To find out Socioeconomic

1. Rural Survey - Kothagadi
PRESENTED BY
KOTHAGADI GROUP
FABS 7/12/2011

2. Introduction
Village : Kothagadi
Location : Kothagadi Grama panchayath,
Vikarabad mandal,
30 km away from Chevella,
Rangareddy (dist.)

3. Objectives:
 NREGS .
 farmers living conditions
 farming conditions.
 Existing Problems
 Village & Infrastructure
 Education & Employment Facilities
 Rural culture & Beliefs

4. Village profile :
 Population : 7000
 Infrastructure : Grama panchayath office,
Primary &
Secondary school,
Temples & Masjid
 Soil type : Red & Black soils
 Major crops : Cotton, Maize, Paddy

5.  Drinking Water : Direct Borewell connection
 Water sources for
cultivation : Monsoons,
Bore wells,
Tanks
 Income sources : Agriculture,
Dairy,
Poultry, Handcrafts, small shops
& employment

6.  Transportation : District services,
Autos
 Standards of living : major part – poor
minor part – middle class
 Market facilities : Vikarabad
 Storage structures : nil
 Health : primary centres
 Entertainment facilities : nil
 Houses : old marble structures

7. STATISTICAL ANAYSIS
AGE GROUP LITERACY
12%
16%
7% 11%
20-30
30-40
16% ILLETERATE
40-50
PRIMARY
50-60
36% SECONDARY
31%
26% 60< INTERMADIATE
GRADUATE <
30%
15%

8. CULTIVATION
AREA COVER UNDER CROP
LAND HOLDING
12%
COTTON
8% 23%
40% 0-2
COTTON
2-4
OTHER & DRY MAIZE
4-6 46%
PADDY
6-8
18% OTHER & DRY
8<
MAIZE
25%
PADDY
22% 6%

9. COSTS OF PRODUCTION
COTTON COST/ACRE MAIZE COST/ACRE
SEED
SEED 737 852
872
12% 1228 14% 16%
18% FETRILIZER
FETRILIZER
877 564
11% PESTICIDE
13% PESTICIDE
FAMILY LABOUR
FAMILY LABOUR
855 649
1997 13% 1802
12% IMPLIMENTED
28% IMPLIMENTED 35% LABOUR
LABOUR 582
1193 11% MACHINE COST
MACHINE COST
17%
PADDY COST/ACRE
589 664
10% 11% SEED
FETRILIZER
948
16%
PESTICIDE
FAMILY LABOUR
2076
600
35%
10% IMPLIMENTED
LABOUR
MACHINE COST
1071
18%

10. INCOME STATUS
AVERAGE
CROP INCOME
PRICE
COTTON 3678 36215
MAIZE 1041 5589
PADDY 1233 6560
PER ACRE INCOME
PADDY
6560
14%
MAIZE
5589 COTTON
11%
MAIZE
COTTON PADDY
36215
75%

11. Existing Problems :
 Lack of storage facilities
 Lack of godowns
 Poor extension facilities
 Lack of market facilities
 Unemployment
 Poor input facilities &
 Less mechanisation due to less land holdings
 Curse of monsoons
 Lack of proper hospital facilities

12. SUGGESTIONS :
 Co-oparative farming helps in mechanization .
 Use of organic fertilizer reduces cost of chemical
fertilizer .
 Need good irrigation facilities to unirrigated land .
 Farmer should transfer cash crop to maximize
profit .
 To overcome the unemployment NREGA should
be implemented.

13. CONCLUSION
 Major area covered under crops are cotton, maize, &
paddy
 Fertilizers – Godavari, Nagarjuna
 Input source – Vikarabad
 Absense of NREGS
 Major market for produce – Vikarabad
 All farmers are eagerly waiting for new govt. policies
& support
 And also for exclusive Extension dept. support