Study on Regional Disparities in the level of Socio-economic Development of Kochbihar District, West Bengal

Regional disparity has remained a subject of interest for many regional economist and geographers. Regional disparity and economic development of a country are inter-linked and can be classified into geographical, social and economic inequality (Yu & Wei.2003).In the present paper attempt has been made to find out the spatial variation in the level of socio-economic development of kochbihar district of North eastern West Bengal. We use thirty components to determine the spatial variation socio-economic development. This thirty component broadly categorized into three groups or indicators namely Social indicators, Economic indicators, Demographic indicators. The analysis of regional disparity shows that disparity are present in different sector like social development, Economic development, Human resource development. In case of over-all development there is also existence of disparity. Effective economic and social policies should be adapted which helps to eliminate the issue of regional disparity and develop the lagging areas.