Community

participation in
rural
development
INDEX:
1) COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN RURAL
DEVELOPMENT– INTRODUCTION
2) NANAKSAGAR– INTRODUCTION
3) NANAKSAGAR– REASON OF SELECTION
4) NANAKSAGAR PINK VILLAGE CONCEPT
5) CHANGES OCCURRED IN THE VILLAGE
6) STEP TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT

BY:
APIED JUI GIRI

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Community participation in` rural development
What is community participation?
•A process by which individuals and families assume responsibility of their
own health and develop their capacity to contribute to development .

•Enables them to become agents for their own development instead

of being passive beneficiaries of development aid.

Why community participation is important in rural area?

•Providing an open forum for the community to discuss its

problems and find indigenous solutions which may be efficient
and economical.

•Creating will and determination among the members in the

community for improvement in their present and future life.

•Important in emergency sanitation programmes where people

may be unaccustomed to their surroundings and new sanitation
facilities.

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VILLAGE:NANAKSAGAR - `INTRODUCTION
• NANAKSAGAR IS A MEDIUM SIZE VILLAGE.
• TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD :130 (CENSUS 2011)
• TOTAL POPULATION :587 (M-308, F-279). (CENSUS 2011)

• AVERAGE SEX RATIO OF NANAKSAGAR VILLAGE IS 906 WHICH IS LOWER THAN

CHHATTISGARH STATE AVERAGE OF 991.

• . IN 2011, LITERACY RATE OF NANAKSAGAR VILLAGE WAS 88.93 % COMPARED

TO 70.28 % OF CHHATTISGARH .

• AS PER CONSTITUTION OF INDIA AND PANCHYATI RAAJ ACT, NANAKSAGAR

VILLAGE IS ADMINISTRATED BY SARPANCH (HEAD OF VILLAGE) WHO IS
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF VILLAGE.

• SCHEDULE TRIBE (ST) CONSTITUTES 47.02 % WHILE SCHEDULE CASTE (SC)

WERE 5.45 % OF TOTAL POPULATION IN NANAKSAGAR VILLAGE..

LOCATION : 151 KMS

FROM RAIPUR
TEHSIL : BASANA
DISTRICT : MAHASAMUND
STATE : CHHATTISGARH
POPULATION: 587

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 WHY NANAKSAGAR VILLAGE??
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 AS PER CENSUS 2011: MAJOR ISSUE

• PERCENTAGE SHARE OF HOUSEHOLD NOT HAVING
TOILET

• PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVING NO

TOILET IN INDIA, 2001-2011.

• CHHATTISGARH IS ONE OF THE STATE HAVING

HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD WITHOUT
TOILET.

 NANAKSAGAR: PINK VILLAGE

• NANAKSAGAR CAME FORWARD WITH IT’S
VERY INOVATIVE AND CREATIVE CONCEPT TO
STOP OPEN DEFECATION IN THE VILLAGE

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PINK VILLAGE - NANAKSAGAR
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 The Swachch Bharat movement put great

impact on the villagers.

COMMUNITY DECISION MAKING

CREATIVE CONCEPT ADOPTED •Sarpanch of the village and villagers join hand to
hand and took the plunge to clean every nook
•The village head had ordered that all houses and corner of nanaksagar.
must have at least one toilet.

•Houses having toilets were painted in pink

colour so that they can be distinguished from
other houses.

•. The village head also declared a fine of Rs 500

for open defecation.

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CHANGES OCCURRED IN THE
` VILLAGE
•Demostration effect put positive impact in
achieving social change in this village.

•Earlier The village had some 50 houses with

toilets and now it’s all pink

•People modified the drainage system and made pits to collect the
garbage.

•Outside every house in the village has dozens of pots and saplings .

•Fine is imposed if anyone is found throwing garbage here and there

in the village.

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STEP TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT
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• THIS VILLAGE HAS SHOWN WHAT PEOPLE CAN ACHIEVE IF

THEY TAKE A COLLECTIVE DECISION TO IMPROVE THEIR
SURROUNDINGS.

• THIS PINK VILLAGE IS THE SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW

SOCIAL CHANGE CAN BE BROUGHT IN THROUGH PEOPLE'S
INITIATIVE AND TURNING IT INTO A MASS MOVEMENT.

• THIS VILLAGE HAS TAKEN STEPS TOWARDS A

BETTER TOMORROW CREATING ITS OWN
BENCHMARK

• THE CONCEPT USED IN THIS VILLAGE MUST BE

ENCOURAGED IN OTHER VILLAGES ALSO

“THE VILLAGE IS THE CELL OF THE

NATIONAL BODY AND THE CELL-LIFE MUST BE
HEALTHY AND DEVELOPED FOR NATIONAL BODY TO
BE HEALTHY AND DEVELOPED.”

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