Facts and Figures

Source: Census 2011

Field Updates

• SANGAM 2013 organized in Udham Singh Nagar
• Capacity Building of master trainer for in-service teachers training.
• Synergize Academic Resource Group to mainstream academic dialogue in education system.
• Academic need analysis of teachers for further module development and training accordingly.

Education:

• The gender gap in literacy is noticeable, which further reflects the comparatively lower status of females in the community vis-à-vis males
• The average per capita expenditure on education is Rs. 678; however, significant differentials exist among communities. For example, Sikh households are spending more than ten times and nine times on education than Muslim and Christian households respectively, whereas Hindu households are spending four times less than Sikh households,
• The incidence of non-enrolment as well as drop outs is very low. The proportion of the children never enrolled, left after enrollment, and enrolled but does not go to school is small.

Health:

• The dependence on untrained dais in child delivery assistance is very high in Muslim households (73.23 percent), whereas in one-third of the Christian households’ child delivery is performed by trained midwife/ASHA.
• The children born in Christian and Sikh households have also received pre and post natal care, whereas proportion of such children in Hindu and Muslim households is comparatively less.

Economy:

• Unemployment is rampant among the communities, except Sikhs, who are more dependent on agriculture and entrepreneurship.
• The work participation is reportedly low, and is higher for males than females. This is true across the religious groups.
• Causal labour in agriculture is the dominant occupation followed by self-employment in agriculture and casual labour in non-agriculture. The high dependence on agriculture and casual work in agriculture is responsible for poor economic conditions and forces the women to work outside the households in very precarious conditions at very low wages.
• Agriculture, forestry and fishing are the dominant activities wherein 84.3 percent of the households’ members are engaged. Given the seasonal nature of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing
• A large proportion of the population derives its livelihood from agriculture and allied activities. which is responsible for their poverty and deprivation. One of the reasons for fewer jobs for local population in industries is lack of required trained and skilled manpower in the district.
• The housing status of the sample households is presented in table 3.14, which reveals that about 47 percent and 32 percent of the households live in pucca and semi-pucca houses respectively and one-tenth of them live in Katcha and another tenth in thatched houses.

Gender:

• Overall the educational attainments, particularly among youth and females, are low.
• The work force participation rate is low and gender differentials in work participation are noticeable. Against the overall work participation rate of 28.7 percent, the male and female work participation rate is 49 percent and 5.4 percent respectively.
• Women are actively engaged in various occupations across the religious groups. The high dependence on agriculture and casual work in agriculture is responsible for poor economic conditions and forces the women to work outside the household at low wages.

Water & Sanitation:

• More than three-fourth of the households use drinking water from public source and one-fifth of them depend upon private sources.
• A majority of the households (55.16percent) have in-house toilet facilities. However, 44 percent of the households are defecating out in the open.

Key Programs

Previous Engagements:Assessment Led Reforms.

• Aligning various institutions on the basis of a common vision and perspective
• Enhancing the quality of teaching-learning by inducing the crucial shift from rote to non-rote
• Creating evidences of effective Institutions in order to perform evidence-based advocacy for large scale reforms

Current Engagements

• Direct Engagement with Schools
• Capacity Building of Institutions and Individuals
• Research & Development
• Communication & Synergy
• Library & Activity Centre
• Consultative and support services