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The Story of Village Palampur - Coggle Diagram
The Story of Village Palampur
Neighboring villages and towns
Raiganj, a big village 3kms away from Palampur, where Palampur villagers often sell produce in the markets
Shahpur, a nearest small town where the Palampur villagers often go to trade off their goods.
Population
About 450 families, belonging to several castes and classes
80 upper castes families own majority of land. Their houses are made of brick and cement plastering
The SCs comprise of one third of the population. They live in one corner of the villages in mud and straw houses
Facilities
Most houses have electric connections
Electricity powers all tube wells in fields and is used in various small businesses
Two primary schools and one high school provide education to the children
Primary health center and one private dispensary are also present in the village
well-connected system of roads
Well-developed system of irrigation
Occupations
Farming is the main activity in Palampur, 75% dependent on it for their livelihood. Some are the farmers, while others work as laborers in the farm fields.
Non-farming activities
Animal husbandry
small-scale manufacturing
transport- people who own tongas and bullock carts help transport people or their goods from one town to another
shop-keeping
Production: the key to economic development.
Outcome of any occupation is production.
The aim of production is the provide goods and services we want.
Requirements of production
land, and other natural resources such as forests, minerals, etc.
labour, people who will work
physical capital, the inputs required at every stage of production
fixed capital (tools, machines, buildings)
working capital (raw materials and money-in-hand)
entrepreneurship- the intelligence and enterprise to put other requirements together
Farming in Palampur
land area under under cultivation is fixed with the farmers
All land is cultivated and none is left idle
During rainy season, kharif crops such as bajra and jowar are grown which are used as cattle feed.
A part of land are is devoted to sugarcane, which is made into jaggery to be traded.
Cultivation of potato between October and December
In the winter season, rabi crops like wheat are grown. After keeping enough for their family consumption, the surplus wheat is sold off in the market.
To grow more than one crop on a piece of land during the year is called multi-cropping
Changes in farming methods over the years
Instead of using Persian wheels, farmers of Palampur began using electric-run tubewells for irrigation. Tubewells could irrigate large areas of lands more effectively.
Atleast 2 main crops are grown and many are growing potato as the third crop in the past 20 years to increase production
The Green Revolution introduced these modern farming methods that help produce higher yield.
Traditional seeds were replaced by HYVs (high-yielding variety) seeds. These offer more amount of grains on one plant.
chemical fertilisers and pesticides replaced the traditional use of cow-dung and manure in the fields.
Machinery (like tractors) was introduced to farmers which made ploughing and threshing easier.
Land distribution is uneven
150 families, mostly dalits, are landless
240 families cultivate small plots of land less than 2 hectares in size. Inadequate income
60 families of medium and large farmers cultivate more than 2 hectares of land.
The standard unit of measuring land is hectare.
A few of the large farmers have land extending over 10 hectares or more