Abstract
Birbhum district originates in the chhotanagpu plateau region of Jharkhand and is slope across the district in a west-east direction. Here the percentage of Hindu population is 64.5%, percentage of Muslim population is 35.1% and others consist of 0.40%. The methodology is mainly based on United Nations Development Programme a€HDR framework. 7 blocks are in less developed category, 12 blocks are in medium developed category.
Highlights
The human development perspective explicitly recognizes expansion of people’s choices and freedom as the basic purpose of development
Ever since the publication of the first Human Development Report (HDR) by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1990, the human development perspective has been strengthening its influence on the policy makers and development administrators, and on the way they view development
The present paper tries to look at the approach of Human Development Index in the blocks of Birbhum district of West Bengal
Summary
The human development perspective explicitly recognizes expansion of people’s choices and freedom as the basic purpose of development. The present paper tries to look at the approach of Human Development Index in the blocks of Birbhum district of West Bengal. It tries to identify the regions, measure and analyze the Human Development Index of Birbhum district of West Bengal. The river forms the boundary between Birbhum and Bardhaman districts Another important river is Mayurakshi, on which a river valley project that includes the Tilpara Barrage provides irrigation for about 6,00,000 acres. The dry plateau feature makes the land in the west less fertile compared to the plains in the east.
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