PRA is a method, developed by PRAXIS, for study of a Village, we take Bhakhri village which is located in dhanarua block of patna district. with the help of Mr. Anindo Banerjee, PRAXIS, Patna, & Development Management Institute, Patna (DMI)

1. Participatory Rural
Appraisal
Village-Bhakhri
Date-10th &11th Aug 2016
Presented by
Aman, Aniket,
Neha, Satyarupa,
Sonu, & Vikram
Under Guidance of
Amrita Dhiman
Vijay Prakash

2. Content
• Demography
• Historical Transect
• Social Mapping
• Time Line
• Daily Activity
• Mobility Mapping
• Seasonality Mapping
• Participatory Well Being
• Matrix Paired Method
• Venn Diagram
• Our Learning
• Snapshot
• Special Thanks to

3. Demography
Population 2000
No. of Household 600
Avg. Family Size 7
School 1
Anganwadi 3
Primary Healthcare 1
Local Practitioner 3
Nearest Market Paveri More
Public Toilet 0
No. of Community 18
Community in Minority Dhobi
Total Land 1750 Acre
Land Used for Cultivation 1050 Acre
Participants:- Awadesh Ram, Rajnish, Ram Kumar, Sanjeet, Arun Kanet, Shiv Prashad, Sudhir
Kumar Singh.
Date of Study-10-08-2016
*All data as provided by villager.

4. Indices 25 Yrs. Before 10 Yrs. Before Now 10 Yrs. Later
Poor’s Education 3 5 7 8
Rich’s Education 4 7 9 9
Migration 2 3 5 6
Infrastructure 1 2 6 8
Health Care 2 3 5 8
Agriculture Production 2 4 6 7
Living Standards 2 3 5 5
Sanitation 0 1 2 3
Floods 6 2 2 1
Child Marriage 9 8 6 4
Participants:- Sapti Devi, Sanjeet, Arun Kewat, Shiv Prashad, Sudhir Kumar Singh.
Historical Transect
Date of Study-10-08-2016
Scale - 0-10, Bad to Good

5. Social Mapping
Ra
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26 27 28 29 30
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Destitute Family
Migration
Hand Pump
School
Land Holding>10Acre
No Land
Temple
Jeevika
Brahman
Kurmi
Kurmi
Ravidas
Ravidas
Yadav
E
Patna-Gaya Road
Dardha River
Participants:-Shiv Prashad Yadav, Rasbihari Yadav Sudhir Kumar Singh
Date of Study-11-08-2016
Yaadav
Yaadav
Mallah

6. Time Line
Year Event
1966 Drought
1977 Flood
1995-96 Electricity
2010 Primary School Upgraded to Middle School
2011 Female Ward member elected
2011 SRI Method Agriculture
2013-14 Concrete Street Road
Participants:-Ram Kumar, Sanjeet, Arun Kanet, Shiv Prashad, Sudhir Kumar Singh.
Date of Study-10-08-2016

7. Daily Activity
Time Men 1 Men 2 Women Child
5:00 AM Wake Up & Refresh Wake up, refresh &
Cleaning home
6:30 AM Wake Up & Refresh Milking & Fodder Cook breakfast Wake Up & get
ready for school
7:00 AM Come Home for
Breakfast
Breakfast & go for
grass cutting
Go to school
9:00 Am Go to Field Return home & Rest
or T.V.
Go for wage labour
2:00 Pm Return home for
lunch & Rest
Take Lunch & Rest Take lunch & rest Return from school
& refresh
3:00 PM Go to Field & play
card
Fodder to cow & Play
card
Fodder to cow &
other house activity
Go to play
7:00 Pm Return home &
Market
Take Dinner & Sleep Cook Dinner Self Study
8:30 Pm Take dinner & go to
field for sleep
Take dinner & go to
sleep
Go to sleep
Participants:- Awadesh Ram, Rajnish, Ram Kumar, Sanjeet, Arun Kanet, Shiv Prashad, Prince,
Date of Study-10-08-2016

8. Mobility mapping
2 km
Participants:- Uday Singh, Vidhyanand
Date of Study-11-08-2016
Scale - 0-10, Bad to Good

9. Seasonality Mapping
Indices
Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Availability
of work
5 2 1 6 10 10 3 10 9 3 3 6
Availability
of Food
10 9 6 5 4 2 1 2 6 5 5 8
Health 5 2 1 1 3 4 5 7 4 3 3 6
Income 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 4
Expenditure 10 8 9 6 7 10 8 10 6 7 8 8
Migration 5 5 5 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 2 0
Loan 0 0 2 4 5 3 3 9 2 2 1 6
Happiness 7 6 6 5 10 7 5 10 4 5 4 9
Participants:-Shiv Prasad Singh, Rasbihari Yadav, Vidhyanand.
Date of Study-11-08-2016
Months
Scale - 0-10, Bad to Good

10. Participatory Well Being
10 Year Ago Present
Lakhan Ram, Rajnish
Rakesh Satyanarayan Yadav,
Umesh Ravidas, Arun Kewat
Lakhan Ram, Rajnish
Rakesh, Satyanarayan Yadav,
Sheshlal Shaw, Rampyari
Devi, Varun Kewat, Awdhesh
Ram, Sapti Devi
Sheshlal Shaw, Rampyari
Devi, Varun Kewat, Umesh
Ravidas, Awdhesh Ram
Pushpa Devi, Ram Kewat,
Pushpang, Sanjeet,
Pushpa Devi, Sapti Devi, Ram
Kewat, Pushpang, Sanjeet,
Arun Kewat
Participants:- Arun Kewat, Sapti Devi, Varun Kewat, Umesh Ravidash
Date of Study-10-08-2016

11. Chandeswar
Yadav
(Big Farmer)
Satrudhan
Singh
(Politician)
Ram Swaraj
Singh
(Engineer)
Shiv Jee
Yadav
(Mukhiya)
Shiv Jee
Yadav
(Mukhiya)
Ram Swaraj
Singh
(Engineer)
Satrudhan
Singh
(Politician)
Chandeswar
Yadav
(Big Farmer)
7
8 6
75 7
Matrix Paired Method
Date Of Study-11-08-2016
Participants:-Shiv Prasad Singh, Rasbihari Yadav, Vidhyanand.

12. Venn Diagram
Jeevika
Public Distribution
System
Anganwadi
Primary Health Centre
School
Panchayat
Performance
Corruption level According to Villager
Date of Study-11-08-2016
Participants:-Shiv Prasad Singh, Rasbihari Yadav, Vidhyanand, Sapti Devi, Umesh Singh.
Scale - 0-10, Good to Bad

13. Issue Faced by Villagers
• Sanitation
• Unemployment
• Unavailability of Doctor
• Improper Distribution of Land
• No Market for Produced Goods
• Quality of Education

14. Learning
 Understand the problems of villagers
 How to involve in social and cultural diversity of village
 How to make strategies in extreme condition
 Gain a sense of community
 How to build personal connection through interaction with villagers
 How to involve villagers in different activity and extract information
from them

15. Snapshots

20. Special Thanks to
Lalita Devi, CM, Jeevika
Shanti, Community Co-ordinator, Jeevika
Ras Bihari Yadav, Villager
Arjun Ram, Villager
Lakhan Ram, Villager
Sapti Devi, Villager
Umesh Ravidas, Villager
Satya Narayan Yadav, Villager
Randhir Kumar, Agriculture Advisor
Chandreshwar Yadav, Villager
Arun Kewat, Villager
Prince Kumar, Student