Socio-economic status of rural households in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand

PRATIBHA SINGH, POONAM TEWARI and SUNITA RANI

Department of Home Science Extension,,

 College of Home Science,

 G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology,

Pantnagar (U. S. Nagar, Uttarakhand)

ABSTRACT

A study was undertaken in two adjoining districts i.e. U.S. Nagar and Nainital to know the socio economic status of rural families. Out of these two districts one village was selected from hill area and four villages were from plain. The results showed that majority of the houses were pucca and more that 50 % family’s belonged to upper caste. Main occupation of the families was agriculture, all villages had school, temple and semi pucca roads and most of the families had electricity in their houses. Medium size families were more common in villages.