the story of village palampur

1. PRINCE SAINI
CLASS-IX ‘A’
SUB-S.S.T
TOPIC- The Story of village Palampur
(Economics)

2. Farming is the main activity in
Palampur, whereas several other
activities such as small scale
manufacturing,dairy, transport,etc.are
carried out on a limited scale. These
production activities need various types
of resources — natural resources,
manmade items,human effort, money,
etc.

3. 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.

4. Most of the houses have electric
connections. Electricity powers all the
tube wells in the fields and is used in
various types of small business.
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.

5.  Palampur is well developed and connected
with neighboring villages and towns like
Raiganj and Shahpur.
 The story of village Palampur is imaginary
that will allow us to know about farming
well.
 There are two types of activities in Palampur
:-
1) FARM ACTIVITIES
2) NON-FARM ACTIVITIES

7.  The first requirement is LAND.
 The second requirement is LABOUR.
 The third requirement is PHYSICAL CAPITAL.
 Physical capital is of 3 types:
FIXED CAPITAL
WORKING CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL

8.  Land – The first requirement is land, and
other natural resources such as water,
forests, minerals.

9.  Some activities require fully qualified workers
and highly educated workers to perform
necessary tasks. Some activities require only
workers who have physical capacity. But in
every activity labour is vital.

10.  Tools, machines and buildings can be used in
production over many years, and are called
Fixed capital.
 Tools and machines range from very simple
tools such as a farmer’s plough to
sophisticated machines.
 The sophisticated machine include :-
1. Generators
2. Turbines
3. Computers

11.  Production requires a variety of raw
materials like yarn used by the weaver and
clay used by the potter. Also, some money is
always required during production to make
payments and buy other necessary materials.
 Raw materials and money in hand are the
Working capital as unlike tools, machines and
buildings, these are used up in production.

12.  We can also say this the fourth requirement. We
will need knowledge and enterprise to be able to
put together land, labour and physical capital
and produce an output.
 This these days is called the human capital.
 So, every production is organized by combining
land, labour, physical capital and human capital,
which are known as factors of production.

13.  Farming is main activity in Palampur.
 75% of the people are working in field and
farmers.
 But there is constant rise in population ,so
the waste land are converted to cultivatable
land.
 Now, There exists no land to convert to
cultivatable land.

14.  Yes , if we use modern inputs like
HYV seeds
Fertilizers
Modern farm machinery
Pesticides
Irrigating using modern facilities
by using: 1.Canals
2.Pump sets
3.Electricity
4.Dams

15.  Land being natural resource ,it is necessary
to be very careful in its use.
 Scientific reports have stated that modern
methods have overused the natural resource.
 Green revolution is associated with loss of
soil fertility due to increased use of
chemical fertilizers

16.  In Palampur, about one third of the 450 families
are landless, i.e. 150 families, most of them
dalits, have no land for cultivation.
 Of remaining families who own land, 240 families
cultivate less than 2 hectares of land which
doesn't give much profit.
 In Palampur, there are 60 families of medium
and large farmers who cultivate more than 2
hectares of land.
 A few of the large farmers have land extending
over 10 hectares or more.

17.  After land, labour is next most necessary
factor in agriculuture.
 Small farmers along their families cultivate
their own fields, thus cutting costs of labour.
 Medium and Large farmers hire farm labour
to work on their fields.
 Farm Laborers come from landless farmers
or farmers cultivating small fields.

19.  Dairy is common activity of people of non
farming category.
 The milk and other dairy products can be
sold at neighboring cities and towns at good
profit.
 This is main occupation for people in rainy
season in Palampur.

20.  At, present less than 50 families are engaged
in manufacturing.
 In Palampur, manufacturing involve very
simple production methods and is done on a
small scale
 These are done with help of family members.

21.  People involved in trade are not many in
Palampur.
 The traders of Palampur are shop keepers.
 We can see small general store which sell a
whole range of rice, wheat, sugar, tea, oil,
biscuits, notebooks, soap, toothpaste,
batteries, pens, pencils and even some cloth
materials.

22.  There are a variety of vehicles in Palampur
ranging from traditional vehicles of transport
to the modern vehicles.
 There are rickshaws, tongas, jeeps, tractors,
trucks, traditional bullock carts etc.
 The ferry people carry goods to one place to
another.
 The number of people involved in transport
has grown over the last several years.

24. Harvester
Old model of harvesters
Scenes of village
Different types of crops

25. Different types of
seeds

26. Old way Ploughing modern way

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