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Ootober 29, 1961
Himalayan Times
Five
SOCIO—ECOHIMIC SURVEY
BUSTEES AROUND THE " HOMES" X-RAYED
By B N Bandhyipoadhyaya, M. A. (Econ)
The bustees around
the Home* were investi-
gated in oonsiderable de-
tails in respect of Social
and Economic systems.
This survey was cooduo
ted on a pure sampling
method and covered. 289
families and 1601 popu-
lation: These bustees are
situated at a distance of
about 4/<> m,iles from Ka
•limpong town in the Dis-
trict of Darjeeling
These are underdeve-
loped bustees. Roads are
katoharnade. Of the total
population Nepalese- are
the residents along with
prominent caste-groups.
There are a few Muslims
who occupy a different
Social and Economic
standard next in import-
ance to the local caste
groups. The number of
Christian families in pre-
dominately higher than
local oaste groups among
the Buddhists and the
Hindus.
The average size of
a family is 6 7% mem-
bers. Out of this family
members 1.6 are earners,
0.3 partly dependent and
the reBt wholly depen-
dents. Thus 97.4% in the
bustees derives its subsis-
tence from the earnings
of the remaining 2.6%.
It indicates that the ma-
jority of the bustees dwel-
lers are urider ' employed
or unemployed. •
The sex ratio is 806
males to 816 females.'
Hence - ' males .comprise'
49.44% and females cons-
titute 60.66%. The bustee
dwellers, still haying joint
family system. Some fa-
milies hare 12 16 mem-
bers but the number of
joint families is very
small.
These bustees are pre-
dominantly an agricultu-
ral economy 85% of the
total population is direc-
tly or indirectly, depen-
dent upon land. The
tenant cultivators work
on 'Bhagchash" system
and share tbe produce on
half and half basis with
the owners But the
cultivators are consciously
aware of the favourable
"Borga" or ' Bhagchash"
system but the absenoe
of an alternative occupa-
tion drives them to land
for their subsistence
These bustee people
have a cultivated area of
301.45 acres of land.
There are limited water
falls to supply drinking
water but there is no
more to quench the thirst
of the parched land. The
entire cultivated area is
rainfed. The soil is red-
sandy for want of arti-
ficial irrigation facilities,
the productivity per aore-"
is low. Maize and paddy
are the major ofops ;grpwn!
in the bustee. Mania is
also grown to satisfy the
local needs of indigenous
drinks; . Some .. peasants
raise, vegetables also in
their' lands. -The yield
pe.r acre. can be raised
three fold. It 'is estima-
ted ' that' the yield -of"
maize or paddy can ' be
increased from . 10 to 20
mds of the existing pro-
ductivity of 8 to 12 mds
p«r bigha of land.
The other contribu-
tory faotor to poor yield
is ihe primitive teohnique
of productions. The cul-
tivator.-, no doubt should
use farm seed, new type
of ploughs, and an ad-
mixture of ohemioal ma-
nure and compost manure.
Generally two or three
loads weighing about 20
to 25 mds each of com-
post manure should be
used periodically in a
bigba of land, the artifi-
cial fertilizer is to be
used to the extent of -
about 20 to 30 Beers per
acre. ' Green manure is
virtually unknown and
impracticable to them.
There are no manure-
pits for preparing metbor
dioally compost manure.
The village refuge js. to
be dumped hapaiardly .
and sometime just out-
Himalayan Times
Five
SOCIO—ECOHIMIC SURVEY
BUSTEES AROUND THE " HOMES" X-RAYED
By B N Bandhyipoadhyaya, M. A. (Econ)
The bustees around
the Home* were investi-
gated in oonsiderable de-
tails in respect of Social
and Economic systems.
This survey was cooduo
ted on a pure sampling
method and covered. 289
families and 1601 popu-
lation: These bustees are
situated at a distance of
about 4/<> m,iles from Ka
•limpong town in the Dis-
trict of Darjeeling
These are underdeve-
loped bustees. Roads are
katoharnade. Of the total
population Nepalese- are
the residents along with
prominent caste-groups.
There are a few Muslims
who occupy a different
Social and Economic
standard next in import-
ance to the local caste
groups. The number of
Christian families in pre-
dominately higher than
local oaste groups among
the Buddhists and the
Hindus.
The average size of
a family is 6 7% mem-
bers. Out of this family
members 1.6 are earners,
0.3 partly dependent and
the reBt wholly depen-
dents. Thus 97.4% in the
bustees derives its subsis-
tence from the earnings
of the remaining 2.6%.
It indicates that the ma-
jority of the bustees dwel-
lers are urider ' employed
or unemployed. •
The sex ratio is 806
males to 816 females.'
Hence - ' males .comprise'
49.44% and females cons-
titute 60.66%. The bustee
dwellers, still haying joint
family system. Some fa-
milies hare 12 16 mem-
bers but the number of
joint families is very
small.
These bustees are pre-
dominantly an agricultu-
ral economy 85% of the
total population is direc-
tly or indirectly, depen-
dent upon land. The
tenant cultivators work
on 'Bhagchash" system
and share tbe produce on
half and half basis with
the owners But the
cultivators are consciously
aware of the favourable
"Borga" or ' Bhagchash"
system but the absenoe
of an alternative occupa-
tion drives them to land
for their subsistence
These bustee people
have a cultivated area of
301.45 acres of land.
There are limited water
falls to supply drinking
water but there is no
more to quench the thirst
of the parched land. The
entire cultivated area is
rainfed. The soil is red-
sandy for want of arti-
ficial irrigation facilities,
the productivity per aore-"
is low. Maize and paddy
are the major ofops ;grpwn!
in the bustee. Mania is
also grown to satisfy the
local needs of indigenous
drinks; . Some .. peasants
raise, vegetables also in
their' lands. -The yield
pe.r acre. can be raised
three fold. It 'is estima-
ted ' that' the yield -of"
maize or paddy can ' be
increased from . 10 to 20
mds of the existing pro-
ductivity of 8 to 12 mds
p«r bigha of land.
The other contribu-
tory faotor to poor yield
is ihe primitive teohnique
of productions. The cul-
tivator.-, no doubt should
use farm seed, new type
of ploughs, and an ad-
mixture of ohemioal ma-
nure and compost manure.
Generally two or three
loads weighing about 20
to 25 mds each of com-
post manure should be
used periodically in a
bigba of land, the artifi-
cial fertilizer is to be
used to the extent of -
about 20 to 30 Beers per
acre. ' Green manure is
virtually unknown and
impracticable to them.
There are no manure-
pits for preparing metbor
dioally compost manure.
The village refuge js. to
be dumped hapaiardly .
and sometime just out-