An Analysis of Trend of Urbanisation in Tripura, India

Tripura is a small state in North East India. It evolves as an independent ‘Princely State’ and maintains its princely status after 1947 also. In 1949, Tripura merges with Indian Union and becomes a full-fledged state in 1972. The state is on its paths of development as an important member of North Eastern Council. Development and growth are usually related with the extent of urbanisation. The present paper analyses trend of urbanisation in Tripura

Trend of Disability in North-East India, 2001-2011: An Assessment

The present paper portrays the trend of disability in North East states of India in 2001-2011. It has been found that extent of disability varies from state to state. Sikkim has highest percentage of disable persons whereas, Mizoram has the lowest

Population Growth, Infrastructural Development and Exposure to Seismic Hazard: Challenges of East Sikkim

A comprehensive, analytical and numerical application of population growth, rapid building construction and associated risk is presented in the paper. East district of Sikkim (27°08?N to 27°23?N and 88°25?E to 88°45?E) constitutes 954 sq km. area and it is the most developed district in Sikkim. Unstable geostratigrphical settings along with unscientific use of heavy building materials further exaggerate risk in the fragile Eastern Himalayan landscape. DOI: 10.17762/ijritcc2321-8169.150710

DESIGNING URBAN OPEN SPACES OF BARDDHAMAN TOWN, WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Located in 23014'N latitude and 870 51’ E longitudes, Barddhaman, the Class I town (since 1961) is the head-quarter of the Barddhaman district, West Bengal, India. In term of size of population, the town ranked 13th in the state. Being site and situational advantages, this agriculturally prosperous town since its inception has been recognised as the seat of settled civilization. Urban open spaces are important component to sustainable living in urban areas as they provide environmental, social and economic benefits. Barddhaman town has 122 open space sites comprising an area of 193 ha (8.59%): some are used as playground and rest are vacant as non-used assets. The present work intends to build a framework for rational use of open spaces for the sustenance of the town. For the present study 20 of such open spaces have been selected and comparatively analysed on the basis of standard score of two variables: distance from CBD (1) and areal extent (2) to find out their economic and environmental significance. Finally, a proposal has made for the uses of open spaces to make the town sustainable.Key words: Open space, town, CBD, standard score, environment, sustainable tow

Economy and Social Development of Rural Sikkim

The tiny Himalayan state of Sikkim is well known for its multi-cultural and multi-ethnic identity. There is a political and historical debate regarding the identity of communities in Sikkim. Lepchas are considered as original inhabitants of Sikkim. Currently, Lepcha, Bhutia and Limbu are recognised as minor communities and have Schedule Tribes (ST) status in the state. Individual community concentration is mainly found in North and West Sikkim. Lepcha-Bhutias are found mainly in North Sikkim whereas Limbus are concentrated in West Sikkim. Community concentration is profound in rural areas. Gyalshing sub-division of West Sikkim has been selected for the present study. Purpose of this study is to investigate the Gram Panchayat Unit (GPU) level economy and social development of the rural areas based mainly on secondary sources of information. A field survey was also conducted to interact with the local people. Findings suggest that education and population density are the key determinants for GPU level disparity in social development of the study area. It has been found that the economy is primarily agriculture based and fully organised by organic farming system. Recently, homestay (eco)tourism business has been started here like other parts of Sikkim

Impact of Changing Administrative Boundaries on Development of Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur Districts, West Bengal

Generally, new districts are formed to facilitate administrative expediency or ease of administrative connectivity in a much better way. Often it reduces the distance between the district headquarters and remote areas resulting in easy access to the district headquarters with investing less time and strain. Apparently, it becomes helpful to interact with the beneficiaries in implementing and monitoring the government schemes and programmes in the areas near the district headquarters and remote areas, which is essential for the overall development of a region. In the present study, a meso-level specific comparative analysis has been done at inter and intra district level on the basis of some selected socio-economic indicators (based on Census of India data sources) to understand the impact of reorganisation of the administrative boundaries on the development of Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, India. &nbsp

Religion in North East States of India: A Review

Religion is an important component of culture. It acts as the main driving force in formulating cultural landscape. Successive waves of migration in different time period has made a unique cultural mosaic in North East region of India. In this paper an effort has been made to illustrate the religion wise population data of North East India for 2001 and 2011. It also explains state level sex ratio for different religious communities in 2001 and 2011

Urbanisation in West Bengal: An Analysis of Recent Processes

The present work intends to study the recent processes of urbanisation of West Bengal by measuring some selected indices: like level of urbanisation, decadal growth of urban population, rate of urbanisation, pace of urbanisation and urban growth, contribution of growth in urban population to total growth and rural-urban displacement. It is a meso-level study, and 19 districts of the state have been selected as units of study. Using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), the research has identified three principal factors that determine the processes of urbanisation in the state: rural-urban displacement, decadal growth rate and rate of urbanisation. All these three factors responded positively in both primary and secondary loadings

Assessment of Development of Yuksom Gram Panchayat Unit in Sikkim using SWOT Model

SWOT model is a technique to appraise strategies for rural development. This study aims to apply this model to examine the development of Yuksom Gram Panchayat Unit (GPU) of West district of Sikkim, India. To accomplish this analysis, internal factor evaluation (IFE) matrix and external factor evaluation matrix (EFE) were prepared to identify the critical and less important factors for development. Finally, a framework for strategy has been formulated by linking ‘strength-opportunity’ (SO) and ‘weakness-threat’ (WT) aspects. Results show mountain environment sustainability as the most agreed one (SO) and on the other hand, implementation of ‘land bank scheme’ and microfinance (WT) as the alternate planning strategies for the development of the Yuksom are

Missing Girls in North East India: An Analysis

The much talked fact of missing girls in the society is not restricted to the North Western region of India only, rather North Eastern region (states comprises of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim) slowly but certainly has experienced a declining trend in Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) and Child Sex Ratio (CSR) in the last two decades. This paper analyses the recent trends in SRB and CSR with a concern for increasing number of missing girls in the North East states of India