A Geographical Analysis of Socio-Economic and Demographic Factors in Rural Development – A Case Study of Mysuru District

K N Mahadevaprasad; Srikantaprasad

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ga.v7i2.3

Year: 2018, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 51-59

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A Geographical Analysis of Socio-Economic and Demographic Factors in Rural Development – A Case Study of Mysuru District

K N Mahadevaprasad¹, Srikantaprasad²

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Maharani’s Arts College for Women, Mysuru, 570005, Karnataka, India
²Assistant Professor, P.G. Department of Geography, Maharani’s Arts College for Women, Mysuru, 570005, Karnataka, India

Received Date:11 July 2018, Accepted Date:28 October 2018

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Rural development is a one of the most discussed topic in modern times. Rural areas have caught the attention of our planners and development of rural areas is the prime objective of the administrators. In 1952, the first attempt was made through the community development programme. Through various plans several iniatives are taken for the upliftment of rural areas. Here an attempt has been made to understand the development of certain Socio-Economic- Demographic factors in Mysuru District for the last four decades. Fourteen indicators have been taken for this study. Here an attempt has been made to understand the level of development in Socio-Economic and Demographic aspects in the district. Simple statistical tools and Kendall’s Ranking method has been adopted for analysis.

Keywords: Rural Development; Net sown area; Composite Score; Ranking method

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