Rural Population In India

Introduction: According to the World Bank, the second most populous country in the world is India. By adding One Hundred and Eighty One Million people in the last decade, it is now a home for the 17% of World Population. Inspite of rapid urbanization and with an urban population growth of 2.33%, Indian is still predominated by Rural Population with 66.86%. Rural India has its unique identity across the world as it possesses a social and cultural uniform organization and structure. For the development of any nation it is important that its policies and programs affect the grass root and the larger chunk of population and rural population of India fits these criteria’s. Many research studies indicate to the fact that rural population require

Caste: Among the data collected from the village’s majority of them belong with Schedule Tribes with 34.9% and 16.1% followed by Backward Caste with 18.8% and 15.5% from Mohammed Nagar and Kannaram respectively.

Education: Majority of the respondents are Illiterates with 43.4% and 21.4% from Mohammed Nagar and Kannaram showing low literacy rate among the villagers.

Occupation: The data collected reflects at the fact that major occupation in both the villages is Agriculture with 35.5% and 22.3% followed by Daily wage labourers with 15% and 6.7% from Mohammed Nagar and Kannaram respectively.

Housing Conditions: The housing conditions of the villagers are poor with the majority of them living in Huts with 28.4% and 17% followed by 21.7% and 15.8% living in Pucca houses from Mohammed Nagar and Kannaram respectively.

Income: Majority of the respondents have an average family Income in between Rs 4001/- to Rs. 15000/- with 33.4% and 17.3% from Mohammed Nagar and Kannaram respectively. Village

Category Mohammednagar Kannanram

Preferred Doctor RMP 110

The data reflects that 32.3% and 18.5% of the respondents visit RMP followed by 16.1% and 8.5% prefer Private Doctors. Though majority of the respondents visit these doctors atleast 2-3 times a month for various health reasons they were not open to discuss their health issues. It was also observed that ANM visits are more frequent in Kannaram than in Mohammed Nagar.

Results: The selected villages have low socio economic conditions with majority of them being Illiterates, major occupation being agriculture and with an average family income below 15000/-. Along with Low Socio Economic Conditions these villages also less health facilities and poor health conditions proving the Gradient Effect. Lack the basic government health care facilities is also forcing the villagers to opt for private hospitals which are far from the villages baring the travel expenses which is effecting their economic status. Many Villagers perceived that their socio economic status effects their health care