the story of a hypothetical village named palampur in short

1. THE STORY OF VILLAGE PALAMPUR

2. INTRODUCTION
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.
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.

3. • 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.
• Palampur is well developed and connected with
neighbouring 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

4. FARM ACITIVITIES

5. FARM ACTIVITIES
ORGANISATION OF PRODUCTION
• 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
LAND
• The first requirement is land, and other natural resources
such as water, forests, minerals.
LABOUR
• 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.

6. PHYSICAL CAPITAL
PHYSICAL CAPITAL: FIXED CAPITAL
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
PHYSICAL CAPITAL: WORKING CAPITAL
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. ž
Raw materials and money in hand are the Working capital as unlike tools, machines and buildings, these are used
up in production.
PHYSICAL CAPITAL: HUMAN CAPITAL
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.

16. NON FARM ACTIVITIES

17. NON-
FARM ACTIVITIES
DAIRY FARM
• Dairy is common activity of people of non-farming category.
• The milk and other dairy products can be sold at
neighbouring cities and towns at good profit.
• This is main occupation for people in rainy season in Palampur.
SMALL SCALE MANUFACTURES
• 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.

18. SHOP KEEPERS
• 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.
TRANSPORT FAST DEVELOPING SECTOR
• 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.

20. THE END