COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME

VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

PALANTHINNIPATTI, NAMAKKAL DIST.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION 5

1.1 Purpose of VDP 6

1.2 Objective and scope 6

1.3 Methodology 6

2. BASE LINE INFORMATION – PALANTHINNIPATTI 7

2.1 Location & accessibility 8

2.2 Basic information 9

2.3 Population 10

2.4 Education 11

2.5 Health 12

2.6 Water 13

2.7 Village organization 14

3. LIVELIHOOD INFORMATION 15

3.1 Occupation 16

3.2 Housing 18

3.3 Agriculture 18

4. VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PLAN 21

4.1 Challenges & interventions 22

4.2 Government schemes 22

4.3 Linkages & networking 23

4.4 Gallery 24

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 LIST OF TABLES

Gender 10

Age group 10

Literacy rate (census) 11

Literacy rate ( survey) 11

Water 13

Employment 16

Average annual income 17

Housing 18

Crops grown 19

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 LIST OF CHARTS

Gender 10

Age group 11

Literacy rate 12

Employment 16

Average annual income 17

Housing 18

Crops grown 19

Percentage share of crops 20

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 SECTION 1
INTRODUCTION

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 1. INTRODUCTION:

1.1 PURPOSE OF VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PLAN:

The purpose of preparing VDP is to identify and prioritize development issues of the village and
develop such mechanisms which encourage active community participation and effective
utilization of local resources in resolving the development issues in short, medium, and long term
perspectives. The VDPs are mainly based on the physical, social, economic, and livelihood
analysis of a Village Community leading towards the identification and prioritization of
development problems.

1.2 OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE:

• To assess the quality of life in the village, and to suggest means to improve the same

• Identification of people’s needs

• Usage of resources from the government’s end through this report

1.3 METHODOLOGY:
The participatory research methodologies were employed in the collection of both quantitative
and qualitative data concerning to the preparation of VDP. A questionnaire, with utmost focus on
agriculture was prepared and circulated within the village. Meetings with the village panchayat
also took place.

PREPARATION WORK

 Selection of village
 Visiting the village
 Ice breaking session
 Conducting village meetings
 Information collection

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 SECTION 2
BASE LINE INFORMATION

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 2. BASE LINE INFORMATION – PALANTHINNIPATTI VILLAGE:

2.1 LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY:

Palanthinnipatti village is located in Rasipuram Tehsil of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu,

India. It is situated 12 km away from sub-district headquarter Rasipuram and 27 km away from
district headquarter Namakkal.

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2.2 BASIC INFORMATION:

Number of Sub Villages: 3

Sub - Villages: Palanthinnipatti, Palanthinnipattipudur, Arunthathiyar Colony

Total Area of the Village: 1901.4 Hectares

Terrain: Plain, Hilly

Population: 936

Housing: Huts, Detached Houses

Drinking Water: Wells, Water From Reservoirs

Availability of Electricity: Yes

Education: Government Elementary School, Kalaimagal Matriculation School

Health: Primary Health Centre

Major Livelihood: Agriculture, Weaving, Brick Kilns, 100 Days Employment Scheme

Crops Cultivated: Onion, Tapioca, Groundnut, Corn

Societies: Cooperative Society, Dairy Society

Credit Sources: Banks, Self Help Groups, Moneylenders

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2.3 POPULATION:

The distribution of gender according to sample population is as follows:

Female 232
Male 252

The age range and group are,

Age Group Number

0-12 47
13-18 37
19-59 291
60 or above 109

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 2.4 EDUCATION:

According to census,

Total Literacy rate % 65.8 %

Female Literacy rate 28.1 %

 The overall literacy ratio in the village is quite moderate, but lower in the females.
 There is no facility of middle or secondary level education in the village due to which
drop out ratio of school going children is quite high.
 There is urgent need to motivate village population on the importance of educating
female children.

According to sample population,

Literates 343
Illiterates 141

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Reasons for drop-outs:

 Lack of awareness about the importance of education

 Poverty and lack of resources for children’s education
 Poor conditions of school buildings and facilities
 Lack of school teachers and their non-availability
 Non availability of middle and high schools in the village

2.5 HEALTH:

 There is a primary health centre which reaches out to people’s health needs.
 In relation to the immunization program (EPI) 98% coverage is quite good.

2.6 WATER:

Water from wells 30%

Water from reservoirs 70%

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Due to lack of rainfall, wells have ran short of water.

2.7 VILLAGE ORGANIZATION:

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There is a village panchayat in Palanthinnipatti, which has a leader as well.

The COs/VO largely helped in social mobilization and organization of local community and
undertaking a number of poverty reduction and livelihood enhancement activities in the
village.

Further, they also greatly supported in need identification and collection of quantitative and
qualitative data for the preparation of Village Development Plan (VDP).

There are self-help groups(SHGs) formulated by women of the village.

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 SECTION 3
LIVELIHOOD INFORMATION

3. LIVELIHOOD INFORMATION:

3.1 OCCUPATION:

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The bar graph shows the level of employment among working population, excluding the age
group 0-18 and above 60 years.

10k to 15k 8
15k to 30k
Employed 11240
30k to 45k
Unemployed 1091
45k to 60k
Self-employed 974
60k to 75k 15
75k to 90k 3
90k to 105L 3
105L to 1.25L 25
1.25L to 1.50L 3
1.5L to 1.75L 3
1.75L to 2L 5
2L to 2.25L 1
2.25L to 2.50L 5
3L to 3.5L 3
3.L to 4L 2
4L to 4.5L 2
5L to 6.5L 2
6.5L to 12L 5

AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME

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3.2 HOUSING:

Own 97
Rent 36
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133
families

3.3 AGRICULTURE:
 Agriculture is the main livelihood source for majority of the village population. The
produced crops are mainly consumed by farmers themselves whereas additional crops are
sold in the local market.
 The horticulture activities such as production of vegetables, fruits, flowers are not
practiced by the local farmers. The agriculture production and horticulture activities
could be increased through the installment of tube wells and development of proper
irrigation system.
 It could drastically increase the income level and livelihoods of majority of small
farmers’ community in village Palanthinnipatti.

Following are some important actions identified by the local farmers for improving agricultural
practices in their area.

 Establish irrigation system

 Encourage mechanized farming techniques
 Organize trainings for small farmers

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  High quality seed provision
 Awareness campaign regarding agriculture
 Market linkages development
 Interest free loan for agriculture development
 Linkages development with Agriculture Extension Department

Various types of livestock is also present in the village. Majority of households have poultry
followed by sheep/goats, cows, etc. Farmers face problems like animal diseases, shortage of
feed, etc regarding their livestock.

CROPS GROWN IN PALANTHINNIPATTI

Cultivation
Onion 12
Tapioca 13
Groundnut 14
Corn 9
Total 48

Onion
Tapioca
GroundNut
Corn

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 SECTION 4
VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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 4. VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PLAN:

4.1 CHALLENGES AND INTERVENTIONS:

The main challenges identified with regard to the village and its agricultural practices are,

 Low income
 Lack of agricultural inputs

Besides the prioritization of major development needs of the village, local community also
identified and prioritized non-structural interventions which mainly include,

1. Food Support program for the poorest and destitute families of the village
2. Income generation Skills and livelihood enhancement opportunities for the poorest and un-
employed youth
3. Provision of Interest free loans and technical facilitation in the establishment of small
businesses and small to medium enterprises
4. Capacity building trainings in agriculture and livestock management sector
5. Women vocational skills trainings
6. Rural Women Poultry Trainings
7. Forestry/nursery raising trainings

4.2 GOVERNMENT SCHEMES:

With special focus on agriculture, the following schemes have been identified as suitable for
Namakkal district.

Central schemes:

 National agricultural development programme

 National food security mission
 National mission on sustainable agriculture (integrated farming system)
 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (organic farming)
 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (micro irrigation)

State schemes:

 Mission on sustainable dry land agriculture

 Collective farming (establish FPOs)
 Seed multiplication schemes (TANSEDA)
 Onion development scheme ( Rs.20,000 per hectare as subsidy)

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 4.3 LINKAGES AND NETWORKING:

The VDP document provides fundamental logical basis for the future development agenda of the
village with the concerned authorities and representatives of the local government.

They need to actively involve local political leadership in pursuing the implementation of actions
identified in VDP.

NGOs could also play a facilitation role in developing linkages/networking and working
relationships in between village level grass root community institutions and local government.

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4.4 GALLERY:

ICE BREAKING SESSION

SURVEY AND INFORMATION COLLECTION

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ORGANIC FARMING

VILLAGE CAMP

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