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Proceedings of UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Regional Dimensions of Social Development in India: Policy Perspectives Edited by Bhaskar Chaudhuri Assistant Professor Department of Geography, Saheed Kshudiram College Kamakhyaguri, Dist. Alipurduar, West Bengal, India Organised By Department of Geography, Saheed Kshudiram College Kamakhyaguri, Dist. Alipurduar, West Bengal, India in collaboration with Red Cross Society, Alipurduar 2017 Ideal International E – Publication Pvt. Ltd. www.isca.co.in 427, Palhar Nagar, RAPTC, VIP-Road, Indore-452005 (MP) INDIA Phone: +91-731-2616100, Mobile: +91-80570-83382 E-mail: [email protected] , Website: www.isca.co.in Title: Proceedings of UGC Sponsored National Seminar on The Regional Dimensions of Social Development in India: Policy Perspectives Editor: Bhaskar Chaudhuri Edition: First © Copyright Reserved 2017 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, reordering or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-93-86675-13-2 The Regional Dimensions of Social Development in India: Policy Perspectives iii Dedicated To Late President of India Prof. (Dr.) A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM Ideal International E- Publication www.isca.co.in The Regional Dimensions of Social Development in India: Policy Perspectives iv Preface The book is an edited version of papers presented in the UGC sponsored national seminar held in Shaheed Kshudiram College, Kamakhyaguri, in Alipurduar, India from 17th to 18th February 2017. The proceeding has collected the papers selected for the first volume. The topic of the seminar was 'Regional dimensions of social development in India: policy perspectives'. India despite all the progress during last seven decades has not done well in social development sector. Illiteracy, Poor health, lack of access to basic services, absence of awareness, lack of transparency and corruption accompanied by lack of empowerment have led to unsatisfactory progress in many fronts. The first paper is about the study of Maynaguri block on health and environment. The second paper deals with the status of child labour in Kolkata. The third paper focusses on Chamar caste in West Bengal. The fourth paper is on women movement in Manipur from political perspective. The fifth paper is written by Raghab Ghosh on Jangipur population growth in Murshidabad district in relation to environment, which mainly focuses on human environmental conflicts. The next paper deals with the neglected aspect of smoking behaviour of the Masters level students of Calcutta University and their perception about smoking habits. The seventh paper is about health problems in Cooch Behar District. It is a block level study authored by Subhamay Dey Khan. The eigth paper is on the Rajbangshi community in the north districts of West Bengal and their interaction with globalisation. The ninth paper is about economic deprivation of scheduled caste community in India. The next paper discusses about the social and economic condition of the poor tea garden workers in Jalpaiguri District of West Bengal. The paper by Kuntala Biswas, discusses about the urban problems in Alipurduar town. The sex ratio problems and its various aspects were discussed in the paper of Purbasha Paul. The next paper deals with functional literacy and gender gap in schools in India: Why non-governmental organisation is important? The paper seeks to look beyond Census of India and emphasized on functional literacy and the NGOs involved in literacy movement. The paper by Bhaskar Chaudhuri seeks to focus on real literacy, or functional literacy in India and the role the NGOs are playing. Sanitation condition of Coochbehar district: A case study of Jatrapur village, Rajarhat, West Bengal is an empirical study written by Koyel Roy, Anindita Dey & Subhajit Saha. The paper focuses on infrastructural bottlenecks in the village. Human development in Howrah district has been discussed in a paper in detail with statistical application. Another paper has thrown light on the Hindu Ideal International E- Publication www.isca.co.in The Regional Dimensions of Social Development in India: Policy Perspectives v and Muslim communities and the differences between their developmental parameters in Hooghly with the help of empirical analysis. The paper by Ashok Sarkar and Sinor Lama has focussed on Male labour circulation and left behind women: A case study of some selected villages of Coochbehar district of West Bengal. The problems of unemployment are severe in this region, and as a result outmigration is common. The paper on ecotourism in lake areas of Tripura district is an empirical research work. It highlights on human and environment conflict and the development agenda needed. The paper by Dr. Surjapada Paul has discussed about thirty tea garden workers in the Dooars region of West Bengal. The paperSocial Exclusion and impact on Dalits in India by Dhiman Shil has addressed the concerns related to dalits who are living in the fringe of Indian society. The threat of arsenic pollution in west Bengal (India) and its impact on human healthhas highlighted the arsenic pollution and its impact on human health. A socio economic analysis of tea-garden area of dalgaon tea estate of dooars region: a case study of S.T. population by Sanchayan majumdar is an empirical study. Thus the book aims to focus on various aspects of social and economic development in India and leaves many research questions for future researchers to be answered. The opinions expressed by the authors are their own and the editors have no role to play regarding their personal opinions. Ideal International E- Publication www.isca.co.in The Regional Dimensions of Social Development in India: Policy Perspectives vi Contents Living environment and human health a study of Padamati village of Maynagudi 1 block Jalpaiguri District in West Bengal: Madhusudan Karmakar, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Maynaguri College The status of child labour in Kolkata: An overview: Krishnakali Roy, Assistant 9 Professor, Department of Geography: Birpara College, Alipurduar Chamar: A neglected community of West Bengal, India: Binay Rabidas, Assistant 14 Professor, Department of political science, Balurghat college Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, India Women Movement in Manipur, India: Analysing genesis, motives and obstruction: 21 Ananya Guha Roy, Assistant Professor, Department of Political science, Saheed Kshudiram College, Kamakhyaguri, Alipurduar Population growth in Murshidabad district of West Bengal and its impact on the 32 environment and society: Raghab Ghosh, Assistant Teacher in Geography, Jangipur High School, Murshidabad Smoking Behaviour of Post Graduate Students of Ballygunge Science College, 43 Kolkata: A Brief Discourse: Abhijit Datta, Belur B.Ed College and Alumnus of Ballygunj Science College, Calcutta University An introspection into the measurement of health problems of Cooch Behar block II 51 in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, India: Subhamay Dey Khan, PG scholar, Department of geography, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University Globalisation and its discontent: A case study of Rajbangshi society in North 56 Bengal Region of West Bengal, India: Moumita Dey, M Phil Research Scholar, Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal Economic deprivation of scheduled tribes in India: Analysing their social 63 exclusion: Abhijit Debnath, Guest Lecturer, Department of Geography, Saheed Kshudiram College, Kamakhyaguri, Alipurduar The status of development and problematic issues: A case study of Alipuduar town, 70 West Bengal, India: Kuntala Biswas, Guest Lecturer, Department of Geography, Alipuduar College Ideal International E- Publication www.isca.co.in The Regional Dimensions of Social Development in India: Policy Perspectives vii Fresh water scarcity in India: Analysing a major problem of millions of people in 78 India: Haripada Paul, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, Saheed Kshudiram College, Kamakyaguri Women literacy and the role of NGOs in india : Bhaskar Chaudhuri, Assistant 89 Professor, Dept. of Geography, Saheed Kshudiram College, Kamakyaguri Sanitation Condition of Coochbehar District: A Case Study of Jatrapur Village, 99 Rajarhat, West Bengal: Koyel Roy, Anindita Dey & Subhajit Saha, P.G. Scholar, Coochbehar Panchanan Barma University Level of human Development in Howrah District of West Bengal: A Block Level 107 Analysis: Pompa Mondol, Asst. Teacher, B.C.Vidyamandir (H.S.) Socio-Economic Disparity among Hindus and Muslims of Naity Gram Panchayat 117 in Hugli District of West Bengal, India: Mousumi Basu, Part time Lecturer, Prafulla Chandra College Male labour circulation and left behind women: A case study of some selected 125 villages of Coochbehar district, West Bengal, India: Ashok Sarkar, NEHU and Sinor Lama, Alipurduar College Prospects and Challenges of Ecotourism: A Case Study Of Rudrasagar Lake In 137 Tripura: Pradip Debnath, Scholar, Tripura University Literacy pattern and level of development of the tea garden workers of Dooars 151 region, West Bengal: Surjapada Paul, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Siliguri College Social Exclusion and impact on Dalits in India: Dhiman Shil 171 The threat of arsenic pollution in west Bengal (India) and its impact on human 176 health: Debnarayan Roy and Sanjit Kumar Shil Sharma A socio economic analysis of tea-garden area of dalgaon tea estate of dooars region: 183