Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Eshant Kumar Sukdeve, Hem Prakash Verma, Rupesh Khaparde and Payal Dewangan

Abstract:
Rural development was earlier associated only with the agricultural economy but in recent years the off-farm rural economy is an integral part too. The study was conducted during the year 2015-16 in the Balod district of the Chhattisgarh State. Total of five blocks only three blocks namely Balod, Gurur and Doundi-Lohara, were selected on the basis of the maximum population for the present study. From each selected block, 3 villages (Total 3 X 3 = 9) were selected randomly. For this study, 15 rural women from each village were selected randomly, a total (15X3) 45 rural women from each block were selected. Thus, a total of 135 rural women from three blocks were selected randomly for the study. The data were collected by a personal interview with the help of a pre-tested structured interview schedule and analyzed through frequency and percentage. The results revealed that the majority of the rural women (57.70%) belonged to the young age group (below 35 years). Most of the respondents (25.18%) in the study area had illiterate, regarding the size of family that the majority (77.03%) of the rural women had small family size (up to 5 members). The maximum number of the respondents (50.38) percent rural women’s had in the landless category, the Majority of respondent (83.70%) had no membership in any organization, and the majority (39.27%) of the rural women were involved in Agriculture + job/service.