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    Rural people in India have some positive features like wisdom, traditional knowledge, mathematical abilities, and hard work. However, they also face many socioeconomic challenges including high rates of poverty, low literacy and education levels, poor infrastructure, and poor health indicators. Key statistics provided in the document show 26% below the poverty line, 64.8% literacy rate with disparities between men and women, and health metrics like birth rate, death rate, and infant mortality rate that vary widely between states. Overall the document outlines both strengths and significant disadvantages faced by rural populations in India.

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    Rural people in India have some positive features like wisdom, traditional knowledge, mathematical abilities, and hard work. However, they also face many socioeconomic challenges including high rates of poverty, low literacy and education levels, poor infrastructure, and poor health indicators. Key statistics provided in the document show 26% below the poverty line, 64.8% literacy rate with disparities between men and women, and health metrics like birth rate, death rate, and infant mortality rate that vary widely between states. Overall the document outlines both strengths and significant disadvantages faced by rural populations in India.

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    Features and Characteristics of Rural People in India

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    Rural people in India have some positive features like wisdom, traditional knowledge, mathematical abilities, and hard work. However, they also face many socioeconomic challenges including high rates of poverty, low literacy and education levels, poor infrastructure, and poor health indicators. Key statistics provided in the document show 26% below the poverty line, 64.8% literacy rate with disparities between men and women, and health metrics like birth rate, death rate, and infant mortality rate that vary widely between states. Overall the document outlines both strengths and significant disadvantages faced by rural populations in India.

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    FEATURES AND

    CHARACTERISTICS OF RURAL
    PEOPLE IN INDIA

    Dr Upendra Nath Roy


    Deptt. of Rural Development
    NITTTR, Chandigarh
    Email unroy2000@yahoo.com
    IMPORTANT FEATURES AND
    CHARACTERISTICS
    Positive Features
     Wisdom, ITK, Mathematical Abilities, hard tasks
    masters, hard working
     Disciplines and Values, Fight of the families or group,
    open hearted, simple, hospitality and traditions
    Other Socio-economic Features
     Poverty and Hunger: 26% below poverty line
     Education and Literacy: 64.8%: Male - 75.3% and
    Female: 53.7%
     Rural Literacy: 58.7% Male – 70.7% Female – 46.1%
     Highest Literacy – Kerala – 90.9% and Lowest: Bihar
    – 47%
     Low level of skills
    IMPORTANT FEATURES AND
    CHARACTERISTICS continued …
     Life Expectancy: Male - 64.10; Female – 65.80
    Highest in Kerala: Male – 71.67 and Female – 75
    years
     Per capita consumption of food: As per National
    Sample Survey Organization at national level the per
    capita average consumption of cereals, pulses,
    vegetables, fruits and milk in the country was 435
    gms, 23gms, 60 gms, 23gms and 146 gms in the
    year 1993-94. Thus, except cereal, all other items are
    consumed in lesser quantity than recommended.
     Poor infrastructure; Road, telecommunication and
    other facilities (Need of PURA)
     Low quality of life: (Drinking water 80%, Sanitation
    28%) Recent figure 85% and 52% 2001 data
    IMPORTANT FEATURES AND
    CHARACTERISTICS continued…
     Poor Health Indications: Birth Rate: India –
    24.80 Kerala – 16.70 Death Rate India is 08
    and Kerala has only 6.30
     IMR of India is 60 and Kerala is 11; as per
    2004-5 IMR is 57 per 1000 live births and
    under mortality rate is 85 (year 2000)
     MMR – 301 per 100, 000 live birth (2001-03)
    IMPORTANT FEATURES AND
    CHARACTERISTICS continued

     Tradition/Culture/Values/Attitudes
     Dependence proneness
     Cultural Ego-centrism
     Cognitive Dissonance: Naïve and magical
    consciousness
    IMPORTANT FEATURES AND
    CHARACTERISTICS continued …
     Adoption Behaviour: Fatalistic
     Group Solidarity/Gregarious Tendency
     Factionalism/Vested Interest
     Immediate Need Gratification
     Feeling of Modesty/Purdah Pratha

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