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| The story of village Palampur |
- Class: 9th
- Subject: Social Science (Geography)
- Subject: The story of village Palampur
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Introduction
Farming is the main activity in Palampur, whereas several activities such as small other scale manufacturing, dairy, transport, etc. are carried out on a limited scale. These production activities need various types of resources natural resources, man made items, human effort, money, etc.
Requirements for production of goods and services:
Land
The first requirement is land and other natural resources Such as water, forest,minerals .
Labour
The second requirement is labour, Le people who will do the work Some production activities require highly educated workers to perform the necessary tasks Other activities require workers who can do manual work Each worker is providing the labour necessary for production.
Capital
The third requirement is physical capital, In. the variety of inputs required at ovary stage during production .
a)fixed capital :Tools, machines, buildings such as farmer's plough to sophisticated machines such as generators, turbines, computers, etc They can be used in production over many years and are called fixed capital.
b) working capital :Raw material and money in hand is required during production to buy other necessary items They are called working capital(Unlike tools, machines and buildings, these are used up in production
Human Capital
The fourth requirement is human capital Knowledge and enterprise is use to put together land, labour and physical capital and produce an output.
Market
The fifth requirement is availability of market
Traditional farming methods
- These methods are practiced till the mid-1960s.
- The seeds used in cultivation were traditional ones with relatively low yields.
- Traditional seeds needed less irrigation.
- Farmers used cow-dung and other natural manure as fertilizers.
- Traditional tools like hoe, doe, sticks,sickles are used.
Modern farming methods
- These methods were introduced in late 1960s.
- Farmers use high yielding varieties (HYVs) of seeds. The HYV seeds promised to produce much greater amounts of grain on a single plant.
- HYV seeds need plenty of water.
- It uses fertilizers and pesticides to produce best results.
- Use of farm machinery like tractors and threshers, which made ploughing and harvesting faster.
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Farming |
Increasing production on the same piece of land
- Multiple cropping can be done more and more crop is grown during the year on the same piece of land.
- In Palampur farmers grow jowar and bajra during rainy season .
- They grow potato between October and December.
- During winter they grow wheat.
- It is possible due to the self developed system of irrigation.
- Persian wheels are used and tube wells could irrigate more areas
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Green Revolution |
Merits:
- The Green Revolution took place in 1960's.
- Cultivation of wheat and rice using high yielding varieties of needs
- Higher yield Machines made for ploughing harvesting easy.
- Surplus food can be sold to earn more.
- Pests and insects controlled by pesticides and insecticides.
- Good irrigation enhances production.
Demerits:
- Loss of fertility with use of chemical fertilizers.
- Use of tube wells reduced the water table.
- Chemical fertilizers polluted ground water.
- Kills bacteria and micro-organism helpful fossil.
- Excessive use of fertilizers makes soil alkaline and unfit for cultivation.
Economic conditions of the village Palampur.
- Palampur village has about 460 families belonging to several different castes.
- The 50 upper caste families on the majority of the Island in the village Their house, some of them are quite large, are made of brick with cement plastering
- The SC 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 .
- Most of the house are having electric connection 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 center run by the government and one private dispensary where the Sikhs are treated.
Non-farming activities
These are the activities other than agriculture. Only 25% of people of Palampur are engaged in these activities.
Dairy in palampur
Dairy
Dairy is a common activity in many families of Palampur. People feed their buffaloes on various kinds of grass and the jowar and bajra that grows during the rainy season. The milk is sold in Raiganj, the nearby large village .
Small scale manufacturing
At present, less than fifty people are engaged in manufacturing in Palampur. Unlike the manufacturing that takes place in the big factories in the towns and cities, manufacturing in Palampur involves very simple production methods and are done on a small scale. They are carried out mostly at home or in the fields with the help of family labour.
Shops
The Shopkeepers of Palampur
Shops
People involved in trade are not many in Palampur. The traders of Palampur are shopkeepers who buy various goods from wholesale markets in the cities and sell them in the village.we will see small general stores in the village selling a wide range of items like rice, wheat, sugar, tea, oil, biscuits, soap, toothpaste, batteries, candles, notebooks, pen, pencil, even some cloth.
Village Transport
Transport
Village Transport
There are variety of vehicles on the road connecting Palampur to Raiganj. Rickshawallahs, tongawallahs, of jeep, tractor, truck drivers and people driving the traditional bullock cart and bogey are people in the transport services.
Village Story
REVISION CHART
Village Story
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Village Palampur
Palampur is a village in Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.
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Organisation of Production
The aim of production is to produce the goods and services that we want.
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Farming in Palampur
About 75% of the people in Palampur are dependent on farming for their livelihood
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Land-A Natural Resource
Land being a natural resource, it is important to be very careful in its use.
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Distribution of Land
Between the Farmers Unequal distribution of land.
One-third people are landless.
A large number of small plots around the village are cultivated by small farmers.
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Need of Labour
Agriculture and other production activities need both the skilled and unskilled labour.
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Availability of Labour
Small farmers along with their families cultivate the land. They provide the labour required for farming themselves.
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Capital for Farming
Most small farmers have to borrow money to arrange for cultivation, but the medium and large farmers have their own savings from farming.
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Non-Farming Activities in Palampur
Dairy farming. small scale manufacturing, trade, shop-keeping and transportation are different kinds of non-farming activities practiced in the village.
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Conclusion
Farming is the main activity in the village As more villages get connected to towns and cities, it is possible that the opportunities for non farm activities in the village would increase in the coming years
Question Bank
Q. Which is the main activity of Palampur?
Ans. Farming is the main activity in Palampur .
Q. What are the other activities carried in Palampur?
Ans. Several other activities such as small scale manufacturing, dairy, transport, etc are came out on a limited scale These production activities need various types of resources natural resources, man made items, human effort, money.
Q. How in Palampur connected with neighbouring villages and towns?
Ans. Palampur is well-connected with neighbouring villages and towns Raiganj, a big village, 13 kms from Palampur. An all weather road connects the village to Raniganj and further on to the nearest small town of Shahpur.
Q. What is the main activity of villages in India?
Ans. In villages across India, farming is the main production activity
Q. What is the aim of production?
Ans. The aim of production is to produce the goods and services that we want
Q. What is meant by the other production activities?
Ans. Other production activity refers to non-farm activities which includes small manufacturing, Transport, shop-keeping, etc
Q. Farmer's plough is an example of which factor of production? What is human capital?
Ans. Fixed capital