An Exploratory Study of the Village: Arniya
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FIELDWORK SEGMENT (FWS)PRM 2016-18 & FPRM 2016A REPORTAn Exploratory Study of the Village: ArniyaGram Panchayat: ArniyaBlock : NiwaiDISTRICT: TonkSTATE: RajsthanHOST ORGANISATIONKumarappa Institute Of Gram SwarajPrepared by: Rachana Singh (P37050), Aparna Divakar (P37104)Parinitie Upadhyay (P37152)In partial fulfillment of the requirements of FWSof thePost Graduate Programme in Rural ManagementINSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT ANANDNovember 2016ACKNOWLEDGEMENTFirst and foremost, we would like to express our deep sense of gratitude towards the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) for providing us an opportunity to experience rural realities first-hand through its Village Fieldwork Segment (VFS).We express our sincere thanks to Prof. Shyam Singh, Village Field Coordinator, IRMA and VFS office for their continuous support and guidance throughout the course of the VFS. It was an honour to work with the Kumarappa Institute of Gram Swaraj (KIGS) during our village stay. We are greatly indebted to Dr. Amit Kumar, Director KIGS and his family for his valuable guidance. We also thank Mr. Hanuman, Mr. Ramkesh and we are especially thankful to Mr. Bhagwan for sheltering us during our village stay.We remember the villagers of Arniya with a sense of deep gratitude for all their love and support.Rachana Singh (P37050)Aparna Divakar (P37104)Parinitie Upadhyay (P37152)TABLE OF CONTENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii1. INTRODUCTION 11.1 Objective of the study 11.1.1 Scope of the Study 21.2 History 21.3 Methodology 21.3.2 Secondary Data Collection 41.4 Limitations and Challenges 52. VILLAGE SOCIETY 62.1 Demography 62.2 Housing Pattern 72.3 Caste 72.4 Occupation 82.5 Nutrition 82.6 Health and Sanitation 82.7 Education 92.8 Communication and Mass Media 102.9 Migration 102.10 Festivals 102.11 Conflicts and Cooperation 112.12 Infrastructure 113. VILLAGE ECONOMY AND LOCAL MARKET 123.1 Occupation 123.2 Agriculture 123.3 Land Holding Pattern: 123.4 Crop Preference: 13Source: Revenue Department 143.5 Expense and Revenue Analysis 143.6 Agriculture Input Market 153.7 Agriculture Output Market: 163.8 Local Markets: 17
4. VILLAGE LIVELIHOODS: 184.1 Animal Husbandry: 184.2 Labour/ Wage employment 184.3 Others: 184.4 Sustainable Livelihood Assets 194.5 Vulnerability Contexts 204.6 Coping Strategies for farmers 205. VILLAGE POLITY 215.1 Gram Panchayat 215.2 Caste Dynamics: 226. VILLAGE INSTITUTIONS: 236.1 Government Institutions: 236.1.1 Gram Panchayat: 236.1.2 Ration Shop: 246.1.3 Kisan Seva Kendra 246.2 Financial Institutions 256.2.1 Self Help Groups 256.2.2 Post Office 256.2.3 Bank 257. THEMATIC INSIGHTS: 277.1 Analysis of government schemes in rural India 277.2 An Exploratory Study of Decision Making in Organic Farming 287.2.1. Conclusion 287.3 Observations and Conclusions from the RAC 308. CONCLUSIONS-INTEGRATIVE VIEW OF THE VILLAGE 329. ANNEXURE 33I. Village Checklist 33II. Visual Representation of PRA 37i. Social Map 37ii.Resource Map 38iii. Seasonality 39III. Survey Questionnaire 40LIST OF TABLESTable 1: Arniya Total Land Distributions 1Table 2: Historical Timeline 2Table 3: Population Data 6Table 4: Distribution of Teachers in the Government School 9Table 5 : Distribution of Students in the Government School 9Table 6: Mass Media Penetration 10Table 7 : Type of Land 12Table 8: Crops Grown 12Table 9: Input Cost Calculations for Conventional Agriculture – Groundnut 14