Village of Palampur

Everything about palampur village. Class 9

1. VILAGE OF PALAMPUR BY SANYAM RAJ GARG

2. The story of Palampur village resembles a village of the western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a hypothetical village, and its story will help explain various resources combined to produce the desired goods and services in the village. Farming is the main activity in Palampur. The village is also involved in dairy, transport, small scale manufacturing, etc. The story of Palampur village is unique. Palampur has good connectivity with adjacent villages and towns and comprises about 450 families of different castes. The village also has adequate electricity that powers all the tube wells in the fields. It has a government-run primary health centre and one dispensary. Palampur has a good system of roads, transport, electricity, irrigation, schools and health centre . STORY OF PALAMPUR

3. •Palampur is well-connected with neighbouring villages and towns. • Raiganj , a big village, is 3 kms from Palampur. •An all weather road connects the village to Raiganj and further on to the nearest small town of Shahpur. •Many kinds of transport are visible on this road starting from bullock carts, tongas , bogeys (wooden bcart drawn by buffalos) loaded with jaggery ( gur ) and other commodities to motor vehicles like motorcycles, jeeps, tractors and trucks. SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF PALAMPUR

4. •This village has about 450 families belonging to several different castes.  •The 80 upper caste families own the majority of land in the village. Their houses, some of them quite large, are made of brick with cement plastering.  •The SCs ( dalits ) comprise one third of the population and live in one corner of the village and in much smaller houses some of which are of mud and straw. •Most of the houses have electric connections. •Palampur has two primary schools and one high school. •There is a primary health centre run by the government and one private dispensary where the sick are treated. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF PALAMPUR

5. LAND DISTRIBUTION IN PALAMPUR For any kind of farming, land is necessary. About one-third of the 450 families are landless in Palampur. Dalits don’t have land to farm. 240 families expand small parcels of land less than 2 hectares in area. There are 60 families of medium and large farmers in Palampur who cultivate over 2 hectares of land. In the village of Palampur, there is an unequal distribution of land among the residents.

6. In the village of Palampur, 150 families out of 450 are landless. 240 families cultivate on parcels of land less than 2 hectares in size, out of the remaining families who own land. Cultivating on these little areas of land does not provide the farmers’ families with adequate money or income. The remaining families that are middle or large farmers cultivate more than 2 hectares of land. Some farmers own more than ten hectares of land, if not more. The exceptionally big parcels of land cover more than half of the village’s total area. 240 60 150