Question

Write a short note about the village Palampur.

Accepted Answer

Palampur is a hypothetical village, in which various resources are combined to produce the desired goods and services in the village. Farming is the main activity in Palampur. The village is also involved in dairy, transport, small-scale manufacturing, etc. Palampur has good connectivity with nearby villages and towns and comprises about $450$ families of different castes. Around $240$ families cultivate in small plots of less than two hectares which is inadequate income for the farmer's family. The village also has adequate electricity that powers all the tube wells in the fields. It has a government-run primary health center and one dispensary. Palampur has a good system of roads, transport, electricity, irrigation, schools, and a health centre. Around $75$ percent of the total population is dependent on farming for their livelihood.

Land in Palampur is fixed, the land in Palampur has been fixed since the year $1960$ . Thus, there is no expansion in the land area except for some wasteland that has been converted to cultivable land. There is also no scope for extension of land for cultivation which constrains farm production. But there is scope to grow more on the same land by the method of Multiple Cropping.

Non-Farm activities of Palampur:

The story of Palampur village includes non-farming activities. Apart from farming, $25$ percent of the people working in Palampur are engaged in other activities.

Dairy is an everyday activity apart from agriculture. The milk produced is sold in nearby towns and villages.

People are engaged in small-scale production at home or in fields with simple methods.

Traders of Palampur are shopkeepers who buy goods from wholesale markets and sell them in their native places. General stores with a wide range of items like rice, wheat, sugar, tea, oil biscuit, toothpaste, and soap. Notebooks, candles, pens, etc. essentials can be found.

Few families who are close to the bus stand open small shops to sell eatables.

Cultivated Land		Land not available for cultivation
Irrigated	Unirrigated	(Area covering dwellings, roads, ponds, grazing ground)
		$26$ hectares

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