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A BASELINE SURVEY OF MINORITY CONCENTRATION DISTRICTS OF INDIA HINGOLI (Maharashtra) Sponsored by: Ministry of Minority Affairs Government of India and Indian Council of Social Science Research INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NIDM Building, IIPA Campus I.P. Estate, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110002 Tel: 23358166, 23321610 / Fax: 23765410 E-mail: [email protected], Website: www. ihdindia.org 2008 A BASELINE SURVEY OF MINORITY CONCENTRATION DISTRICTS OF INDIA HINGOLI (Maharashtra) Sponsored by: Ministry of Minority Affairs Government of India and Indian Council of Social Science Research INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NIDM Building, IIPA Campus I.P. Estate, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110002 Tel: 23358166, 23321610 / Fax: 23765410 E-mail: [email protected], Website: www. ihdindia.org RESEARCH TEAM Principal Researchers Alakh N. Sharma Ashok K. Pankaj Data Processing and Tabulation Balwant Singh Mehta Sunil Kumar Mishra Abhay Kumar Research Associates/Field Supervisors Ramashray Singh Ashwani Kumar Subodh Kumar M. Poornima Research Assistant P.K. Mishra Secretarial Assistance Shri Prakash Sharma Nidhi Sharma Sindhu Joshi HINGOLI Principal Author of the Report Reshmi P. Bhaskaran Fellow Institute for Human Development CONTENTS Executive Summary ........................................................................................................i-ix CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................1-6 District Map of Maharashtra.............................................................................................. 1 Brief Socio-Economic Profile............................................................................................. 2 Methodology...................................................................................................................... 3 CHAPTER II: VILLAGE LEVEL DEFICITS .................................................................7-12 Educational Facilities ........................................................................................................ 7 Health Infrastructure.......................................................................................................... 9 Village Connectivity and Electricity ................................................................................. 10 Banking and Access to Financial Institution.................................................................... 11 CHAPTER III: SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE POPULATION/............13-32 HOUSEHOLDS Demographic Features.................................................................................................... 13 Quality of Human Resource............................................................................................ 15 Asset Base of Households.............................................................................................. 21 Employment and Income ................................................................................................ 22 Housing and Other Basic Amenities ............................................................................... 27 Health and Family Welfare.............................................................................................. 28 Indebtedness................................................................................................................... 30 CHAPTER IV: DELIVERY OF PUBLIC SERVICES/DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES.........................................................................................................33-36 Public Distribution System ............................................................................................. 33 Access, Use and Quality of Health Service..................................................................... 34 Education ........................................................................................................................ 34 Awareness ...................................................................................................................... 35 Aspirations ...................................................................................................................... 36 CHAPTER V: KEY FINDINGS AND POLICY ISSUES ............................................37-46 Annexure – I: List of Surveyed Villages in Hongoli .................................................47- LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1: Population and Its Composition, 2001 Table 1.2: Rural Work Force Participation Table 1.3: The Criteria for forming Hamlets Table 2.1: School Status Table 2.2: Educational Facilities, 2008 Table 2.3: Access to Health Facility in Tehsils Table 2.4: Access to Health Facility, 2008 Table 2.5: Connectivity and Marketing Facilities Table 2.6: Banking and Other Facilities Table 3.1: Demographic Characteristics of Sample Households Table 3.2: Age-Sex Distribution of Population Table 3.3: Literacy Rates Table 3.4: Enrolment Status of 6-16 Years Population Table 3.5: Reasons for Dropout Table 3.6: Educational Levels Table 3.7: Educational Levels of Youth (15-25 Years) Table 3.8: Government Assistance (%) Table 3.9: Mean Value of Assets per Households (Rs.) Table 3.10: Work Participation Ratio Table 3.11: Nature of Employment Table 3.12: Workers by their Sector of Employment Table 3.13: Average Per Capita Income and Expenditure (Rs.) Table 3.14: Item-wise Per Capita Expenditure (Rs.) Table 3.15: Type of Houses Table 3.16: Number of Rooms per Household Table 3.17: Drinking Water Table 3.18: Place of Child Birth and Help Received Table 3.19: Immunisation Status of Children Table 3.20: Incidence of Indebtedness and Average Debt Table 3.21: Sources of Debt Table 3.22: Purpose of Loans Table 4.1: PDS Coverage Table 4.2: Problems being faced with the PDS Table 4.3: Level of Awareness of Government Programmes Table 4.4: Aspirations of Respondents in Order of Their Ranks A BASELINE SURVEY OF SOME MINORITY CONCENTRATION DISTRICTS OF INDIA Executive Summary of Hingoli District (Maharashtra) Background: • The Ministry of Minority Affairs (GOI) has identified 90 minority concentrated backward districts in India, using eight indicators of socio-economic development and amenities based on the 2001 census data. • Hingoli in Maharashtra is one such district with a high minority concentration, which lags behind in terms of socio-economic indicators (Category B1). • The Ministry of Minority Affairs is keen to improve these indicators and bring them to the all-India level through a Multi-Sector Development Plan (MSDP) under the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. Expecting a definite change in these indicators after 2001; a baseline survey has been conducted to formulate the multi-sectoral development plan with the latest deficits and priorities. District Profile (2001 census based): • The total population of Hingoli district was 8, 33,130 of which 85.6 per cent lived in the rural areas – a much higher percentage than the entire State’s share of the rural population. Of the entire district’s population, the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) constituted 10.4 per cent and 9.8 per cent respectively. • The overall literacy rate of Hingoli district was 66.86 per cent, with a comparatively low percentage for the female population (42.63 per cent) than the male (66 per cent). Over the last few years, there has been a perceptible and significant improvement in literacy. However, the gender gap in the literacy rate needs to be plugged by strengthening SSA. • The work participation rate in Hingoli was one-half, which was slightly higher than the state average. The work participation rate was the lowest (45.65 per cent) in Kalamnuri. Of the working population, cultivators and agricultural labourers i constituted 49 per cent and 41 per cent respectively and only one per cent of the population was engaged in household industries. • Nearly 97 per cent of the villages in Hingoli have access to primary schools, which is higher than the state average. The villages of Basmath tehsil have a comparatively lower proportion of primary schools (92.4 per cent). However, the infrastructure facilities for middle and secondary schools are not at all satisfactory in the district. Like primary schools, Basmath has a lower proportion of secondary schools in the district, a problem which needs to be addressed by the concerned authorities. • Nearly 17 per cent of the villages in Hingoli have access to PHCs and 8 per cent to allopathic hospitals, located within a five-kilometre range. In Basmath, none of the villages has maternity and child welfare (MCW) centre within a distance of 5 kilometres. On the whole, the status of health infrastructure in the villages indicates a very poor scenario, which needs to be improved under the multi- sectoral development plan. • There are 27 taps to a lakh people in the district, which was significantly lower compared to the state average of 41 taps per lakh. However, the district has better facilities with regard to the access to tube-wells, with 20 tube-wells per lakh people, which is slightly higher than the state average. On the whole, accessibility to safe drinking water is rather poor and calls for urgent attention of the concerned agencies. • In Hingoli district, 81 per cent of the villages have paved roads with good connectivity, which is close to the state average. However, two tehsils of the district - Sengaon and Hingoli - have comparatively lower connectivity - 73 per cent and 61 per cent respectively. Nearly 46 per cent of the villages have telephone connections and 68 per