Title of the Project:

SOCIO ECONOMIC CONDITION OF KALIA PANI ADARSHA GAON:

AN EMPIRICAL SURVEY

Researcher:

Departmental Research Project Conducted Jointly by the Department of Commerce

Funding authority:

Principal, CKB College, Teok From Seed Money of CKB College, Teok during the Plan Period 2020-21

Amount of Fund Sanctioned:

Rs.3000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) only

Utilised:

Full Amount (Vouchers enclosed)

Objectives of the study:

1.    To study the demographic conditions by level of income of sample population in the study area.

2.    To analyse the level of education among different income groups of population.

3.    To investigate the housing situation by level of income of the sample population in the study unit.

4.    To examine the overall socio-economic status by level of income of peoples in the study area.

Methodology:

The present study is basically based on primary data with a little available data from secondary sources.

Major Findings:

§   The total population of 80 sample households is 484, among them, males occupied by 52.9% and rest of 47.1% is by females. In the study area, sex ratio is very low, only 891 females per 1000 males observed.

·         Among total 80 households, majority of them (42.50%) belongs to very low per capita income (below Rs. 500), which contributes 44.8% of total population, followed by 38.75% households belongs to per capita income of Rs. 501 – 1000 and 10% of total sample households belongs to Rs. 1001 – 1500 per capita income and compose of 8.47% of total population and only 5% households of total sample households come under the per capita income of Rs. 2000 and above, and constitute 4.34% of total population. The number of population is gradually decreasing with the increasing of per capita income of the population.

·         59.56 % of the total population of less than Rs. 500 per capita income are literate, followed by 66.47% of Rs. 501-1000 per capita income, 82.05% of Rs. 1001-1500 per capita income, 85.71% of Rs. 1501 – 2000 per capita income and 100% literate peoples are found under Rs. 2000 and above per capita income. Because of low level of literacy, scope of the work participation in non agriculture sector is showing a declining trend  and people are not willing to exit from primary activities like agriculture and other day-wage activities , in which returns are very low.

·         In below Rs. 500 income group, maximum literate persons are pre secondary educated (41.28%), followed by primary level (33.94), secondary level (19.27%), higher secondary level (4.59%), and graduate level (0.94%) of education. In Rs. 501-1000 per capita income the share of literate persons are as follows: 35.65% are primary educated, 34.78% are pre secondary, 20% are secondary educated, 5.22% are higher secondary educated, and 4.34% are graduates.

§  Between in Rs. 1001-1500 income group, most of literate peoples are pre secondary educated (34.38%), followed by primary level (21.88%) and secondary level (21.88%), graduate level (15.63%) and higher secondary level (6.25%) of education. Between Rs. 1501-2000 income group literate peoples are distributed by primary (25%), pre secondary (25%) and higher secondary (25%), followed by secondary level (16.67%) and graduate level (8.33%) of education. And Rs. 2000 and above income groups’ literate persons are constitute by secondary level education is 28.57%, higher secondary is 23.81%, pre secondary is 19.05%, post graduate is 14.29%, graduate level is 9.52% and primary level is 4.76%.

Test of Assumption:

The above analysis clearly rejects the Assumption that-

    “There is no significant relationship between per capita income and economic condition of people.”

Suggestions and Recommendations:

Ø  To improve the educational status of the people in the study area by set up new primary and secondary schools.

Ø  Mark the people under Below Poverty Line (BPL) and provide them BPL card so that they can get more facilities from the government side.

Ø  To provide primary health care services and creates awareness about health among the villagers.

Ø  To provide electricity services to the all people of village.

Ø  Skill based and Job oriented programmes should be implemented in the village level.

Ø  To introduce various employment programmes for the youth population to reduce the burden of unemployment.

Ø  To provide small loans to the villagers to run various small household industrial activities.

Ø  To introduce subsidised programmes for various activities, especially, agriculture, social services and credit.

Ø  To introduce various schemes for poor peoples     

                of the village