Published Paper


A Study to Find Out the Present Status of Rural Development in Cooch Behar II Block

Sajal Karjee, Madhusree Sarkar

Page: 264-270
Published on: 2023 January

Abstract

Rural development hasreceivedglobal attention, especially in developing countries. Rural development is very important for countries, like India where the majority of the population(about 65%) live in rural areas. In India the present strategy of rural development is eliminate poverty, improve livelihoods and provide basic services and infrastructure facilities through various innovative programmes and self-employment. The term “RuralDevelopment” is the overall development of rural areas to improve the quality of life of rural people, and it is a process leading to sustainable improvement in the quality of life of rural people especially the poor (Ramesh, 2012). This article overviews the study to find out the present status of rural development in Cooch BeharII Block.According to 2011 census 85- 90% population of the district depends on agriculture. So it may helpful for understanding the rural economic development and increases ruralproduction, employment and  income levels of this block.

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