VILLAGE VISIT PRESENTATION

DEVAPUR VILLAGE

MANCHERIAL

Group Members[GROUP 8]

• Bhawna Jain, IRTS (Group Leader)

• Gowthami Sali, IPS (Assistant group leader)

• Shriharsha N, IPoS

• Deepak Patil, IFS

• Aman Saxena, IRS

Map: Devpur Village

Introduction to Village:

Devapur • Village: Devapur

• Mandal: Kasipet

• District: Mancherial

• State: Telangana

• Total geographical area: 22.69 Sq. Km

• Total Population: 9683 (2011 census)

• Total Households: 2543

• Located 40km from district headquarters

• Topography: Mostly plain, surrounded by hill

ranges

TIMELINE OF THE VILLAGE

Year Major Events

Before 1947 Thick Forest

1947 A group of tribals cleared patches of forest and

were arrested

1950’s Govt allotted 3000 acres of land to the tribals

1965 Establishment of Girijan Girls residential school.

1974 First election to gram panchayat (

300 voters)

1979 Orient cement factory construction started

1981 Police station established.

1983 Andhra Bank branch and Post Office established

1984 Gram panchayat

2002 Telephone

2014 Election of the present Panchayath

Demographic Profile

Total 9683

Male 4847

Female 4836

Sex Ratio 998

No. of House holds 2543

Density 427 per sq.km

Literacy rate 62.78

Male literacy rate 69.36

Female literacy 56.18

As per 2011 census

Transect Walk

Resource Map

Social Map

Agriculture Mapping

AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES

Rice,Red gram,Maize,Cotton,Vegetable

AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES

Redgram,Maize grown locally

VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE:PHYSICAL

• Drinking Water:

• Electricity

• Roads

• Drainage

VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE:PHYSICAL

Drinking Water: • Tapped water (Mission Bhagirathi –

Under Progress)

• Borewells(Hand Pumps)

• Wells

VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE:PHYSICAL

Electricity • 24 hrs for households and agriculture

• Feeder separation done under

DDUGJY

VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE:PHYSICAL

Roads • Pakka Road connecting to Mancherial

City

• But Lack of pakka roads within the

village

VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE:PHYSICAL

Drainage • Open drainage

VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE:SOCIAL

Schools: • Schools run by tribal department,Residential girls Schools

VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE:SOCIAL

Hospitals • Health sub center(Govt),Occupational health center(OCC operated),

• Ayurveda Hospital

OTHER FACILITIES

• Bank

• Post Office

Strength of the village

• Tribal culture

• 24 x 7 electricity

• Cement industry

• Heterogeneity: population and occupation

• Ashram School: Residential school

• Primary health center of the company

• CSR activities of the company

STRENGTH OF THE VILLAGE

TRIBAL CULTURE : GUSSADI DANCE

STRENGTH OF THE VILLAGE

Local technology to build house used by Tribal people

TRIBAL HOUSES..

Outside Inside with modern facilities

TRIBAL HOUSES WITH AMENITIES..

Power connection Cot made locally

Roads

Sanitation

Drainage

Drinking

Water

Health

Liquor

PDS

Pensions

PROBLEMS OF THE VILLAGE(DECREASING ORDER)

UNIQUE PROBLEMS OF THIS VILLAGE

• Huge disparity within village.STs not having

pucca houses

• Being agency area, land transfer to non –tribal

prohibited. But few reported cases of sales.

• Alleged health problems like

tuberculosis(occupation related),mosquito

menace

• Alleged pollution of under ground water

• Basic facilities for transport workers like

community toilets/bathrooms /drainage needed

in adequate no.s

• Preservation of culture of Tonda’s

OUR CONTRIBUTION…

Financial literacy spreading

Opening Sukanya Samruddhi Account for 3

poorest girl children of village

Awareness creation among villagers about

government schemes

OUR CONTRIBUTION…

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

OUR CONTRIBUTIONS/MEMORY…

ACTION PLAN/SUGGESSIONS

•Use of modern cultivation practices

•Cultivation of HYV, short duration crops and water efficient crops

•Availability of marketing, finance and credit

•facilities to farmers

Agriculture

•Construction of Toilets in Tribal Department run schools

•Timely provision of uniforms

•Basic facilities like benches/classrooms/playground etc

•Mid day meal scheme implementation to be improved in tribal dept schools

•No awareness/facilities of higher education

Education

•Awareness regarding Govt. Schemes

•Enforcement of accountability for various schemes

•More funds at its disposal

•Beneficiary identification issues to be addressed

•Gram sabha participation to be improved through various awareness measures.

•Can play proactive role in financial literacy campaign

PRI

ACTION PLAN/SUGGESSIONS

•More awareness regarding skill trainings and higher education avenue

•Awareness of jobs beyond OCC

•Land alienation issues to be tackled with proper implementation of LRUP scheme.

•Ecotourism to be promoted in tribal hamlets to have income opportunities.

•Illegal liquor sale to be controlled.

Poverty &Unemployment

•Sub PHC to be upgraded to PHC

•Community toilets to be provided in enough numbers to meet the needs of truck drivers

•Proper database of occupation related diseases to be listed and action plan to be identified.

Health & Sanitation

Major Takeaways

First Exposure to Rural Life, Problems faced by villages

Lacunas in policy formulation, implementation

How small steps can change life of villages

Sukanya Samridhhi Accounts

Hospitality of the villagers and Warm welcome, farewell

How much hope people have from the Administration

How to live with the happiness even with the meagre means

THANK YOU