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 2022-23 are given in the following table :

Performance of the Library Unit for the Period 2022-23

Sl. No. Components As on 31-03-2023
1 General Books (Accession) 19257
2 Text Books (Accession) 2750
3 Childrens’ Books (Accession) 1648
4 Newspapers (Hindi, Bengali & English) 12
5 Periodicals (Hindi, Bengali & English) 70
6 General Membership 2951
a) ST, SC, OBC Membership 889
7 Text Book Membership 371
a) ST, SC, OBC Text Book Membership 58
8 Children Membership 157
a) ST, SC, OBC Children Membership 15
9 General Book Issued 228
10 Text Book Issued 426
11 Children Book Issued 48
12 Total Attendance 36317