Social Economy of A Tribal Village on Indo-Tibetan Border

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This is a study into the social economy of a remotely located tribal village in Himachal Pradesh. The village studies, is called Chhitkul, which is the last village on the Indo Tibetan border ink district Kinnaur and remains buried under know for 5-6 months in the year. It is one of the very few village studies for which the field work has been done by the authors themselves by continuous stay with the people in the village. The village presents several peculiarities in occupational pattern, crop husbandry, livestock rearing, housing, social customs, marital system, role of women ink a polyandrous group, distillation and consumption of liquor, mode of living, authority of village deity and her progressive outlook etc. The study has brought out vast scope for the development of this village, located in a difficult terrain. For reasons of extremely cold climate, only one crop can be grown in a year. As such sheep and goat rearing makes the economy agro-rearing makes the economy agro-postoral. The suggestions are based cottage industries, marketing factilities, saw mill, know-how and do how in vegetable production, health and child welfare schemes, minihydro-electric generator, etc.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR R. Swarup

Dr. R. Swarup (b. 1928) had his education at government Agricultural College, Kanpur (now Chander Shekhar-Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur) and Delhi School of Economics. After serving at prestigious institutions like the Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Indian Agricultural Research Institute. New Delhi, Mosul University in Iraq etc, he heads the Agro-Economics Research Centre for Western Himalayan Region since establishment in, 1973 at Himachal Pradesh University, shimla. He has contributed a number of research papers and co-authored books titled – Agricultural Development in Himachal Pradesh, Management of Social forestry in India, Production and Marketing of apples, and Horticultural Development in Hill Areas.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ranveer Singh

Mr. Ranveer Singh (b. 1954) obtained M.Sc. (Agrl. Econ.) degree in 1977 from Meerut University and M.Phil, from Himachal Pradesh University in 1979 whereafter he has been serving as a Senior Research Assistant at the Agro-Economic Research Centre, H.P. University. Mr. singh is kan enthusiastic fieldk worker and a keen researcher. He has contributed research papers nearing a score in number.

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Title
Social Economy of A Tribal Village on Indo-Tibetan Border
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8170990912
Length
xiv+148p., Appendices; Bibliography; Index; 22cm.
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