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A SOCIO-ECONOMIC
SURVEY
SACHIN MANDHAN
1217234 (B.COM 4 A)

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DECLARATION

The research work presented in this project has been

carried out under the supervision of
__________________ . the subject matter of the project
is original , and has not been submitted in part or full ,
for any degree or diploma , to this or any other
university .

The source of material , data used in this research study

have been duly acknowledged and certified .

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Date : _______________
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ACKNOELEDGEMENT

This is a report fulfilling the requirement for the

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it is mainly aimed at understanding the ____________
I express my gratitude to the management and
employees of ____________________ who have given
us an opportunity to undertake this project at
_________________________

I am especially thankful to the officials of

_______________ who took time out of their busy
schedules and co - operated during the interviews and
provided valuable inputs for the successful completion
of this project.

Date :
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that _____________has completed his
project work titled ______________ at _________ under
my supervision and is sufficiently high standard to
warrant its presentation for the ____________ .

This work is the own work of the candidate , complete in

all aspects and has not been submitted for the same or
any other degree in this or any other institution.
The assistance and the help rendered to the candidate
during the course of his work in the form of basic source
material and information have been duly acknowledged.

date :
Project Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1: VILLAGEREPORT
1) INTRODUCTION..................................................................... 6
2) OBJECTIVES: .......................................................................... 7
3) METHODOLOGY: .................................................................. 8

PART 2 : FINDINGS AND OBSERVATIONS

1) FINDINGS ................................................................................10
2) CONCLUSION ....................................................................... 31

GLIMPSES OF THE SURVEY ...................................................33

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INTRODUCTION

As part of the field work module of socio economic

village survey, we conducted survey of village
HOLI , SIMBLA , SOHANA and SARAKPUR of
Ambala district of Haryana. We were assigned to
collect basic data from the people residing in the 4
villages We had the opportunity to closely observe
the various culture , people , religion and rural
ecosystem and all the activities taking place within
the village and understand the different aspects of
the people living in the village.
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OBJECTIVES

The objective of the study is to collect the data

of the given four villages and analyze the given
data to come to meaningful solutions and do a
comparative study on the four of the rural areas
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METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDIES

Source of Data
Data for this study were collected using a
questionnaire developed by the institute. The
questionnaire was divided into 14 parts that
covered different aspects of an individual .
Sample Selection
The respondents involved in this survey were
people living in the selected rural areas located
in Ambala district. A non-probability,
convenience sampling technique was used to
collect primary data. Each member of the
research team was responsible to collect data
from the individuals via a questionnaire
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Statistical Methods
Simple statistical techniques were used to
tabulate the results of this study. The primary
data was collected and analyzed to make the
study accurate , precise , and bias-free . it is a
basic comparative study but not a study that
find the averages but to see the different
conditions of people living in rural areas .

time period
the survey was conducted between 5th march to
11 April in 4 villages only on Tuesdays and
Thursdays after 1:00 P.M. .
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1) HOUSE TYPE
This is a study of different type of house type of the
individuals living in the 4 villages . the study was classified
into different house types as :
 pucca
 katcha
 mixed

A) HOUSE TYPE OF 6 RESPONDENT

these are the data of the 6 respondents , from whom i
collected data from , the data is given in Table 1 and the
graphical representation is given on figure 1

House type 6 respondents

pucca 6
katcha 0
Mixed 0

Table 1: house type (6 respondents)

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0
pucca katcha Mixed

Figure 1 : house type (8 respondents )

B)HOUSE TYPE OF HOLI VILLAGE

This is the data of all the people living in the area in which I surveyed
are given below in table 2 and presented in a graphical manner in
figure 2

House type Holi village

pucca 246
katcha 39
Mixed 79
Table 2 : house type ( holi village)
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300
246
250
200
150
100 79
50 39

0
pucca katcha mixed

Figure 2 : house type ( holi village)

C) HOUSE TYPE OF ALL 4 VILLAGES

this is the data of all the four villages in which the survey was
conducted are given below in table 3 and presented in a graphical
manner in figure 3

Household type 4 villages

pucca 684
katcha 174
mixed 307
Table 3 : house type (all 4 villages )
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800
684
700
600
500
400
307
300
200 174
100
0
pucca katcha mixed

Figure 3 : house type ( all 4 villages )

D) COMPARATIVE STUDY (HOUSE TYPE)

this is a comparative study of the 3 heads that have been studied

above this will discuss about how the 6 respondents , the holi village
and all 4 villages compare to each other in the below Table 8 and
further graphical representation in the Figure 4

House type 6 respondents Holi village 4 villages

pucca 6 246 684
katcha 0 39 174
Mixed 0 79 307
Table 4 : COMPARATIVE STUDY (HOUSE TYPE)
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800
684
700
600
500
pucca
400
307 katcha
300 246 Mixed
200 174

100 79
39
6 0 0
0
6 respondents Holi village 4 villages

Figure 4 : COMPARATIVE STUDY (HOUSE TYPE)

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2) HOUSEHOLD ANNUAL INCOME

This is a study of different level of household annual income
of the individuals living in the 4 villages . the study was
classified into different house types as :

 below 1 lakh
 1 lakh - 2 lakh
 2 lakh - 3lakh
 3 lakh - 5 lakh
 above 5 lakh

A) HOUSEHOLD ANNUAL INCOME OF 6 RESPONDENTS

these are the data of the 6 respondents , from whom i

collected data from , the data is given in Table 5 and the
graphical representation is given on figure 5
annual household income 6 respondents
below 1 lakh 0
1 lakh - 2 lakh 3
2 lakh - 3 lakh 3
3 lakh - 5 lakh 0
above 5 lakh 0

Table 5 : household annual income ( 6 respondents )

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3.5 3 3
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5 0 0 0
0
below 1 1 lakh - 2 2 lakh - 3 3 lakh - 5 above 5
lakh lakh lakh lakh lakh
Figure 5: household annual income (8 respondents)

B) HOUSEHOLD ANNUAL INCOME OF HOLI VILLAGE

This is the data of all the people living in the area in which I surveyed
are given below in table 6 and presented in a graphical manner in
figure 6

annual household income holi village

below 1 lakh 116
1 lakh - 2 lakh 112
2 lakh - 3 lakh 68
3 lakh - 5 lakh 45
above 5 lakh 23
Table 6 : annual household income ( Holi village )
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140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
below 1 1 lakh - 2 2 lakh - 3 3 lakh - 5 above 5
lakh lakh lakh lakh lakh

Figure 6 : household annual income (holi village)

C) HOUSEHOLD ANNUAL INCOME OF ALL 4 VILLAGES

this is the data of all the four villages in which the survey was
conducted are given below in table 7 and presented in a graphical
manner in figure 7

annual household income all 4 villages

below 1 lakh 527
1 lakh - 2 lakh 352
2 lakh - 3 lakh 169
3 lakh - 5 lakh 78
above 5 lakh 39
Table 7 : household annual income ( all 4 villages )
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600
500
400
300
200
100
0
below 1 1 lakh - 2 2 lakh - 3 3 lakh - 5 above 5
lakh lakh lakh lakh lakh

Figure 7 : household annual income (all 4 villages)

D) HOUSEHOLD ANNUAL INCOME(COMPARATIVE STUDY)

this is a comparative study of the 3 heads that have been studied

above this will discuss about how the 6 respondents , the holi village
and all 4 villages compare to each other in the below Table 8 and
further graphical representation in the Figure 8
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annual household income 6 respondents holi village all 4 villages

below 1 lakh 0 116 527
1 lakh - 2 lakh 3 112 352
2 lakh - 3 lakh 3 68 169
3 lakh - 5 lakh 0 45 78
above 5 lakh 0 23 39
Table 8 : household annual income ( comparative study)

600
527
6 respondents
500
holi village
400 352

300 all 4 villages

200 169
116 112
100 68 78
45 39
0 3 3 0 0 23
0
below 1 1 lakh - 2 lakh - 3 lakh - above 5
lakh 2 lakh 3 lakh 5 lakh lakh

Figure 8 : household annual income ( comparative study)

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3) HOUSEHOLD TYPES
This is a study of different HOUSEHOLD TYPES of the
individuals living in the 4 villages . the study was classified
into different house types as :
 Nuclear
 Joint
 Extended

A) HOUSEHOLD TYPE OF 6 RESPONDENT

these are the data of the 6 respondents , from whom i
collected data from , the data is given in Table 9 and the
graphical representation is given on figure 9

HOUSEHOLD TYPE 6 RESPONDENTS

NUCLEAR 6
JOINT 0
EXTENDED 0
Table 9 : household type ( 6 respondents)
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0
NUCLEAR JOINT EXTENDED OTHERS

Figure 9: household types (6 respondents)

B) HOUSEHOLD TYPE OF HOLI VILLAGE

This is the data of all the people living in the area in which I surveyed
are given below in table 10 and presented in a graphical manner in
figure 10

HOUSEHOLD TYPE HOLI VILLAGE

NUCLEAR 273
JOINT 83
EXTENDED 4
OTHERS 4
Table 10 : household types(holi village)
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300 273
250
200
150
100 83

50
4 4
0
NUCLEAR JOINT EXTENDED OTHERS

Figure 10 : household type (holi village )

C) HOUSEHOLD TYPE OF ALL 4 VILLAGES

this is the data of all the four villages in which the survey was
conducted are given below in table 11 and presented in a graphical
manner in figure 11 .

HOUSEHOLD TYPE ALL 4 VILLAGES

NUCLEAR 845
JOINT 296
EXTENDED 6
OTHERS 15
Table 13 : household type ( all 4 villages )
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1000
845
800

600

400 296
200
6 15
0
NUCLEAR JOINT EXTENDED OTHERS

Figure 11 : household types ( all 4 villages )

D) HOUSEHOLD TYPE (COMPARATIVE STUDY)

this is a comparative study of the 3 heads that have been

studied above this will discuss about how the 6 respondents ,
the holi village and all 4 villages compare to each other in the
below Table 12 and further graphical representation in the
Figure 12
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HOUSEHOLD TYPE 6 RESPONDENTS HOLI VILLAGE ALL 4 VILLAGES

NUCLEAR 6 273 845

JOINT 0 83 296
EXTENDED 0 4 6

OTHERS 0 4 15
Table 12 : household types (comparative study)

1000
845
800 6 respondents
HOLI VILLAGE
600
ALL 4 VILLAGES

400 296
273

200
83
6 0 0 4 6 0 4 15
0
NUCLEAR JOINT EXTENDED OTHERS

Figure 12 : household types (comparative study)

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4) EDUCATION LEVEL
This is a study of different EDUCATION LEVEL of the
individuals living in the 4 villages . the study was classified
into different house types as :
 Graduate
 Higher secondary
 Illiterate
 Middle
 Illiterate but no formal education
 P.G. / PhD
 Primary
 Technical /Professional

A) EDUCATION LEVEL OF 6 RESPONDENT

these are the data of the 6 respondents , from whom i
collected data from , the data is given in Table 13 and
the graphical representation is given on figure 13
education level 6 respondents
graduate 1
higher secondary 1
illiterate 1
midddle 3
Table 13 : education level (6 respondent )
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3.5 3
3
2.5
2
1.5 1 1 1
1
0.5
0
graduate higher illiterate midddle
secondary

Figure 13 : education level ( 6 respondent)

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B) EDUCATION LEVEL OF HOLI VILLAGE

This is the data of all the people living in the area in which I surveyed
are given below in table 14 and presented in a graphical manner in
figure 14

education level holi village

graduate 52
higher secondary 73
illiterate 89
middle 24
literate but no formal education 58
p.g. / phd 10
primary 57
technical/professional 1
Table 14 : education level (holi village )
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100 89
90
80
73
70 52 58 57
60
50
40
30
24
20 10 1
10
0

Figure 14 : education level (holi village)

C) EDUCATION LEVEL OF ALL 4 VILLAGES

this is the data of all the four villages in which the survey was
conducted are given below in table 15 and presented in a graphical
manner in figure 15 .
education level all 4 villages
graduate 117
higher secondary 177
illiterate 314
middle 252
literate but no formal education 62
p.g. / phd 12
primary 226
technical/professional 5
Table 15 : education level (all four villages)
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350 314
300 252
250 226
200 177
150 117
100 62
50 12 5
0

Figure 15: education level ( all four villages )

D) EDUCATION LEVEL (COMPARATIVE STUDY)

this is a comparative study of the 3 heads that have been
studied above this will discuss about how the 6 respondents ,
the holi village and all 4 villages compare to each other in the
below Table 12 and further graphical representation in the
Figure 12
education level 6 respondents holi village all 4 villages
graduate 1 52 117
higher secondary 1 73 177
illiterate 1 89 314
middle 3 24 252
literate but no formal education 0 58 62
p.g. / phd 0 10 12
primary 0 57 226
technical/professional 0 1 5
Table 16 : education level (comparative study)
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350 314
300
252
250 226
200 177
150 117
89 6 respondents
100 73
52 5862 57 holi village
50 24
1 1 1 3 0 01012 0 015 all 4 villages
0

Figure 16 : education level (comparative study)

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CONCLUSION
This is the final conclusion of what we have studied so far in
this segment we are going to study that how the different
things in different region compare to each other and we are
going to discuss it on the basis of the segments we have
studied first of all we will talk about the
HOUSE TYPE :
The holi village in which i surveyed had a majority of pucca
houses (approximately 67% ) but there was a plenty of
minority living in the region and the rest of two categories of
the house type was not seen much and only was in little no.
that showed the progress of the village
HOUSEHOLD ANNUAL INCOME :
the holi village had all different type of people working there
and 62% of the holi's population comes under the below 1
lakh bracket and the 1 lakh -2 lakh bracket and out of all the
people surveyed that is approximately 1200 out of that no.
only 39 people had household income above 5 lakh and 23 of
them reside in holi so holi has both the low income bracket
and the high income bracket so it is a diverse village having
all type of people .
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HOUSEHOLD TYPE :
The holi village had many families and most of them were
nuclear families , in holi village almost 75 % of the families
were nuclear families and only second to it was joint families
there was a minority of extended families and the trend being
the same the total average of the 4 villages was like 65 % of
the people surveyed had a nuclear family

EDUCATION LEVEL:
the holi village had many students still pursuing their studies
but there were some people who had already completed their
studies . the illiteracy rate was high in holi but was not
dominating many of the people had a bit of formal education
but only a few had higher secondary qualification and the
illiteracy rate contributed all over the 4 villages and this was
the condition because of the are type
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GLIMPSES OF THE SURVEY