GROUP – 5

Sathish Kumar M C

Lalit Kumar Patra

Sumeet Sharma

Satyaveer Singh

Suraj Singh

ADILABAD DISTRICT MAP

Parliament Constituency - 01

Assembly Constituency - 04

Revenue Divisions - 02

No. of Mandals - 18

No. of Gram Panchayats - 243

No. of Revenue villages - 508

No. of Habitations - 1175

Total population - 708972

SC Population percentage - 14.02%

ST Population percentage - 31.68%

Sex Ratio - 989/1000

Literacy Ratio - 63.46%

Male - 73.48%

Female - 53.40%

Population Density - 171

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A tribal village dominated by Gonds

Predominantly Agricultural village with cattle rearing

Settlements in Gondwanaland

Speak Gondi Language

Hindu culture and Traditions

Keslapur Jathra is the important festival of the Gonds-Nagoba temple is found in the Keslapur village of Indervelly mandal of Adilabad district.

Gusadi dance is the most famous dance perfomed by the Gonds. It is performed by wearing head gears decorated with the peacock feather

Each Gond village has a headman (known by local names such asmukhia, mahji,orpatel) and a village council(panchayat)chosen by the villagers. The council consists of the headman, priest, village watchman, and four or five elders

Existing Infra

Concrete Roads

Free RO Drinking water

Sub Centre – Health

Sub Post Office

Electricity for all households

Primary and Secondary School (Ashram)

Panchayat building

All houses with Toilets

Required Infra • Bank • Separate building for SC –

Need PHC also • Reliable Mobile Network • Internet/Broadband Kiosk • Community Centre • Temple premises • Medical Shop • Piped water • Market

Education

Health

PRI

Poverty

Agriculture

Swacch Bharat

Financial Literacy & Digital Divide

STRENGTHS Good Infra – 1 Primary & 1

Ashram School Good facilities – All

Government provided 100% enrollment and zero

drop-outs Parents & Community know

importance of Education

Boys Girls Total

Enrolment 269 19 288

High. school 255 - 255

Primary 14 19 33

Anganwadi 17 15 32

WEAKNESSES • Need improvement in Quality of

Education • Need Teacher training to equip

for CCE system • Telugu medium and Gondi

language • Huge Digital Divide – No

computers at all • No Internet connectivity • Library – but not maintained • No creative teaching

methodologies

Opportunities

Aspiring Youth – Demographic Dividend

Sports – athletic students – great potential

Threats

Still Literacy is only 64% (only 54% for Females)

Only for Tribals – has both positive & negative - isolation

No Employable education

Friction with other Castes (eg: Fights against Lamadis)

INFRASTRUCTURE 01-Sub-centre

02- Anganwadi centres

01-ANM

01-ASHA

VARIOUS SCHEMES KCR Kit

JSY

ITDA

NHM

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Strength: • Staff,Awarness • No Infant

Mortality and and Maternal mortality since last 3 years

• Near to the Mandal (CHC)

Weakness: • No separate

building for Sub-Center

• Not every people using Toilets

• Emergency Services

Opportunities: • Demographic

Dividend • Better HDI

Threats: • Malaria

endemic area • Water-borne

disease • Low HDI

GP: Patnapur, Boath Mandal (3) Habitations:- Inkarpalli, Patnapur & Surdapur Total households - 232, Having Toilet - 232 ODF Declared in the year 2016

SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

OBSERVATIONS

“Swach” Bharat is not “Sach” Bharat

Water problem - not piped water

Low awareness

Constrained Space

Need Behavioural/Attitude Change

Updated Subsidy not disbursed

Latrines are being used as store room

Regular Gram Sabhas Conducted – 7 last year Active Women participation Out of 8 ward members, 5 are Women Bottom-up Developmental planning Efficient use of resources Consensus based approach Unanimous elections and no domination of any single family Auditing of Accounts Need Computerisation of Accounts & Planning Need separate GP building Training for staff for effective coordination with state authorities Apart from FC grants, need to explore revenue collection

sources.

Out of 232 households, 212 are BPL.

Asara pensions for Old Age, Disabled and Widowers.

Beedi pensions

MNREGA works – only 2 months in a year – wage payment improper

SHG – livelihood initiatives

Lesser funding for Loan schemes

Need modification for Instalment schemes

Housing Schemes – IAY & 2 BHK scheme

Shortage of houses

LPG subsidy issues

Soil type – heavy black cotton soil - thus main crop is Cotton

Secondary crop is Soya bean Rainfed Only 1 crop in a year in majority fields 30 % Forest area, 35 % Agri lands and 30 % Barren land

Outcomes of Focus Group Discussions

Irrigation issues

No access roads to Fields

Issue of Moneylenders and Middlemen

Loan & Insurance penetration is low

Few Landless families – tenancy issues

Need rejuvenation of Tanks and Ponds

Financial awareness is low - Low insurance and savings scheme penetration

ATM usage is low

Credit availability is not up to expectations

Digital Divide is more

No proper and reliable mobile network

Not even a single Internet connection

Learnt about the functioning of Government at Grassroots levels

Helped us to understand the real Bharat

Convergence of Top-down and Bottom-up approaches

First hand experience of Socio-Economic-Political dynamics

Felt the real warmth of India.