Kheda - DHDR - August 2015

DISTRICT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
REPORT
KHEDA
District Human Development Report : KHEDA
Copyright : Government of Gujarat
Published By : Gujarat Social Infrastructure Development Society (GSIDS)
First Published : 2015
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Gujarat Social Infrastructure Development Society (GSIDS)
General Administration Department (Planning)
Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar

NITINBHAI PATEL
Nitinbhai Patel
MESSAGE
Human Development is a development paradigm which is beyond mere rise or fall of

national incomes. It is about creating an environment where people can develop their full potential
and lead productive, creative lives in accordance with their needs and interests. People are the real
wealth of nation. Development is thus about expanding the choices people have to lead lives that
they value.
The District Human Development Report is a Document which gives the present status of
Human Development in different talukas of the District. Human Development, requires focus on
the basic as well as crucial indicators of Human Development. Thus this report has highlighted
three important pillars which are: Education, Health and Livelihood.
I commend the efforts put in by stakeholders in preparing this publication and hope that it
will be useful to all the state & district level officials, policy makers and planners working towards
improving Human Development scenario of the District .
S. Aparna
Principal Secretary (Planning) and
Chairperson, GSIDS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Kheda District Human Development Report has been an educative experience for GSIDS. We
express our deep sense of gratitude to the Hon. Ms. S. Aparna (Principal Secretary and Chairperson
GSIDS, General Administration Department (Planning), Government of Gujarat) for providing us
an opportunity for such a challenging job to fulfil the vital project.
We would like to wholeheartedly thank the District Collector and District Development Officer,
Kheda for providing support in required updated data. The cooperation of the officers of the line
departments of Kheda district administration has been acknowledged. The support and guidance
received during the preparation of this publication from Shri K.B.Shah, Joint Secretary (Planning)
has played a vital role in adding to the quality of the document.
We are also thankful to the concern persons from the state level Departments (Education
Department, Health & Family Welfare Department, WASMO and Census-Gujarat, who spared their
time to provide us a clear picture about Kheda.
GSIDS had assigned the task of preparing Kheda DHDR to Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and
Social Research (SPIESR). SPIESR has earlier submitted the draft report, but afterwards, it was
completed jointly by a team of SPAC/SPA of collector Kheda & GSIDS. I appreciate efforts of
Miss.Khushbu Jagatia, SPAC Kheda district and Miss. Mamta Mateda , SPA GSIDS who has
studied and analysed this report .
We hope this endeavor will contribute towards perspective of “Human Development” in Kheda
district and facilitate strategies for the future.
K. D.Vashi
Director & Member Secretary
GSIDS
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i-ii
Chapter 1: Introduction 01-06

1.1 Kheda District: Brief History 03
1.2 Administrative Set-up of Kheda District 04
1.3 Geographical location 04
1.4 Physiography 04
1.5 Transportation 05
1.6 Travel and Tourism 06
Chapter 2: Demographic Features 07-20
2.1 Population and Demographic Features of Kheda District 09
2.2 Rural and Urban population 09
2.3 Decadal Growth Rate (DGR) 10
2.4 Sex ratio 12
2.5 Child population 13
2.6 Population of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes 13
2.7 Household Enumeration as per Census 2011 in Kheda District 15
Chapter 3: Literacy and Education 21-42
3.1 Introduction 24
3.2 Overview of Literacy in Kheda District 24
3.3 Rural and Urban Literacy Rate 25
3.4 Male and Female Literacy Rate 25
3.4.1 Talukawise analysis of Male-Female Literacy Gap 26
3.5 Literacy Rates of Socially Weaker Sections 28
3.5.1 Scheduled Castes (SCs) 28
3.5.2 Scheduled Tribes (STs) 28
3.6 Primary Education in Kheda District 28
3.6.1 Total number of Primary and Upper Primary Schools in Kheda District 28
3.6.2 Staffing patterns, Enrollment in Schools, Gross Enrollment Ratio and Net
29
Enrollment Ratio
3.6.3 Issues and Challenges in Primary Education 30
3.6.3.1 School Drop Outs 31
3.6.3.2 Repetition and Retention Rate 32
3.6.3.3 Out of School Children 33
3.6.3.4 Gender Parity Index 33
3.6.3.5 Children with Special Needs 33
3.7 Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in Kheda 34
3.8 Pupil Teacher Ratio 34
3.9 School Infrastructure 35
3.9.1 Status of Classrooms 35
3.9.2 Accessibility and Availability of Basic Amenities 35
3.9.2.1 Accessibility of Primary, secondary and higher secondary schools 35
3.9.2.2 Availability of basic amenities 36
3.10 Government Initiative in Education Sector 39
3.11 Higher Education in Kheda 42
SWOC Analysis Education 42
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Chapter 4: Health and Nutrition 43-58
4.1 Infrastructure related to Healthcare in Kheda District 45
4.1.1 Performance of PHC and CHC 45
4.1.2 Maternal Health Care and Institutional Deliveries 46
4.1.2.1 Post Natal Care and Ante Natal Care 46
4.1.2.2 Evaluation of Institutional and Home Deliveries 46
4.1.2.3 Safe Motherhood Index in Kheda District 47
4.1.3 Child Health Care and Nutrition 48
4.1.3.1 Child Nutrition 48
4.1.3.2 Child Immunization 48
4.1.3.3 Performance of Various Schemes under Reproductive Child Health 49
4.2 Family Planning 51
4.2.1 Daughter’s Scheme (Dikri yojana) 51
4.3 Burden of Diseases: Performance of National Rural Health Programmes 51
4.4 Disability in Kheda District 53
4.4.1 District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC) 53
4.5 Integrated Child Development Schemes (ICDS) – Kheda District 54
4.6 Food Security in Kheda District 56
4.7 Drinking Water Facilities in Kheda District 57
SWOC Analysis Health 58
Chapter 5: Livelihood 59-89
5.1 Occupational Patterns 61
5.1.1 Talukawise Occupational Classifications 61
5.1.2 Trend and Pattern of Work Participation in Kheda District 62
5.1.3 Gap in Male and Female Worker Participation Rate: 63
5.1.4 Growth rate of Main and Marginal workers by Industrial Categories and
64
residence
5.2 Agriculture 66
5.2.1 Land Use Pattern in Kheda District 66
5.2.2 Land holding pattern 67
5.2.3 Agro Climatic Conditions 67
5.2.4 Area under Food crops and Gross cropped area 68
5.2.5 Irrigation and Ground Water 69
5.2.6 Key Areas to improve Farming Activities in Kheda District 70
5.2.7 SWOT Analysis of Agriculture 71
5.3 Horticulture 76
5.3.1 SWOT Analysis of Horticulture 77
5.4 Animal Husbandry 78
5.4.1 Production of Milk in Kheda District 79
5.4.2 Establishment of Milk Cooperatives 79
5.4.3 Evaluation of Livestock Census 2007 80
5.4.4 Infrastructure related to Animal Husbandry 82
5.4.5 Recommendation related to Animal Husbandry in Kheda District 83
5.4.6 SWOT Analysis of Animal Husbandry 83
5.5 Industries and Employment 84
5.5.1 Employment of people in Organised Sectors in Kheda District: 84
5.5.2 Industrial Growth in Kheda District 85
5.5.2.1 Major Industrial Estates, Industrial Parks located in Kheda District. 86
5.5.2.2 Upcoming New Medium and Large scale Industrial Projects in Kheda District 86
5.5.3 Growth of Small, Medium and Large Scale Industries: 86
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5.5.4 Scheme facilitating the growth of Industries and providing Employment 87
5.6 Fish Farming/Pesiculture 88
5.6.1 SWOT Analysis of Fish Farming in Kheda District 89
5.7 Measures to improve Allied Agriculture Sector 89
Chapter 6: Poverty, Housing, and Rural Development 91-105
6.1 Status of poverty in Kheda District 94
6.2 Evaluation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 95
6.2.1 Evaluation of MNREGA 95
6.3 Housing under Indira Awas Yojana and Sardar Awas Yojana 101
6.3.1 Housing under “Indira Awas Yojana (IAY)” in Kheda District 101
6.3.2 Housing under Sardar Patel Awas Yojana in Kheda District 102
6.4 Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan 102
6.5 Garib Kalyan Mela 105
Chapter 7: Gender Equity 109-113
7.1 Introduction 111
7.2 Population, Sex ratio, Literacy rate, Worker participation rate of women in Kheda district 111
7.3 Government Initiatives 112
7.4 Violence against Women in Kheda District 112
7.5 Mission Mangalam 113
Chapter 8: Conclusions – The Way Forward 117
8.1 Conclusion: Findings and Recommendations 119
List of Tables
Tables Title Page

Number Number
1.1 Number of Taluka and Administration set up of Kheda District 04
1.2 Geographical Features 04
1.3 Rivers in Kheda District 05
1.4 Road Length as on 31-3-2014 District : Kheda (Nadiad) 05
2.1 Scheduled Castes Population 14
2.2 Scheduled Tribe Population 14
2.3 Percentage of Households as per Census 2001/2011 15
2.4 Percentage of Households by Main Source of lighting in 17
Kheda District as Per Census 2011
3.1 Position of Kheda District with respect to literacy rate in the State 24
3.2 Gap in Male –Female Literacy Rate of Kheda District and its Talukas 27
as per Census 2001 and 2011
3.3 Gap in Male –Female , Rural and Urban Literacy Rate of, Kheda District 27
and its Talukas as per Census 2001 and 2011
3.4 Total Primary and Upper Primary schools 28
3.5 Total Number of Teachers Kheda District 29
3.6 Total Enrollment of Students in Kheda District 29
3.7 Repetition Ratios and Retention Rate Year – 2013-14 32
3.8 Out of School Children (6-14 age group) –Kheda District 33
3.9 Gender parity Index 33
3.10 Enrollment in secondary and Higher Secondary Schools for the Year 2013-14 34
3.11 Pupil Teacher Ratio in Primary Schools –District Kheda 34
3.12 Pupil Teacher Ratio in Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools (2013-14) 35
Kheda District
3.13 Total schools and Class Rooms in Primary Schools in Kheda District 35
3.14 Access to schools by distances within TALUKA- upto 1-km, 3-km, 5-km 35
3.15 Smart Class, Schools, Internet Connection & Computer Labs 37
3.16 Total number of Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools 38
3.17 Details of PRAGNA schools Phase wise in Kheda District 40
3.18 Total number of primary schools having BaLA 40
3.19 Gunnotsav Results of Kheda District 41
3.20 Schools providing Drinking water through RO Facilities 41
4.1 Health Infrastructure Facility (2013-14) 45
4.2 Performance of community health centers and primary health centers 45
in Kheda district
4.3 Talukawise PHC and CHC in Kheda district 45
4.4 Post Natal Care – Kheda district 46
4.5 Performance of ANC and TT registration in Kheda district 46
4.6 Institutional and home deliveries in Kheda district 47
4.7 Safe motherhood Index 48
4.8 New born care in Kheda District 48
4.9 Children fully immunized in Kheda district 49
4.10 Total number of beneficiaries under Janani Suraksha Yojana 49
4.11 Chiranjeevi yojana 50
4.12 Bal Sakha yojana - Neonates admission details 50
4.13 Mamta Sandarbh (referral services) 50
Tables Title Page
Number Number
4.14 Progress and achievement of Leprosy Eradication Programme in the District 51
4.15 Achievement of RNTCP indicators in Kheda district 52
4.16 Cataract surgery performance in Kheda district 52
4.17 Eye donation in Kheda district 52
4.18 School Eye check up programme in Kheda district 53
4.19 Total number of disabled persons in Kheda district as per Census 2011. 53
4.20 Total Anganwadies functioning 54
4.21 Summary of population enrolled , AWC providing supplementary 54
Nutritional programme and preschool education
4.22 Commodity and quantities distributed to APL and BPL in Kheda district in 56
the month of till the month of march from the year 2014
4.23 Total number of ration cards distributed in Kheda district for the year 2014 57
4.24 Coverage of drinking water facilities in Kheda district 57
5.1 Talukawise Cultivators, Agriculture labourers , Household industry workers 61
and other workers as a Percentage to Total Workers by Residence, Census
2011 (Persons)
5.2 Work Participation Rate Talukawise , District , State as Per Census 63
2001/2011
5.3 Talukawise Work Participation Rate and Gender Gap – 63
For Male and female as per Census 2011
5.4 Talukawise Main Workers and Percentage to Total Workers by Residence, 64
2011 (Persons)
5.5 Talukawise Marginal Workers and Percentage to Total Workers by 64
Residence, 2011 (Persons)
5.6 Land Utilization Statistics (Area in Ha.) 66
5.7 Types of Farmers Kheda District 67
5.8 Land holdings (Agriculture Census 2007) 67
5.9 Agro Climatic Zones of Kheda District 67
5.10 Area under Food Crops and Gross Cropped Area 68
5.11 Statement showing District-wise Area, Production and Yield in Kheda 69
District
5.12 Source wise Irrigated area in Kheda District (Area in ha.) 70
5.13 Kheda District Estimated Area, Production & Productivity of Horticultural 76
Crops from 2008-09 to 2013-14
5.14 Category wise District Rank & Percentage of Milk Production for the Year 79
2012-13 Gujarat State.
5.15 Information regarding milk cooperative union as on 31st March 2015 80
5.16 Total number of livestock and poultry in Kheda District -Census 2007 80
5.17 Total Livestock in Kheda District as per Census 2012 81
5.18 Infrastructure related to Animal Husbandry Department as on 31-3 2015 82
5.19 Employment in Public and Private Sectors (in Thousands). 84
5.20 Major Industrial Estates in Kheda District 86
5.21 Name of Association/Chamber of Commerce /Industries Federation/ 86
Industry Institute.
5.22 Upcoming New Medium and Large scale Industrial Projects in 86
Kheda District 2014-15
5.23 Fishing Activities in Kheda District in 2013-14 88
6. 1 Employment Generated during the year 2013-2014 in Kheda . 97
6.2 Progress of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee 98
Programme
Tables Title Page
Number Number
6.3 Baseline Survey 2012 - District Abstract Report -Kheda 103
7.1 Status of women in Kheda District 111
7.2 Details of Assistance Provided widow Pension schemes 112
(Vidhwa Sahay Yojana) dated as on 31st march 2014
7.3 Crimes Registered against Women in Kheda District 112
7.4 Details of Self Help Groups in Kheda District 113
7.5 Details of SHG category wise in Kheda District 113
7.6 Total number of members in Self Help Groups in Kheda district involved in 114
Economic Activities till the year 2014
List of Figures
Figures Title Page
Number
2.1 Density per Sq.Km of Kheda and Gujarat 09
2.2 Area in Sq.Km of Kheda and Gujarat 09
2.3 Proportion of Male and Female Population –Census 2011 09
2.4 Percentage of Urban Population To Total Population 10
2.5 Percentage Share of Rural Population to Total Population 10
2.6 Talukawise decadal growth rate 2001-2011 10
2.7 Talukawise Decadal Growth Rate For Male and Female as per Census 2011 11
2.8 Decadal Growth Rate of Rural Male and Female (Census 2011) 11
2.9 Decadal Growth Rate of Urban Male and Female Census 2011 11
2.10 Decadal variation in Kheda District ( in Percentage) 12
2.11 Sex Ratio of Kheda and Gujarat Since Census 1911 to 2011 12
2.12 Sex Ratio in Kheda District 12
2.13 Sex Ratio in Age group of 0-6 years in Kheda District 13
2.14 Percentage of Child Population 0-6 Years for Rural an Urban area as per 13
Census 2001,2011
2.15 Percentage of Child Population 0-6 Years (Census 2011) 13
2.16 Proportions of Scheduled Caste Male and Female in Kheda District 14
2.17 Proportion of Scheduled Tribe Male and Female in Kheda District as per 14
Census 2011
2.18 Sex Ratio of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe in Kheda District 15
2.19 Percentage share of Total Households of Kheda District to 15
Total Households of Gujarat State (Census 2011)
2.20 Percentage of Rural and Urban Households to Total Households 15
2.21 Percentage of Households with condition of Census House (Census 2011) 16
2.22 Percentage of Households by Type of Ownership in Kheda District 16
(Census 2011)
2.23 Talukawise Percentage of Households by Main Source of lighting 17
(Census 2011)
2.24 Percentage of Households by Type of Fuel used for Cooking in 17
Kheda District (Census 2011)
2.25 Taluka wise Percentage of Households by type of Fuel used 18
for cooking (Census 2011)
2.26 Percentage of Households Availing Banking Service –(Census 2011) 18
2.27 Percentage of House Holds by Total Availability of Assets 18
in Kheda District
2.28 Percentage of House Holds by Main source of Drinking Water 19
in Kheda District
2.29 Percentage of House Holds By Location of Drinking Water in Kheda 19
District (Census 2011)
2.30 Percentage of Households with Latrine Facility (Census 2011) 20
3.1 Regional gaps in literacy rate -Kheda and Gujarat 25
3.2 Improvement in total literacy rate -Kheda district 26
3.3 Improvement in male literacy rate -Kheda district 26
3.4 Improvement in female literacy rate-Kheda district 26
Figures Title Page
Number
3.5 Gender gap in literacy Talukawise in Kheda district 27
3.6 Literacy rate of SC and ST to total literacy rate in Kheda district 28
3.7 GER and NER for Kheda district 30
3.8 Dropout rate –primary –Kheda and Gujarat 31
3.9 Dropout rate for 1-5 girls and boys in Kheda district 31
3.10 Dropout rate for 1-7 standard in Kheda district 31
3.11 Talukawise drop rate for the year 2013-14 32
3.12 Gender parity index for Kheda district 33
3.13 Children with special need-by type of disability 34
3.14 Percentage enrollment of in secondary and higher secondary schools 34
(2013-14)-Kheda district
3.15 Availability of basic amenities in primary schools – separate toilets for girls 36
3.16 Availability of basic amenities in primary school- Drinking water , 36
playground and library.
3.17 Availability of basic amenities in primary schools –schools with electricity 37
and electrified classrooms.
3.18 Availability of basic amenities in secondary and higher secondary 38
schools
3.19 Availability of basic amenities in secondary and higher secondary 38
schools
3.20 Total number of schools providing mid day in Kheda district 39
3.21 Vidhya laxmi bonds distributed in Kheda district since 39
2006 to 2014
4.1 Performance of ANC 3 and TT registration in Kheda district 46
4.2 Percentage of institutional deliveries in Government and 47
Private Institution Kheda district
4.3 Safe Mother Hood Index 48
4.4 Performance of child immunization in Kheda district 49
4.5 Family welfare achievements under family welfare programme 51
4.6 Disabled population by type of disabilities 53
4.7 SNP beneficiaries in Kheda district 54
4.8 Nutritional status of children in Kheda district 55
4.9 Fair price shops in Kheda district as on 8/1/2015 56
5.1 Percentages of Total Workers in Kheda District 62
5.2 Total Workers Participation Rate 65
5.3 Total Workers Participation Rate for Male 65
5.4 Total Workers Participation Rate for Female 65
5.5 Percentage of agricultural labourers and cultivators 65
5.6 Percentage of Marginal workers 65
5.7 Percentage of Main workers 65
5.8 Land Utilization of Kheda District 66
5.9 Irrigation Facilities in Kheda District (Area in Ha.) 70
5.10 Horticulture crop productivity 76
5.11 Year wise Milk Production for Kheda and Gujarat State (in '000 Tones) 79
5.12 Percentage share of poultry and total livestock to total state 81
5.13 Total Cattle in Kheda District 81
5.14 Number of Equipment used in Livestock Sector in Kheda District 82
5.15 Percentage of Employment in Organized sector in Kheda District 85
5.16 Employment of Female in Organized Sector in Kheda District 85
5.17 Total number of industries and employment 86
Figures Title Page
Number
5.18 Manav Kalyan Yojana 87
5.19 Shri Vajpayee Bankable Yojana (Number of Beneficiaries and Subsidiary) 87
5.20 Shri Vajpayee Bankable Yojana ( Number of Application and Loan 87
Amount)
5.21 Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) 88
6.1 Percentage of BPL Families in Kheda District (0-52 score) 94
BPL list 2013-14
6.2 Percentage of BPL with 0-16 Score who are landless , 94
Illiterate and houseless.
6.3 Persondays Achieved 95
6.4 Average wage rate and households completing 100 days of wage 95
employment
6.5 Number of women worked and percentage of persondays 96
generated in Kheda district.
6.6 Persondays Generated for SC and ST in Kheda District 96
6.7 Employment of Disabled 96
6.8 Assessment of MNERGA on Human Development Indicators 99
6.9 Houses constructed Under IAY 101
6.10 Expenditure incurred on construction of houses 101
under Indira Awas yojana
6.11 Social Category wise IAY New construction – Houses sanctioned 102
6.12 Allotee type wise houses sanctioned (FY 2013-14) 102
6.13 Houses Constructed -Sardar Awas Yojana 102
6.14 APL IHHL constructed 104
6.15 BPL IHHL constructed 104
6.16 Total IHHL APL+BPL Constructed against 104
the Target in Kheda District
6.17 Impacts of Garib Kalyan Mela on Human Development 105
6.18 Garib Kalyan Mela in Kheda District since 2009 to 2015 106
List of Boxes
Box Title Page

Number Number
6.2.1 Success Story – Kaprupur Bamboo Project 99
6.5.1 Success Stories of Garib Kalyan Mela and its impact on Human 107
Development of Kheda District
7.5.1 Success Story – Self Help Groups under Mission Mangalam 114
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Human development cannot be achieved only by promoting health and nutrition or education and
literacy or welfare of people through various schemes and other programmes, it requires
effective development strategy that is conducive to the development of human capabilities and
opportunities. The need for studying human development arises from the fact that there should
be a close match between the rate of economic growth and the pace of human development. The
focus should not only be on economic development but also on human development as economic
growth and human development both are supplementary and complementary to each other. Human
development is expansion of opportunities for human beings i.e. it is process of expansion
of people’s choices, as people want many things in life such as better health and nutrition,
education, income and security in their life. The goal of human development is to provide these
choices as the concept of human development includes five dimensions of:
1. Health
2. Education
3. Increasing income and reducing poverty
4. Gender equity
5. Social security.
This concept of human development based on five dimensions have been explored well in this report
and this Kheda district human development report has been possible because of participation of large
number of officials at district level and state level. The district human development report Kheda
covers the several of aspects of human development pertaining to maternal and child health, burden of
diseases, literacy attainment of people and infrastructure related to education, occupational structure,
dynamics of industrial development and status of women emancipation. As the district is
predominantly an agricultural district this report focuses more on agriculture, horticulture and animal
husbandry as it acts as a major means of livelihood for people in Kheda district.
The introduction chapter of this report provides a brief introduction about Kheda district. Kheda
district is bounded on the north by Sabarkantha district, on the east by Panchmahals district, on the
west by Ahmedabad district and on the south by Anand district. The district has overall 10 talukas,
618 villages and 8 Nagar Palikas. There is an improvement observed in sex ratio, the district
ranks 11th position in terms of sex ratio and sex ratio of the district is higher than that of state.
There is an improvement observed in terms of housing condition, drinking water facilities,
households with banking facilities and households by main source of lighting as per census 2011.
Health, Child Nutrition, and Food Security:
The district has improved on one of the most important indicators related to status of women i.e.
“sex ratio”, so the females per thousand males are about 940 in the district. The sex ratio has
increased in all the talukas of the district between 2001-2011. It is a matter of great satisfaction that
the district has been showing improvement in sex ratio, institutional deliveries, and maternal health
– ANC & PNC registration and child immunization. The proportion of other health disease
has also reduced in the district. The proportion of safe institutional deliveries also accounts to be
more. The reported number of institutional deliveries is close to 100 percent. Proper nutrition
management of new born however remains a matter of concern in the district. The district also
needs to improve upon sanitation facilities like constructing more public toilets so that people can
have access to latrines facilities nearby their homes. Kheda district being predominantly an agriculture
district it is self sufficient in food production which ensures food security for people. The public
distribution system is working efficiently in Kheda district through fair price shops.
Literacy and Education:
As per Census 2011, the literacy rate of Kheda district has improved substantially between the
years 2001-2011. The literacy rate of male, female and other communities such as schedule caste
and schedule tribe have also increased. As per census 2011 the literacy rate for male is 91.3 percent
which has improved by 5.3 percent compared to previous census and the literacy rate for female is
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73.5 percent which has improved by 16.6 percent compared to previous census. The literacy gap
between men and women has also declined between the years 2001-2001. The basic amenities of
schools has been worked with focus on drinking water facility, electricity, toilets and separate
toilets for girls, library facilities etc and the data related to upper primary to higher secondary
schools shows an improvement in whole district. However the focus should be on proper training
of the teachers to improve upon the quality of education in the system and reducing the dropout
rate for girls after standard 8th and 10th in the district.
Development of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry as a means of
livelihood in Kheda District:
The Agro climatic condition, rainfall and soil type are extremely favorable for agriculture and
horticulture production in the district. The cropping intensity of the district is 135 percent the
district observes an average annual rainfall of about 857 mm, the district falls under agro climatic
zone III. Kheda district is known to be “Rice Bowl of Gujarat” and it is major producer of
tobacco too in the state. In order to boost agriculture in the district focus should be there on
enhancing post harvest management techniques, value addition activities, improving over quality of
seeds for the farmers. As maximum farmers are marginal farmers improving upon these activities
will lead to increase in income and better standard of living for the farmers in the district.
Another major source of livelihood for people in Kheda district is animal husbandry. The district
ranks 4th in terms of milk production in Gujarat, it is also 3rd largest contributor of buffalo
population in the state. Kheda district’s share is 7.30 percent in buffalo population to total
buffalo population of the State. Kheda district has the highest contribution in terms of donkey
population of about 17.21 percent. The percentage share of poultry is about 3.75 percent. Kheda
district is covered under livestock insurance scheme in the state. The challenges related to animal
husbandry faced by the district is shrinking of pasture lands for cattle feed in the district, The
Kheda district farmers are facing feed and fodder shortage problems for their animals, it is
extremely important to address this problem in order to increase milk yield and fertility. As
better quality animals are not available locally, Intensive pure breeding (Selective Breeding)
through artificial insemination programme may be undertaken so that better quality animals are
available at the local level.
Poverty, Housing and Rural Development:
This chapter focuses on rural development and covers basic necessities such as housing,
employment and sanitation. It is observed that houses have been constructed for rural poor under
various schemes such as IAY and Sardar Awas Yojana. Evaluating sanitation facilities, the
toilets for all concept in mission mode approach and toilets have been built based on baseline
survey under Nirmal bharat abhiyan. A critical evaluation of IAY, NBA and MGNREGA has
been done with reference to all the 10 talukas of the district. These schemes of housing, drinking
water and sanitation have significant impact on human development. The status of below poverty
line people by housing, land ownership and literacy has also improved.
Gender Equity: Evaluating status of Women in Kheda District
The status of women in Kheda district has been evaluated based on health, education,
employment and crimes against women. The chapter also provides detailed evaluation of
Mission Mangalam scheme which provides employment to women in Kheda district. The
literacy rate for female, maternal health and employment of women has improved and incidences of
crimes against women in the district have reduced. However the matter of concern for the district is
the declining female worker participation rate which needs special focus. Maximum females are
involved in animal husbandry so proper training related to livestock management techniques
should be imparted. Though the analysis of status of women empowerment shows good picture yet
there is still scope for improvement in their employment by imparting skills related to
handicraft, cottage industries and gruh udhyog.
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Chapter 1
Introduction
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Human Development Report Kheda
1.1 Kheda District: Brief History
The district has acquired its name from the town of Kheda also known as Kaira. It is a very ancient
town situated near the confluence of the rivers of Vatrak and Shedhi. In Sanskrit, Kheda was called
Khetak. Therefore it was known as Khetakpur also. Apart from this old name, it was also known as
Charotar. It is said that the name Charotar is derived from Sanskrit word Charu which means
beautiful. The specific references of the Kheda district are found in number of copper-plate grants
issued by Maitraka Kings of Valabhi, who ruled over a large part of mainland Gujarat for a period
of about three centuries (470-788 CE.). After the fall of Valabhi in 788 CE, the Rashtrakuta King
Karka II extended his kingdom northward and shifted his capital to Khetaka. The Rashtrakuta king
of Deccan had led a victorious expedition upto the Mahi River. The credit of extending Rashtrakuta
power (788-950CE) goes to the kingKarka II. The period from 950 to 1300 CE is considered as
Chalukya period.
It was ruled by the Babi dynasty during the medieval period which ended with the final defeat of the
Mughal Viceroy Momin Khan II by the Marathas. In 1583 CE, three English merchants came to
India with the intention to open a trade, with the letters from Queen Elizabeth to Akbar, the king of
Cambay. Their efforts to trade were at first successful. But the Portuguese seized them and they
were imprisoned. However, the English got permission to start a factory in 1613 and were strong
enough to have the Portuguese dismissed from the Cambay town in 1616. The real connection of
the British with Kheda district commenced from 1803. Part of Kheda district came into British
possession in 1803 and the district served as a large military garrison for the British.
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Satyagraha Movement in Kheda

against unjust taxation at the time of a famine in 1918 in which
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel along with Narhari Parikh, Mohanlal
Pandya and Ravishankar Vyas mobilized a large number of peasants
and organized an anti-tax peasant movement against the unjust
British. Kheda Satyagraha forced the British to do away with the Salt
tax and it marked the success of a non-violent peasant movement.
Nadiad town in Kheda district is the birth place of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel known as the “Iron Man of India” who played a
leading role in the country’s struggle for independence and who
committed himself to the task of forging a united India through his
diplomacy as well as an option to deploy military.
Mahatma Gandhi led a march from his ashram in Sabarmati to the coastal town of Dandi to protest
against the British monopoly in salt and to mobilize the whole country against the unjust policies of
the British. The first day’s march ended in Aslali, a village in Kheda district where Gandhiji
addressed a huge gathering. The march against Salt tax was symbolic which sparked a significant
effect on the mass and caused large number of countrymen to join the fight against the British.
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1.2 Administrative Set-up of Kheda District:
The District of Kheda existed since the very inception of Gujarat State. The division of Districts and
Talukas in October 1997 – 1998 led to the formation of Anand District. Kheda was the main
Headquarter of the district during the time of the division. After the division, Nadiad was made the
new headquarter. The district is divided into 4 prants or sub-divisions – Kheda, Nadiad, Thasra and
Kapadwanj. Previously the district had 10 Talukas with Nadiad as district headquarter which
included Virpur and Balasinor talukas but now these talukas are merged with new district
Mahisagar. The new talukas formed are Vaso and Galteshwar and other talukas being
Mahemdabad, Kapadwanj, Kathlal, Mahuda, Thasra, Matar, Kheda and Nadiad.
There are total 10 talukas and 618 villages in the district. The Collector is the administrative head of
the district, who is also the District Magistrate. Collector office is situated in Nadiad town which
looks after the administration of the whole district. Each sub division is under the charge of a Sub
Divisional Magistrate (SDM) whereas each taluka is looked after by a Mamlatdar. Besides, there
are 10 Municipalities and total 573 village Panchayats including some group Panchayats which look
after the administration. Moreover, there are 10 Tehsil Panchayats, 8 Nagar Palika, and 3 Municipal
Bureau which help the district in the local administration.
Table 1.1 Number of Talukas and Administrative Setup of Kheda district

Taluka wise Number of Gram Panchayats/ group Gram Panchayats
Nagar Palikas
Talukas *GGP **IP Total Gram Panchayats
Kheda Kheda 2 35 37
Kapadvanj Kapadvanj 18 70 88
Virpur ---- 13 17 30
Balasinor Balasinor 9 31 40
Kathlal 6 45 51
Mahemdabad Mahemdabad 5 58 63
Matar ---- 3 49 52
Nadiad Nadiad,Chaklasi,Kanjari 1 57 58
Mahudha Mahudha 2 38 40
Thasara Dakor 3 97 100
*GGP: Group Gram Panchayats,(villages having more than one revenue village)**IP: Independent Panchayats,
Source: Census 2011
1.3 Geographical location:
The whole district lies between 22º30’ to 23º17’ N and

72º30’ to 73º34’ E. The total geographical area of the district Table 1.2 Geographical Features
is 3958.84 sq. km. The district is bounded on the north by Latitude 22º30’ to 23º18’ North
Sabarkantha district, on the east by Panchmahals district, on
Longitude 72º32’ to 73º37’ East
the west by Ahmedabad district and on the south by Anand
district. Geographically, the district has a small hilly area Geographical
3958.84 Sq. Km.
Area
only in northern parts of Kapadwanj and Balasinor Taluka. Source : District Statistical Office
The remaining portion of the district is plain sloping gently Nadiad ,Kheda
from the North-East towards the South-West.
1.4 Physiography:
Hills
Except for a small hilly area in the northern part of Kapadvanj and Balasinor Talukas and along the
lower reaches of the Mahi River where the bank is cut by ravines, the district is an unbroken plain
sloping gently from the north–east towards the south-west.
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Forests
The district has mainly Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests. The district has a reserved forest area of
62.77sq km and it is mainly located in Balasinor, Kapadwanj and Virpur taluka. The State
Government through Forest Department Authority has undertaken various concrete steps relating to
forestry and waste land development. The Forest Department is having network of nurseries in all
the tehsil for supplying of seeds. There is no production or collection of forest goods in the district.
The district has no big forest area except some forest in Balasinor and Kapadwanj Talukas where
Teak, Babul, Neem, Mahuda and Mango trees are grown.
Rivers
Kheda district is situated between two rivers Mahi and Sabarmati, two principal perennial rivers.
The river Mahi is known as Mahisagar. Sabarmati River in the district is 88 km. Other rivers of the
district viz. Shedhi, Vatrak, Meshwo and Khari meet Sabarmati River at its left bank. Moreover,
there are Luni ,Varansi and Mahora rivers, which are seasonal and very shallow. Bajaj Sagar dam
is situated in Rajasthan on Mahi River, while Wanakbori Dam is situated on Mahi at Wanakbori in
Kheda district. There is no coastal area in Kheda district.
Table 1.3 Rivers in Kheda District
Route of River
Name of River
Across the Talukas River side villages
Nadiad,Mahudha,Matar,
Shedhi 24
Kheda,Mahemdavad,Thasara,Balasinor
Vatrak Kheda, Mahemdavad,Matar, Kathalal 24
Mesvo Kheda, Mahemdavad 14
Mahor Kapadvanj, Kathalal, Mahudha, Nadiad 22
Sabarmati Kheda, Matar 5
Mahisagar Balasinor, Thasara 17
Luni Nadiad, Mahudha 11
Kahri Kheda 4
Lavri Virpur 1
Varasi-Dhamni Kapadvanj 4
Total 126
Source: District Statistical Abstract-2009
1.5 Transportation
Road Connectivity:
The entire district length of road network is 1023.00 km Table 1.4 Road lengths in Kheda (as on 31st
which consists of major district roads 182.00 km, other March, 2014)
district roads 44.00 km, village roads 66.00 km. National
Road Category Road Length in Km.
highway covers 205 km length while state highway covers
526.00 km length of Kheda district. National Highway National Highway 205.00
No. NH 8 and NH 59 passes through the district. National State Highway 526.00
Highway (NH) 8 connects the city with smaller towns and Major Dist. Road 182.00
Other Dist. Road 44.00
villages offering excellent, affordable and rapid transport
Village Road 66.00
service for business, education and leisure. Gujarat State Total 1023.00
Transport buses connect Nadiad to other major cities of Source: R & B Department, Nadiad
Gujarat as well as neighboring states. National express
highway (Ahmedabad – Vadodara) passes through the District. The newly built Gujarat Expressway
(a limited access divided highway) has an exit for Nadiad offering a rapid transport service to
Ahmedabad, Vadodara or Anand.
Rail Connectivity:
Kheda district is well connected with other districts and cities of the state. Broad gauge Western
Railway (Delhi-Mumbai) also runs crosses the district that connects the district to Delhi, Mumbai
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and Ahmedabad. The Ahmedabad-Mumbai railway line of the Western railway passes through
Nadiad and it serves several places in the district. The railway junction is also connected to Vaso
and Bhadran on a narrow gauge line as well as Modasa on a meter gauge line.
Air Connectivity:
The nearest airport is located at Vadodara which is about 38 km from district headquarter Nadiad.
The airport connects the district to important cities such as Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai and Pune.
Port Connectivity:
There is no port in Kheda district. The nearest ports are Hazira and Dahej.
1.6 Travel and Tourism

Dakor
Dakor is the most famous religious place of Lord
Ranchhodraiji in Gujarat. It is located at a distance of 33 km
from Nadiad Taluka and attracts thousands of pilgrims every
year. It has eight domes and twenty four turrets covered with
gold leaves.
Dinosaur and Fossil Park
Raioli in Kheda district is a treasure of fossils and fossilized eggs of a 10 meter long dinosaur.
These fossils are about 65 million year old. The park has some basic plaster models and information
about the dinosaur.
Santaram Temple –It is a popular pilgrimage site in Gujarat
dedicated to Saint Santaram Maharaj who is believed to be
the incarnation of Hindu trinity of Lord Brahma, Vishnu, and
Shiva, depicted with three heads and six hands, There is one
temple of Meldi Mata in Kheda, which holds annual fair
every year on the 13th 14th and 15 February. Around 100000
people visit Kheda during these days.
Water Structures –Kapadwanj Taluka has two subterranean water structures a Kund and the Battris
Kothani Vav. The Kundis a large square tank with steps on all four sides leading to the water. The Vav
consists of five descending stories. The columns that support the pavilion roofs have beautiful carvings.
The Galteshwar Monument-
Galteshwar is known for the ancient temple. It is situated on the confluence of the rivers Mahi and
Galti. Galteshwar is an ancient Shiv temple and also a place where Galav Muni had his Ashram in
early times. The temple is a protected monument and belongs to the Chalukyan period. This is
evident from the plan of the shrine, which consists of a garbhagraha (shrine proper) and mandapa.
The outer wall of the temple depicts architectural beauty belonging to the ancient period. The
mandapa or portico is about 12 ms. each way, and its roof is supported by 8 pillars of the central
dome and by the smaller ones standing in the screen walls that surround it. The inner eight columns
are each 4.3 meters in height, have double capitals and are square for the lower third part of their
height, then through an octagonal and sixteen-sided belt are changed into cylindrical form. There is
a perennial flow of underground water round the Shiv Ling in the temple. It is believed that the
water of the river Galti flows here through a perennial stream. Fairs are held here on Janmashtmi
and Shivratri festival and on every Monday of the month of shravan.
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Chapter 2
Demographic Features
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2.1 Population and Demographic Features of Kheda District
As per census 2011 the population of Kheda district is 2299885 of which males were 1185727
(51.55%) and females were 1114158 (48.45%) as shown in the figures. The district has 3.8 percent
of state’s population and 2 percent area. The total population in urban area is 523609 (22.8%) and
total population in rural area is 1776276 (77.2%). The density per sq.km is 582 in 2011 which was
479 as per census 2001.
Figure 2.1: Population Density of Kheda and Gujarat Figure 2.2: Area in Sq.Km
Source: Census of India 2011
Kheda Dist.
2.2 Rural and Urban population:

The share of urban population in Kheda district is 22.7% while the rural population stands at 77.3%.
The share of urban population in Gujarat is 42.6% and the share of rural population in Gujarat is
57.4%.
As per census 2011 the urban population of Kheda district is about 523609 of which 270530
(51.66%) are males and 253079 (48.34%) are females where the rural population of Kheda is
1776276 of which 915197 (51.52%) are males and 861079 (48.48%) are females.
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Figure 2.4
*Percentage of Urban population for Kathlal Taluka as per census 2001 is not available. Source: Census of India 2001/2011
Source: Census of India 2001/2011
2.3 Decadal Growth Rate (DGR):

The population growth during 2001-2011 is 13.61 percent compared to 13.3 percent during 1991-
2001. The percentage of decadal growth of persons in rural area has decreased from 14.3 percent
(1991-2001) to 9.79 percent (2001-11). Conversely the percentage of decadal growth for urban
area has increased from 9.5 percent to 28.82 percent. Talukawise decadal growth rate is given in the
Figure 2.6 shows that the highest DGR is in Kapadwanj taluka 18.9 percent and lowest is in Kheda
taluka 8.2 percent.
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The male population grew by 12.6 percent during 2001-11 wherein DGR for rural male was 8.8
percent and urban male was 28.0 percent. The highest DGR in terms of male is observed in
Kapadwanj taluka 17.8 percent and lowest is in Kheda district 7.5 percent. The female population
grew by 14.7 percent during 2001-11 wherein DGR for rural female was 10.9 percent and urban
female was 29.7 percent. The highest DGR in terms of female is observed in Kapadwanj taluka 20.2
percent and lowest is in Kheda district 19.1 percent.
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Percentage Decadal Variation:
The percentage decadal variation of Kheda district is shown in the figure.
Source: Census of India 1911 to 2011
2.4 Sex ratio:

The sex ratio of Kheda district as per census 2011 is 940 and has increased compared to previous
census 2001(923). The sex ratio of Kheda (940) is higher than that of the Gujarat (919). As per
census 2011 the sex ratio in rural area is 941 and for urban area is 935. The sex ratio in census
2001 for rural areas was 922 and urban area was 923. In previous census 2001 Kheda district ranked
19 in terms of sex ratio in Gujarat and now it is ranks 11th position as per census 2011.
Source: Census of India 1911 to 2011

Figure 2.12 Sex Ratio in Kheda District
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2.5 Child population:
As per census 2011 the child population is 291133. The percentage of child population in census
2011 is 12.7%. It has decreased compared to previous census 2001(14.7). The child sex ratio as per
census2011 is 896, it has increased compared to previous census 2001(876). The child sex ratio in
rural areas is 903 and in urban areas it is 867 as per census 2011.
Figure 2.13 Sex Ratio in the age group of 0-6 years in Kheda District

The child sex ratio of the district has improved over the years and there is a significant
improvement in rural areas where it stood at 903 in census 2011 whereas it was 867 in census 2001.
But the figure is still low in urban areas as it is 867 as per census 2011.
2.6 Population of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes:
Around 5.03 percent of the population in Kheda is the scheduled caste and 1.75 percent is scheduled
tribes.
2.6.1 Scheduled Castes Population:
The population of scheduled castes as per census 2011 is 115631(2.84% of the state’s SC
population of 4074447) of which males are 59734 and SC female is of 55897.The total population
of SC in rural areas of Kheda district is 867994 which consist of 44935 males and 41859 females
and the total population of SC in urban areas is 28837 which consist of 14799 males and 14038
females.
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Table 2.1 Scheduled Castes Population
% share of SC population to the total

% share of SC population to the total
District Year population of the district
SC population of the state
2001 2.95 5.24
Kheda 2011 2.84 5.03
2.6.2 Scheduled Tribes Population:
The scheduled tribe population as per census 2011 is 40336 in Kheda district (0.45% of the state’s
ST population and 1.75 percent of the total population of Kheda) of which 21057 are males and
19279 are females. The total scheduled tribe population in rural areas is 27275 of which 14255 are
rural males and 13020 are rural females. The scheduled tribe population in urban areas is 13061 of
which 6802 are urban males and 6259 are urban females.
Table 2.2 Scheduled Tribes Population
% share of ST population to the total % share of ST population to the total

District Year ST population of the state population of the district
2001 0.43 1.60

Kheda
2011 0.45 1.75
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2.6.3 Sex Ratio of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe population:
Sex Ratio for Scheduled Castes is 936 for Kheda district where it is 931 for Gujarat. For Scheduled
Tribes, Sex Ratio is 916 for Kheda district and it is 981 for Gujarat.
The sex ratio for STs in Kheda district is very low compared to the overall sex ratio for STs in
Gujarat as well as India. Sex ratios for tribal communities have always been better because of the
culture of gender parity and no social bias against women among tribal communities. But the
figures for Kheda district are alarming and needs to be addressed.
2.7 Household Enumeration as per Census 2011 in Kheda District:
The total number of households has increased from 395493 in census 2001 to 466856 in census 2011.
The percentage share of rural and urban households shows that about 22.95 percent of households are in
urban areas and the share of rural households is about 77.04 percent in census 2011.

Table 2.3 Percentage of Households as per Census 2001 and 2011
Percentage of Households
District / Taluka T/R/U
Census 2001 Census 2011
Kapadvanj Total 11.34 11.78
Virpur Total 4.16 4.30
Balasinor Total 6.15 6.17
Kathlal Total 9.04 9.06
Mahemdabad Total 11.17 11.17
Kheda Total 5.91 5.60
Matar Total 7.22 7.047
Nadiad Total 24.28 24.61
Mahudha Total 5.67 5.64
Thasra Total 15.02 14.58
Total 100(395493) 100(466856)
Kheda District Rural 318077 359691
Urban 77416 107165
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2.7.1 Indicators used for Household Enumeration:
 Percentage of Households with condition of census house, type of ownership:
As per census 2011 the total numbers of households in good conditions are about 59.4 percent in
Kheda district. About 55.3 percent of households in rural areas and 73.5 percent in urban areas are
in good conditions. The percentage of households which are livable is 38.3 percent and in rural
areas 42.2 percent houses are livable whereas this figure for urban areas stood at 25 percent. The
percentage of dilapidated households in Kheda is 2.3 percent and this figure is 2.5 percent and 1.5
percent for rural and urban areas respectively.
The figure shown below represents the percentages of households on the basis of type of ownership,
households with ownership being 92.9%, living in rented house are 4.8%.
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 Percentage of Households by Main sources of Lighting:
The total number of households having electricity as a main source of lighting are 80.5 percent, in
rural areas it is 77.1 percent and in urban areas it is 92.3 percent. There is still a scope for
electrification of the remaining households.
Table 2.4 Percentage of Households by Main Source of lighting in Kheda District 2011
District/State Electricity Kerosene Solar energy Other oil Any No lighting
other
Kheda Total 80.5 17.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 1.8
Rural 77.1 20.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 2
Urban 92.3 6.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.9
Gujarat Total 90.4 8.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 1
Rural 85 12.8 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.4
Urban 97.2 2.1 0 0.1 0.1 0.5
There are about 17.1 percent of total households in the district which use kerosene as a main source
of lighting. The data shows that there are still 1.8 percent households in Kheda district which do not
have lighting sources, 2 percent being in rural areas and 0.9 percent in urban areas.
Figure 2.23 Talukawise Percentage of Households by Main Source of lighting (Census 2011)
• Percentage of Households by type of Fuel used for Cooking:

The data of census 2011 show that the district is still dependent on wood as a major source of fuel for
cooking. About 64.2 percent of households are dependent on firewood as a source of cooking whereas
only 21 percent of households use LPG and PNG as a source of cooking. The remaining households
dependent on crop residue are 8.4 percent, biogas is 0.9 percent and cow dung cake are one percent.
Figure 2.24
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*Percentage in Radar chart shows district usage of Fire wood and LPG/PNG.
• Percentage of households by Ownership of Assets:
The census data 2011 show that the total numbers of households availing banking services are 46
percent, households availing banking in rural areas are 41.6 percent and in urban areas are 61.3
percent. Banking penetration in rural area is very important for the overall development of the rural
Kheda.

It can be observed from the census data that households having radios are 13.2 percent, with
television are 37.1 percent, computer laptops with internet connections are 1.2 percent, and without
internet connection are 4.1 percent. Households having landline connections only are 3.1 percent,
with mobile phones only are 39.3 percent, and five percent households have both the mobile and
landline connections.
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• Percentage of Households by Drinking Water Facility
The households availing water from hand pumps are 12.2 percent, from tubewells are 14.8
percent, from river canals are 0.3 percent, households availing tap water from treated sources are
29.2 percent, households availing Tap water from untreated sources are 36.2 percent, households
availing water from covered wells are 2.7 percent and uncovered wells are 3.9 percent.

The percentage of household having drinking water facility within the premises is 50.5 percent,
34.2 percent of households have drinking water facilities near the premises and remaining 15.3
percent of households depend upon the drinking water facilities away from home.
• Percentages of Households have Latrine Facility:

The census 2011 data of percentage of households with latrine facility shows that 62.7 percent of
households have latrine facility away from premises whereas the percentage of households with
latrine facility within the premises is about 37.3 percent in Kheda District. The district
administration is taking this task of constructing toilets at a very urgent basis and there is a
mission mode approach being followed. The district is committed towards achieving the target of
Toilet for All and the positive outcomes are in the offing.
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Chapter 3
Literacy and Education
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The MDG 2014 Goal 2 is “To ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls
alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling”.
As per Human Development “Education occupies supreme position in improving the
knowledge well being income and employment of the people”. High education status among male
and female enhances the earning capacity of the people, reduces poverty, improve standard of
living and removes social inequities. Education plays an important role in improving people’s
standard of living, empowering them with relevant skills and knowledge. It provides adequate
employment opportunity to earn a sustainable living”.
Kanya Kelavni and Shala Pravesh Mohatsav
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3.1 Introduction:
The Education system in Gujarat is divided into four levels Education is in the
1) Primary (Class 1 to 8) concurrent list of the
2) Secondary and Higher Secondary Indian constitution.
3) Graduation and other technical degree Article 45 of the
4) Post Graduation.
constitution enjoins that
the state shall endeavour
Right to Education Act has been implemented in the state, to provide within a period
which included Class 1 to 5 as Primary Schooling and Class 6 to
8 as Upper Primary Schooling but since 2012, changes in the of ten years from the
policies have been made which now considers Class 1 to 8 as commencement 0f this
Primary Schooling and Class 9 as Upper Primary schooling. constitution for free and
It can be observed from the data obtained from SSA that since compulsory education for
its bifurcation from Anand district, many new educational all children until they
institutes have been established showing an expansion of public complete the age of
education system in Kheda District. The data from SSA shows fourteen years .
that a large number of new schools have been set up, there is an
increase in number of classrooms and teachers. There is an
improvement in basic amenities like drinking water, electricity, For universalization of
pucca building, computer laboratory and library, accessibility of
schools, etc. This increase in number of Primary Schools and elementary education the
facilities has developed a strong foundation to the growth in role of government is
Primary Education. extremely important.
3.2 Overview of Literacy in Kheda District
As per census 2011 the total literacy rate of Kheda district is 82.65 Article 46 states that the state
percent and in previous census it was 71.96 percent so there is an shall promote with special care
improvement of 10.69 percent. There has been considerable the educational and economic
increase in the literacy rate of Kheda district in both rural and interest of the weaker sections of
urban areas. Gujarat state total literacy rate as per census 2011 is the people and in particular of
78.03 percent and in census 2001 it was 69.14 percent. the scheduled tribes and
As per the State Government publication “State, District and scheduled castes and shall
Talukawise literate population and literacy rate, 2001 & 2011” protect them from social injustice
which is based on Primary Census Abstract 2011, Kheda district and all forms of exploitations.
ranks 5th position in the category of literacy rate in “Rural area”
with a literacy rate of 81.42 percent and 4th position having
91.31 percent literacy rate for “Male” and Nadiad Taluka having
5th position by 85.98 percent of literacy rate for “Rural area”.
Table 3.1 Position of Kheda District with respect to literacy rate
in the state
District Taluka
The 83rd constitutional
Name Value amendment establishes
Rank Rank
Kheda -5th ----- Literacy rate rural 81.42%
elementary education as
a fundamental right of all
Kheda -4th Literacy rate male total 91.31% citizens of India
th
Nadiad -5 Literacy rate rural 85.98%
Source: State, District and Talukawise Literate Population and Literacy rate, 2001 &
2011” –Directorate of Economics and Statistics- Gandhinagar.
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3.3 Rural and Urban Literacy Rate :
The literacy gap in rural and urban areas of Kheda district in Census 2011 has substantially
improved compared to previous census. It can be observed that in census 2001 the literacy rate for
rural area in Kheda district was 69.18 percent and it has increased to 81.42 percent between the
years 2001-2011, the literacy rate for urban area was 82.6 percent in census 2001 and it has
increased to 86.72 percent between the years 2001-2011. The gap between rural and urban literacy
rate was 13.42 percent in census 2001, but it has now reduced and it is now 5.3 percent.
Therefore the gain in literacy rate for rural area is about 12.42 percent and gain in literacy rate for
urban area is about 4.12 percent. It is very encouraging to note that Kheda is placed among the
districts that are doing very well in terms of literacy rates. Gujarat literacy rate for rural area is
about 71.71 percent whereas it is about 81.42 percent for Kheda, Gujarat literacy rate for urban area
is about 86.31 percent and for Kheda district it is about 86.72 percent.
3.4 Male and Female Literacy Rate:

The district has witnessed a consistent improvement in the literacy rate for male and female both in
rural and urban areas of the district. The total literacy rate as per census 2011 for male is 91.31
percent and for female it is 73.49 percent, and as per census 2001 the total literacy rate for male was
about 85.99 percent and for female it was 56.90 percent. So there is an improvement of 5.32 percent
in male literacy whereas female literacy rate improved by 16.59 percent in census 2011.
In terms of the total Literacy Rate, Nadiad taluka ranks highest among all the talukas of the district
in both the census 2001 and 2011. Its total literacy rate is 86.4 percent in census 2011. Nadiad
taluka also stands first in the female literacy rate with 79.9 percent female literacy rate in census
2011. However in terms of male literacy rate, Kathlal taluka ranks highest at 93.2 percent in census
2011, compared to Nadiad where male literacy is 92.4 percent. Virpur taluka performance is
relatively very poor compared to other talukas of the district with the lowest literacy rate which is
77.1 percent, female literacy rate which is 65.2 percent and male literacy rate which is 88.2 percent
as per census 2011. As per census 2011 the second lowest taluka in terms of total literacy rate
which is 79.8 percent and male literacy rate which is 89.3 percent is of Matar taluka and lowest in
terms female literacy rate is in Thasra taluka which is 69.5 percent in Kheda district.
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3.4.1 Talukawise analysis of Male-Female Literacy Gap

The literacy gap of overall Kheda district is 17.8 percent, in urban areas it is 11 percent and in rural
areas it is 19.9 percent. These figures for Gujarat state stood at total literacy gap of 16.1 percent, in
urban area it is 10 percent and in rural area male-female literacy gap is 20.2 percent. Thus Kheda is
performing well in terms of Male-Female Literacy Gap in rural areas but there is a lot of scope for
improvement. There is a visible improvement over the last few years and this commitment of
improving literacy levels in the district needs to be continued. Based on census 2011, it is observed
that the highest male and female literacy gap is observed in Virpur taluka at 23 percent and the
lowest literacy gap is in Nadiad taluka which is 12.5 percent, we can observe that there is positive
improvement in the literacy gap of Nadiad taluka which was previously 21.5 percent in 2001 it has
reduced by 9 percent in census 2011.
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Table 3.2 Male Female Literacy Gap Talukawise as per Census 2001 and 2011
Literacy Rate Literacy Rate
Taluka Census 2001 GAP Census 2011 GAP
Male Female Male Female
Kapadvanj 86.0 57.1 28.9 91.2 72.9 18.3
Virpur 81.3 47.7 33.6 88.2 65.2 23
Balasinor 85.7 52.0 33.8 91.9 70.9 21
Kathlal 87.7 53.0 34.8 93.2 74.0 19.2
Mahemdabad 84.3 51.9 32.3 91.4 72.5 18.9
Kheda 84.9 57.2 27.7 90.6 73.5 17.1
Matar 84.0 54.2 29.8 89.3 69.7 19.6
Nadiad 88.9 67.4 21.5 92.4 79.9 12.5
Mahuda 85.3 51.8 33.4 91.3 72.5 18.8
Thasra 84.5 53.2 31.3 90.3 69.5 20.8
Kheda District 86.0 56.9 29.1 91.3 73.5 17.8
Gujarat 79.7 57.8 21.9 85.8 69.7 16.1
Table 3.3 Male Female Rural and Urban Literacy Rate Talukawise
RURAL 2001 RURAL 2011 URBAN 2001 URBAN 2011
Taluka
M F GAP M F GAP M F GAP M F GAP
Kapadvanj 85.2 52.6 32.5 91.0 70.6 20.4 89.5 75 14.4 91.7 83.2 8.5
Virpur 81.3 47.7 33.6 87.9 64.3 23.6 NA NA NA 90.4 73.2 17.2
Balasinor 84.2 45.5 38.7 91.2 66.6 24.6 90 70 20 93.8 82.2 11.6
Kathlal 87.8 53.0 34.8 93.4 73.3 20.1 NA NA NA 91.5 79.5 12
Mahemdabad 83.8 48.9 34.8 91.3 71.1 20.2 87.2 70 17.2 92.3 81.5 10.8
Kheda 83.9 53.4 30.5 89.9 71.4 18.5 88.9 71.8 17.1 93.1 82.0 10.1
Matar 84.0 54.2 29.8 8 9.3 69.7 19.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Nadiad 87.3 58.3 29 93.1 78.4 14.7 90.6 76.9 13.7 91.8 81.4 10.4
Mahuda 84.7 49.7 35 91.2 72.5 18.7 88.9 65 23.8 91.4 73.0 18.4
Thasra 84.0 51.2 32.8 90.0 68.0 22 90.2 74.6 15.6 92.9 80.4 12.5
Kheda 85.0 52.2 32.7 91.1 71.2 19.9 74.7 90 15.2 92.1 81.1 11
Gujarat 74.1 47.8 26.3 81.6 61.4 20.2 88.3 74.5 13.8 91.0 81.0 10
As per census 2011 in rural areas the highest literacy gap is in Balasinor taluka which is 24.6
percent and lowest literacy gap is in Nadiad taluka which is 14.7 percent. The lowest urban male
and female literacy gap is in Kapadwanj taluka which is 8.5 percent and highest is in mahuda taluka
(18.4) percent in census 2011.
Figure: 3.5 Gender Gap in Literacy
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3.5 Literacy Rates of Socially Weaker Sections:
3.5.1 Scheduled Castes (SCs)
The district has achieved quiet high growth rate in terms of literacy rate among the socially weaker
section of scheduled caste and tribes residing in rural and urban areas of the district. The literacy
rate for SCs in the district stood at 85.13 percent as per census 2011 compared to 77.02 percent as
per census 2001. Thus there is an increase of 8.11 percent in the total literacy rate of the scheduled
caste community during 2001-11. The literacy rate of SCs for Gujarat state is 79.18 percent as per
census 2011.
Source: Census of I ndia 2001/2011

3.5.2 Scheduled Tribes (STs)
The literacy rate for STs in the district stood at 63.79 percent as per census 2011 compared to 44.49
percent as per census 2001. Thus there is an increase of 19.3 percent in the total literacy rate of the
scheduled tribe communities during 2001-11 which is commendable. The literacy rate of STs for
Gujarat state is 62.48 percent as per census 2011. There is an increase of 8.11 percent in literacy
rate for scheduled castes, whereas this figure of increase in literacy rate for scheduled tribes stood at
19.3 percent.
3.6 Primary Education in Kheda District
3.6.1 Total number of Primary and Upper Primary Schools in Kheda District:
There are total numbers of 1950 primary and upper primary school located in Kheda district in the
year 2014. Out of these schools 1649 are government schools, 54 are grant-aided schools, 32
ashram shalas, and 189 recognized private unaided schools.
Table 3.4 Total (Primary and Upper Primary) Schools
Central Local Municipal Others Pvt. Pvt. Tribal/Social Grand
Talukas Govt. body School (KGBV) Aided Unaided Welfare Total
Board(MSB) Dept.
Balasinor 134 1 2 18 5 160
Kapadvanj 275 6 13 7 301
Kathlal 1 178 5 8 4 196
Kheda 82 3 17 1 103
Mahemdavad 171 1 17 3 192
Mahudha 85 4 7 96
Matar 104 4 8 4 120
Nadiad 224 24 22 72 2 344
Thasara 254 6 21 2 283
Virpur 142 1 8 4 155
Total 1 1649 24 1 54 189 32 1950
Source: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan – Nadiad, Kheda
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The talukas with the highest concentration of schools are Kapadwanj (301), Nadiad (344), Thasra
(283) and Balasinor (160), Kathlal (196), Mahemdabad (192), Matar (120) and Virpur (155) having
more than hundred number of schools by the end of the year 2014. The data related to total number
of schools obtained from SSA-2014 is given in the below table.
3.6.2 Staffing patterns, Enrollment in Schools, Gross Enrollment Ratio and Net Enrollment
Ratio:
• Staffing patterns in primary and upper primary schools:
The growth in number of teachers is fairly consistent with the growth in number of students since
last 5 years. There is an improvement observed in employment of teachers among the socially
weaker sections like ST, SC, SEBC and other community groups. There were a total of 9918
teachers in the year 2010 of which consisted of 192 male and 204 female teachers of ST
communities, 533 male and 562 female teachers of SC communities, 1910 male and 1411 female
teachers of socially economic and backward castes, and 2542 male and 2564 female of other
communities teacher were employed in primary and upper primary schools. In 2014, there are a
total of 14711 teachers in Kheda district of which 294 male and 363 female teachers of scheduled
tribe communities, 635 male and 799 female of scheduled castes, 1871 male and 3108 female of
SEBC and 3341 male and 4300 female of other communities. Therefore this shows an increase in
the total number of teachers against the increase in the number of students enrolled every year in all
the schools of Kheda district since the year 2010. The table given below shows the enrollment and
staffing pattern of the teachers in the primary and upper primary schools in all the talukas of Kheda
district. The highest numbers of teachers were recorded in Nadiad taluka where 2130 teachers are
employed against the 78178 total number of student.
Table 3.5 Total Number of Teachers, Kheda District
ST SC SEBC OTHERS Total
YEAR
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
2010 192 204 533 562 1910 1411 2542 2564 9918
2011 222 223 626 620 2233 1598 2811 2890 11223
2012 219 234 619 611 2326 1653 2899 2973 11534
2013 371 287 777 640 2922 1844 4026 3286 14153
2014 294 363 635 799 1871 3108 3341 4300 14711
Source: SSA , Nadiad –Kheda
• Enrollment in Schools
As per the data from SSA given in the table, the total numbers of students enrolled in primary
education were 348910in all the 10 taluka of the district in the year 2013-14, Nadiad being the most
literate taluka recorded 78178 number of students highest compared to all the talukas of the district.
There were about total number of 9113 boys and 7756 girls of scheduled caste communities, 5605
boys and 3888 girls of scheduled tribe communities, 143990 boys and 124225 girls of SEBC and
29832 boys and 24501 girls of other communities enrolled in the year 2014.Comparing these
figures with those of the year 2010, it is observed that there is an increase in the total number of
students of socially weaker section enrolled in the schools.
Table 3.6 Total Enrollment of Students in Kheda District
ST SC SEBC OTHERS
YEAR Total
Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls
2010 4984 3727 8985 7729 134362 115829 31899 25273 332788
2011 5172 4100 8808 7373 136164 117159 30259 24458 333493
2012 5576 4125 8992 7609 136075 118072 30060 24623 335132
2013 5686 4697 9054 7976 140864 127901 32410 28226 356814
2014 5605 3888 9113 7756 143990 124225 29832 24501 348910
Source: SSA , Nadiad –Kheda
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• Gross Enrollment Ratio and Net Enrollment Ratio
As per the research experts opinions in primary education “A sharp discrepancy between the GER
and the NER indicates that enrolled children enter late to the first grade or do not progress regularly
through the grades and that the system’s internal efficiency could be improved. Appropriate policies
and measures could then be adopted to address problems of grade repetition and drop-out as well as
bottlenecks with regard to retention in school.” A high NER denotes a high degree of enrolment in
education by the official school-age population. The theoretical maximum value is 100 percent.
NERs below 100 percent provide a measure of the proportion of primary school age children who
are not enrolled at the primary level. This difference does not necessarily indicate the percentage of
students who are not enrolled at all in education, since some children may be enrolled at other levels
of education. When the NER is compared with the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) the difference
between the two ratios highlights the incidence of under-aged and over-aged enrolment.
The figure 3.7 indicates the gross enrollment ratio and net enrollment ratio for last 6 years for
Kheda district since 2009. The GER for year 2014 is 99.87 percent and the NER for the district in
the year 2014 is 84.29 percent. It shows that children progress regularly through the grades.
There is still some scope for improving the GER and NER to 100 percent. The foremost thing
which is required to improve education sector is hundred percent enrollments. Every child has a
fundamental right to Education and every child of the country should have access to the formal
education system.
“The Gross Enrollment Ratio of the district on average is 101 percent and Net Enrollment
Ratio on average is 96.65 percent of preceding five years as per SSA.”
Source: SSA-Nadiad Kheda
3.6.3 Issues and Challenges in Primary Education:
 School Drop outs
 Repetition and Retention Rate
 Out of School Children
 Gender Parity Index
 Children with Special Needs
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3.6.3.1 School Drop Outs
The dropout rate for the year 2014 is 1.52 for 1-7 standards and 1.22 for 1 to 5 standards. The
dropout rate shows decreasing trend over the past five years. The dropout rate in both the standard
from 1-5 and 1-7 seems to be decreasing from the year 2011-12. A higher rate of drop out was
observed in the year 2010-11 but due to immediate action taken by the district primary education
department the dropout rate reduced after 2010-11. The data for last five years shows that the
dropout rate for district has always been lower than that of the state.
Source: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan- Gandhinagar
Source: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan- Gandhinagar
• Analysis of Dropout Rate Talukawise

Nadiad taluka has significantly improved in terms of boys drop out ratio in the year 2013-14 it was
recorded nil and the talukas with the higher dropout rate in the year 2013-14 were Matar (3.9) and
Balasinor (2.8). The highest boy’s dropout rate is recorded in Matar (3.2) Balasinor (2.5) and Virpur
(2.1) and the highest dropout rate for girls were in Matar (4.6), Kheda (3.6) and Balasinor (3.1).
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Source: SSA- District Primary Education office – Nadiad, Kheda.
3.6.3.2 Repetition and Retention Rate

Table shows the Talukawise repetition rate for boys and girls. The overall repetition rate for all the
talukas of Kheda district for the year 2013-14 recorded from SSA-2014 is 1.85 of which 2.31
consists for girls and 1.39 consists of boys repetition rate, the rate has increased by 0.36 percent
compared to the previous year 2012-13 which was 1.49.There is an increase of girl’s repetition rate
by 0.74 percent and decrease in boys repetition rate by 0.04 percent, when compared to the year
2012-13. In the year 2013-14 the highest repetition rate was recorded in Matar taluka (3.89) and the
lowest repetition rate was recorded in Nadiad taluka (0.67).However in the year 2012-13 the highest
repetition rate was recorded in Kapadwanj taluka (2.53) and it has improved in the year 2013-14
to 1.71.
Table 3.7 Repetition Ratio and Retention Rate for year 2013-14
Repetition Ratio Retention Rate
No Taluka
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
1 Balasinor 2.50 3.15 2.82 97.5 96.9 97.2
2 Kapadwanj 1.64 1.78 1.71 98.4 98.2 98.3
3 Kathlal 0.84 2.47 1.65 99.2 97.5 98.3
4 Kheda 0.35 3.55 1.95 99.7 96.4 98.1
5 Mahemdabad 1.60 1.65 1.63 98.4 98.3 98.4
6 Mahudha 1.42 1.64 1.53 98.6 98.4 98.5
7 Matar 3.22 4.56 3.89 96.8 95.4 96.1
8 Nadiad 0.04 1.31 0.67 100 98.7 99.3
9 Thasara 0.18 1.46 0.82 99.8 98.5 99.2
10 Virpur 2.10 1.58 1.84 97.9 98.4 98.2
Kheda Total 1.39 2.31 1.85 98.9 98.0 98.4
Source: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan , District Primary Education Office –Nadiad, Kheda
A higher repetition rate was recorded for girls as compared to the boys which was in Matar taluka
4.56, the other taluka recorded with highest repetition ratio for girls were Kathlal (2.47), Balasinor
(3.15), and Kheda (3.55) at both primary and upper primary stage. The taluka with highest
repetition ratio for boys were Matar (3.22) Balasinor (2.50) and Virpur (2.10).The retention rate
presents retaining capacity of the student in education system at primary and upper primary level.
The district has quiet improved in terms of retention rate in all the talukas for both boys and girls.
The overall retention rate for the year 2013-14 for the district was 98.4, for boys 98.9 and for
girls (98.0)
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3.6.3.3 Out of School Children
Out of schools children is a major issue of concern related to education sector. The data for last 4
years show the numbers of out of school children which consists of girls and boys who were never
enrolled and number of dropouts.
Table: 3.8 Out of School Children (6-14 age group)
Out of School Children (6- Never Enrolled –
Sr. Drop Out-(6-14 Age)
Year 14 Age) (6-14 Age)
No
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
1 2010-11 404 652 1056 156 211 367 248 441 689
2 2011-12 269 348 617 140 161 301 128 188 316
3 2012-13 541 525 1066 239 192 431 302 333 635
4 2013-14 285 386 671 207 288 495 78 98 176
In the year 2014 the total number of out of schools children were 671 of which consisted of
285 boys and 386 girls. The figure is decreasing and it now stands at 671 in 2013-14 against 1066 in
2012-13.The number out of schools girls are more than those of out of school boys in the district in
all the four years. Therefore appropriate measures needs to be taken address the issue of out of
school children.
3.6.3.4 Gender Parity Index
A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1
indicates disparity in favour of boys/men and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favour of
girls/women. It is observed from the data obtained from SSA that the GPI has always remained
lesser than one, and on average it has remained 0.85 during preceding 8 years.
Table: 3.9 Gender Parity Index
Sr. Block Name GPI
No 2012-13 2013-14
1 Balasinor 0.87 0.87
2 Kapadwanj 0.86 0.86
3 Kathlal 0.82 0.85
4 Kheda 0.84 0.81
5 Mahemdabad 0.86 0.85
6 Mahudha 0.87 0.86
7 Matar 0.83 0.87
8 Nadiad 0.86 0.83
9 Thasara 0.87 0.86
10 Virpur 0.88 0.87
Source – SSA, District Primary Education Office,
Nadiad, Kheda
Source: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Gandhinagar.

The GPI values for all talukas for the year 2012-13 and 2013-14 for the district are less than 1
which indicates disparity in favour of boys. Therefore the problem related to gender disparities need
to be addressed and proper measures need to be taken to fulfill the gap and improve the status of
education among girls.
3.6.3.5 Children with Special Needs
As per the data obtained from SSA 2014, there were a total number of 5256 numbers of students
with special needs. In the year 2014 there were total of 1169 teachers proposed for imparting
education to these students with special need. Categorizing these 5256 children as per their
disability the highest numbers of students were with OH(2014) type of disability. 1019 were
mentally retarded students. Other types of disability observed were students with TB(138),
LV(717), HI(416), SI(255), CP(409), LD(83), MD(15) and ASD(190).
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Source: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, District Primary Education Office –Nadiad, Kheda
3.7 Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in Kheda

There are total of 388 secondary and higher secondary schools located in Kheda district in the year
2014. There were about 15125 boys and 8778 girls in 11th standard and 12772 boys and 7397 girls
in 12th standard in the year 2014.
Source: District Education Office –Nadiad, Kheda

Table 3.10 Enrollment in secondary and Higher Secondary Schools for the Year 2013-14
Boys Girls Total
9th Standard 24589 16230 40819
10th Standard 22831 12754 35585
11th Standard 15125 8778 23903
12thStandard 12772 7397 20169
Source: District Education Office –Nadiad, Kheda
3.8 Pupil Teacher Ratio
As per the Right to Education Act an ideal pupil teacher ratio (PTR) is of 30:1. The pupil teacher
ratio for last 6 year indicates a decline in number of students per teacher from 2009 to 2014. In the
year 2009 and 2010 the pupil teacher ratio was 32 and 33 respectively. The data shows that there is
a consistent improvement in the ratio which was 29 in 2011 and 2012,25 in 2013 and 23 in
2014.The pupil teacher ratio in secondary school was 28:1 and 42:1 in higher secondary schools in
the year 2013-14.
Table 3.11 Pupil Teacher Ratio in Primary Schools –District Kheda
Year Number of Pupil Number of Teachers Pupil Teacher Ratio
2009 340155 10499 32:1
2010 332788 9918 33:1
2011 333493 11223 29:1
2012 335132 11534 29:1
2013 356814 14153 25:1
2014 348910 14711 23:1
Source: District Primary Education Office , Nadiad Kheda
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Table 3.12 Pupil Teacher Ratio in Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools (2013-14)
Secondary schools Higher secondary schools
Number of Number of Pupil Number of Number of Pupil
Pupil Teachers Teacher ratio Pupil Teachers Teacher ratio
19892 693 28:1 44072 1045 42:1
Source: District Education Office , Nadiad Kheda
3.9 School Infrastructure

3.9.1 Status of Classrooms:
Information acquired from primary education department relating to classrooms shows that there is
remarkable increase in number of schools and classrooms, which shows that the district has
improved in terms of classroom infrastructure in rural as well as urban area.
Table 3.13 Total schools and Class Rooms in Primary Schools in Kheda District for the year 2014
Total Class Total Number Student
Taluka Total Schools
Rooms of Students Classroom Ratio
Balasinor 143 763 23085 30:1
Kapadvanj 289 1441 41555 28:1
Kathlal 190 1095 32150 29:1
Kheda 87 571 21051 36:1
Mahemdabad 177 1138 40364 35:1
Mahudha 89 584 19257 32:1
Matar 112 770 23305 30:1
Nadiad 272 1627 78178 48:1
Thasara 263 1644 52885 32:1
Virpur 148 639 17080 26:1
Total 1770 10272 348910 33:1
Source : SSA -Primary Education Department – Nadiad, Kheda
3.9.2 Accessibility and Availability of Basic Amenities

3.9.2.1 Accessibility of Primary, secondary and higher secondary schools:
As per norms for setting up of primary schools in villages the data obtained from SSA for the year
2014 shows that there are 675 primary schools located within the village. Overall there are about
total number of 1214 upper primary schools with distance exceeding 1 K.m, 349 secondary and
higher secondary schools with a distance exceeding 3 K.m and 737 primary schools with distance of
1 K.m. located in 675 villages of Kheda district.
Table 3.14
Access to schools by distances within taluka- upto 1-km, 3-km, 5-km
(As Per Government Norms) 2013-14 (in Kilometers)
Taluka Within Village 1-Km 3-Km 5-Km
Balasinor 52 42 118 34
Kapadvanj 109 138 163 39
Kathlal 59 83 113 35
Kheda 46 38 65 18
Mahemdabad 72 82 110 31
Mahudha 42 37 59 23
Matar 54 41 79 19
Nadiad 82 115 229 70
Thasara 104 97 186 52
Virpur 55 64 92 28
Total 675 737 1214 349
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3.9.2.2 Availability of basic amenities:
The state government also incurs development expenditure for the construction of schools with
pucca building and improving the basic facilities like drinking water, electricity, toilets and separate
toilets for girls. The focus should be on enhancing and maintaining the current facilities at the
primary schools in rural areas because the schools in district still faces shortages in terms of
availability of water and electricity. By creating a strong and permanent infrastructure in primary
education will lead to reduction in dropouts, improving the enrollment of boys & girls and retention
of well qualified teaching staff. As per the data obtained by SSA 2014, all the schools in the district
are covered by basic necessities of drinking water, toilets, playground and modern education
requirement of computer laboratory and library facilities. The data’s shown in the table below
shows that all the schools in all the 10 talukas of Kheda district have been covered by minimum
basic amenities.
• Basic Amenities at Primary Schools:
There are about total 1770 number of schools in Kheda district out of these, the availability of
electricity is in 1765 schools of Kheda district. There are total of 10271 rooms which are electrified.
There total 1653 schools having library facilities. The total number of schools with drinking water
facilities is 1768, the state government has also taken an initiative of providing RO water facilities
in all the schools , it is observed that there are many schools in the district which provide RO water
facilities. The schools with separate toilet for girls are 1648.The number of schools having
playground is 1478.
Figure: 3.15 Availability of Separate Toilet for Girls
Figure: 3.16 Drinking Water, Playground and Library
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Figure 3.17 Schools with Electricity and Electrified Classrooms
Source: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan – Nadiad, Kheda

Table 3.15 Smart Class, Schools, Internet Connection & Computer Labs
Sr.No Name of Taluka No of Schools Total Smart School No of Schools with Number of
With Smart Internet Connection Schools with
Class Computer Lab
1 Balasinor 0 1 9 100
2 Kapadvanj 24 1 15 135
3 Kathlal 17 1 50 98
4 Kheda 11 1 25 51
5 Mahemdabad 23 1 3 87
6 Mahudha 8 1 47 54
7 Matar 17 1 62 71
8 Nadiad 0 1 58 156
9 Thasara 0 1 14 164
10 Virpur 0 1 5 82
Total 100 10 288 998
Currently, there are 10 Smart Schools and 100 Smart Classrooms in Kheda district. The number of
Smart Schools and Classrooms should be increased in phased manner.
• Basic Amenities at Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools:
There are about 388 secondary and higher secondary schools located in Kheda district. It is noted from
the data’s available from district education office that all the schools are having electricity till date.
There are about 244 schools with library facilities out these 217 schools are maintaining registers. There
are about 1113 toilets in all the schools and 552 separate toilets for girls in all the 388 schools of the
district. Total number of 314 Schools have playground in the district. There are about 378 schools
having drinking water facilities and 297 schools are having computer laboratory facilities.
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Table 3.16 Total number of Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools
Kapadwanj 41
Mahudha 23
Matar 22
Kathlal 37
Thasra 59
Nadiad 84
Kheda 22
Mahemdabad 35
Balasinor 34
Virpur 31
TOTAL 388
Source : District Education Office Nadiad Kheda
Figure: 3.18 Basic Amenities in Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools
Source: District Education Office – Nadiad ,Kheda
Figure: 3.19 Basic Amenities in Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools
Source: District Education Office – Nadiad ,Kheda
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3.10 Government Initiative in Education Sector:
Government has taken a number of initiatives by framing schemes to improve the status of literacy
and education. The various schemes of central and state government implemented are as follows:
1. Mid-Day Meal Programme:
The Mid-Day Meal Scheme is being implemented throughout the State. During the year 2013-14,
about 217197 lakhs of children of Standard I to VIII were provided hot cooked meal at the MDM
centers through 1680 MDM centers of the district. There are ample kitchen shed in number of
schools which requires repairing and government has taken an initiative to repair those kitchen shed
in year 2014.
Source: Mid Day Meal –Department Nadiad, Kheda
2. Vidya Laxmi Bonds:

The scheme of “Vidya Laxmi Bond” has been introduced to encourage the parents to send their
girl child to school and provide education at least upto primary level. The total number of bonds
distributed in Kheda district were 983 in the year 2013 and 994 in the year 2014.
3. “PRAGNA” Schools in Kheda District :

Launching of “PRAGNA” schools in the district is another innovative initiative launched by the
state government. The detail of phase wise launching of PRAGNA schools is given below the table.
In the year 2014-15 in phase five there are about 1206 PRAGNA school units having total number
of 1980 class, 2005 teachers and 61,960 students studying in the schools.
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Table 3.17 “PRAGNA” School details Phase wise of Kheda District
Total Total number Total number of Total number
Phase number of of class teachers of students
units
1st 10 18 18 513
2nd 126 223 227 7133
3rd 164 287 289 9480
4th 243 419 422 13175
5th 663 1033 1049 31659
Total 1206 1980 2005 61960
Source : Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Nadiad – Kheda
This Activity based Learning Programme "PRAGNA" is running in some schools with Standard
1 to 5. As this innovative programme has proven very successful, each and every school with
standard 1 to 5 should be covered under PRAGNA project.
4. Building as Learning Aid (BaLA):
BaLA (Building as Learning Aid) is an innovative Table 3.18 Total number of primary schools
concept towards qualitative improvement in education, having BaLA
S.No. Name of Taluka Total number of
through developing child-friendly, fun and learning primary schools
based physical environment building in school having BaLA
infrastructure. This concept was originally developed 1 Balasinor 6
by Vinyas, Centre for Architectural Research & 2 Kapadvanj 10
Design with support from UNICEF. It is now 3 Kathlal 12
implemented across the state in all districts. SSA 4 Kheda 4
5 Mahemdabad 9
Gujarat has trained its large team of civil engineers at
6 Mahuda 5
district and block level, several teachers and Head 7 Matar 5
Masters of schools have been trained to plan, 8 Nadiad 9
implement and effectively use the BaLA concept in 9 Thasara 6
Model schools. BaLA is about innovatively using the 10 Virpur 7
school spaces – the classrooms, the floors, walls, Total 73
doors, windows, pillars, corridors and the natural Source : SSA –Nadiad ,Kheda
environment as learning resources.
The Visible benefits of BaLA in schools of Kheda District
BaLA interventions in the Model schools bring a tangible, visible change. The improvement in
enrolment, attendance and retention of children in Model schools can be credited to the concept of
BaLa. Most importantly, learning becomes fun through this concept. Few interviews with the
parents suggest that children now come before school hours and go back much after school hours.
They find that learning in school is now more interesting, joyful for children and teachers.
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“Me and my world allows the child to discover, understand and relate to the world around from
her immediate surroundings to the distant world in a concrete way.- It must be located in
corridors, or large staircase landing. But proper natural light must be ensured on it and height
that is accessible for children. In addition to the complete visuals from neighborhood, city,
country, continent and the world in one concentric set of visuals, another visual can be made
with some blank portion and writable surface so that children also make their own visuals, as
shown above”. The other activity is map activity with Grids of size 450 x 450mm for outline brick
map to play with mud and sand.
Creative Activities in BaLA schools of Kheda district
Learning distance through pathway My World Door Protector to learn “Angles”

5. Gunotsav:
The past years performance of the schools in Kheda District has been given below, the data shows
that there is a need to increase the number of schools to score Grade A and Grade A+.
Table 3.19 Gunotsav Results of Kheda District
GUNOTSAV Grade A+ Grade A Grade B Grade C Grade D Grade E Grade F
2009-10 0 20 373 1076 187 6
2010-11 0 70 313 62 6 - -
2012-13 3 282 1150 247 68 - -
2014-15 35 548 685 156 49 - -
Source : SSA-Nadiad , Kheda
6. Schools providing Drinking water through RO Facilities:

The state government has also taken an initiative to provide drinking water by RO facility in various
schools of Kheda district, the table below show total number of schools having RO water Facilities.
Table 3.20 Schools providing Drinking water through RO Facilities
Sr.No. Name of Taluka No. of School with R.O. No. of School with U.V.
1 Galteshwar 2 80
2 Kapadvanj 44 143
3 Kathlal 26 119
4 Kheda 10 46
5 Mahemdabad 63 66
6 Mahudha 7 61
7 Matar 30 24
8 Nadiad 94 28
9 Thasara 2 127
10 Vaso 13 18
Total 291 712
Source : SSA-Nadiad, Kheda
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3.11 Higher Education in Kheda:
The numbers of higher education institutions located in Kheda district are 41. Of these there is one
government grant-aided Ayurvedic College, 9 engineering college of which 3 are government-aided
and 6 private, 9 arts colleges of which 7 are government-aided and 2 are private, 14 commerce
colleges of which 11 are government-aided,2 private and one government and 3 science colleges
which are government-aided, one ADT and one CPED colleges which are government granted,4
PTC colleges of which 3 are government granted and 1 government colleges. So far no medical
colleges have been set up in Kheda district.
SWOC ANALYSIS “EDUCATION”
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
 As per census 2011 the total literacy
rate of Kheda district is 82.65 percent  There is need to address the quality of
and in previous census it was 71.96 teaching in primary and upper
percent so there is an improvement of primary schools.
10.69 percent.
 Kheda district ranks 5th position in  There are still persisting gaps between
the state in the category of literacy male and female literacy (17.8%).
rate in “Rural area” with a literacy
rate of 81.42 percent and 4th position
having 91.31 percent literacy rate for
“Male”
 The total literacy rate as per census
2011 for male is 91.31 percent and for
female it is 73.49 percent and it has
substantially improved compared to
previous census.
OPPORTUNITIES CHALLENGES
 There is ample opportunity to

promote the concept of Smart  The major areas of focus should be
Classrooms and Smart Schools with on reducing dropout rate among the
computer laboratories and internet. girls after standard 8th and 10th and
focusing more on girl’s enrollment as
 Proper training needs to be imparted the gender disparity in education,
to the teachers to improve upon the needs to be addressed.
quality of education in the system.
 There is still a scope for improving
 School monitoring committees need to Pupil Teacher ratio for Higher
be strengthened and the PRIs should Secondary schools.
be involved in monitoring the school
education.
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Chapter 4
Health and Nutrition
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Status of Public Health
World health Organization (WHO) defines health as “a State of complete physical, mental, and
social, well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
Evaluating the Public health status in general, the chapter deals with maternal health care, various
services provided for it, child health and child health care service and other major Disease covered
under national health programmes, Family Planning, disabled population and issues related to
health sector in the district.
4.1 Infrastructure related to Healthcare in Kheda District:
The data available of health infrastructure facilities in the district shows that there are about 51
primary health centers, 12 community health centers, 317 subcentres of health. There is one
government dispensary and one district hospital located in the district. The district has total of 16
ayurvedic hospitals where 11 ayurvedic hospitals belongs to state government and 5 hospital
belongs to local bodies. The district has 9 hospital homeopathic hospitals and all these 9 hospitals
belong to state government.
Table 4.1 Health Infrastructure Facility (2013-14)( In Nos.)
Sub Primary Community Medical District Ayurvedic Homeopath
Centres Health Health Centres College Hospital Hospital ic Hospital
Centres
Kheda 317 51 12 upcoming 1 16 9
Gujarat 7274 1158 300
Source: Gujarat State Health Statistics 2013-14
4.1.1 Performance of PHC and CHC:

There are 12 CHCs sanctioned which consists of 30 beds in each CHCs. There are total of 333 beds
in 12 CHC of the district. The district has 51 PHC’s sanctioned having total of 300 beds.
Table 4.2 Performance of Community Health Centers and Primary Health Centers
Unit 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

[A] Community Health Centers
Out Door Patients No. 352646 345749 324961 359662 365942
In Door Patients No. 43327 46899 43623 51619 52464
[B] Primary Health Centers
Out Door Patients No. 394887 366040 335136 357225 435744
In Door Patients No. 10299 12539 13506 19363 16923
Table 4.3 Talukawise PHC and CHC in Kheda District

Taluka wise Total Total
C.H.C. Beds P.H.C Beds
Sanctioned Functioned Functional Sanctioned Functioned Functional
CHC PHC
Kapadvanj 1 1 30 6 6 36
Virpur 1 1 30 2 2 12
Balasinor 1 1 30 3 3 18
Kathlal 1 1 30 5 5 30
Mahemdabad 2 2 30 6 6 36
Kheda 1 1 30 3 3 18
Matar 1 1 30 5 5 30
Nadiad 1 1 30 8 8 48
Mahudha 1 1 7 5 5 30
Thasra 2 2 86 8 8 42
Total-District 12 12 333 51 51 300
Source: CDHO –Nadiad ,Kheda
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4.1.2 Maternal Health Care and Institutional Deliveries:
The major health indicators available for maternal health for Kheda District are ANC and PNC
registrations, percentages of women who received full ANC, pregnant women receiving TT booster
and percentages of institutional deliveries.
4.1.2.1 Post Natal Care and Ante Natal Care:
Post natal checkups are extremely important to safeguard the health of the mother and the baby for
the births which have not taken place in health institutions. In Kheda district, about 47636 post natal
3 checkup were done against the total deliveries of about 52420 i.e. 91 percent for the year 2012-13
and for the year 2013-14 there were 49989 post natal checkup against the total deliveries of about
54061 i.e. 92 percent. It shows that there is still scope for improvement in post natal checkup.
Table 4.4 Post Natal Care – Kheda District
Sr.
Post Natal Care 2012-13 2013-14
No
1. Post partum check up within 48 hours of delivery 44899 35381
2. Post partum check up between 14 days and 48 hrs of delivery 42081 32624
3. Post Natal 3 check up 47636 49989
Source :HIMS Data as on 2nd June 2014
As the data for the last five years suggest that for the deliveries from the year 2009 to 2014
both in institutional and home deliveries on average about 76.50 percent of pregnant women were
registered for Ante natal care in their early pregnancy, about 82.06 percent of pregnant women had
3 or more ante natal visits. Out of all the pregnant women registered for ante natal care, on average
about 97.60 percent were immunized against tetanus toxic.
Table 4.5 Performance OF ANC and TT Registration in Kheda DISTRICT
ANC 3 % of ANC 3 % of TT against
Year ANC Early Early Reg.(%) Check checkup ANC reg.
Reg. Reg. up against ANC
reg.
2009-10 63519 43197 68 49966 78.66 103.14
2010-11 60199 44690 74.23 48883 81.2 95.57
2011-12 58030 44707 77.04 76.50 46263 79.72 82.06 96.84 97.59
2012-13 60473 48380 80 50053 82.93 95.86
2013-14 60932 50739 83.27 53482 87.77 96.54

4.1.2.2 Evaluation of Institutional and Home Deliveries:
The data of preceding six years related to institutional deliveries show that the total number of
institutional deliveries in the district has increased to 98.94 percent and the health department
should take more steps towards reducing home deliveries. The total institutional deliveries in the
year 2009 to 2014 are given in the table 4.6. This improvement is mainly because of more and more
women having maximum ANC visits during their pregnancy.
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Table 4.6 Institutional and Home Deliveries in Kheda District
Delivery Registration Of which Institutional Of which Home Delivery
Year Nos. Delivery ( in % ) (in % )
2009-10 38924 88.53 11.47
2010-11 52792 93.46 6.54
2011-12 53484 95.19 4.81
2012-13 49471 96.93 3.07
2013-14 48272 98.94 1.06
The increasing number of institutional deliveries is also due to increase in education, awareness
about schemes relating to health, increase in wealth and standard of living of people. The probable
reason for 1.06 percent of home deliveries could be the traditional mind sets of some particular
communities. The awareness about the risks involved in delivering the baby at home must be
spread.
The data preceding five years also shows that maximum deliveries were done in private institutions.
It shows that maximum patients in rural as well as urban areas prefer deliveries in private
institution.
Key Observations of Institutional and Home Deliveries in Kheda District
Improvement in “ Institutional The Probable reason for “Home
Deliveries” is due to : Deliveries” is due to:
Two percent cases of home deliveries are
Janani Suraksha yojana and Chiranjeevi in rural areas. Main reasons observed are
yojana to rural people -better services at that communities like nats and banjaras
zero cost are provided. they are not ready for institutional
deliveries because of their old customs and
traditional mindsets.
Women having maximum ANC visits
during their pregnancy.
Due to increase in education, awareness of
Hence this requires effective strategy of
health yojana, people being more health
shifting of mindsets from home deliveries
conscious, increase in wealth and “standard
to institutional deliveries.
of living of people and urban residence”.
Availability of 108 services and
“ Khilkhilahat service”
4.1.2.3 Safe Motherhood Index in Kheda District:
A simplest measure of reproductive health of mother is the simple average of the percentage of
institutional delivery and the percentage of ANC-3 check up.
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Table 4.7 SAFE MOTHERHOOD INDEX
ANC 3 Institution SAFE
Year checkup al Delivery MOTHE
against (%) R
ANC HOOD
registration INDEX
(%)
2009-10 78.66 88.53 83.59
2010-11 81.2 93.46 87.33
2011-12 79.72 95.19 87.45
2012-13 82.93 96.93 89.93
2013-14 87.77 98.94 93.35
Source: Gujarat State Health Statistic

The safe mother hood index for the preceding 5 years on average is about 88.33 percent for Kheda
district. There is increase in the safe mother index since past five years it was 83.59 percent in the
year 2009-10 and now it has increased to 93.35 percent it shows consistent improvement in safe
mother hood index .
4.1.3 Child Health Care and Nutrition:
4.1.3.1 Child Nutrition:
Inadequate child nutrition is a problem throughout India. It is observed that under nutrition in
infants and children is found to be higher in rural areas than the urban areas. Better health of a child
leads to better attendance in school, higher level of knowledge attainment, more productivity.
Nutritional deficiency in the children results in long-term disabilities such as blindness, reduction in
cognitive functions, mental retardation, etc.
The numbers of undernourished children are very disturbing. In order to address the problem related
to child nutrition the mothers need to be educated about breastfeeding to child. “Breastfeeding” is a
universal and the first and foremost step towards better child nutrition. As per the findings of NFHS
report it is observed that in India a very few children are put to breastfeeding immediately after
birth, NFHS-3 also finds that only 44 percent of breastfed children are fed at least the minimum
number of times recommended. In order to improve child health, Government of Gujarat has taken
several initiatives by launching of various schemes, different immunization and vaccination
programmes. Evaluating the status of new born care, as per the HIMS report about 90.3 percent of
newborns were breast fed within one hour of birth and 8.1 percent of new borns weighted less than
2.5 kg in the year 2013-14.
Table 4.8 NEW BORN CARE 2012-13 2013 -14
Kheda Gujarat Kheda Gujarat

New Borns breastfed within 1 hr of birth (to total reported live births )% 93.5 89.8 90.3 91.1
New Borns weighed at birth (to total reported live births )% 94.0 95.2 91.4 96.9
New Borns weight less than 2.5 kg ( to total new borns weight at birth )% 6.6 9.6 8.1 10.3
Source : HMIS Data as on 2nd June 2014
4.1.3.2 Child Immunization:

Children are considered fully immunized if they receive one BCG injection to protect against
tuberculosis, three doses each of DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) and polio vaccines, and one
measles vaccine. Evaluating the performance of Kheda district with respect to child immunization
and calculating average percentage of immunization of last five years show that about almost 100
percent of the children were fully immunized against the live birth in the district, a brief description
about the child immunization is given below in the figure 4.4. Immunization coverage has improved
substantially since the year 2010 in Kheda district.
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Table 4.9 Children Fully Immunized in Kheda District
Total Reported Live Births Fully Immunized
Year
2009-10 38953 142.65
2010-11 52792 93.5
2011-12 52708 94.3
2012-13 50897 106.2
2013-14 48089 107.4

The coverage of individual vaccines has also improved substantially in the district during last five
years the BCG, DPT 3rd dose, polio 3rd dose have been received been by 100 percent of the children
in the district which is very positive improvement it is suggest to continue with the same strategy
and keep strict vigilance for the upcoming years to too.
The health experts also recommend that children should be given vitamin A supplements every six
months until they reach three years of age, starting at the age of 9 months. The data related to
performance of vitamin first dose for children in Kheda district shows that on average about 89.44
percent of children in preceding five years received the vitamin A first dose against the total live
births. So more steps needs to be taken to achieve the target of 100 percent of vitamin A supplement
to children in urban and rural areas of the district. So strict monitoring and evaluation should be
done by health department through health workers to reduce this gap.
4.1.3.3 Performance of Various Schemes under Reproductive Child Health:
a) Janani Suraksha yojana:
Janani Suraksha yojana has been the most effective scheme in increasing institutional deliveries in
Kheda district. The key findings reveal that JSY has resulted in an increase in institutional
deliveries and has helped the rural poor women of Kheda district to access institutional delivery.
Table 4.10 Total Number of Beneficiaries under Janani Suraksha Yojana.
Year BPL SC ST GENERAL
2009 -- 1788 694 6697
2010 --- 1941 347 13760
2011 5634 906 263 9988
2012 7819 685 274 5480
2013 9172 239 106 1490
2014 10714 319 46 314
Source: CDHO, Nadiad –Kheda
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b) Chiranjeevi Yojana:
This scheme was evolved to harness and accredit the private sector to provide obstetric care
(institutional delivery) to below poverty line women living in rural areas of Gujarat. Its objective is
to realign health system human resources in Gujarat, by relocating obstetric services from the public
sector to the private sector, so the state took responsibility to ensure its mothers received obstetric
care. The study reveals that the total number of deliveries under this yojana seems to be reducing in
Kheda district probably because of low specialist doctors enrolled. Though the schemes have
attractive pay packages for the doctors still the enrollment of the specialist doctors seem to be low.
There is a need to increase participation of doctors by few initiatives such as increasing the
incentives paid to the doctors and providing these incentives on time. Focus should be on increasing
the number of doctors at rural as well as urban areas to maintain the effectiveness of the scheme.
Table 4.11 Chiranjeevi Yojana Particulars
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Total Deliveries under Chiranjeevi scheme 2521 3514 12634 1034
Normal Deliveries 2308 3278 10827 950
LSCS* C-section 182 228 798 81
Complicated Deliveries 31 8 1009 3
Private specialist Doctors enrolled 18 27 34 8
c) Bal Sakha Yojana (BSY):
Neonatal mortality accounts for majority of child deaths and many of these happen within the seven
days of birth. The Bal Sakha Yojana was launched by the State government to make accessible expert
care by private pediatrician to all BPL and tribal children born under the ambit of the Chiranjeevi
Yojana or in Government Health Care institution. It is also meant for all the children up to 1 month age
identified at risk by Mamta Abhiyan and IMNCI trained health worker as per protocols.
Table 4.12 Bal Sakha Yojana - Neonates Admission Details Total
No. of neonates Total Private
Year Total new born No. of neonates
admitted & treated to Deaths Specialist
attended under BSY referred to NICU-3
NICU-2 Enrolled
2009-10 610 13 4 6 7
2010-11 664 36 15 24 7
2011-12 358 6 18 9 13
2012-13 0 0 0 - 3
2013-14 200 0 0 - 1
d) Mamta Sandarbh (Referral Services):
One Mamta Referral centre has been developed in each block. Services of a pediatrician who has
been commissioned on call basis are available on a definite day, at the referral centre to provide
specialist medical care to the children screened on Mamta day found with acute and chronic illness.
About 1737 Mamta divas sessions planned in Kheda district and 1727 session were conducted
during the session about 8229 women were registered under ANC and about 6305 antenatal women
were distributed IFA tablets, about 4481 women were registered for Post natal checkup and 4027
women under PNC checkup were distributed IFA tablet. In order to provide iodine about 1848
women were given iodized salt.
Table 4.13 Mamta Sandarbh (Referral Services)
PARTICULARS 2012 2013 2014
Mamta Divas sessions Planned 1571 1813 1737
Mamta Divas sessions held 1560 1813 1727
No. of ANC registered 7822 7373 8229
No. of Antenatal women given IFA tablet 6692 6371 6305
No. of PNC registered 4134 4171 4481
No. of Postnatal mothers given IFA tablet 3640 3674 4027
No. of Antenatal and Postnatal women given iodized salt 2914 2189 1848
Source: CDHO –Nadiad ,Kheda
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4.2 Family Planning
“Family planning allows individuals and couples to anticipate and attain their desired number of
children and the spacing and timing of their births. It is achieved through use of contraceptive methods
and the treatment of involuntary infertility. A woman’s ability to space and limit her pregnancies has a
direct impact on her health and well-being as well as on the outcome of each pregnancy.” - WHO on
Family Planning.
The data of family planning in Kheda district from the year 2009 to 2014 as against workload show
that on average about 97.87 percent of voluntary sterilization occurred, 99.66 percent of IUD were
applied and 34.16 percent of total NSV were performed as against total sterilization workload. The
percentages of NSV show that it is still low and it needs to be increased by more motivation and
wide acceptance by male population. This needs is to be addressed by proper motivation of males
so that they can accept the NSV.
4.2.1 Daughter’s Scheme (Dikri Yojana)

Under this scheme eligible couples undergoing sterilization after having only one daughter and two
daughters, get a six year saving certificate worth Rs.6000/- and 5000/- respectively. The saving
certificates distributed in the district so far are 3 in the year 2012, 28 in the year 2013 and 11 in the
year 2014 .The performance of the scheme is found to low, may be people are not aware about the
scheme. There is a need to increase its awareness among the people by involving ASHA workers.
4.3 Burden of Diseases: Performance of National Rural Health Programmes
1. Leprosy Eradication Programme:
Kheda district has achieved the goal of elimination of leprosy as a public health problem, defined as
less than 1 case per 10,000 population. The district has remarkable achievement of 0.36 prevalence
rate per 10000 populations during the year 2013-14 and has maintained the standard of prevalence
rate to less than 1 per 10,000 populations throughout past six years.
Table 4.14 Progress and Achievement of Leprosy Eradication Programme in the District
Year Annual ANCDR MB Deformity PR/10000 Cases Released
New RATIO Rate Pop. From Treatment
case RFT Others
2008-09 161 6.77 64.59 11.81 0.54 161 02
2009-10 183 7.54 63.93 3.82 0.49 189 05
2010-11 139 5.62 73.38 4.23 0.42 150 05
2011-12 124 5.30 81.77 3.23 0.43 122 05
2012-13 98 4.12 67.34 9.18 0.39 102 02
2013-14 140 6.00 60.00 10.71 0.36 146 0
Source: Leprosy Department-General Hospital Nadiad , Kheda
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2. Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP):
The aim was to achieve and maintain a cure rate of at least 85 percent among newly detected
infectious (new sputum smear positive) cases, and to achieve and maintain a case detection rate of
at least 70 percent. Treatment success rate is more than 85 percent, TB death rates have been cut
from 4 percent to 3 percent, Case detection rate has been maintained at more than 70 percent .
Table 4.15 Achievement of RNTCP indicators in Kheda District
Year Total New Annualized Annualized 3 month NSP Suspects Death
(Jan to patients smear new smear new conversion Success examined Rate
Dec) registered positive positive smear rate of Rate per lakh among
for patients case positive new population New
treatment registered notification case smear per quarter Smear
for rate (per lac Detection positive Positive
treatment per year) Rate (%) patients
Norms >56 >70% >90% >85% >150 <5%
2009 3130 1491 65.2 81.5 91.2 86.57 166.7 4.13
2010 3237 1531 65.76 82.21 92.00 88.12 169.3 4.13
2011 2301 1238 58 72 92 88 195 5
2012 2995 1481 63.34 79.18 91.5 86.75 160.6 5.45
2013 2922 1478 62.17 77.72 92.22 86.19 164.3 5.40
*2014 1423 710 33.45 41.82 92.47 87.58 67.05 3.95
Source: Gujarat State Health Statistic Publication / *For the year 2014 the information contains 1st and 2nd quarter information. TB
Department – Civil Hospital Nadiad Kheda
3. National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB):
In Gujarat NPCB is implemented since 1978.The data’s related to cataract surgery performance
shows that maximum people in Kheda district prefer cataract operation in NGO, then at private
hospital. A very positive improvement is observed that the performance of cataract surgeries has
always been higher than the set target.
Table 4.16 Cataract surgery performance in Kheda District
Year wise Target Dist. Hosp. Sub-Dist. Hosp. NGO Private Total %
2009-10 30500 765 498 25399 7171 33833 110.93
2010-11 25500 705 623 31654 5814 38796 152 .14
2011-12 25500 62 340 35407 4440 40249 157.84
2012-13 25500 363 260 34113 3320 38056 149.24
2013-14 25500 355 124 35813 2614 38906 152
Source: Gujarat State Health Statistic Publication
Eye Donation Activities in Kheda district:
As per the eye donation report total number of eyes Table 4.17 Eye donation in Kheda District
collected were 22 and 22 eyes were sent to eye banks and Year Collection of Donated Eyes
other hospitals. In the previous years the total number of 2008-09 4
2009-10 0
eyes collected were 28 in the year 2013, 12 in the year
2010-11 8
2012, 8 in the year 2011 and 4 in the year 2009.
2011-12 12
2012-13 28
2013-14 22
Source :Eye Department –Nadiad Kheda
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Refractive errors in school children
Under school eye screening programme, a total number of 2293 schools were covered about 2.07
percent of student were found to be with refractive errors, and the same percent of student were
distributed free glasses.
Table 4.18 School Eye Check Up Programme in Kheda District
School No. of Number &Percentage of Student Provided No. of
Year Covered Students Detected with RE free Teachers
under SES Screened glasses Trained
2009-10 2110 388088 7203 1.86 % 7203 0
2010-11 2128 407012 8650 2.12 % 8650 1177
2011-12 2127 414350 9801 2.36 % 9801 0
2012-13 2129 399921 9982 2.5 % 9982 0
2013-14 2293 476201 9878 2.07 % 9878 0
4.4 Disability in Kheda District
As per census 2011 the proportion of disabled population to total population of the state is about
4.42 percent. The disabled population of Kheda district is about 48278 persons. The figure 4.6
given below shows the disabled population by type of disabilities in Kheda district as census 2011.
About 26.04 percent of disabled populations have disability related to movement which is the
highest among all the disabilities.
Table 4.19 Taluka wise Total population with Physical Disability Total population
in Kheda District as per Census 2011 with disability
Balasinor 3058
Kapadwanj 5735
Kathlal 4378
Kheda 2690
Mahuda 2785
Matar 3415
Mahemdabad 5364
Nadiad 11563
Thasra 7184
Virpur 2106
Total district 48278
Gujarat 10,92,302
Proportion of Disabled Population of the district to state (%) 4.42
Source : DDRC and Census 2011
4.4.1 District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC):
Achievements of DDRC:
Total number of persons with disabilities in Kheda District as per census 2011 is 48278 out of
which total 55811 i.e. 115.6 percent of persons with disability are registered online in Ability
Gujarat. As per the records received from DDRC Nadiad about 34277 disability certificates have
been issued. Out of total registered person with disability, 17,906(37.09%) have been issued online
e-Certificate till the end of October 2014.
Figure: 4.6 Disabled Population by Type of Disabilities
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4.5 Integrated Child Development Schemes (ICDS) – Kheda District
The factors that lead to malnutrition are ignorance about nutritional needs of infants and young
children, unawareness about the importance of hygiene, unhealthy food habits, poor care of
pregnant women, unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation facilities, teenage pregnancy, and poor
breastfeeding practices. ICDS is an important state sponsored programme meant for strengthening
nutrition among 0-6 year age group children and pregnant women/lactating mothers. It is a major
effort to not only strengthen childhood it is also an important anti-poverty programme. Central to
this programme are Anganwadies, nutrition supplements and the Anganwadi worker.
Performance of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) to improve maternal and child
health:
The district has 2222 numbers of Anganwadies Table 4.20 Total Anganwadies
which are fully operational in all the blocks of the Functioning
district. The data related to past four years shows Owned Rented Total AWC
that Anganwadi providing SNP and PSE have premises premises
increased as well as the beneficiaries under the 1477 745 2222
programmes have also increased. Source: ICDS –Nadiad Kheda
Table 4.21 Population Enrolled , AWC providing SNP and PSE
AWC AWC Providing AWC Enrolled Population
Operational SNP 21+ Days Pro.PSE Preg.&Lact. Child. Weighted 0-6 Yr
21+ Mothers
2013 2163 2163 2163 40027 172489 197294
2014 2222 2222 2222 38237 184739 174378
Source: ICDS- Gandhinagar
Coverage of beneficiaries under Supplementary Nutrition Program and Pre School Education
programme of ICDS:
It is observed that since past 4 years the SNP beneficiaries have increased drastically. In 2011 the
SNP beneficiaries between 6 months to 3 year were about 44.56 percent and have drastically
increased to 99.79 percent in 2014. The pregnant and lactating mothers too have increased from 98
percent to 99 percent. In the year 2014 there were about 38180 pregnant women registered, 42949
young girls (kishories) beneficiaries were registered under SNP. Total 90426 children between 6
months and three year were registered and 72829 children between 3-6 years were registered as
SNP beneficiaries. The total beneficiaries registered under preschool education were 44017 boys
and 42177 girls in the year 2014.
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Nutritional status of Children:
There is an improvement observed in the nutritional status of children in Kheda district, however
still more measure need to be taken to cater to rural children and provide them required nutrition as
children are the future of our country severe death among the children occur due to
malnourishment. The data’s related to past four years shows that the percentage of children that
were moderately under weight and severely underweight seems to be reducing initially in the year
2011 there were about 32.05 percent of children who were moderately underweight and in the year
2014 it has become almost half and 7.09 percent of children were severely underweight and in the
year 1.15 percent of children are severely underweight.

Various activities at Anganwadi Centers in Kheda District
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4.6 Food Security in Kheda District:
Table 4.22 : Statement showing Commodity and Quantities distributed to APL and
BPL in Kheda district in the month of till the month of march from the year 2014
RICE (Qty in Quintals)
1.BPL 3454.99
2.Antyoday 6097.95
3.BPL Special 3266.75
WHEAT
APL 18324.10
4.BPL 14581.14
5.AAY 7207.32
6.BPL Special 17204.51
Iodized Salt 1227.11
Levy Sugar 3441.16
Kerosene(k.l) 2232.80
Source : Food and Civil Supplies Department Nadiad Kheda
Kheda is agriculturally developed and prosperous district. The district is self sufficient in
production of food grains. The public distribution system plays an important role in ensuring food
security to public at large. The data related to PDS coverage in the district shows that the coverage
of scheme is quite better in the district there are about 700 fair price shops in the district. There is
need to do a comprehensive survey to find out the access of PDS food grain by the poor.
Source: Food and Civil Supplies Department Nadiad Kheda

*Balasinor and Virpur taluka have been merged with Mahisagar district.
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Table 4.23 Total Number of Ration Cards distributed in Kheda District for the year 2014
Sr Taluka APL-1 APL-2 BPL AAY Total
No Cards Popul Cards Popul Cards Popul Cards Popul Cards Popul
ation ation ation ation ation
1 Kathlal 13,711 86,996 656 3,859 13,087 93,626 4,307 22,306 31,761 2,06,787
2 Kapadwanj 21,451 1,12,453 830 3,754 19,338 1,23,342 6,758 38,349 48,377 2,77,898
3 Kheda 14,762 76,012 950 4,779 6,318 38,901 1,764 9,152 23,794 1,28,844
4 Thasra 14,402 83,362 874 4,596 15,964 1,10,354 4,898 29,140 36,138 2,27,452
5 Nadiad 39,970 2,17,606 1,695 9,563 8,007 47,904 2,584 12,819 52,256 2,87,892
6 Nadiad city 38,130 1,85,167 4,218 20,104 4,066 22,767 1,567 7,317 47,981 2,35,355
(urban)
7 Mahuda 17,529 1,10,672 554 3,463 4,176 29,697 1,266 7,770 23,525 1,51,602
8 Mahemdab 19,682 1,04,466 535 2,669 16,013 99,915 6,152 31,953 42,382 2,39,003
ad
9 Matar 15,808 84,981 483 2,682 7,708 47,668 2,759 15,427 26,758 1,50,758
Total 2,11,840 11,53,081 12,084 62,676 1,04,865 6,84,859 35,424 1,94,285 3,64,213 20,94,901
Source : Food and Civil Supplies Department Nadiad Kheda
4.7 Drinking Water Facilities in Kheda District:

The data related to coverage of drinking water supply scheme shows that about 313 villages are
covered under regional water supply scheme. About 41 percent of villages have connectivity by
surface source and 59 percent of villages have connectivity by ground source. The total numbers of
hand pumps in the district are about 3499 and about 94 minipipes are there, the water supply
schemes are completed in 262 villages.
Table 4.24 Coverage of Drinking Water Facilities in Kheda District
Covered in Regional Water Supply Scheme

Other Connectivit
Connectivity
Total surface Ground y by
Narmada Individual by Ground
village Total source water source surface
Base Source
based based RWSS source
RWSS
517 313 64 151 98 204 41% 59%
Other facilities
In village
Nos. Roof Top
Water
Total of Nos. of Rain Water
Solar Mini Supply House Hold Connectivity
village Hand Mini Pipe Harvesting
Scheme
Pump Structure
(Completed)
517 3499 94 0 262 269434(86.92%) 0
Source: GSWSS – Gandhinagar, Gujarat
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SWOC ANALYSIS “HEALTH”
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
 There is also a need to focus on
 The district has made good reducing anemia among female
progress in controlling leprosy and members.
reducing IMR and MMR.
 There is need to reduce patient load
 The district has achieved an per doctor by way of appointing
impressive growth in health and retaining doctors.
indicators such as institutional
deliveries, ANC & PNC check up,  Proper nutrition management of
child immunization, family newborns remains a matter of
planning and in controlling other concern in the district.
major health problems such as
leprosy and TB.  Safe child birth, nutrition and
immunization are taken care in
order to improve Neonatal
Mortality in the district.
OPPORTUNITIES CHALLENGES
 There is a need to create  Large number of vacancies of
residential clusters and improve doctors and paramedic staff are a
facilities for doctors in remote serious challenge and needs to be
areas of the district. effectively addressed.
 The mothers also need to be  Tobacco consumption among

educated about the importance of female members leads to cancer, so
nutrition and immunization. there is a need to educate the female
member about the negative impact
of tobacco and the danger of
Cancer.
 Apart from constructing toilets,
there is a need to connect water  Sanitation is another challenge that
facilities to the toilet. needs to be addressed, as it is
observed that the open defection is
still practiced in remote rural areas.
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Chapter 5
Livelihood
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Chapter 5: Livelihood
“In this chapter we will analyze the occupational structure of people, Employment in
organized sectors in Kheda District and their various means of livelihood like
 Agriculture,
 Horticulture,
 Animal Husbandry,
 Fish Farming (Pesiculture)
Chapter Outline:
5.1 Occupational Patterns in Kheda district.
5.2 Development of Industries and Employment in organised sectors of Kheda district.
5.3 Development of Agriculture.
5.4 Development of Horticulture.
5.5 Development of Animal husbandry.
5.6 Development of Fish farming (Pesiculture).
5.1 Occupational Patterns:
5.1.1 Talukawise Occupational Classifications:
As per the census 2011 the proportion of the total numbers of workers in Kheda district is
933983 persons of which 259397 are female workers and 674586 are male workers. The total main
workers are about 722134 persons and out of these 593568 are male main workers and 128566 main
workers are female. The total numbers of cultivators are 239241 persons and 216070 are male
cultivators and 23171 are female cultivators. The agricultural labourers are 359842 persons and
230061 are male agricultural labourers and 129781 are female agricultural labourers. The total
households industry workers consists are about 12455 persons and of these 7429 household
workers are male and 5026 households workers are female.
Table 5.1 Talukawise Cultivators, Agriculture labourers , Household industry workers and other workers as a
Percentage to Total Workers by Residence, 2011 (Persons)
Taluka/District/ % of Cultivators to total Workers % of Agriculture Labourers to total workers
State Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban
Kapadwanj 31.0 35.2 2.4 35.9 40.9 2.2
Virpur 31.7 33.9 5.8 34.4 35.9 17.0
Balasinor 35.3 43.7 4.8 27.0 33.0 4.8
Kathlal 25.6 27.3 7.3 44.6 46.7 21.4
Mahemdabad 26.0 28.8 3.7 36.4 39.7 8.8
Kheda 19.9 22.5 8.2 43.5 49.3 16.6
Matar 30.1 30.1 - 48.1 48.1 -
Nadiad 12.5 20.7 3.7 32.4 50.4 12.9
Mahuda 33.6 36.5 8.7 44.5 45.8 33.4
Thasra 30.5 32.9 7.3 45.1 47.9 18.5
Kheda District 25.6 30.5 4.5 38.5 44.5 12.8
Gujarat 22.0 33.7 2.1 27.6 41.6 3.9
% of Household Industry Workers to total Workers % Other Workers to total Workers
Kapadwanj 1.2 1.2 0.9 32.0 22.8 94.5
Virpur 1.8 1.8 1.9 32.0 28.4 75.3
Balasinor 1.3 1.1 2.3 36.4 22.2 88.1
Kathlal 0.7 0.6 2.5 29.0 25.4 68.8
Mahemdabad 1.0 0.9 1.9 36.6 30.6 85.7
Kheda 1.3 1.1 2.0 35.3 27.2 73.2
Matar 1.1 1.1 20.7 20.7
Nadiad 2.0 2.3 1.6 53.1 26.6 81.9
Mahuda 1.3 1.0 3.7 20.6 16.7 54.2
Thasra 1.1 0.9 3.2 23.3 18.3 71.1
Kheda District 1.3 1.2 1.9 34.5 23.8 80.8
Gujarat 1.4 1.1 1.9 49.0 23.6 92.1
Source: Census 2001/2011
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The table given also depicts economic activity of Kheda district. The percentage of
cultivators is 25.6 percent and nearly 38.5 percent of workforce is engaged as agricultural labourers
so we can conclude that 65.1 percent of workforce is engaged in agricultural sector.
The percentage of workforce engaged as cultivators has reduced in the district in both rural
areas as well as urban areas, it was 27.4 percent in 2001 and now it is 25.6 percent in census 2011.
In rural areas it was 31.1 percent and reduced to 30.5 percent in census 2011 and in urban areas it
was 5.4 percent and reduced to 4.5 percent. The percentage of workforce engaged as agricultural
labourers shows a significant increase in census 2011. The total workforce employed as agricultural
labourers have increased from 31.3 percent to 38.5 percent in census 2011. The workforce engaged
as agricultural labourers in rural areas have increased from 34.6 percent to 44.5 percent in census
2011 and in urban areas it has increased from 11.6 percent to 12.8 percent in census 2011.
Evaluating the total workers engaged in agriculture occupation in rural and urban area
shows that the percentage of workforce engaged as cultivators is 25.6 percent and it is very high in
rural areas (30.50) and low in urban areas (4.5).The highest percentage of labour force engaged as
cultivators is in Balasinor taluka (35.3) and lowest is in Nadiad (12.5). The percentage of
agricultural labourers is higher in rural areas (44.5) compared to that of urban areas (12.8).The
Matar taluka is highly dominated by agricultural labourers at 48.1 percent.
The workforce engaged in other occupation is more in urban area than that of rural area. It
is remarkable to note that about 94.5 percent of workforce is engaged in other occupation in urban
areas of Kapadwanj taluka. The other taluka having highest workforce engaged in other occupations
in specifically in urban areas is Balasinor (88.1), Mahemdabad (85.7) and Nadiad (81.9), where
more than 80 percent of workforce is engaged in other occupation.
The percentage of household industry workers is 1.3 percent. Nadiad taluka (2.0) having the
highest number of household industry workers and Kathlal taluka being the least with 0.7 percent.
Source : Census of India 2011
5.1.2 Trend and Pattern of Work Participation in Kheda District:

The workers participation rate for Kheda district is 40.6 percent as per census 2011, it has
reduced to compared to previous census which was 44.9 percent. The female workers participation
rate in census 2011 is 23.3 percent and it was 33.8 percent in census 2001.The workers participation
rate for males have increased marginally it is 56.9 in census 2011 and it was 55.1 in census 2001.
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The workers participation rate in rural areas is 42.7 percent and in urban areas it is 33.6
percent in census 2011.
Table 5.2 Work Participation Rate- Talukawise , District , State as Per Census 2001/2011
Taluka 2001 2011
/District/State Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban
Kapadwanj 47.1 51.1 30.5 43.5 46.3 30.9
Virpur 50.2 50.2 0 45.5 46.8 34.4
Balasinor 45.4 50.7 30.2 39.0 42.0 31.0
Kathlal 47.3 47.3 0 43.5 44.6 34.4
Mahemdabad 46.1 48.6 31.3 43.1 44.5 33.9
Kheda 42.4 44.9 32.8 37.5 38.6 38.6
Matar 44.3 44.3 0 37.1 37.1 0
Nadiad 38.5 44.6 31.8 36.9 39.4 34.5
Mahuda 46.3 48.0 35.9 41.3 42.8 31.9
Thasra 49.8 51.3 33.9 42.5 43.8 33.5
Kheda district 44.9 48.1 31.8 40.6 42.7 33.6
Gujarat 41.9 47.2 33.1 41.0 44.9 35.7
5.1.3 Gap in Male and Female Worker Participation Rate:

The overall gap in male and female worker participation rate for Kheda district as per census 2011
is about 33.6 percent and it was 21.3 percent in census 2001, it is a matter of concern that gap has
increased in census 2011 by 12 percent compared to previous census. The highest gap observed to
be in Matar taluka 42.6 percent, then Kheda taluka 42 percent and lowest gap in male and female
worker participation rate is observed to be in Virpur taluka. The gap for female and male worker
participation rate is increasing there is a need to take appropriate measures to increase worker
participation rate for female.
Table 5.3 Gender Gap in Worker Participation Rate as per Census 2011
Talukas WPR (Male) WPR (Female) Gender Gap in WPR
Kapadwanj 57.6 28.6 29
Virpur 54.9 35.5 19.4
Balasinor 54.6 22.2 32.4
Kathlal 57 29.4 27.6
Mahemdabad 57.5 28.1 29.4
Kheda 57.7 15.7 42
Matar 57.6 15 42.6
Nadiad 56.2 16.3 39.9
Mahuda 58.2 23.4 34.8
Thasra 57.5 26.4 31.1
Kheda District 56.9 23.3 33.6
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5.1.4 Growth rate of Main and Marginal workers by Industrial Categories and
Residence:
The percentage of main workers to total workers was 76.5 percent in census 2001 and now it is 77.3
percent in census 2011. In rural areas also the main workers are 75.0 percent whereas in urban areas
the figure stood at 87.2 percent in census 2011.
Table 5.4 Talukawise Main Workers and Percentage to Total Workers by Residence,
2001 - 2011
2001 2011
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban
Kapadwanj 80.9 78.9 95.3 77.5 74.7 96.3
Virpur 75.2 75.2 - 68.0 67.5 73.9
Balasinor 70.9 67.4 88.0 75.1 72.3 85.6
Kathlal 69.8 69.8 - 77.7 76.7 89.3
Mahemdabad 89.6 89.3 92.2 72.4 70.9 85.2
Kheda 80.5 79.7 84.9 85.1 84.9 86.2
Matar 73.9 73.9 - 80.5 80.5 -
Nadiad 80.4 75.1 88.4 80.8 75.8 86.2
Mahuda 72.7 71.4 83.2 78.2 76.8 90.5
Thasra 67.1 65.8 89.2 75.3 73.9 89.0
Kheda 76.5 74.4 89.0 77.3 75.0 87.2
district
Gujarat 80.1 74.1 94.4 82.2 76.3 92.3
In the marginal work category the data of census 2001 and 2011 shows the proportion of marginal
workers to be lower to main workers in both rural as well as urban areas of the district. It can be
observed from census data that marginal workforce is 22.7 percent in census 2011 and it was 23.5
percent in census 2001
Table 5.5 Talukawise Marginal Workers and Percentage to Total Workers by Residence,
2001 - 2011
2001 2011
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban
Kapadwanj 19.1 21.1 4.7 22.5 25.3 3.7
Virpur 24.8 24.8 - 32.0 32.5 26.1
Balasinor 29.1 32.6 12.0 24.9 27.7 14.4
Kathlal 30.2 30.2 22.3 23.3 10.7
Mahemdabad 10.4 10.7 7.8 27.6 29.1 14.8
Kheda 19.5 20.3 15.1 14.9 15.1 13.8
Matar 26.1 26.1 - 19.5 19.5 -
Nadiad 19.6 24.9 11.6 19.2 24.2 13.8
Mahuda 27.3 28.6 16.8 21.8 23.2 9.5
Thasra 32.9 34.2 10.8 24.7 26.1 11.0
Kheda district 23.5 25.6 11.0 22.7 25.0 12.8
Gujarat 19.9 25.9 5.6 17.8 23.7 7.7
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RADAR ANALYSIS
Figure 5.2 Total Workers Participation Rate 2011 Figure 5.3
Kapadwa
nj
47.1
Thasra Virpur
49.8 43.5 50.2
42.5 45.5
Mahuda Balasinor
39
46.3 41.3 45.4
36.9 43.5
Nadiad Kathlal
38.5 43.1 47.3
37.1
37.5
Mahemd
Matar
abad
44.3 42.4
Kheda 46.1
Census 2001 Census 2011
Figure 5.4 Figure 5.5
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5.2 Agriculture
The growth of the agriculture sector in Gujarat has been particularly noteworthy. The role of
the agriculture sectors remains crucial because it is the main source of employment for majority of
the population. As per census 2011, 57% of the population of Gujarat lives in rural areas and
depends for its livelihood on agriculture and the rural nonfarm sectors that are interlinked with
agriculture. The state has to become the benchmark as far as the progress and development of
agriculture and nonfarm sectors are concerned. Evaluating agriculture of Kheda district majority of
geographical land area of 78.66 percent is under cultivation , the average annual rainfall during last
10 year is more that 857 mm , the average temperature and humidity are conducive to good Kharif
and rabi harvest , the average temperature varies from 20.2 degree Celsius to 34.3 degree Celsius.
Kheda District has the main rice research station in Nawagam, in Daskoshi area well known as
“Rice Bowl of Gujarat state”. Wheat, paddy, Bajra, castor, cotton and tobacco are the main crops of
the district.
5.2.1 Land Use Pattern in Kheda District:

The land use pattern in the region varies from village to village depending upon the
availability of irrigation water, cultivable lands and other factors See for details of land use pattern
of Gujarat and Kheda. About 44 percent of the area is cultivable area and 43 percent is net sown
area.
Table 5.6 Land Utilization Statistics (Area in Ha.)
Taluka Geogr Forest Land Cultivable Pastures Barren and Cultivable Net
aph area under non waste uncultivable area sown
ical agricultural land waste area
area use land
Nadiad 40415 0 5133 200 1454 654 34082 33882
Mahuda 25858 0 3154 680 2029 680 21074 20394
Mahemdabad 28735 0 4570 1049 2435 200 24040 22991
Kheda 40497 0 3495 200 2032 1049 34880 34680
Matar 38641 0 4020 900 1505 900 33721 32821
Kapadwanj 60758 3098 5827 512 1700 1287 49562 49050
Kathlal 29855 0 3546 10 1543 620 25457 25447
Balasinor 29292 2359 1245 346 1200 346 24577 24231
Virpur 25985 8908 1598 1136 1067 1136 18535 17399
Thasra 66353 0 8310 2950 4128 2956 44477 41527
Total 394589 14356 40898 7983 19093 9828 310405 302422
Source: District Statistical Office 2010-11
Source: District Statistical Office 2010-11
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5.2.2 Land holding pattern:
In Kheda district about 83.26 percent of small and marginal farmers are there out of which
small farmers are about 21 percent and marginal farmers are about 62 percent. The total small and
marginal farmers are about 212978 in the district. In Kheda district, Nadiad taluka has highest
number of marginal farmers (31968) as well as area under marginal farmers land holding is about
11,944 hectares followed by Thasra having 20692 marginal farmers with 8937 hectares area. Most
of the farmers of the district being small and marginal, there is a need to focus on the strategies to
increase the crop productivity and alternate sources of income to improve their standard of living.
Table 5.7 Land holdings (Agriculture Census 2007)
Name of Marginal farmers Small farmers Large farmers Total
talukas (below 1.0 ha.) (1.0-2.0 ha.) (more than 2 ha.)
No. Area No. Area No. Area No. Area
Nadiad 31968 11944 6522 9074 3365 11352 41855 32370
Mahuda 11309 4907 4013 5695 2872 9627 18194 20230
Mahemdabad 18212 7407 6091 8579 4562 16439 28865 32424
Kheda 8171 3635 3555 5054 3375 12936 15101 21626
Matar 16047 6704 5524 7814 4527 18194 26098 32712
Kapadwanj 17692 7812 8829 12593 8006 32520 34527 52925
Kathlal 16411 6934 5388 7602 3821 15742 25620 30278
Balasinor 9919 4073 3473 4935 2857 11446 16246 20454
Virpur 7837 3039 2818 3998 1970 7342 12625 14380
Thasra 20692 8937 8507 12059 7447 28899 36646 49895
Total 158258 65391 54720 77403 42802 164498 255780 307294
Source : Agriculture Census 2007
Table 5.8 Types of Farmers Kheda District

Types of Farmers Number of Persons Area (in hectares) Total Percentage
Marginal farmers 158258 65391 61.87
Small farmers 54720 77404 21.39
Large farmers 42802 164498 16.73
Total 255780 307292 99.99
Source: Agriculture Census 2007
5.2.3 Agro Climatic Conditions:

Agro Climatic Zone of Kheda District:
Gujarat state has been divided into eight agricultural zones based on the agro-climatic conditions
and the soil profile. Based on this classification Kheda district falls under zone III. The table given
below represents five distinctive Agro Eco Situations of all the Kheda districts done by SREP-
ATMA projects 2010.
Table 5.9 Agro Climatic Zones of Kheda District
Sr. Name of the Agro Name of the Blocks covered Representative
No Climatic Zone (ACZ) Agro ecological village
situation (AES)
1 Agro climatic zone -III AES I Kapadwanj 52%
Kathlal 23% Ambliyara
And Thasra 25%
2 Agro climatic zone -III AES II Nadiad 43%
Mahuda 27% Dabhan
Mahemdabad 30%
3 Agro climatic zone -III AES III Kheda 51%
Matar 49% Undhela
4 Agro climatic zone -III AES IV Balasinor 47%
Thasra 53% Parbiya
5 Agro climatic zone -III AES V Virpur 100% Umariya
Source : SREP,ATMA Project
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Soil topography:
The soil types of a particular area play a significant role on determining the fertility status and
cropping patterns. The majority of the Kheda district soil is clay loam type. It covers about 191826
ha area and this soil is found in all the talukas of Kheda districts. It covers about 70 percent area of
the district. It has high retention capacity with high water holding capacity and medium in soil
fertility and suitable for majority of the agriculture and horticulture crops. The soil pH ranged from
6.95-8.069. Based on the type of soil appropriate type of crops should be grown so that it yields
higher productivity resulting in higher profits for the farmers.
5.2.4 Area under Food crops and Gross cropped area:

The cropping intensity of the district is about 135 percent as per the season and crop report
2007.The predominant crops of Kheda district are paddy, wheat, Bajra, castor, cotton and tobacco.
The main crops in Kharif season are paddy and Bajra and in Rabi season are wheat and potato. The
production of oil seeds like castor has gained momentum due to introduction of high yielding
varieties and higher net returns. Even the productions of vegetable crops like tomato and chili have
increased. The production of banana and papaya has also increased due to the introduction of new
technologies like tissue culture and INMS.
Table 5.10 Area under Food Crops and Gross Cropped Area
Taluka Area under food crop (Area in Hectares) Gross cropped Area (Area in Hectares)
2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Kapadvanj 19564 14207 16350 46119 51762 49057
Virpur 6557 7079 7808 15453 14156 14116
Balasinor 8708 8867 2260 19690 20736 21574
Kathlal 12338 12672 14246 24228 23926 23618
Mehmedabad 20008 18500 21865 27750 28810 26454
Kheda 17590 15900 16431 20015 18846 17673
Matar 25265 20050 27351 27713 22639 28982
Nadiad 18000 17490 22086 27561 27120 29469
Mahudha 9205 8600 11890 17674 20780 18220
Thasra 17219 15222 16000 45005 46505 45920
Source: District Agriculture office Nadiad Kheda
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Table 5.11 Statement showing District-wise Area, Production and Yield in Kheda District
(Area in 00 Ha., Production in 00 M.T., Yield in Kg/Ha)
Crop 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 AVERAGE
Area Prod Yield Area Prod Yield Area Prod Yield Area Prod Yield
Total cereals 2336 4663 1996 3181 7369 2316 3009 6882 2287 2842 6305 2218
Total pulses 55 30 545 77 60 779 55 51 927 62 47 754
Total food grain 2391 4693 1963 3258 7429 2280 3064 6933 2263 2904 6352 2187
Total jowar 7 7 1000 33 35 1061 1 1 1000 14 14 1049
Total bajra 504 690 1369 909 1788 1967 997 1942 1948 803 1473 1834
Total rice 924 2160 2338 974 2363 2426 1095 2465 2251 998 2329 2335
Total maize 141 126 894 242 448 1851 150 259 1727 178 278 1563
Total mung 8 3 388 16 9 563 14 6 429 13 6 474
Total udad 4 3 588 3 2 667 3 2 667 3 2 700
Total oilseeds 171 202 1181 153 188 1230 316 418 1323 213 269 1263
Total cotton 285 1016 606 215 853 675 304 733 410 268 867 550
Tobacco (total) 354 537 1517 376 675 1795 477 850 1782 402 687 1708
Cumin 5 3 576 4 3 657 3 2 702 4 3 667
Fennel 16 21 1323 18 28 1582 3 3 1003 12 17 1405
Isabgul 2 1 581 1 1 645 1 1 756 1 1 750
Onion total 3 68 26789 5 123 24600 2 62 31000 3 84 25300
Garlic 0 0 0 1 5 5709 1 9 6125 1 5 7000
Potato 58 954 16487 47 920 19413 43 991 23116 49 955 19376
Chillies 8 8 985 12 13 1081 12 12 1000 11 11 1031
Guar seed 13 4 281 19 11 586 9 5 581 14 7 488
Banana 1 57 70010 0 4 70308 1 31 57755
Source: Directorate of Agriculture –Gandhinagar
5.2.5 Irrigation and Ground Water:

The canal and tube well irrigation facilities account for about 16 percent share. The canal water is
limited and available for full period. The underground water resources are concerned about 20
percent of the total water of the district is either saline or alkaline, thus making the use of
underground water for crop production risky and unfit for irrigation.
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Table 5.12 Source wise Irrigated area in Kheda District (Area in ha.)
Taluka Canal Tank Pond Tube well Rain Fed area
Nadiad 3079 23325 255 1997 5480
Mahuda 187 6008 615 1234 11650
Mahemdabad 1266 - 858 7614 17540
Kheda 293 5715 2312 3487 8480
Matar 919 18841 580 982 3320
Kapadwanj 3538 - 200 332 28431
Kathlal 2095 - 425 1162 14220
Balasinor 2444 - - 50 16000
Virpur 1760 - 200 247 12500
Thasra 2210 5907 518 2198 15000
Total 17791 59796 5963 19303 132621
Source : District Agriculture Report 2009-2010
Source : District Agriculture Office Nadiad Kheda
5.2.6 Key Areas to improve Farming Activities in Kheda District:

5.2.6.1 Quality of seed and availability of seeds in various taluka:
There are six taluka seed farms at Nadiad, Matar, Kheda, Thasra, Kapadwanj and Balasinor taluka.
The seeds availability in the district is badly affected by infrastructural facility, especially taluka
seed farm at block/district level, so there is a need to strengthen existing taluka seed farm and open
new seed farms in the remaining talukas.
5.2.6.2 Availability of fertilizers and knowledge of utilizing fertilizer:
Farmers need to have appropriate knowledge about the use of fertilizer to increase the fertility of the
soil. Moreover the farmers should be made aware about the use of micronutrient in their crops,
especially the small and marginal farmers.
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5.2.6.3 Measures to protect the crops and plants:
Insect, Pest Diseases and Weed Control:
 Appropriate measures are required to be taken for promoting integrated measures for control
of pest, diseases and weed control which are in tune with sustainability and profitability
without enhancing cost.
 Integrated pest management program can be adopted by incorporating the control methods
of mechanical, physical, cultural, biological, botanicals, microbiological and need based
application of chemical insecticides was found effective in controlling the pests in
vegetables, pulses fruit crops.
 Conservation of predatory spiders in rice by broadcast wheat/Lucerne straw (80kg/ha) at 15-

20 days after transplanting in paddy found effective in management of leaf fodder.
 An integrated approach involving three years crop rotation, deep summer involving three
years crop rotation , deep summer ploughing, soil solarization with clear linear low density
polyethylene (LLDPE) plastic film (25mm ) for 15days during summer , use of resistant
varieties seed treatment with thirum /captan,use of bio-fungicide like trichoderma,use of
organic manure /cakes and removal of crop stables after final harvest were found effective
for the management of pest and Diseases of major agriculture crops.
5.2.6.4 Mechanization
There is a need to introduce the mechanized farming in the district. There are various government
schemes which provides several instruments to enhance the mechanization level of farming in order
to improve the productivity.
5.2.7 SWOT Analysis of Agriculture:
Anand agricultural university in association with Gujarat state government has developed the
comprehensive agricultural plan for Kheda district (C-DAP) included each and every aspects of
district development for long term viz, soil and water reclamations, irrigation facilities, value
addition, post harvest technologies, integrated pest management precision farming sustainable
farming, fisheries development, empowerment of the farm women and rural youth, new avenue of
the development of the district as a whole keeping in mind the local situations, natural resource
management and needs of the locality. In short C-DAP is a detail plan proposal for overall
development of the district with RKVY budget. The SWOT analysis for agriculture and other allied
sectors provided here is as per the CDAP – developed for Kheda district. It is also important to note
that as per CDAP, each taluka has a potential for establishing dairy and poultry enterprise.
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STRENGTHS
 Majority of geographical land area of 78.66 percent is under cultivation.
 About 44 percent of cultivable land is irrigated
 The average rainfall during last 10 years is more than 857 mm. the average
temperature and humidity are conducive to good Kharif and Rabi harvest. The
average temperature varies from 20.2 degree Celsius to 34.3 degree Celsius.
 Soil fertility indices are good from the point of view of agriculture.
 Kheda district has main rice research station in nawagam, in daskoshi area well
known as “ rice bowl of the Gujarat state”
 The main source of irrigation is canals, tubewells and bore wells. There is assured
irrigation facilities.
 Good transport facilities through rail and road.
 Financial help through banks and other cooperatives available.
 Mechanized farming gaining importance
WEAKNESSES
 The soil is poor in organic carbon (0.5 percent).
 The areas of the district especially Mahemdabad, Kheda and some part of Matar
taluka (coastal saline ingress) are affected by salinity.
 High weed infestation
 Village pond siltation
 Over exploitation due to excessive irrigation and use of more chemical fertilizers has
resulted in depletion of soil quality particularly in the paddy growing taluka of the
district.
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 Water logged condition is main feature of Nadiad as
underground water quality is poor .
 Farmers are using low quality and quantity of organic

manure in their fields.
 There is no special reclamation programme for

improvement of saline and alkaline soils.
 There is proper drainage system to remove excess

salts.
 Nor processing facilities for vegetables
 Good quality cattle are not locally available
 Increase in incidence of pest and Diseases.
 Poor feeding management of livestock
 Poor quality of ground water
OPPORTUNITIES
 A taluka seed farm may be opened in every taluka of

the district.
 In Kheda and Matar taluka, there are no assured

irrigation facilities so the farmers should be educated
about conservation, tillage, judicious use of water and
water harvesting technology in monsoon season.
 The state government can take the initiative to start

reclamation programme for improvement of saline and
alkaline soil and to prevent water logging, dig a big
kans for drainage parallel with irrigation canals
particularly in blocks of Nadiad, Kheda, Matar,
Mahemdabad, Thasra and Kapadwanj of the Kheda
district.
 Popularize the use of organic manure, vermi compost,

green manuring, micro nutrient fertilizers in the
district to enhance the soil fertility
 12-15 percent land is not under cultivation part of

them may be utilized under water shed development
programme.
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 56 percent of the cultivable land is still under rainfed. They may be brought under irrigation by
providing irrigation facilities through bore well, farm ponds etc.
 Organic manures may be prepared using gobar, organic wastes which can increase OC content
of the soil and organic farming may be promoted.
 Leguminous crops pulses may be promoted to increase nitrogen content of the soil and also
help to provide balance nutrition to the human beings and animals.
 A continuous IEC programmes may be organized to make farmer aware about various
developments in agriculture and allied sectors.
 Developing of fruits vegetables and fisheries cooperatives.
 Increasing awareness about soil and water management among the farmers.
 Storage and market yards to be strengthened.
 Mechanization can also solve the problem of labour.
 All major banks have entered into collaboration with manufacturers /dealers for providing loans
for purchase of tractors and other farm implements
THREATS
 Maximum area under rice wheat cropping system leads to decline in soil fertility.
 Indiscriminate use and over exploitation of canal and underground irrigation water.
 Unavailability of adequate drainage system.
 Low organic carbon content of the soil due to intensive farming (cereals – cereals crop rotation
rice wheat and non use of organic manure.
 Need to support training of farmers/ entrepreneurs in agro processing / food processing/
packaging technologies.
 Problem of salinity and water lodging.
 Shifting of productive land to non agriculture use.
Soil Health Cards Distribution of Soil Health Cards in

Kheda District
Year Total As per Agri
Gujarat is the first state in India to issue the “Soil Health Cards” to Farmers Census 2001
2003-04 205872 27996
farmers. Soil health cards helps the farmers verify the soil specimen 2004-05 ’’ 22811
2005-06 ’’ 13617
2006-07 ’’ 7251
through experts who examine the mineral composition of the soil. 2007-08 ’’ 13098
2008-09 ’’ 10629
Based on soil health card, they provide fertilizers with appropriate 2009-10 ’’ 61136
2010-11 ’’ 24830
2011-12 ’’ 24504
nutrients percentages. This helps in soil enrichment and also
Soil Health Cards distribution as per Agri.
Census 2005
reduces land erosion to a great extent. Initially the farmers used to 2012-13 255780 64440
2013-14 ’’ 54780
grow 1-2 crops now they can grow 3-4 crops and increase their 2014-15 ’’ 8391
Total 127611
Source : District Agriculture Office –Nadiad,
profit margin. Kheda
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Krishi Mohatsav
The Krishi Mohatsav campaign was launched in 2006 in Gujarat, it is being held on auspicious occasion
of “Akshaytritiya”. It is unique initiative of government which has created “Green Revolution” in
Gujarat. The campaign has Krishi Raths reaching farmers with researchers, scientist, experts,
agriculture officers and ministers who interact with district farmers providing information and
counseling on soil health, organic farming, new technology, inputs and irrigation etc. During Krishi
Mohatsav, teams tour all the villages of the district, providing information and counseling on soil
health, organic farming, new seed varieties, chemical fertilizers uses of pesticides etc. as well as
benefits of modernized farming and irrigation etc. It includes Krishi Mela, Exhibition and
Seminars/Talks. Experts from agricultural universities directly interact with farmers at the village
level and area specific and crop specific issues and concerns of farmers are discussed. Kheda district is
predominantly an agriculture district and programme of Krishi Mohatsav has proven successful in
transforming lives of small and marginal farmers offering them a good rate of return in the district. As
a result of this programme, agriculture has witnessed impressive growth in the district.
Krushi Mahotsav: Kisan Rath and other Activities
Kits Distribution during Krishi Mohatsav 2015 in Kheda District

Sr.No Details Units in Number
1 Visit of Agriculture Raths 120 Krishi Raths
2 Animal Vaccination 43947 number of animals
3 Agriculture and Horticulture Kits 1680 kits
4 Animal Husbandry Kits 2400 kits
5 Cattle Feed Kits distributed to SHG 51 kits
Beneficiaries under various schemes during Krishi Mohatsav

Name of Scheme Number of Beneficiaries Amount of Subsidy ( in Lakhs)
1. A.G.R-4 382 14,89,800
2. National Food Security 1320 79,200
Mission - Bajri
3. RKVY(FM) 380 32,00,000
4. Insurance scheme for 2 2,00,000
farmers(Khatedar Khedut
Vima Yojana)
Total 2084 4969000
Source : District Agriculture Office –Nadiad, Kheda
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5.3 Horticulture
The horticulture also acts a means of livelihoods to an ample number of farmers located in Kheda
district. Agro climatic conditions, soil and water availability and marketing opportunity in and
around the district make it suitable for growing a wide variety of fruits like mango, banana etc,
spice crops, cucurbits etc. The total fruit production for the year 2013-14 is 169122 tonnes, in an
area of 9422 hectare and productivity is 17.95 quintals per hectares.
Key observations from 2008 to 2014:
Total horticulture productivity has increased by 3.21%
There is an increase in:
1. Flower production by 2%
2. Spice production by 2 %.
3. Vegetable production by 3 %
4. Fruit production by 2 %
Source: Horticulture Department –Nadiad, Kheda

Table : 5.13 Estimated Area, Production & Productivity ofHorticultural Crops from 2008-09 to 2013-14
Area in Hectares, Production in M.T., Productivity M.T./Hec.
Year Fruit Crops Vegetable Crops Spices Crops Flower Crops Total
Area Prod Pvty. Area Prod Pvty. Area Prod Pvty. Area Prod Pvty. Area Prod Pvty.
2008-09 10066 155834 15.48 24964 336125 13.46 4714 12509 2.65 1326 8014 6.04 41070 512482 12.48
2009-10 10268 169107 16.47 26217 408003 15.56 4918 14358 2.92 1417 8521 6.01 42820 599989 14.01
2010-11 10693 176236 16.48 27574 445777 16.17 4972 16219 3.26 1525 9468 6.21 44764 647700 14.47
2011-12 9513 177628 18.67 24824 384822 15.5 2543 11465 4.51 1432 10048 7.02 38312 583963 15.24
2012-13 9739 196472 20.17 33016 568704 17.23 3906 18638 4.77 1689 12615 7.47 48350 796429 16.47
2013-14 9422 169122 17.95 33121 559576 16.89 4422 18608 4.21 1439 11363 7.9 48404 758669 15.67
Source: Horticulture Department –Nadiad, Kheda
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5.3.1 SWOT Analysis of Horticulture

STRENGTHS
 Climate is quite favorable for production of different quality fruits like banana, mango,
papaya, citrus and Aonla and vegetables like potato, tomato, and chili.
 Soil is sandy loam type and has high retention capacity which is suitable for horticulture
crops.
 The proximity to the huge markets of Ahmedabad and Baroda with road and rail
connectivity.
 Long tradition of cultivating specific vegetables.
WEAKNESSES
Majority of the farmers are small and marginal so government subsidy is required to grow
horticulture crops as initial investment will be high for poly house, net house, drip irrigation
and plant protection etc.
 Poor quality of underground water.
 High transport cost.
 Poor quality of seeds and planting materials.
 Lack of proper knowledge of farmers in modern production and post harvest handling
and marketing practices.
OPPORTUNITIES
 Proximity to Ahmedabad and Baroda offers excellent marketing opportunities to the
farmers.
 Established and upcoming cold storage and processing units.
Threats:
Weaker post harvest management and modern marketing facilities like cold storage / chains,
pre cooling and waxing centers.
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Green House of “Capsicum”-Kheda District
5.4 Animal Husbandry

Animal husbandry sector plays an important and vital role in Gujarat state domestic product.
Livestock rearing is a way of life in rural areas of Kheda district. Animal husbandry and agriculture
both go together they are also dependent on each other. It provides productive employment
especially self employment and most valuable supplementary income to the vast majority of rural
households, majority of them are small and marginal farmers and landless laborers. Kheda district is
covered under livestock insurance scheme in the state.
It is observed that animal population is quite good in number in all the talukas of Kheda district.
The demand for milk and other animal based produce offers high return to people in animal’s
husbandry in Kheda district. High numbers of females participate in animal husbandry activities
such as selling of milk and its by products which offer a high return to these females in Kheda
District.
The pasture lands of the district is shrinking for cattle feed, mainly due to industrialization and
increasing population burden which leads to reduction in area under fodder crops. Therefore Kheda
district farmers are facing the problem of feed and fodder shortage for their animals, it is extremely
important to address this problem in order to increase milk yield and fertility. Green fodder is the
best feed for animals for higher milk production so sufficient quality of good green fodder should
be supplied to the animals. The district accounts for a large number of buffaloes and there is ample
of marketing opportunities available for animal based products and by products in the district.
The other major problem that the district faces is good quality cattle, pure breed of cows and
buffaloes which are not locally available. The farmers should be helped with pure breed of cows
and buffaloes and improve upon poor feeding management of livestock. Farmers are also not aware
of latest scientific technologies in livestock production and management so there is need to provide
scientific knowledge related to management of livestock health and maintenance of cattle through
camps. Biomass available from livestock, crop and farm residue can be utilized for vermicompost
for increasing soil fertility. There is a need to provide appropriate manpower at the veterinary
institution. The district has a huge potential for dairy development, largely due to rural women
engaged in animal husbandry proper training should be provided to women in animal rearing in the
district. The cost of the animals at which it is procured also acts a barrier to rural poor.
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5.4.1 Production of Milk in Kheda District:

As per the 30th survey report the district ranks 4th in terms of milk production in the state. The total
milk production was about 547.91 tonnes, therefore the percentage share of milk production toward
the state is about 5.31 percent. The district has improved in terms of milk production in preceding
nine years. Initially in the year 2003-04 the milk production was 291.9 tonnes and it has increased
by 256 tonnes i.e. it is 547.91 tonnes in the year 2012-13.
Table 5.14 District Rank & Percentage of Milk Production for 2012-13(in Tonnes)
Rank Name of the District Milk Production Percentage
1 Banaskantha 1203.58 11.67
2 Sabarkantha 913.98 8.86
3 Mahesana 774.95 7.51
4 Kheda 547.91 5.31
5 Junagadh 523.63 5.08
Gujarat 10314.63
Source: 30th survey report – on estimates of major livestock products. –directorate of animal husbandry.
Source: 30th survey on estimates of major livestock products – Directorate of Animal Husbandry.
5.4.2 Establishment of Milk Cooperatives:

The data related to milk cooperatives shows that there about 636 number of milk cooperative
societies which has about 3, 19,022 number of members in the district. It is also observed that
maximum females are involved in animal husbandry in the district but very few i.e. only 7 female
milk cooperative societies are there in the district and only about 53047 female members are there
in the milk cooperative societies.
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Sr .No Table 5.15 Information regarding milk cooperative
union as on 31st March 2015
1. Number of milk co operative societies 636
2. Members of milk cooperative societies 319022
3. Number of female milk cooperative societies 7
4. Members of female milk cooperative societies 53047
5. Milk collected from villages cooperative societies in year 288131233
2014-15( in Kg)
6. Number of societies with BMC 549
7. Number of societies with AMC 590
8. Number of chilling centers. 1
9. Number of veterinary service centers 8
10. Number of veterinarians working with union 92
Source : Directorate of Animal Husbandry - Gandhinagar
5.4.3 Evaluation of Livestock Census 2007:
Table 5.16 Total number of livestock and poultry in Kheda District as per Census 2007
Talukas Grazing Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total
land Cattle Buffaloes Sheep Goats Donkey Other livestock Poultry
(in Hec) livestock
Kapadwanj 1700 62400 79119 5736 14533 323 393 162504 46503
Virpur 1067 30455 27832 267 11026 71 439 70090 11644
Balasinor 1200 19972 45153 4032 12025 147 96 81425 6434
Kathlal 1543 13973 64315 3439 6456 297 3401 91881 8934
Mahemdabad 2435 10190 98281 1573 10406 303 57 120810 21586
Kheda 2032 11521 35011 1940 5383 558 780 55193 5044
Matar 1505 11844 44970 1122 6331 217 249 64733 88232
Nadiad 1454 21276 97415 3017 17661 757 220 140346 215177
Mahudha 2029 11951 39129 2762 9597 217 87 63743 34506
Thasra 4128 33451 96598 5517 24969 867 1885 163287 22113
Kheda District 19093 227033 627823 29405 118387 3757 7607 1014012 460173
*Total poultry includes deshi fowl, improved layer fowl, total ducks, others poultry such as bird, turkey, quail and broiler fowl.
Source:18th Livestock Census 2007
Kheda district has higher number of buffaloes in terms of milk animals the total number of
buffaloes are about 627823 in the district, most of the surti, mehsani and banni breed of buffalo are
found in the district. The total cattle were about 227033, total sheep were about 29,405 and goats
were about 118387.The total poultry was about 460173.
Livestock Census 2012 Highlights:
 Kheda district is 3rd largest contributor in Buffalo population in the state, Kheda district
share of buffalo population is 7.30 percent.
 The percentage share of poultry is about 3.75 percent and total livestock is about 4.51
percent.
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Source 19th live stock census-2012
Table 5.17 Total Livestock in Kheda District as per Census 2012

Total Buffaloes Total Total Horses Donkeys Camel Total Total
cattle sheep goats & poultry
Livestock
birds
Ponies
Kheda 227033 627823 29405 118387 222 3757 793 1007469 460173
CENSUS
2007
Kheda 300512 757806 22166 134236 339 6682 1558 1223299 562232
CENSUS
2012
%age
change in
32.36 20.70 -24.61 13.38 52.70 77.85 96.46 21.42 22.17
2012 over
2007
Gujarat 9.98 10.38 1.70 4.95 0.018 0.039 0.03 27128.20 15005.75
CENSUS
2012
(in Millions )
Source: Livestock Census 2012
The total livestock and total poultry have increased compared to previous census. In census
2007 the total poultry was about 460173 and in census 2012 it is 562232 and total livestock has
increased from 1007469 in census 2007 to 1223299 in census 2012. The total number of buffaloes
has increased by 20.70 percent, total goats have increased by 13.39 percent, and poultry have
increased by 22.18 percent but the total population of sheep has decreased by 24.62 percent.
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5.4.4 Infrastructure related to Animal Husbandry:
The data related to animal husbandry shows that Sr Table 5.18 Infrastructure related to
district has one polyclinic, 21 veterinary dispensaries, No. Animal Husbandry Department as on 31-3
and 4 veterinary ambulance van in the district. 2015
The total number of livestock equipment used per 1 Polyclinic 1

2 Veterinary dispensaries / BVD 21
thousand households are about 123 milking machine,
919 of mechanized fodder, 25 chopper and baler, 16 3 Mobile AD cum Ambulance Van 4
4 FAVC 21
dung collection and disposal equipment. In the year 5 RPVHC 3
2014-15 about 61 beneficiaries were distributed milking 6 KVS 2
machines worth rupees 20,58,750 ,the cost of each 7 ICDP CENTERS 24
machine is about 45,000 this machine help to maintain TOTAL 76
the quality of the milk. Source: Directorate of Animal Husbandry Gujarat
state Gandhinagar
Source: 19th Livestock Census-2012

The state government has launched many new schemes to boost animal husbandry in the district the
government provides milking machines, financial support to develop cattle shed and goat units and
chaff cutters are also provided. In the year 2013-14 about 15 beneficiaries has received the financial
support of about 2.25 lakhs to develop the cattle shed, for setting up of goat unit in about 10
beneficiaries has received financial support of about 3 lakhs. In order to provide good quality cattle
feed about 130 beneficiaries were provided cattle feed worth 2.6 lakhs. The government has also
conducted camps and training programmes to provide scientific knowledge related to livestock
management to the people involved in animal husbandry in the district.
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5.4.5 Recommendation related to Animal Husbandry in Kheda District:
 Kheda district is facing acute shortage of fodder for animal feed. There is a need to
develop a particular model like that adopted in village dharmaj in Petlad taluka of Anand
district in order to address scarcity of fodder as well as making fodder available at
remunerative price to people in the district.
 There is also need of mass breeding through artificial insemination programme in each
villages of the district so that better qualities of animals are available at local level.
 As per the guideline of government of India one veterinary clinic per 5000 livestock
should be there so there is a need to increase manpower of vetenary officers and technical
staff to cover the livestock at village level.
 The utilization of waste products of farm weeds, cow dung, urine etc should be made for
preparation of vermi compost thereby increasing soil fertility.
 There is a need to provide training to the veterinary doctors, imparting proper training to
them will lead to specialized skilled manpower to treat animals.
5.4.6 SWOT Analysis of Animal Husbandry:
To improve the activities of animal husbandry state government can establish adequate veterinary
centers at each talukas of the district, Arranging of animal healthcare camps. As per Comprehensive
–District Agricultural Plan the major initiative that can be taken are given as follows:
Strength and Opportunities:

 Intensive pure breeding (Selective Breeding ) programme may be undertaken so that
better quality animals would be available at the local level.
 Storage and market yard facilities to be strengthened.
 Develop high yielding varieties of fodder seed to make fodder production more
remunerative.
Weaknesses and Threats:
 High mortality and poor growth rate in calves, Infertility and delayed calving, Low milk
yields in buffaloes and cows and shrinking pasture lands in the district.
 Lack of proper management and feeding practices, High cost of feed and chicks.
 Not getting remunerative price for the produce of milk, eggs and broilers.
 The growth of Poultry industry is dependent on availability of maize grains and their
competitive price as feed cost is nearly 70 percent of total cost
 The Kheda district farmers are also facing feed and fodder shortage problems for their
animals and majority farmers are not using chaff cutter for fodders resulting in wastage
of fodders, therefore to avoid loss of fodders there is a need to provide electric chaff
cutters.
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Government Flagship Programs (Pashu Arogya Mela) during Krishi Mohatsav
2012-13
Sr. no. Details Work Done
1 Target 215
2 Camps Arrange 215
3 Villages Covered 397
4 Total Treatment 38525
5 A.I. 1293
6 Castration 1126
7 Vaccination 194825
8 Beneficiaries of PashuArogyamela 29261
9 Total Animal Covered 125313
10 Exhibition 176
11 Beneficiaries Of Shibir 25811
Source : Animal Husbandry Department –Nadiad , Kheda
5.5 Industries and Employment
5.5.1 Employment of people in Organised Sectors in Kheda District:
Employment in organized sectors is gaining its momentum with rapid establishment of small
and medium size industries in the district. The table given below depicts the employment of people in
public and private sectors. The employment patterns in organized sector shows that 957 people were
employed in central government, 5499 people were employed in state government, 9803 people were
employed in semi government, and 12081 people were employed in local institutes of the district.
About 25542 of people are employed in private sectors of the district in the year 2014. The data
available from the labour and employment department of the district shows that 20.22 percent (5832) of
female were employed in the year 2013 and in 2014, 22.88 percent (5845) female were employed. The
employment of women in private sectors shows that about 10.49 percent female were employed in 2014
whereas 11.10 percent (2723) females were employed in the year 2013. The last five years data
regarding employment of people in public and private sector are shown in the table 5.19.
Table 5.19 Employment in Public and Private Sectors (.. in Thousands)

Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Public Sector Employment
Central Government 1069 1074 1020 997 957
State Government 5793 5677 5526 5543 5499
Semi Government 9903 10458 10179 9987 9803
Local Institutes 12038 12405 12188 12109 12081
Public sector Employment - Female 6076 5810 5812 5832 5845
Public sector Employment - Female 20.45 19.61 20.10 20.22 22.88
(%)
Total 29703 29614 28913 28636 28340
Private Sector Employment
Private Sector 22072 22897 23964 24518 25542
Employment of women (in thousands )
Female employment in public sectors 6076 5810 5812 5832 5845
Percentage of female employment in 20.45 19.61 20.10 20.22 22.88

public sectors
Female employment in private sectors 2308 2422 2508 2723 2681
Percentage of female employment in 10.45 10.57 10.46 11.10 10.49
private sectors
Source: Labour and Employment Department –Nadiad
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Source: Labour and Employment Department –Nadiad, Kheda.

*Public Sector constitutes of central government , state government, semi government, local institutes.
Source: Labour and Employment Department –Nadiad ,Kheda
5.5.2 Industrial Growth in Kheda District:

Nadiad city is the district headquarter and hub of industrial activity significantly led by New
Shorrock Textiles Mills of the Mafatlal Group. The city is also a major trading center of Indian
spices such as jeera, hing, haldi and rai (mustard seeds) as well as cotton. Apart from grains,
tobacco is grown and tobacco process houses dominate in the town. Moreover, there are Cottage
Industries of ‘patrala’ making, Tobacco snuff, Ropes of jute, Bamboo baskets, Weaving,
Leatherwork, Iron-work, Carpentry, Textile cloth colouring, Printing of textile, etc.
Additionally the district has a strong base of cotton cultivation specifically in Nadiad Taluka.
Nadiad Taluka is the industrial center in the district, with major concentration of industries in
sectors like Textiles, Paper, Electrical equipments and Food processing.
♦ Kheda district is the major producer of “Tobacco” in the State
♦ Nadiad tehsil is the main industrial center in the district with major concentration of
industries in sectors like textiles, Paper, Electrical equipments and food Processing etc. Core
Emballage Ltd., one of the largest corrugated boxes manufacturing company is operating in
the district.
♦ There are huge natural gas reserves in “Matar” tehsil of the district.
♦ Oil and Gas Company Sheel India Ltd. has its bottling and filling plant in the district.
♦ One of the oldest Textile industries New Shorock Mills (Division of Mafatlal Industries) is
still operating in the district since its inception in 1912.
♦ Cattle Feed Plant Amul Daan is operating at Kanjari Village of Nadiad Tehsil since its
inception in 1964.
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5.2.2.1 Major Industrial Estates, Industrial Parks located in Kheda District:
Table 5.20 Major Industrial Estates in Kheda District
The major industrial estates are Thasra, Kapadwanj, Sr.No Industrial Estates Area in Hectares
1 Thasra 8.16
Matar, Nadiad and Balasinor. The Major Industrial 2 Kapadwanj 10.84
Park is M/s Vraj integrated Textile Park located at 3 Matar 11.52
4 Nadiad 1 15.33
Kheda taluka. 5 Nadiad 2 19.22
6 Balasinor 25.90
Source : DIC - Nadiad KHEDA
The various association located in Kheda

Sr. Table 5.21
district are chamber of commerce and industries, No.
dakor industries association, Nadiad GIDC 1 Chamber of Commerce & Industries.
association and Kapadwanj GIDC industries 2 Dakor Industries Association
3 Nadiad GIDC Association
association. 4 Kapadvanj GIDC Industries
5.5.2.2 Upcoming New Medium and Large scale Association
Source : DIC- Nadiad KHEDA
Industrial Projects in Kheda District
There are total of 7 new upcoming industries with an investment of 330 crores in Kheda district
which will provide employment to 1745 people in upcoming year.
Table 5.22 Upcoming New Medium and Large scale Industrial Projects
Sr.No Taluka Proposed projects Amount of investment in industry (Rs.in Number of Person
Crores) Receiving Employment
1. Nadiad 2 73 143
2. Kheda 4 238 1602
3. Matar 1 19 0
Total 7 330 1745
Source: DIC-Nadiad –Kheda
5.5.3 Growth of Small, Medium and Large Scale Industries:
There are 8,186 small scale industries operating in Kheda district. Some of the main industries
under SSI are chemicals, miscellaneous manufacturing industries, repairing services, food products
and nonmetallic mineral products. Most of the small scale industries are concentrated in Nadiad,
Kapadwanj, Thasra and Mahemdabad talukas. The figure depicts the employment and total number
of industries located in each taluka of Kheda district
Figure 5.17
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5.5.4 Scheme facilitating the growth of Industries and providing Employment:
1. Manav Kalyan Yojana:
This scheme provides additional tools/equipment to socially backward class community so as to
generate adequate income and self employment.
Figure 5.18
Source : DIC-Nadiad , Kheda

The person can engage himself in any of the 72 different employment activities, the beneficiaries
receives kits consisting of goods certified by GRIMCO. It is observed from the given data that the
beneficiaries under the yojana are increasing in the district, there were 890 beneficiaries in 2004-05
and now in the year 2014 the beneficiaries have increased to 2400.
2. Shri Vajpayee Bankable Yojana:
This scheme provides self employment opportunity to educated unemployed and artisans. This
scheme covers activities in industry, business and services sector. The scheme provides for
assistance for employment generation through individuals. The details related to the scheme are
given in the graph. The scheme is gaining momentum in the district. There are about 1112 numbers
of beneficiaries who were provided subsidy of about 181.39 lakh rupees and 1581 loan application
came for which 1780.54 lakh rupees loan was sanctioned.
Source: DIC –Nadiad, Kheda
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3. Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP):
There is a sharp decline in the number of beneficiaries under this scheme.
Figure 5.21
Source: DIC –Nadiad, Kheda

*The figures in the year 2012-13 is zero due the closure of the scheme in entire state.
5.6 Fish Farming/Pesiculture
Fisheries sector / pesiculture can become an alternate source of livelihoods means for many
people especially small and marginal farmer promising additional source of income however Kheda
district has no coastal areas but pesiculture can be developed by boosting inland fish production, by
constructing of ponds and tanks. Assistance is provided in form of subsidy to fish farmers for
construction of new ponds, reclamation / renovation of ponds and tanks first year inputs like fish
seeds, fertilizers, manures etc.
It is possible to foster pesiculture in the Kheda district as technical, financial and marketing
assistance by government agencies is provided for promotion of this sector apart from that the
recent amendments in fisheries act related to increasing lease period from 3 years to 10 years can
bring benefits. Therefore potential area for pesiculture should be recognized to popularize the
fishing activity. Using of Composite Pesiculture a scientific technology for getting maximum fish
production from a pond or a tank through utilization of available food organisms supplemented by
artificial feeding can be done.
Table : 5.23 Fishing Activities in Kheda District in 2013-14
Sr. no Particulars Units
1 Coastline(km) ---
2 Continental shelf(sq,km) ---
3 Brackish water area (ha) ---
4 Fishing villages/town (number) 171
5 Fishermen household 804
6 Fishermen population 3055
7 Reservoir area(ha) 751.4
8 Area of ponds/tanks(ha) 838.62
9 Inland landing center(number) 14
10 Marine landing center(number) ---
11 Mechanized fishing fleet(number) ---
12 Annual fish production (tons) 670
13 Fishermen primary cooperative societies 11
14 Membership of Fishermen primary cooperative societies 490
Source: Fisheries Department – Nadiad Kheda
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5.6.1 SWOT Analysis of Fish Farming in Kheda District:
The various Strength and Opportunities recognized are as follows:
 Ample scope for mobilizing untapped water resource such as water logged area, village
pond for aquaculture.
 The High cattle population releasing organic manures in ponds help in growth of natural
food for fish.
 Introduce pen and cage culture technologies in village ponds of district to produce fish
fingerling and yearling.
Weakness and Threats that need to be worked upon:
 Absence of fish feed Manufacture Company in the state as well as district results in
higher feed price.
 Absence of fish seed production units and fish seed rearing spaces in the district.
 Lack of prawn post larvae and exotic fish seed.
 Weak infrastructure for fish seed production and genetic Upgradation.
 Inadequate availability of quality seed of high yielding fresh water prawn and exotic carps.
 Poor maintenance of common or Panchayat pond.
 Lack of post harvest management practices by farmers.
 Sewage of urban area and villages pollute the village ponds which affects the fishes by
means of reducing the dissolved oxygen and mass mortality of fishes.
5.7 Measures to improve Allied Agriculture Sector
1. Agro Forestry Development:
Kheda district covers 95.84 sq km forest area in Gujarat which is located in Nadiad and
Gandhinagar division of the state forest department. Kheda district has 1435 ha. Area under forest
land but it has 7983 ha. Cultivable waste land, 9828 ha. Current fallows and 19093 ha. under
pasture and grazing land. The farmers are growing trees on their farm boundaries in farm land to
earn the income and to control soil erosion by water and wind. Trees are helpful to restore the plant
nutrients in the soil. The CDAP also suggest that there is a greater scope to grow fruit trees, agro
forestry trees and important timber trees to provide employment and generate income. The
establishments of wood market and wood base industries have the greatest scope in Kheda district.
2. Vermi Composting:
District Horticulture office and district agriculture office can provide trainings on the efficient
methods of vermicompost preparation. Financial assistance should be provided for establishment of
vermicompost units in the district. The utilization of waste products of farm weeds, cow dung, urine etc
should be made for preparation of vermicompost thereby increasing soil fertility.
3. Other measures such as :
1. Poultry farming and goat rearing
2. Agro forestry eco tourism
3. Organic farming
4. Establishing Green houses, increasing floriculture.
5. Soil conservation and rain water harvesting
6. Infrastructure for establishing industry for food processing and farm machinery.
7. Small and marginal farmers can get higher income through seed farms, nursery raising and
animal keeping.
8. Promoting more innovative irrigation techniques
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Chapter 6
Poverty, Housing and Rural Development
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Chapter 6: Poverty, Housing, and Rural Development
Rural Development to achieve Human Development
The objective of Rural Development Programmes is to increase and provide wage/self

employment to all persons, who are living below poverty line. For this purpose various
programmes are launched to provide wage employment to rural persons, who are living below
poverty line. Apart from providing wage employment, these programmes also create economic
social assets for strengthening the rural economy. These programmes are meant for poverty
alleviation, to reduce unemployment and to give additional employment to rural persons when
there is less work in agriculture and allied areas.
The Central and State Government has taken several initiatives to improve the standard
of living of rural people by implementing various schemes, one of them related to employment
is Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme and more schemes are
there for self employment, to provide housing Indira Awas Yojana, Sardar Awas yojana and
many others. To improve sanitation and health it provides Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan – Total
Sanitation Schemes. Unique programme “Garib Kalyan Mela” (GKM) also has been
implemented to provide assistance to poor people.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural TPDS (Targeted Public

Employment Guarantee Distribution Programme)to
ensure food security to rural
Programme.(MGNREGP) to provide
poor –BPL, APL including
employment and many more
Antyodaya yojana
schemes for self employment
Indira Awas Yojana and Sardar Nirmal bharat Abhiyan –

Awas Yojana to provide housing Total Sanitation Campaign
to improve sanitation
Unique programme “Garib Kalyan Mela” (GKM) also has

been implemented to provide assistance to poor people.
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Chapter 6: Poverty, Housing, and Rural Development
1. Status of Poverty in Kheda district.

2. Evaluation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005.
3. Housing under Indira Awas Yojana and Sardar Awas Yojana.
4. Sanitation through construction of Individual Households Latrine under
Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan.
6.1 Status of poverty in Kheda District
Analysis of Below Poverty Line families in Kheda District:
There are many schemes launched in the district to improve the status of below poverty line people
assuring them employment, housing, sanitation and good health.
Source: DRDA-Nadiad, Kheda

Evaluating the status of poor in Kheda district there were about 368328 families surveyed and out
of these about 17.16 percent of families were under 0-16 score, 24.96 percent of families were
under 17-20 score and 57.86 percent of families were under 21-52 score. There is a positive
improvement in the status of below poverty line families with the score of 0-16 in the district as the
proportion of families between the score of 0-16 who are considered to be extreme poor, accounts
to be lower in the district. According to this survey the highest percentage of families falling
between the score of 0-16 are in Kathlal taluka (27.43), Kapadwanj taluka (20.67) and lowest is in
Mahemdabad taluka (10.48).
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Further bifurcation of below poverty line families with 0-16 score was done according to those who
are landless, illiterates and homeless, and it shows that about 67.43 percent of families were found
to be landless, 57.44 percent of families were found to be illiterate and 13.71 percent were found to
be homeless, therefore there are few extreme poor families which are homeless and there is a scope
of improvement.
6.2 Evaluation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005
“The employment guaranteed under the Act has the potential of transforming the
geography of poverty”
One of the significant objectives of the NREGA is to:
1. Arrest out migration
2. Ensuring up to 100 days of wage employment within their native jurisdiction.
3. Wage employment at prescribed minimum wages applicable in the region
The act is expected to “enhance people’s livelihood on a sustained basis, by developing the
economic and social infrastructure in rural areas.”
MNREGA-FY 2013-14 Highlights:
1. Total households registered were 112945 and
2. Total households issued job cards were 112842.
3. Persons registered were 357540.
6.2.1 Evaluation of MNREGA
In the year 2012-13 the total projected persondays were about 7.5 lakhs and persondays achieved
were higher than those of projected in the year 2012-13 but contrasting results were observed in the
financial year 2013-14 as the persondays were not achieved to the set level there were about 7.93
lakhs of projected persondays so only 4.28 lakhs of persondays were generated, therefore only
about 53.97 percent of persondays were achieved in the district. The average wage rate paid in the
year 2012-13 was about 126.79 Rupees and it has increased to 138.33 rupees in the year 2013-14.
The total households completing 100 days of wage employment were about 911 in the year 2012-13
and about 706 in the year 2013-14.

Benefits of MNREGA in Kheda District
1. Empowerment of women: Significant Share of Women in Workforce
The Act of MNREGA stipulates that priority should be given to women workers, it mandates that a
minimum of one-third of the beneficiaries should be women who have registered and have
requested for work.
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Source: DRDA –Kheda, Nadiad
2. Share of SC/ST Households in Employment

In terms of providing employment to members of SC and ST households in FY 2013-14 the figure
stood at nearly 2.34 percent of total persondays for SC and 1.32 percent for ST. the figure is lower
compared to previous FY 2012-13 .
3. Employment of Disabled
In the financial year 2012-13 about 5719 of disabled workers had registered under MNERGA and
in the year 2013-14, 5757 of disabled workers had registered but the data for the persondays
generated shows that there is a sharp decline in the persondays generated for the disabled. There is a
need to address this by providing jobs which can be performed by physically disabled under this
scheme.
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However the participation of disabled workers seems to be lower in both the years about 461
disabled worked in 2012-13 for whom 5292 persondays were generated and participation of
disabled workers declined to 105 workers in 2013-14 for whom 1897 persondays were generated.
4. Total employment offered to people in Kheda District
In the year 2013-14 the total number of registered households were about 1,12,945 lakhs and
persons were about 3,57,540 lakhs , total jobcards issued were about 1,12,842 lakhs. Employment
was provided to about 9,534 households and 21,358 persons and persondays generated for them
were about 4,27, 501 lakhs.
Table 6.1 Employment Generated during the year 2013-2014 District : KHEDA
Block No. of Registered Job Employment Employment Employment Provided
Card demanded offered
HH Persons Issued HH Persons HH Persons HH Persons Person-days
Balasinor 14005 45058 14005 655 1884 655 1884 589 1624 18250
Kapadvanj 13161 52841 13155 715 1709 713 1707 621 1446 19145
Kathlal 11299 29467 11299 769 937 769 937 710 867 23182
Kheda 2770 9768 2765 504 1460 503 1459 474 1340 20137
Mahudha 6912 16923 6911 1423 1960 1413 1937 1312 1785 56954
Matar 7444 25568 7444 621 2076 621 2076 562 1867 34763
Mahemdabad 8737 19930 8722 1866 2391 1866 2391 1781 2242 64194
Nadiad 3957 10465 3957 1083 2193 1083 2193 1070 2149 52982
Thasra 33492 111635 33416 2153 8398 2139 8346 1877 7235 122439
Virpur 11168 35885 11168 573 926 573 926 538 803 15455
Total 112945 357540 112842 10362 23934 10335 23856 9534 21358 427501
Source: DRDA-NADIAD KHEDA
5. Creating Community Assests

The scheme contributes to the creation of rural assets such as roads, other land related works etc.
which can boost agricultural growth and provide wages which protects the rural poor from seasonal
fluctuations in employment and income. Further the scheme has helped to curb rural and urban
migration, by expanding employment opportunities in rural areas of the district.
Recommendations Related to MGNREGA:
 Since the programme guarantees 100 days of wage employment the problems related to staff
shortages, training of staff members and Human Resource policies related to staffing should
be refined to run the administration of MGNREGA smoothly.
 Higher wages should be paid to workers in blocks where industries are located.
 If the material cost of works related to developing of community assets at village level goes
higher, the work still needs to be undertaken and completed.
 More works related to environment improvement like creating and maintaining ecological
balance and biodiversity.
 Focus should also be there on works related to Assets creation.
 Works undertaken should be based on geographical location, physiographic features of the
village and taluka of the district.
 The workers who work under MGNREGA should also be given first priority for benefits
related to other government schemes.
 The scheme requires strong financial support and political commitment to make the schemes
more successful and beneficial for people.
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Other works related to MGNREGA that can be taken up
 Development of Horticulture Farms
 Treatment of saline and water logged areas.
 Labour intensive and earth work related, land development activities for quality seed
protection.
 Eco friendly activities, establishment of model nurseries
 Reclamation of saline and alkaline soils
 Rain fed area development, Water shed development
 Implementation of NREGA through Sakhi Mandal
Table 6.2 Progress of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment

Guarantee Programme FY 2013-2014 FY 2012-2013
Approved labour budget[in lakhs] 7.93 7.5
Persondays generated so far[in lakhs] 4.28 8.06
Job Cards issued 112842 176338
Persondays Generated for:
SC 9988 28339
ST 5649 6618
OTHERS 411864 771257
Total persondays: 427501 806214
WOMEN 145806 307698
Disabled 1897 5292
SC persondays % as of total persondays 2.34 3.52
ST persondays % as of total persondays 1.32 0.82
Women persondays out of total (%) 34.11 38.17
No. of Registered
Households 112945 176381
Persons 357540 492150
Disabled 5757 5719
Employment Provided to
Households:
SC 248 676
ST 109 186
OTHERS 9177 17661
Women worked 8267 26839
Disable Worked 105 461
Total households 9534 18523
Persons 21358 62668
Average days of employment provided per household 44.84 43.53
(i) Average persondays for SC households 40.27 41.92
(ii) Average persondays for ST households 51.83 35.58
Average wage rate per day per person(Rs.) 138.33 126.79
Total Number of Households completed 100 days of wage employment 706 911
Total households worked[in lakhs] 0.1 0.19
Total individuals worked[in lakhs] 0.21 0.63
% of men worked 61.29 57.17
% of women worked 38.71 42.83
% of ST worked 2.5 3.6
% of ST worked 1.35 0.78
% of Disabled persons worked 0.49 0.74
Source: MGNREGA-NADIAD KHEDA
Assessment of MNERGA on Human Development Indicators:

The success story of Kaprupur bamboo project shows a very brief impact of MNERGA on human
development indicators of Kheda District.
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Figure 6.8 Impact of MNERGA on Human Development Indicators of Kheda District.
Box : 6.2.1 SUCCESS STORY –KAPRUPUR BAMBOO PROJECT –TALUKA MAHUDA

DISTRICT :KHEDA
KAPRUPUR BAMBOO PROJECT
INITIATIVE BY : MGNREGP AND DRDA –KHEDA
In the year 2009-10 the land of 5 hectare was planted 5000 Bamboos, Balsukha species from Tamil
Nadu. In the year 2010-11 again in other part of Kaprupur 10,000 more bamboo plants were planted
in 10 hectare land
 IMPACT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT:
Training was provided by RUDSET- Rural development and self employment training institute Nadiad
Kheda to make “BAMBOO PRODUCTS”
 EMPLOYMENT:
The female SHG groups got the job of water and planting the bamboo under MGNERA.
 IMPACT ON ENVIORNMNET AND BIODIVERSITY:
Wild life species were observed like “Saber”. Resulted in creating luscious green environment in the taluka.
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Source: DRDA –Nadiad ,Kheda
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6.3 Housing under Indira Awas Yojana and Sardar Awas Yojana
Housing is one of the most basic necessities for a common man. About 57 percent of Gujarat
population lives in villages and so the government has taken initiative to provide houses to the poor
who are not able to afford it. Therefore the Central government as well as state Government has
introduced several housing programme for the poor.
Housing condition as per census 2011 in Kheda district:
Number of households with condition of Census House as under:
Dilapidated houses 2.3 percent, Livable houses 38.3 percent, Houses in good condition 59.4
percent. 92.9 percent of people have self owned houses, 4.8 Percent live in rented houses, and 4.9
percent live in other arrangement.
6.3.1 Housing under “Indira Awas Yojana (IAY)” in Kheda District :
Rural poor are being assisted for construction of houses under Indira Awas yojana.
Figure 6.9 Houses constructed under IAY
Source: DRDA –Nadiad, Kheda

The total numbers of houses constructed for rural poor in Kheda district under Indira Awas yojana
are given in the figure 6.9. The past thirteen year record shows that ample numbers of houses have
been constructed for the rural poor in the district. The district still needs to do a survey and find out
households if any are deprived of homes in rural areas. The figure 6.10 depicts the expenditure
incurred upon the construction of these houses.
Figure 6.10 Expenditure incurred on construction of Houses under Indira Awas Yojana
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6.3.2 Housing under Sardar Patel Awas Yojana in Kheda District:
Sardar Patel Awas Yojana was started in the state from 1st April 1997. The scheme aims to provide
houses to below poverty line families and homeless, Kheda district achievement with respect to
housing scheme under Sardar Awas yojana is given in the figure.

It is observed that in the year 2013-14 about 61 numbers of houses work constructed under Sardar
Awas Yojana against set target 1073 and in the year 2012-13, 19406 numbers of houses were
constructed against the target of 32967.
Recommendations:
 There is a need to conduct a primary survey to find out homeless households by involving
Sarpanch, grampanchayats to reach the Homeless rural people in the district.
 The construction of the houses should be done by involving the beneficiaries to exercise
their Choice.
 Ensure timely payment of installment directly to the beneficiaries through bank / gram
panchayats.
 Ensure supply of skilled manpower Mason, Carpenter, Plumber etc.) if not available
Locally.
6.4 Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan
Sanitation is a basic requirement for better quality of life. Individual health and hygiene is largely
dependent on adequate availability of safe drinking water and proper sanitation. Consumption of
unsafe drinking water, improper disposal of human excreta and lack of personal and food hygiene
have been major causes of many diseases in developing countries.
Evaluating sanitation facilities in the Kheda district:
The objective of NBA is to accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas to achieve the vision of
Nirmal bharat by 2022 with all Gram Panchayats in the country attaining “Nirmal” status. In Kheda
district only about 99 of total gram Panchayats out of 567 gram Panchayats from 10 blocks of
Kheda district from the year 2008 to 2014 are awarded as “Nirmal”.In order to achieve this goal, the
grampanchayats must be motivated to achieve the status of “Nirmal Gram”.
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Key observations: Glimpses of Baseline survey
 272890 households surveyed,
 158599 households were without toilets
 and 114291 are with toilets.
Evaluating the sanitation facilities in the district, the Nirmal bharat Abhiyan project implementation
plan based on “Baseline survey 2012” depicts that there are about 272890 number of total
households consisting of BPL, APL families , physically handicapped ,small and marginal farmers ,
landless farmers and women headed households and out of these total households , the total number
households with toilets are 114291, i.e. 41.88 percent and households without toilets are 158599 i.e.
58.12 percent. The total number of households having functional toilets are 104369 i.e. 91.32 so it
shows that the district has progressed in terms of the sanitation facilities. Therefore the baseline
survey shows that the district has 58.12 percent of households which do not have toilets and 41.88
percent households which have toilets. So there is a need to speed up the process of constructing
more toilets and also the process of converting the dysfunctional toilets into functional one. As per
the baseline survey 2012 there are about 52594 of total BPL households and 106005 of APL
households which were without toilets in the district.
Table 6.3 Baseline Survey 2012 - District Abstract Report -Kheda
Sr.No. Category Percentage
1 % of Household not having Toilet 58.12
2 % of Household having Toilet 41.88
3 % of Household having functional Toilet from HH having Toilet 91.32
4 % of Household having defunctional Toilet from HH having 8.68
Toilet
5 % of Govt. Anganwadi having Latrine 81.96
6 % of Govt. Anganwadi having adequate Water Facility 68.89
7 % of GPs where VWSC formed 99.47
8 % of GPs where VWSC Functional 99.12
9 % of GPs where Swachchhata Doot is Posted 85.19
10 % of Govt School Without Toilet 0.66
11 % of Govt School Without Water Facility 3.84
12 % of Private School Without Toilet 21.05
13 % of Private School Without water Facility 33.33
14 % of GPs Where other Organisation Involved 92.77
Note:-1) Report is based on entries done by 567 out of 567 (100 %) GPs as reported by 10 block(s).
2) Report may get changed because of continuous data entries is being done.
Source: DRDA NADIAD KHEDA – BASELINE SURVEY
Progress in NBA (formerly TSC) till the financial year 2013-14 in Kheda district:
 BPL IHHL’S: 139034

 APL IHHL’S:176939
 TOTAL IHHL’S: 315973
 Total Sanitary Complexes constructed 80
 Anganwadi Toilet Coverage 1606
 GPs where VWSC formed 564 about 562 are functional.
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Source: DRDA–Nadiad, Kheda

Figure 6.16 Total number of individual household’s latrine constructed

Challenges faced by the District:
• Usage of IHHL is found to be low in the district, people need to be educated through
information education and communication.
• Just 99 Gram Panchayat has become Nirmal the scheme needs to be promoted more in the
villages so that more Gram Panchayat can attain the status of “Nirmal”.
• Different needs of different places and villages – depending on people requirement
• The attitude of people about defecating in the open needs to be changed.
Suggestion under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan:

• The effectiveness of the scheme can be strong, if the doctors in PHC’s communicate the
disadvantages of open defecation to the public at large. The message can also be displayed
on the wall of PHC centers of the blocks in the district.
• Effective implementation of Bombay Police Act 1993 for maintaining cleanliness in villages
of the district
• In case of villages adopted in the district 100 percent of works related to sanitation should be
achieved.
• Strict vigilance, supervision and monitoring of sanitation facilities should be done in the
villages in collaboration with gram Panchayat and Sarpanch of the villages in the district.
• It should be demand driven, people must understand the importance of toilets and sanitation.
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6.5 Garib Kalyan Mela
The objective of the programme is “to empower the state’s poor and to set them free from the jaws of the
poverty in order to make them live with dignity by bringing utmost transparency in the implementation of
different poverty alleviation and pro-poor developmental schemes of the government.”
Garib Kalyan Mela has shown a path for eradicating poverty and is making a very positive impact
since its inception in 2009. Now the poor beneficiaries are getting the benefits at their doorsteps
without any hurdle or delay. Gujarat state has been organizing “Garib Kalyan Melas” to provide
poor beneficiaries a variety of services under different poverty alleviation and developmental
schemes collectively. Garib Kalyan Melas are organized to eliminate the middlemen usually seen in
the implementation of pro-poor projects. Women empowerment is one of the prerequisite for
community development and the benefits under various schemes of the government that aims to
enhance the role and economic contribution of women are distributed during Garib Kalyan Mela.
There is a special focus upon the women in the Garib Kalyan Mela in order to empower them
economically.
Every year state government organizes Garib Kalyan Melas in all the talukas of Kheda district. The
benefits provided during the Garib Kalyan Mela covers different schemes of the housing, health,
education, livelihood sectors, etc. Loans are given to the poor beneficiaries for self-employment,
tool-kits to artisans are given under Manav Kalyan Yojana, basic household goods are given to the
extreme poor for dignified living under Manav Garima Yojana, cycles are given to girls for easy
access to the schools, sewing machine is given in order to enhance livelihood opportunities for the
poor women, dairy tool-kits are also given, cheques are given for the construction of house under
Sardar Awas Yojana, etc. The benefits under the various state government schemes that focus upon
the poverty alleviation are distributed during Garib Kalyan Mela.
Figure: 6.17 Impacts of Garib Kalyan Mela on Human Development
Benefits being distributed under Garib Kalyan Mela in Kheda District, helping poor people to come out of vicious circle of poverty
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Source: DRDA-Nadiad , Kheda
“HOUSING” BENEFICIARIES UNDER GARIB KALYAN MELA

Amount of financial
Year Number of Beneficiaries support provided.
Rs. in Lakhs
2009-10 26836 51.07
2010-11 4360 15.66
2011-12 26007 57.20
2012-13 7074 11.87
2013-14 17104 17.77
2014-15(upto 31st 16805 22.26
March 2015)
“EMPLOYMENT” BENEFICIARIES UNDER GARIB KALYAN MELA

Year Number of beneficiaries Amount of Financial
support provided.
Rs. in Lakhs
2009-10 18021 6.37
2010-11 6916 18.5
2011-12 3889 4.54
2012-13 2609 1.14
2013-14 1571 1.00
2014-15(upto 31st March 2096 0.68
2015)
“AGRICULTURE” BENEFICIARIES UNDER GARIB KALYAN MELA

Year Number of Amount of Financial
Beneficiaries support provided.
Rs. in Lakhs
2009-10 4087 3.42
2010-11 2256 0.77
2011-12 868 0.35
2012-13 2096 0.37
2013-14 252 0.13
st
2014-15(upto 31 March 2015) 985 0.72
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BOX 6.5.1 Success Stories of Garib Kalyan Mela and its impact on Human Development of Kheda District
Health
Beneficiary under Mukhya Mantri Vatsalya Yojana
Name : Shrimati Kashiben Ambalal Parmar

Age: 45 years
Taluka : Mahuda
Type of Health Disease : Mouth cancer
Name of hospital where treatment was done : Krishna Hospital and Research Center
The amount of treatment was about 1,10,000 rupees which the beneficiary availed through Mukhya mantri Amrutam vatsalya
yojana.
Beneficiary under Mukhya Mantri Yojana
Name : Govindbhai Balubhai Talpada

Taluka : Nadiad
Type of health disease : Heart disease
Name of hospital where treatment was done : D.D.M.M, Nadiad Kheda
The beneficiary Govindbhai could breath new life after his heart operation , he was suffering from heart disease since last 10
years and his life was blessed through Mukhya mantri Amrutam card through which his treatment was successfully done of
about 85,000 rupees.
Housing
During Garib Kalyan Mela the beneficiaries are paid housing installment in advance under SAY-1, SAY -2 and IAY. This help the
houseless to own a pakka house , gives them protection against environmental disasters like and give them security.
Sardar Awas Yojana -2
Name of Beneficiary : Malek Pirsabmiya Sardarmiya
Taluka : Mahemdabad
The beneficiary is extremely happy with the financial support of housing installment of about 30,000 rupees that he received
during Garib Kalyan Mela under SAY-2 .
Sardar Awas Yojana -1
Name of Beneficiary : Kantibhai Becharbhai Chauhan

Taluka : Mahemdabad
The beneficiary has received housing installment worth rupees 45000 rupees during Garib Kalyan Mela and now he owns a
pakka house.
Name of Beneficiary : Budhabhai Melabhai Baraiya

Taluka : Vaso
The beneficiary has received housing installment worth rupees 45000 in advance during Garib Kalyan Mela he is extremely
happy to live with his family and own a pakka house.
Indira Awas Yojana
Name of beneficiary : Ramsuben Raisinghbhai Devipujak

Taluka : Thasra
The beneficiary has received financial support of housing installment under Indira Awas Yojana , now she owns the house..
Education and Employment

Loan for Foreign Education
Name of Beneficiary : Yogeshwar Pratapsingh .B .

Taluka : Kheda
The beneficiary was sanctioned loan of about 15 lakhs with a nominal interest of about 4 percent and has fulfilled his dream of
pursuing his education in film production in England at lakeshire university .
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Chapter 7
Gender Equity
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Women’s situations in Kheda District
The status of Health, Education and Female Workers participation related to women is
already briefed in the previous chapters of the report , in this chapter crime registered against
women and analysis of special schemes related to employment of women like mission
Mangalam and pension schemes have been described.
7.1 Introduction:
Gender equality and women empowerment are key to the development of nation, India is signatory
to MGD Millennium Development Goals and the eight Millennium Development Goals is the
“promotion of gender equality and empowering of women”. Gender equality and women
empowerment go together and they are recognized as two sides of the same coin we can say that
gender equality can be achieved through women empowerment and women empowerment increases
gender equality. Therefore it is extremely important to study the gender issues in human
development in order to examine the present condition of women, i.e. the position of a woman
compared to men with respect to literacy, education, work force participation.
7.2 Population, Sex ratio, Literacy rate, Worker participation rate of women in
Kheda district:
The sex ratio of females per thousand males in census 2001 was 923 and now it is 940. Kheda
ranked 11th in terms of sex ratio in census 2011. The percentage of decadal growth for females in
Kheda district is 14.7 and rural females is 10.9 and for urban females is 29.7. Balasinor taluka ranks
highest in terms of sex ratio by 961 females per thousand males. The highest female literacy rate is
observed in Nadiad taluka 79.9 percent followed by Kheda taluka 73.5 percent and Kapadwanj
taluka with 72.9 percent. The highest female worker participation rate is observed in Virpur taluka
35.5 percent, Kapadwanj 28.6 percent and Mahemdabad taluka with 28.1 percent however the
declining worker participation rate for females is a matter of concern in Kheda district. The highest
number of women seeking employment under MGNREGP is in Thasra taluka 45.3 percent,
followed by Kheda 43.2 percent and Matar taluka 42.63 percent. The highest numbers of women
members in self help groups starting economic activities under Mission Mangalam programme are
in Nadiad taluka of about 286, followed by Kathlal taluka of about 279 self help groups and
Mahemdabad with 262 self help groups.
Table 7.1 Status of women in Kheda District
Name of Sex Ratio Literacy Rate Female WPR EMP. Provided Number of SHGs started
Taluka (Census (Census 2011) (Census 2011) % (MGNERGP) with economic activities
2011) FY(2013-14)
Balasinor 932 70.9 22.2 40.39 192
Kapadvanj 947 72.9 28.6 39.21 252
Kathlal 952 74 29.4 18.68 279
Kheda 929 73.5 15.7 43.2 230
Mahudha 941 72.5 23.4 25.6 247
Matar 929 69.7 15 42.63 196
Mehmadavad 961 72.5 28.1 26.62 262
Nadiad 936 79.9 16.3 41.27 286
Thasra 929 69.5 26.4 45.3 239
Virpur 938 65.2 35.5 35.86 208
Source: Census 2011 and District rural development agency Nadiad Kheda(SHG with economic activity since the
beginning of the scheme till the year 2014)
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7.3 Government Initiatives:
There are many government schemes that are being taken by the government to provide
employment and uplift the status of women some of the schemes that covered in the chapter are
Widow Pension Scheme and Mission Mangalam. The details of financial assistance, social category
wise paid to widow women under widow pension scheme is given in the table below. About 5306
of widow women have received widow pension in Kheda district.
Table 7.2 Details of Assistance Provided under widow Pension schemes (Vidhwa Sahay Yojana)
Name of Taluka Number of Beneficiaries
Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe General Total
Nadiad 137 129 1251 1517
Balasinor 80 90 380 550
Kathlal 35 45 407 487
Kapadwanj 76 70 452 598
Thasra 181 110 629 920
Virpur 25 24 86 135
Kheda 37 20 63 120
Matar 37 5 80 122
Mahemdabad 40 78 456 574
Mahuda 14 48 221 283
Total 662 619 4025 5306
Source: Department of Social Justice and Empowerment of Women-Nadiad, Kheda
7.4 Violence against Women in Kheda District

“The most widespread violations of human rights are Violence against women and girls. It
includes sexual, physical, psychological, other forms of abuse which is recognized as a major cause of
death and disability. The violence against women and girls takes place at home, in schools, on the
streets and at workplace. Violence against women and girls leads to negative consequences, harming
communities and families. Gender-based violence undermines economic growth, hampers
productivity, reduces human capital and violates human rights. Thus it acts as a major hurdle to
achieve women empowerment and social security in the country”.
The data related to crimes registered against women in Kheda district shows that highest ‘crimes
against women’ were registered under IPC 498 physical and mental harassment. There are also
incidences of suicides as well as abduction and kidnapping reported in the district.
Table 7.3 Crimes Registered against Women in Kheda District (January to December)
Sr.No Types of Crime 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
1 Murder 10 22 10 12 8
2 Attempt to Murder 2 1 2 6 3
3 Grievous Hurt - 1 10 1 6
4 Simple hurt 2 9 8 0 8
5 Rape 16 13 18 14 12
6 Eve teasing 28 14 23 21 23
7 Abduction/ Kidnapping 59 48 55 62 70
8 IPC 509 1 3 0 1 0
9 Abetment to suicide 19 19 21 27 12
10 Child Marriage - 0 0 0 0
11 Dowry Death - 0 0 0 0
12 IPC 498 A Physical and mental 172 159 139 130 24
Harassment
13 IPC 309 Attempt to suicide - 0 0 0 0
14 Domestic Violence Act 2005 - 0 0 0 0
15 Other 5 7 2 5 2
16 Suicide 23 39 27 44 9
17 Accidental Death 98 85 78 90 19
Total 435 420 393 413 196
Source: Superintendent of police -Nadiad Kheda
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The cases like domestic violence, cases registered under IPC 309 attempt to suicide, the death
reported due to dowry are none as per the list of reported cases in the district. The incidences of
child marriage are almost zero.
7.5 Mission Mangalam

The main objective of Mission Mangalam is economic upliftment of rural women by providing
them employment opportunities by formation and nurturing of self help group, providing them
training, infrastructure facility and credit support. The Self Help Groups formed under this project
are popularly known as “SakhiMandals” in rural areas. In Gujarat state in all 2.21 lakhs
SakhiMandals have been formed having 24.94 lakh members till March-2014, total savings of
Sakhi Mandals is 234.87 crore, 127090 Sakhi Mandals have started taking internal loan. The
amount of internal loan is of Rs.182.66 crore. Revolving fund of an amount of Rs. 99.30 crore was
given to 178104 SakhiMandals. The table 7.4 depicts the status of SHG in Kheda District.
Table 7.4 Details of Self Help Groups in Kheda District
Name of Number of Members of Total Number of Credit Number of

Taluka SHGs with Sakhi savings of SHG with amounts SHGs started
bank savings Mandal SHG Internal with internal with economic
account Loaning loans activities
Nadiad 2010 24515 67.79 1720 30.79 286
Matar 972 12153 57.17 668 18.78 196
Mehmadavad 1398 15449 55.89 994 18.41 262
Mahudha 801 10279 41.06 552 18.34 247
Kheda 690 9183 37.29 530 15.32 230
Thasra 1930 24747 69.97 1452 28.26 239
Balasinor 777 8978 42.51 594 13.22 192
Kathlal 1189 13996 52.84 856 16.25 279
Kapadvanj 1510 18269 58.18 1058 17.78 252
Virpur 681 7992 39.84 523 16.21 208
TOTAL 11958 145561 522.54 8947 193.36 2391
Source: DRDA Nadiad –Kheda
Table 7.5 Details of SHG category wise in Kheda District (since the starting of the scheme to march 2014)
Sr. No Taluka SC ST Minority Others Total BPL Disabled
1 Nadiad 920 209 1018 22368 24515 5450 35
2 Matar 1060 333 1565 9195 12153 2730 29
3 Mehmadavad 826 265 826 13531 15449 3987 40
4 Mahudha 485 336 1179 8279 10279 2705 30
5 Kheda 1402 288 596 6895 9183 2469 33
6 Thasara 1843 736 1692 20446 24747 5721 37
7 Balasinor 702 236 478 7554 8978 2408 23
8 Kathlal 775 341 1196 11684 13996 4473 37
9 Kapadvanj 1794 425 1020 15020 18269 9139 25
10 Virpur 1059 392 413 6128 7992 2448 18
Total 10866 3561 9983 121100 145561 41530 307
Source: DRDA, Nadiad –Kheda
The scheme also has active involvement of women members belonging to SC and ST communities
and below poverty line women. There are about 145561 women members and about 41530 women
members belonging to below poverty line and 307 women members who are disabled.
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Economic Activities of members of Self Help Groups in Kheda District
Table 7.6 Total number of members in Self Help Groups in Kheda district involved in
Economic Activities till the year 2014
Number of members Agriculture Horticulture Animal Cottage Service
in SHGs
Husbandry Industries Sector
Nadiad 286 4.19 1.39 51.39 28.67 14.33
Matar 196 4.08 1.53 60.71 19.38 14.28
Mehmadavad 262 6.87 1.9 56.1 18.32 16.79
Mahudha 247 5.26 2.02 59.51 20.64 12.55
Kheda 230 6.52 5.65 50.43 20.86 16.52
Thasra 239 6.69 4.6 53.55 24.68 10.46
Balasinor 192 8.33 3.12 55.72 23.43 9.37
Kathlal 279 9.31 3.94 50.89 24.73 11.11
Kapadvanj 252 10.31 4.36 60.71 17.85 6.74
Virpur 208 2.4 0.48 70.19 18.26 8.65
District Total 2391 6.48 2.92 56.54 21.87 12.17
Source: DRDA, Nadiad –Kheda
Box 7.5.1 Success stories of Self Help Groups formed under Mission Mangalam in Kheda
District
The basic aim of formation of self help groups is to unite women belonging to different social
background on the basis of their common needs. There are many self help groups in the district who
have received cash credit and has started economic activities to earn their livelihood, there were many
success stories obtained from district rural development agency Kheda who look after mission
Mangalam the study of these success stories were done to find various economic activities that
women in the district undertake. Maximum females opted for animal husbandry as a means for
livelihood. It is found that women’s in Kheda district were extremely innovative about the economic
activities that they opt.
The formation of self help groups were done by the support of ICDS and non government
organizations, gram sevak and officers under Mission Mangalam. The few of the innovative activities
done by members of self help groups are:
1. Bead making (manka making): The earnings by these women’s were utilized to meetthe
education expenses for their children, food expenses and daily household expenses.
2. Divyajyoti sakhi Mandal: It is involved in making crystal necklace through which the monthly
income of about 2700 Rs is generated therefore an annual income of about 32,400 Rs.is earned.
3. Ranmukteshwar mahadev sakhimandal formed by meenaben Rameshbhai parmar who does the
business of making home decoration articles like wall pieces ,toran , jhummar.
Training of Self help Groups under Mission Mangalam in Kheda

District……
Skill based training enhances the employment opportunities for female , the DRDA –Kheda actively
involves itself in training of female members of SHG in the district. It also provides training through
Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institute– Nadiad an institute which offers training
in various skills, it has trained about 7183 number of Female Members.
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Total number of Sakhi Mandal and number of members provided with primary training:
Primary training provided to total number of

Sakhi Mandal Female Members
2019 20154
Making of Toran and Jhummars by self help groups in Kheda District
Opening of “AMUL” parlor by member of Self Help Group in Kheda District
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Chapter 8
Conclusions: The Way Forward
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8.1 Conclusion: Findings and Recommendations.
The basic aim of this chapter is to present the principal findings of the DHDR. Based on these
findings, some recommendations have been provided at the end of each chapter. An attempt has
been made in this chapter to recapitulate the opportunity and challenges the district face in respect
of Human Development.
Recommendations and SWOT analysis has been provided at the end of each chapter to overcome
the impediments to Human Development in Kheda district. This chapter summarizes a number of
challenges that are to be met if the district is to acquire a more progressive status on Human
Development. The major challenge is the unavailability of village/taluka level data on regular basis.
Thus, basic data pertaining to each village (also taluka/block) and the whole district needs to be
collected, up-dated periodically to ensure the better targeting of the government schemes.
Literacy and Education:
The analysis of district shows that the district is comparatively better off than most other districts in
the educational status. Among the several positive aspects related to education, a major aspect was
that, the district has achieved the overall literacy rate of 82.65 percent, the male literacy rate of
91.31 percent and the gap between male and female literacy rate has been reduced from 29.1
percent to 17.8 percent. However, the gender disparities in the education are clear from the fact that
there are still persisting gaps between male and female literacy (17.8%). Improving the literacy
rates of the district should be a continued priority in the district.
It is encouraging to note that there has been an increase in the enrollment rate of students in primary
and upper primary, secondary and higher secondary schools in past five years. The basic amenities
of schools have been worked and the data for upper primary to higher secondary schools shows an
improvement in school infrastructure in the whole district. Though school infrastructure in the
district has improved significantly and all the schools have separate toilets for girls, most of the
schools are electrified, but there is ample opportunity to promote the concept of Smart Classrooms
and Smart Schools with computer laboratories and internet.
But the major areas of focus should be on reducing dropout rate among the girls after standard 8th
and 10th and focusing more on girl’s enrollment as the gender disparity in education, needs to be
addressed. As the Gross Enrollment Ratio figures present a good picture of the primary education
but the need of the hour is to address the quality of teaching in primary and upper primary schools.
Proper training needs to be imparted to the teachers to improve upon the quality of education in the
system. Pupil Teacher ratio for primary, upper primary and secondary schools conform to the
national standard, but there is still a scope for improving Pupil Teacher ratio for Higher Secondary
schools. School monitoring committees need to be strengthened and the PRIs should be involved in
monitoring the school education.
Health and Sanitation
The district has recorded significant improvements in terms of health infrastructure and people’s
reach to various health services. There is visible improvement in various health indicators and the
district has made good progress in controlling leprosy and reducing IMR and MMR. However, large
number of vacancies of doctors and paramedic staff are a serious challenge and needs to be
effectively addressed. There is an urgent need to reduce patient load per doctor by way of
appointing and retaining doctors and paramedical staff in remote rural pockets so creating
residential clusters and improving facilities for doctors in remote areas of the district is equally
important though it requires channelized funds.
Continuous efforts are needed to encourage people to avail public healthcare facilities and
particularly pregnant women to resort to institutional delivery. There is a need to improve
healthcare facilities in existing health institutions.
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Proper nutrition management of newborns remains a matter of concern in the district. Malnutrition
is a serious challenge for the district administration because it depends on several factors including
bad consumption habit, poor care of the pregnant women, poor breastfeeding practices, poor
hygiene and low awareness about the importance of sanitation. There is a need to focus on maternal
and child health by developing a holistic approach to proper nutrition management of the children
and women.
The district has achieved an impressive growth in other health indicators such as institutional
deliveries, ANC & PNC check up, child immunization, family planning and in controlling other
major health problems such as leprosy and TB. There is also a need to focus on reducing anemia
among female members. It is often observed that the risk of child death is the highest during the
first few months of birth, so it is necessary that safe child birth, nutrition and immunization are
taken care in order to improve Neonatal Mortality in the district. The mothers also need to be
educated about the importance of nutrition and immunization.
The other health hazard observed in the district is prevalence of cancer among female member as
tobacco is cultivated on a large scale, since mostly females are involved in the cultivation of
tobacco, it leads to a habit of tobacco consumption among them so there is a need to educate the
female member about the negative impact of tobacco and the danger of Cancer.
Another health challenge that the district faces is that the rural population is dependent on
traditional fuel like firewood and crop residue, these bio fuels are used for cooking inside the house
which leads to high concentration of Carbon Monoxide (CO), Nitrogen oxides (NOx). There is a lot
of research done which proves that the prevalence of respiratory complaints such as common cold,
cough, breathlessness etc. is higher in households using traditional fuels. It leads to acute
respiratory problems such as Pneumonia, other lung Diseases, burning of eyes, Headache,
Tiredness, nausea, drowsiness, throat irritation, and discomfort among women and children who
spend the longest time inside the house and are exposed to these hazardous gases. Women can also
suffer from adverse pregnancy out comes such as still births. Therefore pregnant women should be
sensitized toward regular ANC checkups and participation in Mamta Divas.
Sanitation is another challenge that needs to be addressed at the most urgent basis. It is observed
that the open defection is still practiced in remote rural areas which is a very unhealthy practice and
that is why the State Government as well as the Central Government has brought out the concept of
Toilet for All. This programme is being implemented in a mission mode approach and positive
results are in the offing. Apart from constructing toilets, there is a need to connect water facilities to
the toilet. People also need to be sensitized towards the importance of sanitation and the harms
associated with open defecation. There is a need to develop a culture of Sanitation, thus every
school must organize Sanitation campaigns so that the students can be taught about the importance
of hygiene.
In terms of institutions, existing PHCs and CHCs need to be strengthened with proper medical
equipments and facilities while there is a need for regular capacity building and motivating ANM
and ASHA to make them more effective.
Agriculture and allied agriculture activities
The major strengths related to agriculture in Kheda district are the quality of soil, its agro climatic
condition and rainfall, sufficient irrigation facilities and proximity of market to sell the produce. It
is also observed that farmers in Kheda district largely depend on traditional methods of agriculture,
so there is need to train farmers for modern methods of agriculture i.e. scientific farming which will
improve the yield of production in the district. The level of mechanization of agriculture is still
quite low in the district.
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Though the district has few seed banks, but there is a need for one seed bank in each taluka because
the availability of high quality seeds is important for improving yield. The farmers need to be
trained to develop and strengthen seed farm and improve upon quality of seed.
Almost 62 percent of the farmers in the district are marginal farmers so there is a need to provide
post harvest infrastructures facilities for benefits of farmers in order to reduce the wastage due to
the lack of post-harvest infrastructure like rural godowns, warehouses, cold storage and food
processing industries which are likely to generate direct employment for people. Focusing more on
horticulture production cultivation of fruits and floriculture through green houses will also lead to
increase in income of farmers.
Availability of credit in the rural area is another issue for the small and marginal farmers. Easy
availability of credit for farmers and others engaged in agro-enterprises is very crucial for the
required investment in agriculture. Special efforts should be made for promotion of agricultural
credit with achieving universal Kisan Credit Cards. This will help in the promotion and adoption of
better agricultural inputs.
Animal Husbandry:
The district is very rich in milch animals. The demand for milk and other animals based produce
offers high return to people doing animal husbandry in Kheda district .Major challenge is shrinking
of pasture lands for cattle feed in the district. The farmers are facing the shortages in terms of feed
and fodder for their animals and it is extremely important to address this problem. The existing
Gauchar (pasture) lands should be rejuvenated in order to enable cattle to feed. Unutilized land
should be used for fodder production this will also reduce cost of fodder for them.
The district accounts for a large number of buffaloes and goats. So the district has huge potential for
dairy development. Special efforts must be given for promoting animal husbandry and poultry
through involvement of SHGs. There is a need to provide proper training related to scientific
technologies in livestock production and management like artificial insemination.
To do away with the issues relating to the implementation of the schemes, there is a need to involve
the grass root level officials and the PRIs and ULBs in the planning process. This also calls for an
effective monitoring and evaluation mechanism so that the desired outcomes of different
development programmes are better realised.
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Women Empowerment in Kheda District………
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Human Development is a development paradigm which is beyond mere rise or fall of

Chapter 1: Introduction 01-06

Tables Title Page

Box Title Page

Mahatma Gandhi launched the Satyagraha Movement in Kheda

Table 1.1 Number of Talukas and Administrative Setup of Kheda district

1.3 Geographical location:

The whole district lies between 22º30’ to 23º17’ N and

1.6 Travel and Tourism

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2011

2.2 Rural and Urban population:

Source: Census of India 2001/2011

2.3 Decadal Growth Rate (DGR):

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2011

The percentage decadal variation of Kheda district is shown in the figure.

Source: Census of India 1911 to 2011

2.4 Sex ratio:

Source: Census of India 1911 to 2011

Source: Census of India 2001/2001

Source: Census of India 2001/2001

Source: Census of India 2001/2001

Table 2.1 Scheduled Castes Population

% share of SC population to the total

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2011

2.6.2 Scheduled Tribes Population:

% share of ST population to the total % share of ST population to the total

2001 0.43 1.60

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2001/2011

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2011

• Percentage of Households by type of Fuel used for Cooking:

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2011

Source: Census of India 2011

• Percentages of Households have Latrine Facility:

Source: Census of India 2011

Literacy and Education

Source: Census of India 2001/11

3.4 Male and Female Literacy Rate:

Source: Census of India 2001/11

3.4.1 Talukawise analysis of Male-Female Literacy Gap