A report on Kamplikoppa Village
August 10, 2008 
A report on Kamplikoppa Village
Date of Village Visit: 21, 22 & 23 July, 2008 Report by: Mr. M N Bhat
Objective:
The objectives of the study are to understand the problems, their needs and the area for the development of the village through the involvement of the local people. This is achieved through the various techniques and tools like triangulation and maps etc.
Methodology:
I have interviewed the villagers and documented the information. The following are the tools used for gathering information about the village.
A) Village mapping & demographic details:
B) Resource Listing:
C) Distance & Location of service providing offices:
D) Accessibility to different services through Venn diagram:
E) Inflow & outflow of village resources:
A) Village mapping is drawn and land marks like school, community hall, water tank and dairy etc. Important information about the demography of the village is collected and is as follows.
a)
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Population |
Gender wise data |
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Category |
|
Men |
Women |
Total |
|
SC |
10 |
11 |
21 |
|
|
ST |
76 |
67 |
143 |
|
|
Muslims |
36 |
29 |
65 |
|
|
Jain |
46 |
49 |
95 |
|
|
Others |
358 |
344 |
702 |
|
|
Total |
526 |
500 |
1026 |
|
b) Big farmers: 3
c) Agricultural laborers: 35 families
d) Temples: 1
e) Government High school: 1
f) Primary School: 1
g) Anganawadi: 1
h) Total Sanghs: 12
i) Government/Private Hospital: No
j) Drinking water source: Bore well
k) Dairy: 1
l) Literates: Males- 400 & Females-300
m) Medical Shop: No
n) No. of buses into the village: 8 per day
o) Motels: 5
B) Listing of resources has been done with the help of focused group discussion.
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1 |
Livestock |
Cow |
30 |
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|
|
Baffalo |
15 |
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|
|
Bullock |
50 |
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Milk Collection |
200 liters |
|
2 |
Water |
Water Tank |
4 |
|
3 |
Natural Resources |
Mango Trees |
100 |
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|
|
Chikku Trees |
500 |
|
|
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Drum Stick |
50 |
C) I have also listed the service providing offices with the help of villagers and Venn diagram is drawn accordingly.
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S. No |
Services |
Location |
Distance(In KM) |
|
1 |
Gram Panchayat |
Varur |
4 |
|
2 |
Taluk Panchayat |
Hubli |
22 |
|
3 |
Zilla Panchayat |
Dharwad |
40 |
|
4 |
BAIF |
Surashetti Koppa |
3 |
|
5 |
Post Office |
Karadi Koppa |
4 |
|
6 |
Education Department |
Hubli |
22 |
|
7 |
Agriculture Department |
Hubli |
22 |
|
8 |
KSRTC |
Hubli |
22 |
|
9 |
Nada Kacheri |
Chabbi |
5 |
|
10 |
Women & Child Welfare |
Hubli |
22 |
|
11 |
Veternary Hospital |
Varur |
4 |
|
12 |
Health Department |
Aralikatti |
8 |
|
13 |
Minor Irrigation |
Hubli |
22 |
|
14 |
Police Station |
Hubli |
22 |
Different services accessible to villagers are represented by the Venn diagram below.
Inflow items:
Cows
Buffaloes
Sugar
Fertilizers
Oil
Seeds
Jaggery
Clothes
Kerosene
Rice
Cement
Building materials
Sand
Peasantry items
Onions
Out flow items
200 liters of milk per day
Chikku
Mango
Guava
Vegetables
Maize
Soya Bean
Savi
Cotton
Green Chilly
Ground Nut
Vermi Compost
During the discussion it is found out that the villagers are facing the below mentioned problems. They are;
Health:
Though there are more than 1000 villagers in this village, there is no government/private hospital. For any health related problems, villagers have to go to Hubli. The tablets are distributed in the general shop for minor diseases. The same is true for the live stocks also.
Education:
The second major problem faced by the villagers is that the quality of the education is completely deteriorated. There are 129 students, among them 56 are girls. Akshaya Patra is providing mid day meal to this school children to discourage the dropout rate. There are only 4 teachers in this school and unable to teach students properly. There is also no playing ground, materials and class rooms for sitting etc.
Access to safe drinking water:
The biggest problem that the villagers are having is to accessibility to drinking water. They are getting water from the neighbor village which is 4 kms away. They have to collect the water for drinking & domestic purposes from a single point.
Other Problems:
The village is 22 kms away from Hubli and there are 8 buses coming morning through evening. The bus price is on higher side which is not affordable to the villagers. Their opinion is of that the services of city buses will help to save some money.
Village Development Plan
The village development plan has been made by considering the needs of the villagers. This plan will concentrate only one aspect that will help to a greater extent.
Water Problem:
The village is facing acute shortage of water for home and agricultural purposes. They are getting water from Kuradikere which is 2 kms away. By the next two years, if the same situation continues they may not get water even for drinking. Depth of each bore well varies from 200 feet to 400 feet. The neighbor village will also face the same problem. Because of shortage of water milk production has been decreasing at a faster rate. This will reduce the income of the farmers who are dependent of live stock. Adding to this the rainfall is also not even and adequate. There are 6 lakes and are of no use.
The following is the plan to overcome the water problem.
There are 6 ruined lakes surrounded by this village. The approximate area of these lakes is about 25 acres of land. These lakes are dry even in rainy season.
Rain water can be saved by desilting these lakes.
Outcomes:
As a result of this, around 250 acres of dry land can be watered by bore wells.
It will also help farmers to go double cropping.
Reduce water wastage.
Food production will increase.
Grass can be grown in uncultivated and barren land.
Increase in live stock.
Milk selling can be increased.
Under ground water level will considerably increase.
Can save time, electricity and labor.
Supportive seasonality Map
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