Browsing by Author "Swati, Sachdeva"

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    Rural Research Project: banbhori
    (MICA, 2015) Kumar, Bhupinder; Chahar, Himanshu; Swati, Sachdeva; De, Sharmini; Choudhary, Sidharth
    Banbhori village has around 784 households with a population of about 4400 with a gender ration of 884:1000 which is close to the average gender ratio of the state as per the census data 2011. 14% of the population lies under the age of 6 years with 635 kids in the village under that age. The child sex ratio in banbhori is 857 as compared to 834, the average child sex ratio in the state. About 30% of the population is scheduled castes and no resident fall under the scheduled tribe category. As per the conversations had with the villagers, 60% the population belongs to the general category and of which 50% are Jaats (a dominant category in the region). The literacy rate in the village is 64.37 % with male literacy at 72.1% and female literacy at 54.99% which is way lower than the average of the state.
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    Rural Research Project: Totarani
    (MICA, 2014) Karkal, Shivani; Swati, Sachdeva; Snigdh, Kishore
    There are about 60-65 houses in Tota Rani Village. This is on the downside of the hill where Tota Rani is situated. Most of the families staying here are of Gorkha community. These families are somehow related to each other as they have their ancestral roots from Nepal. The residence of one of the famous regional poet Shri Mitra Sen has made Tota Rani quite popular. He has the honour of having the primary school named after him. There are various communities that reside in the village of Tota Rani. They all live very much in coherence and harmony. There are the Thapas, the Ranas, The Thakurs, The Gurungs, The Sharmas, The Chetris, The Rais, The Gaddis, The Gujjars, The Gorkhas. Also there is no any specific caste dominance in this village.