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Socio-economic Profile of
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18531 Submission Date :
2024-02-12 Acceptance Date :
2024-02-21 Publication Date :
2024-02-25
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| Abstract |
The study attempts to study two selected districts randomly
from the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. One is Banda and the other is
Chitrakoot district. Chitrakoot district was carved out from Banda on 6 May
1997 due to ignorance of a few places of Chitrakoot and gun culture prevailed
in both regions. From both districts randomly one village from each was
selected by the researcher to compare the results. The comparative analysis
reflects that Padari village of Chitrakoot Dham is in better condition than
Nahari village of Banda district Not only in terms of literacy or agriculture
but also in terms of water availability Padari village is far better than
Nahari village. Sc population is more in Padari than in Nahari village. ST
population is nill in both the villages. number of OBCs are more in both
villages. |
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| Introduction | About Banda
District The district Banda is getting its name Banda from a Hindu sage Bamdeo. According to Hindu mythology, Bamdeo is known as a contemporary of Rama. The Hermitage of Bamdeo is located at the foot of the hill in this region since then locality has reflected its identity. The study area lies between latitude 24 degrees 53’ N and 25 degrees 55’ N and longitude 80 degrees 7’ east to 81 degrees 34’east. It is bounded by the district of Fatehpur in the North and the district of Allahabad in the east, in the west by the district of Hamirpur, and in the south by the Rewa, Panna, Satna, and Chhatarpur districts of Madhya Pradesh. Banda district covered a 4408 sq km area (https://banda.nic.in; 05/07/2020, 09:28 AM). According to the 2011 census, the total population of this area is 199,812,341. It is an increase of 20.2% from the previous year 2001. 77.7% population of the total population is rural. From the previous year, the rural population increased by 22.3% in this district. Figure No. 1.3: Map of Banda District  Source: www.mapsofindia.com The district largely consists of irregular uplands with outcrops of rock intermingling with marshy lowlands, frequently underwater in the rainy season. The Baghain River traverses the district from southwest to northeast. The tract lying to the right of the river I intersected by numerous smaller rivers and nullahs, but to the left, it is a flat expanse. Most of the mar and Kabar soils were eroded and converted into soils, along the banks of the Ken and Yamuna Rivers, and to a lesser extent the Baghain River and Garara nullah. The general slope of the district is from southwest to northeast. District Banda comes under division Chitrakoot Dham which was constituted in the year 1997. In the year 1997, Banda district was divided into two districts namely Banda and Chitrakoot. To provide efficient administration the district is administratively divided into 04 tehsils namely Banda, Naraini, Baberu, and Atarra. For implementation and monitoring of the development scheme, the district is divided into 08 Development Blocks namely Jaspura, Tindwari, Badokhar Khurd, Baberu, Kamasin, Bisanda, Mahuva, and Naraini. The total area of the district is 4408.0 Sq. Km. The rural area covers 4347.7 sq. Km. and urban recorded 60.3 Sq. Km. There are 437 Gram Panchayats and 694 Revenue villages with 657 inhabited villages and 37 uninhabited villages in the district. In urban areas, there are 08 Statutory Towns. Statutory Towns comprises of 02 Nagar Palika Parishad and 06 Nagar Panchayats (Census 2011, pp.13). |
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| Objective of study |
The objective of this paper is to do the comparative study of socio-economic profile of two villages from rural areas of Bundelkhand region. |
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| Review of Literature |
For this paper, many books, newspapers, research papers and online sources has been reviewed. |
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| Main Text |
About the
Naraini Block Naraini block
is located in Banda district and belongs to the Bundelkhand region of Uttar
Pradesh. There are eight blocks in the Banda district named Jaspura, Tindwari,
Kamasin, Naraini, Badokhar Khurd, Bisanda, Mahuwa, and Baberu. As per the
administration records, the block number of Naraini block is 414. The block has
134 villages and there are a total of 47258 families in this block. The
population of Naraini block is 258,432. Out of this, 138,795 are males and
119,637 are females. This block has 43253 children in the age group of 0-6
years. Among them 22869 are boys and 20384 are girls. The literacy ratio in
Naraini block is 51% which reflects that the illiteracy rate of Naraini block
is 48%. According to the census 2011, several working people in the Naraini
block are 106745 while 151687 are non-working out of which 35308 are fully
dependent on agriculture. The local languages of the block are Hindi, bundeli,
and Urdu. The nearest railway station to Naraini block is Atarra railway station
which is located approximately 10 km from the block. Atarra bus station is the
nearest bus station and Naraini itself has its bus stand. According to
Sankhiyikiya Patrika 2016, a brief profile of the Naraini block is given below
Source:
Sankhiyikiya patrika block 2016 About Nahari
Village: The total
population of Nahari village is 3,793, of which the male population is 2034 and
the female population is 1759. The total number of households in Nahari village
is 784HHs. The total SC population in the village is 1055 of which 564 are male
population and 491 are females which is 27.81% of the total population. 72.19%
of the total population belongs to General caste in Nahari Village. ST
population is nil in this village. The total population of the 0-6 age group is
561 of which 284 are boys and 277 are girls. The total percentage of literates
is 55.62% of which 34.40% are males and 21.22% are females. Nahari village
comes under Nahari gram panchayat of Naraini block. There are many hamlets in
this village, in which people live from different castes, Names of these
hamlets villages are- Udayipurwa, Bajrangipurwa, Diyulipurwa, Kachhinpurwa, and
main Nahari village. The distance of Nahari village from the district
headquarters is about 55km. The nearest police station is Naraini police Station,
nearest railway station is Atarra railway station which is situated at a
distance of 33 km. The nearest road is via Naraini to the nearest village
Kartal which is a 25 km long route. Kartal village is the last village of
Naraini which connects the Banda district from the Madhya Pradesh border. The
nearest market from Nahari village is the market in Naraini tehsil which is
located at a distance of 18 km. The main village is Nahari village which is a
Brahmin caste-dominated area that includes Shukla, Upadhyay, Karwariya,
Dwiwedi, Tiwari, Garg, etc. subcastes, Apart from this, Verma and Prajapati
castes also reside in the main village. Udayipurwa hamlet includes Brahmin,
Prajapati, Vishwakarma, and Sahu families. Bajrangipurwa hamlet includes Sahus
and Vishwakarma families and Kachhinpurwa hamlet includes Yadav families. Apart
from this Diyulipurwa hamlet is purely Kori's dominant area which is situated
in solitude 5 to 6 km from the main village. About
Chitrakoot District Chitrakoot is
an ancient place and mentioned in ancient Indian literature. Chitrakoot finds
special mention in the Ramayan where Ram spent a part of exile. On his way back
to Ayodhya after completing exile of 14 years, Ram met Bharat here which is
mentioned elaborately as 'Bharat Milap' in Ramayan. The district of Chitrakoot
was carved out from Banda district on 6 May 1997. Earlier Karvi was
sub-district under Banda. Karvi was 70 km away from headquarters at Banda.
There are some villages in Mau tahsil situated at a distance of about 150 km
from the district headquarters at Banda. The public was finding it inconvenient
to visit the district headquarters at Banda. There was a general perception
among the public that Karvi and Mau tahsils of the then Banda district were not
getting proper attention. It was also felt that due to the distance of the
district headquarters, there was mushrooming of dacoits. It is not surprising
that the gun culture in Uttar Pradesh is at its ugliest peak in the present
Chitrakoot and Banda districts. For the above reasons, the creation of
Chitrakoot district out of the Banda district was necessitated.
Source:
www.mapsofindia.com At present the
four districts of Chitrakoot, Banda, Hamirpur, and Mahoba form Chitrakoot Dham
revenue division with headquarters at Banda. Chitrakoot district ranks 70th in
terms of population in the Uttar Pradesh state. The percentage share of the
urban population in the district is 9.7 percent as against 22.3 percent of the
population in urban areas of the state. Chitrakoot district has a population
density of 308 persons per sq. km. Which is less than the state average of 829
persons per sq. km. Chitrakoot district ranks 51st in terms of sex ratio 879
which is lower than the state average of 912 females per thousand males.
Chitrakoot district ranks 50th in literacy with 65.0 percent which is lower
than the state average of 67.7 percent. There are only 94 uninhabited villages
out of total 656 villages in the district. Decadal growth rate of the district
(23.7) percent which is higher than the state average of 20.2 percent.Karvi
tahsil has highest (387) of inhabited villages while Mau tahsil has the lowest
number (175) of inhabited villages. The district has 4 towns out of them 3 are
statutory and 1 census towns. Neither any statutory town has been merged nor
declassified after 2001 census. Total 656 villages are included in district ,
in which 562 are inhabited villages and 94 are uninhabited villages. The total
population of the district is 991,730 in which Males are
527,721 Females are 464,009. About Karvi
(Chitrakoot Dham) Block Karvi block is
a part of Chitrakoot district. The study area lies between latitude
25degree5’58.383” to 25degree25’17.889”N and longitude 80degree41’40.233” to
81degree1’52.613”E covering an area of 51879.52ha (Saha et al: 2017; Pp 44).
Karvi known as Chitrakoot Dham serving as a district headquarter and a
municipal corporation in this district of Uttar Pradesh. Chitrakoot Dham falls
on National highway 76 stretched from Pindar to Allahabad via Udaipur,
Chittaurgarh, Kota, Shivpuri, Jhansi and Banda; it is a railway station
Manikpur- Jhansi/Kanpur main railway track, served by the North- Central
division of Indian railways (Saha et al: 2017; Pp 44). Population of this block
is 256,526 according to 2011 census in which 136,915 are males and 119,611 are
females. As per the administration records the block number of Karvi block is
416. According to Sankhiyikiya patrika 2016 a brief profile of Karvi block is
given below
About Padari
Village: Total population of Padari village is 1754 in which 802 are female population which is 45.7% of total population and 952 are female population which is 54.3% of total population. Literacy rate in village is 47.8% in which female literacy percentage is 17.5%. Total schedule caste population is 42.1% of total population, General caste population is of 26% and OBC population is 32% of total population. 0-6 age group population is 352 in which 42% are a girl Total number of households in Padari village are 295 HHs. Padari village comes under Patwa Tirauha gram panchayat. There are two hamlets in Padari village names as – Rahunipurwa and Bodaki ka Purwa. Main village Padari includes Kori, Nai, Yadav, Sahu, Brahmin, Thakur, Prajapati, Jaiswar and Raikwar; Rahunipurwa hamlet includes Raidas, Chamars, Dumars, Prajapati, Gautam and Yadavas, apart from this Bodaki ka Purwa hamlet includes Yadav families. Padari village is located in Karvi tehsil of Chitrakoot. Majority of the population belongs to Hindu religion. This village is located 33 km towards west from district headquarter. The nearest railway station is Shivrampur railway station and Bharatkup railway station. Nearest police station is Shivrampur police station. Nearest bank is Aryawart bank which is situated at 3 km distance from village. Nearest market is Shivrampur market. Nearest post office is also situated in Shivrampur post office. |
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| Conclusion |
Both districts
i.e. Banda and Chitrakoot selected by researchers from the Bundelkhand region.
After 1997 both districts are separated by the government due to some
administrative reasons. Comparatively Banda district is larger than Chitrakoot
district, according to the 2011 population. Chitrakoot has a larger rural
population than Banda district i.e. according to the 2011 census 90.29% of the
total population of Chitrakoot districts is rural and 84.68% of the total
population of Banda district is rural. After comparative analysis, it shows
that Padari village is nearer to the town area than Nahari village of Karvi
block due to which bus stations, railway stations, and educational institutions
are closer in Padari village than Nahari. The population size of Nahari is
larger than Padari village. The field survey reflects that Padari village is in
better condition than Nahari village. |
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