REPORT

ON
VILLAGE STUDY(TURKAPUR)
TDL - TD18SO01
TURKAPUR VILLAGE
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Submitted By:
HITESH
AKSHAT KASHYAP
KRISHAN KUMAR
SAHIL MAHAJAN
ASHISH PANDEY

Host Organization: Faculty Guide:

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Dr. Neha Gupta
 Alpana Jijja
ABSTR

Host Organization: Unnat Bharat Abhiyan

Village Report: A report of the Turkapur Village of Pataudi Tehsil,

Gurgaon District, Haryana was developed by conducting household survey
through a structured schedule.

Study Findings: During our visit to the village we found that giving right
information can help people to make right decision. We observed that the
people of the village have the potential and skill to come up from poverty and
misery but the most important thing they lack is information and knowledge
about what is happening around the world, they were aware of government
scheme for their betterment but the thing to accomplish it was not clear to
them like paper work done before applying for any scheme of the
government. We learnt importance of life skills & functional literacy which
will help them to operate & manage their enterprise.
INTRODUCTION

As part of the field work module of Village Study Segment, we conducted

survey of village Turkapur in Pataudi Tehsil of Gurugram District in
Haryana. We were given this task by Host Organization Unnat Bharat
Abhiyan, working for the improvement of rural areas in India as one of their
development plans. We had a opportunity to closely observe the various
forms of interventions and interactions taking place within the village and
understand the impact of such interventions on the lived of the village. We
had the guidance of our faculty teacher Dr. Neha Gupta, she divided us into
group of 4-5 as per our choice and gave all the necessary details for
conducting the survey by interacting the villagers.

Objective:

 To get insight into the socio-economic and cultural realities of rural

life.
 To understand the dynamics of various village level institution in
addressing the development work.
 To understand the dynamics of social structure, infrastructure,
resources, and various intervention on the villagers and how it effects,
them.
 To understand the problems of the villagers and note the good things
that the government have done from the last few years.
METHODOLOGY:
The data collected are on demography, social structure, infrastructure
facilities, agro-climatic resources, village economy, village organizations and
people’s institutions and the issues of development. Both Quantitative and
Qualitative data were collected. The quantitative data were on population,
land holding, literacy rate. The qualitative data were quality of drinking
water, quality of the road, housing pattern, sanitation, food habit which were
obtained from the village after the interaction with the villagers.

SOURCES OF DATA:

The primary data were collected from direct interaction with villagers during
household surveys (through questionnaire given by college), focused group
discussions, informal interviews.

SAMPLE DESIGN:

For questionnaire survey systematic random sampling was done, we were

given detailed form with all the questionnaire to be asked under the survey.
Households were selected randomly; efforts were made to collect different
information regarding social and economical status of the villagers from all
caste, and economic group.
LIMITATIONS OF THE DATA COLLECTIONS:

a) People hesitate to tell about the details regarding income and

assets.
b) People are not clear about the present value of their asset.

GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE:

About the village:

Turkapur is a medium size village located in Pataudi Tehsil of Gurgaon

district, Haryana with total 173 families residing. The Turkapur village has
population of 884 of which 453 are males while 431 are females as per
Population Census 2011.
In Turkapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes
up 12.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turkapur
village is 951 which is higher than Haryana state average of 879. Child Sex
Ratio for the Turkapur as per census is 836, higher than Haryana average of
834.
Turkapur village has higher literacy rate compared to Haryana. In 2011,
literacy rate of Turkapur village was 77.98 % compared to 75.55 % of
Haryana. In Turkapur Male literacy stands at 88.78 % while female literacy
rate was 66.84 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Turkapur village is
administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of
village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in
Turkapur village.

Turkapur 2011 Census Details

Turkapur Local Language is Punjabi. Turkapur Village Total population is

884 and number of houses are 173. Female Population is 48.8%. Village
literacy rate is 68.1% and the Female Literacy rate is 28.7%.

Population

Census Parameter Census Data

Total Population 884
Total No of Houses 173
Female Population % 48.8 % ( 431)
Total Literacy rate % 68.1 % ( 602)
Female Literacy rate 28.7 % ( 254)
Scheduled Tribes Population % 0.0 % ( 0)
Scheduled Caste Population % 5.2 % ( 46)
Working Population % 24.2 %
Child(0 -6) Population by 2011 112
Girl Child(0 -6) Population % by 2011 45.5 % ( 51)

Demographics:
The village is home to 884 people, among them 453 (51%) are male and 431
(49%) are female. 95% of the whole population are from general caste, 5%
are from schedule caste. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Turkapur
village is 13%, among them 54% are boys and 46% are girls. There are 173
households in the village and an average 5 persons live in every family.

Total General Schedule Caste Schedule Tribe Child

Total 884 838 46 0 112

Male 453 434 19 0 61

Female 431 404 27 0 51

Caste wise male female population 2011 - Turkapur

Growth of population:
Population of the village has increased by 9% in last 10 years. In 2001 census
total population here were 811. Female population growth rate of the village
is 8.6% which is -0.8% lower than male population growth rate of 9.4%.
General caste population has increased by 11.4%; Schedule caste population
has decreased by -22% and child population has decreased by -1.8% in the
village since last census.
Growth of population (percent) 2001 to 2011 - Turkapur
Schedule Schedule
Total General Caste Tribe Child

Total 9 11 -22 0 -2

Male 9 12 -30 0 -3

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male:

As of 2011 census there are 951 females per 1000 male in the village. Sex ratio
in general caste is 931, in schedule caste is 1421. There are 836 girls under 6
years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the village. Overall sex ratio in
the village has decreased by 8 females per 1000 male during the years from
2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has increased by 26 girls per 1000 boys
during the same time.

Total General SC ST Child

Change -8 -12 236 0 26

2011 951 931 1,421 0 836

2001 959 943 1,185 0 810

 Change in sex ratio 2001 to 2011 - Turkapur

Literacy:
Total 602 people in the village are literate, among them 348 are male and
254 are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Turkapur is
78%. 89% of male and 67% of female population are literate here. Overall
literacy rate in the village has increased by 6%. Male literacy has gone down
by 1% and female literacy rate has gone up by 11%.
Total Male Female
Change in Litrecy Rate from 2001-11

Change 6 1 10

2011 78 89 67

2001 72 88 56

Workers profile:
Turkapur has 24% (214) population engaged in either main or marginal
works. 44% male and 4% female population are working population. 42% of
total male population are main (full time) workers and 2% are marginal (part
time) workers. For women 3% of total female population are main and 1%
are marginal workers.

Worker Main Worker Marginal Worker Non Worker

Total 24 23 2 76

Male 44 42 2 56

Female 4 3 1 96
 Percentage of working population – Turkapur

NATURAL RESOURCES:
 LAND: According to the villagers the fertility of the soil is good
because of which yield per hectare is more. The village is situated on
uplands or mid up land. Fertility is moderate.
 WATER: The village has good drinking water facility. Most of the
households get water from the water supply pipelines provided by the
government, few households have there own borewells to fulfill their
water needs. Village does not have open wells, there are few empty
wells. For agricultural purposes, farmer have their own borwells
pumps, if not they borrow water from other farmers pumps

.
 INFRASTRUCTURE:
o Roads: The village is connected through a concrete Road. Inside
the village road are both Kuchha and Pucca. The sample survey
shows that 59% of the households say that the road is
dilapidated, 22% of the road is of poor quality, 16% of the road is
average and just 3% of the sample says that the road is of good
quality.
o Electricity: In the village most of the households are electrified.
Electricity is available approximately 12 hours with two
interruptions in a day. The sample survey shows that 80% of the
households are electrified. The village receives electricity for 12
hours every day with two breaks in a day.
o Drainage: Drainage is a problem in the village we get to know
after the survey as most of the household complaint about the
 drainage system and cleaning authority, because there is lack of
drainage line on both side of roads at someplaces, some places
the drainage line is present but drainage lines are not been
cleaned by the workers on regular basis leading to choking of the
lines, even road is Kaccha on some places. That is why water
stagnation is a serious problem in the village, especially in rainy
season in this particular season stagnant water invites monsoon
diseases like malaria and diarrhea.
o Communication: There is no land line phone available in this
village. Mobile phone network was available 1km away from
village till 2009. The proper use of mobile phone started in 2010.
o Infrastructure Related to Health: There is unpresence of
better medical facilty in the village. The villagers has to visit the
health care centres in the Pataudi District located near about 5-6
kms away from the village, where the Govt. Hospital are
available. The villagers complaint that they have to good amount
of money to reach the place and the public transport facility is
not good as it should be.
o Defecation: Almost all the houses in the village has toilet
facility.

OBSERVATIONS
 Electricity supply in the village is 22 hourse in a day.
 People want the government to provide, training and cheap loan
facilties, and also to appoint somebody to guide them about the paper
work needed to facilitate their needs.
 Most of the people work in agriculture sectors by cultivating their own
share of lands, also many people migrate out of the village for the jobs,
many households male beings were part of Indian Defence Force.
  Number of schools falls short of the requirement, as most of the
children go to private schools, govt. school strength is hardly 20-50
students, get to know by the villagers.
 Main problem we get to know from the villagers is their village’s
drainage line system and the cleaning authority , most of them
complaint about the cleaning personnel not present most of the time
to do their cleaning work, which results in clogging of the water leading
to grow of mosquitoes and flies which is not good for health purposes.
 We saw some solar based devices (solar street lights) which can be
successfully employed to decrease the dependency on electricity.
 Most of the people suggested that the govt. should run commercial
training and awareness program in the village.

CONCLUSION

The village study enabled us in studying the various aspects of the village life.
We came to know various things knowing which perhaps were not possible
without visiting the village among the rural population. Our visit helped us
to understand the lives of the villager, their need and various dynamics
relating to it. The Firsthand experience is how they sustain their livelihood,
which kind of difficulties they face for livelihood and other expenses of
household. And we also saw the various development plans running in the
village and impact of it helped us to sharpen our understanding of these
plans and ground realities associated with them. It’s easy to stay outside the
village and suggests various means for the development of village but the real
picture is quite different in the village. The village do have its bright color
which is absent in urban areas, even in many developed cities of the country.
The facts like equality between different caste, female position in the house,
unity among villagers etc are among some of the positive aspects of the
village. Still there is sufficient scope of improvements in the village related to
the providing of livelihood opportunity to the villagers. We can say that
providing subsidies will not help but what the villagers actually needed is the
information and knowledge about their products, their value and their
demand in the outside market, so that they could get appropriate return for
their hard work.

Some Snaps of village visit: