Rural Research Project: Bilga and Sangowal
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Date
2008
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MICA
Abstract
Rural Punjab is as important as the urban Punjab if not more because it is where the real Punjab lies. While Punjab is generally associated with agriculture most agricultural
households in Punjab today have become or are trying to become pluri-active, ‘standing between farming and other activities whether as seasonal labourers or small-scale
entrepreneurs in the local economy; Agriculture and farming is no more an all-encompassing way of life and identity.’
The available official data on employment patterns in Punjab has begun to reflect this quite clearly. For example, the proportion of cultivators in the total number of main workers in
Punjab declined from 46.56 in 1971 to 31.44 in 1991, and further to 22.60 by 2001. While the share of cultivators has been consistently falling, that of the agricultural labourers had
been rising until the 1991 Census.
Description
Rural Immersion Project – Village : Bilga and Songad, District: Jalandhar, State: Punjab
Keywords
Rural development & problems, Study by students