Village Study Programme: Group1- Nanded

Village Name- Kuntoor

• Group Members:

1. Amlendu Pathak (VGL)

2. Aravind Menon

3. Rakesh Ranjan

4. Ruhi Kulkarni

5. Suchismita Swain

6. Umesh Ram

Introduction

Kuntoor Village

• Total Area= 27.5 ha

• Population= 5981

• Total Houses= 1278

• Majority of the population belongs to SC and Muslims

• 426 BPL Houses

Village Study: 1. Transect Walk

2. Time Line

• Village established more than 200 years ago.

• Road (Bus- 1969) and electricity (1973) connectivity soon after independence.

• Major drought in 1972.

• Primary health centre established in 1985.

• Jila Parishad School constructed in 1989.

• Landline connectivity in 90s.

• Ginning factory established in 2003.

3. Resource Map

4. Social Map

5. Seasonality Analysis

6. Ranking

Reasons for Poverty

Monopoly/ Dominance over schemes and resources

Reasons for Illiteracy

Fees cost- Private Education

Reasons for unemployment

Monopoly over resources

Reasons for failure of schemes/ Institutions

Influence/ biased treatment

7. Venn Diagram

Findings and Facts

• Women sole bread earners in many families and mostly work as

labourers.

• Lack of awareness about different government schemes and social

assistance schemes like Indira Gandhi Pension scheme or social

security schemes among women.

• Literacy level is poor among women.

• Majority of the women still use the traditional ‘Chulha’ for cooking

meals and use the residual part for oral hygiene.

Institutions

• Library

• School

• Police Station

• Primary Health Centre

• Post Office

• Gramin Bank

• BSNL Office

• Gram Panchayat

Villagers’ Opinion • 65% of the people in the village are not satisfied with the health care facilities in the

village.

• 85% people are aware about ‘ASHA’.

• 54% people are not having toilets at their home.

• 63% people are not satisfied with the hygienic conditions of the village.

• 85% people have saving bank account in the post office or bank.

• 58% people are aware about the Jan-Dhanyojana.

• 69% have reported Unemployment as the major problem in the village while 21% have reported sanitation as the major problem.

• Those who have worked under MGNREGS, reported about the regular payment of the wages.

Major Problems

Education Water

Scarcity Alcohol

Sanitation Dominance

Strengths

Human Capital

Institutional Infrastructure

Opportunities

Unemployed available youth

Modern techniques of Irrigation

Promotion of different livelihood opportunities

Weakness

Bad condition of connecting roads

Low tax Collection

Unawareness about Schemes

Threats

Diseases due to lack of Sanitation

Lack of technical Knowledge

SWOT Analysis

Conclusion

• Domination of one family and monopoly over resources needs to be checked.

• Responsibility needs to be fixed on Panchayat and Gram Sevak for absence of

sanitation staff from work.

• A canal needs to be built so that water can be made available to Kuntur and other

nearby villages in case of drought like situation as this year.

• School needs upgrade and number of teachers needs to be increased.

• New employment generation schemes need to be initiated, utilising the unique tri-

junction location of the village.

• Awareness among people regarding government schemes needs to be increased,

especially among BPL families.

Thank You.