Chanditala 1 block

10.8.11

Today, during heavy shower, we have started for Mashat in chanditala 1 block. BDO madam was cooperative. From the BDO office, we got basic information about panchayets. Related to ST data, we have heard of shifting address of ST people. Some ST people shifted temporary residence from one panchayet to other panchayet. If the same people registered names in different panchayets then there will be possibility for inflated data. The data about male and female literacy are not available, though it is written that 66 percent people are literates.

Next we went to land reforms office located near by BDO office in order to get panchayet wise data about the no. of cultivators, land areas (shali, shuna and danga), areas for rice cultivation etc. We have found mouza wise data rather panchyet wise data here. And there is no possibility to cross tabulate the data so that we can get panchayet wise data. As data entry operators depend upon the specific software. And they do not have knowledge about pivot table for data classification. Therefore, only print out is possible. But without permission from higher authority, this printout is not possible. Therefore, we can not get panchayet wise data.

Next, we went to Krishnarampur panchayet. Panchayet pradhan was cooperative. He gave me some records of BPL family. Names of the family members are 'Phankabari' (empty house), 'Masjid' (Mosque). This data were enumerated in the year of 2007.

Chanditala is located at 22.68°N 88.26°E.

Chanditala has two community development blocks.

Rural area under Chanditala–I block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Ainya, Haripur, Masat, Bhagabatipur, Krishnarampur, Nababpur, Gangadharpur, Kumirmore and Shiyakhala.^[1] There is no urban area under this block.^[2] Chanditala police station serves this block.^[3] Headquarters of this block is in Moshat.^[4]

Ref:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanditala

http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm

Population characteristics data of census 2001 have discrepancies. Following the census, total population is 5331 but total no of cultivators is 9502.

There are 4 classifications of agricultural people : Main, Marginal cultivators, Marginal agricultural labours.

Ref: http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/population-ok/Population_hoogly.htm

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of thePanchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300. Sometimes two or more villages are clubbed together to form group-gram panchayat when the population of the individual villages is less than 300.

Sarpanch / Chairperson

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The Sarpanch or Chairperson is the head of the Gram Panchayat. The elected members of the Gram Panchayat elect from among themselves a Sarpanch and a Deputy Sarpanch for a term of five years. In some places the panchayat president is directly elected by village people. The Sarpanch presides over the meetings of the Gram Panchayat and supervises its working. He implements the development schemes of the village. The Deputy Sarpanch, who has the power to make his own decisions, assists the Sarpanch in his work.

The Sarpanch has the responsibilities of

1. Looking after street lights, construction and repair work of the roads in the villages and also the village markets, fairs, festivals and celebrations.
2. Keeping a record of births, deaths and marriages in the village.
3. Looking after public health and hygiene by providing facilities for sanitationand drinking water.
4. Providing for education.

[edit]Sources of Income

The main source of income of the Gram Panchayat is the property tax levied on the buildings and the open spaces within the village. Other sources of income include professional tax, taxes on pilgrimage, animal trade, grant received from the State Government in proportion of land revenue and the grants received from the Zilla Parishad.

[edit]Principles of decentralisation

Dr S B Sen committee, a committee appointed by the Government of Kerala in 1996, had suggested the following principles, which was later adopted by the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, for local governance :-

• subsidiarity
• democratic decentralisation
• delineation of functions
• devolution of functions in real terms
• convergence
• citizen centricity

gram sabha is conducted two times in a year ...December and June

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Ref:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram_panchayat