas, like water supply, drainage, solid waste management, sanitation, roads, street lighting etc. is not up to the standards, ranging from 25- 30 in rating out of a total score of 60, in case of other parameters like livelihood, literacy, health and education, the score varies from 35- 48 out of a total score of 100, which implies that the BPL population is in a vulnerable situation which readily needs to be addressed.

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