CBSE : Grade 10 2023-24 Board: CBSE
Class - IX
THE STORY OF VILLAGE PALAMPUR
Submitted By : Baishnab Padhee
INTRODUCTION :
Palampur A hypothetical village -
Farming is the main activity
Other activities small scale manufacturing, dairy, transport, etc. limited scale
well-connected with neighbouring villages and towns Raiganj, a big village( 3 kms from Palampur)
An all-weather road connects the village to Raiganj nearest small town of Shahpur.
About 450 families 80 upper caste families own the majority of land large pucca houses
1/3rd SCs (Dalits) live in the corner of the village--smaller houses mud and straw
2 primary schools & 1 high school
Primary Health care Centre
ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION :
Aim of production to produce the goods and services that we want
Factors for production
Land other natural resources such as water, forests, minerals
Labour Educated and Manual
Capital
1. Physical Capital
Fixed –used for many years—Tools, Machines, Buildings
Working Capital - Raw material & Money—used up in process
2. Human Capital Knowledge & Enterprise
FARMING IN PALAMPUR :
1. Land is fixed -
Farming is the main occupation 75% in Farming
Since 1960 in Palampur No expansion in land area under cultivation
2. Multi-cropping grow more than one crop on a piece of land during the year due to well-developed
Irrigation (Persian wheel, Tube wells) & Electricity
Rainy season (Kharif) farmers grow Jowar and Bajra
Winter (Rabi) Wheat
Oct -Dec Potato
A part of the land sugarcane production once a year
By mid-1970s entire cultivated area of 200 hectares was irrigated
The yield of wheat from the traditional varieties was 1300 kg per hectare With the HYV seeds the yield went
up to 3200 kg per hectare
In India Green Revolution started in the late 1960s higher yields of wheat and rice using high yielding varieties
(HYVs) of seeds.
Farmers of Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh the first to try out the modern farming method in India.
Class - IX
THE STORY OF VILLAGE PALAMPUR
Submitted By : Baishnab Padhee
INTRODUCTION :
Palampur A hypothetical village -
Farming is the main activity
Other activities small scale manufacturing, dairy, transport, etc. limited scale
well-connected with neighbouring villages and towns Raiganj, a big village( 3 kms from Palampur)
An all-weather road connects the village to Raiganj nearest small town of Shahpur.
About 450 families 80 upper caste families own the majority of land large pucca houses
1/3rd SCs (Dalits) live in the corner of the village--smaller houses mud and straw
2 primary schools & 1 high school
Primary Health care Centre
ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION :
Aim of production to produce the goods and services that we want
Factors for production
Land other natural resources such as water, forests, minerals
Labour Educated and Manual
Capital
1. Physical Capital
Fixed –used for many years—Tools, Machines, Buildings
Working Capital - Raw material & Money—used up in process
2. Human Capital Knowledge & Enterprise
FARMING IN PALAMPUR :
1. Land is fixed -
Farming is the main occupation 75% in Farming
Since 1960 in Palampur No expansion in land area under cultivation
2. Multi-cropping grow more than one crop on a piece of land during the year due to well-developed
Irrigation (Persian wheel, Tube wells) & Electricity
Rainy season (Kharif) farmers grow Jowar and Bajra
Winter (Rabi) Wheat
Oct -Dec Potato
A part of the land sugarcane production once a year
By mid-1970s entire cultivated area of 200 hectares was irrigated
The yield of wheat from the traditional varieties was 1300 kg per hectare With the HYV seeds the yield went
up to 3200 kg per hectare
In India Green Revolution started in the late 1960s higher yields of wheat and rice using high yielding varieties
(HYVs) of seeds.
Farmers of Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh the first to try out the modern farming method in India.
