• Dr. Agomoni Tikadar

The present article focuses on the importance of amenities in rural areas of West Bengal with special reference to plateau region comprising of the districts of Puruliya, Bankura, Paschim Medinipur, Barddhaman, Birbhum. The access to basic amenities and facilities like education, drinking water, health facilities, banks and credit systems, power supply etc is essential for a better quality of Life. The availability of such facilities in a village has multiple level impact on health, education and economic life of a person. A block level attempt has been made to identify the distributional pattern of rural amenities in rural areas. A suitable index has been used to combine several indicators and observe different zones of variation of available amenities.

Rural amenities, education, drinking water, health facilities, banks and credit systems, power supply, plateau region, distributional pattern.

"Distributional pattern of amenities and services in plateau region of rural Bengal: A block level study.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 12, page no.h369-h373, December-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2312744.pdf

"Distributional pattern of amenities and services in plateau region of rural Bengal: A block level study.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 12, page no. pph369-h373, December-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2312744.pdf