Underdevelopment in
Bundelkhand and Relative study with other areas : Quantitative
multi-criteria assessment of progress achieved by regions and districts to
prioritize investment or allocation of resources is available in the Planning
atlas of Uttar Pradesh. The Bundelkhand region is lagging behind in terms of
development, human, social, economic and environmental indicators as compared
to other agro-ecological zones of the state. Relative ranking of 70 districts
of the four regions of the state based on 36 indices covering agriculture,
industry, and economic and social infrastructure is quite revealing with scores
ranging from 78 to 388. The Bundelkhand districts of Chitrakut and Banda were
least developed as compared to other region. (Guatam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad,
Meerut and Lucknow ranked top most ) as per following table.
Comparative development of
Bundelkhand and other districts of Uttar Pradesh based on scoring of 36
indicators.
| DEVELOPMENT
CATEGORY AND SCORES | DISTRICTS | | i) VERY HIGH DEVELOPMENT(125 - 388 scores) | GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR,
GAZIABAD, MEERUT, LUCKNOW (Western Uttar Pradesh) | | ii) HIGH DEVELOPMENT (105-
125 scores) | JHANSI (Bundelkhand) | | iii) MEDIUM DEVELOPMENT (90
- 105 scores) | JALAUN, MAHOBA (Bundelkhand) | | iv)
LOW DEVELOPMENT(78 - 90 scores) | LALITPUR, HAMIRPUR (Bundelkhand) | | v) VERY LOW
DEVELOPMENT(BELOW 78 scores) | BANDA, CHITRAKUT (Bundelkhand) |
Source: Planning Atlas, Uttar Pradesh, 2006
In Bundelkhand region, only the district of Jhansi qualified under the category
of High development. Out of the remaining six districts two districts i.e.
Jalaun and Mahoba are ranked in medium development, Lalitpur and Hamirpur in
low development and Banda and Chitrakut in very low development category. The
development of agriculture sector in Bundelkhand region (based on 10 indices)
has also not been promising as all the seven districts of the region ranked
beyond 40 in the overall state ranking list on 1 to 70 scale (1 being best). Almost
similar is true for Madhya Pradesh part of Bundelkhand. Ranking of agro-ecological regions of Uttar Pradesh
|
| Av. Yield of food grains (q/ha)
| Intensity of cropping
(%)
| Distribution of fertilizers per ha of gross sown area (kg)
| No. of regulated Mandis / lakh ha of net sown area
| Western
| 25 (100%)
| 161 (100%)
| 154 (100%)
| 4.2 (100%)
| Central
| 21 (84%)
| 153 (95%)
| 123 (80%)
| 3.7 (88%)
| Eastern
| 17 (68%)
| 155 (96%) | 134 (87%)
| 3.0 (71%) | Bundelkhand
| 12 (48%)
| 124 (77%)
| 39 (25%)
| 2.7(64%)
| State Average
| 20 (80%)
| 153 (95%)
| 130 (84%)
| 3.5 (83%)
| Values in brackets is percentage of maximum value of any region
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