A BASELINE SURVEY OF MINORITY CONCENTRATION DISTRICTS OF INDIA PASCHIM CHAMPARAN (Bihar) Sponsored by Ministry of Miniority Affairs Government of India and Indian Council of Social Science Research INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NIDM Building, 3rd Floor, IIPA Campus I.P Estate, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110 002 Phones – 2335 8166, 2332 1610 / Fax : 23765410 Email:
[email protected], website:ihdindia.org 2008 A BASELINE SURVEY OF MINORITY CONCENTRATION DISTRICTS OF INDIA PASCHIM CHAMPARAN (Bihar) INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NIDM Building, 3rd Floor, IIPA Campus I.P Estate, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110 002 Phones – 2335 8166, 2332 1610 / Fax: 23765410 Email:
[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 PASCHIM CHAMPARAN Principal Authors of the Report Ashok K. Pankaj Senior Fellow Institute for Human Development & N.K. Mishra Senior Visiting Fellow Institute for Human Development CONTENTS Executive Summary......................................................................................................i-v Chapter I: Introduction .............................................................................................1-11 Chapter II: Village Level Deficits ...........................................................................12-17