Ashrama Library

The Ashrama has a well furnished library with free reading room for the benefit of the local people. The library also has a good collection of books for the children and it has always been an attraction for the children. The library also provides paid internet service to the readers. The tribal and backward communities have privilege of free Annual Subscription Membership including admission fee. Besides the books, periodicals and daily newspaper, the library maintains an Audio & Video CDs section for lending to the interested members.

The library works on open-shelf system, with computerized cataloguing system which helps the readers for a prompt access to books required by them for reference, reading or lending. The details of performance of the library during the year 2023-24 are given in the following table :

Performance of the Library Unit for the Period 2023-24

Sl. No. Components As on 31-03-2024
1 General Books (Accession) 19366
2 Text Books (Accession) 2752
3 Childrens’ Books (Accession) 1648
4 Newspapers (Hindi, Bengali & English) 12
5 Periodicals (Hindi, Bengali & English) 70
6 General Membership 2954
a) ST, SC, OBC Membership 890
7 Text Book Membership 505
a) ST, SC, OBC Text Book Membership 373
8 Children Membership 157
a) ST, SC, OBC Children Membership 13
9 General Book Issued 216
10 Text Book Issued 206
11 Children Book Issued 57
12 Total Attendance 40731

Updated on 13th July 2024