An analysis of Regional Disparities in the level of Agricultural Development in West Bengal, India: A Geographical overview

Regional disparity is a very common term that is used to showing the development in any region. Agriculture plays a significant role in the development of the region. Though West Bengal is an agrarian state, the regional disparities in terms of agriculture are very high. Therefore, it is very important to highlight the disparities of agriculture and try to develop a less agricultural region. The present work is an attempt to identify the regional disparities in levels of agricultural development and their relationship in West Bengal during 2014-15. For the present study, secondary sources of data have been used which are collected from State Statistical Handbook, West Bengal; Economic Review, West Bengal; Agricultural census of West Bengal; Statistical Abstract, West Bengal. Besides, articles, research papers, synopsis, various published and unpublished data have also been taken into consideration. The level of agricultural development has been analyzed based on twelve (12) variables and is calculated the regional disparities in terms of agricultural development by using Z score, Composite Z score, and Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient technique method.