Case study on Aritar GP, Sikkim

Bhattacharya, Debraj and Mitra, Madhulika and Ghosh, Buddhadeb (2014) Case study on Aritar GP, Sikkim. [Publications (Pre-joining)]

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Aritar Gram Panchayat is located in the East Sikkim District. The Sub Division is Rongli and the Block in which the Gram Panchayat is located is Regu. Total population of the GP is 4060 out of which 2049 are male and 2011 are female. There are 749 households in the GP. The population is mostly from the Scheduled Tribes (878) and Scheduled Castes (874) and 2016 belong to Bakcward Classes. 779 persons are identified as most backward status. Only 52 persons belong to the General Category. There are 189 BPL households. 951 persons have been classified as illiterate out of the total population of 4060. There are 8 ICDS Centres, 7 Primary Schools, 2 Junior High Schools and 1 Senior Secondary School. The Gram Panchayat also has 17 Fair Price shops, 10 Cooperative Societies and 4 NGOs. There are 11 Self Help Groups.

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Bhattacharya, Debraj and Mitra, Madhulika and Ghosh, Buddhadeb

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