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General knowledge refresher published this article page no 16 spread over an area of about 1818 sq km the region mostly lies between 1500 m to 3700 m above the mean sea level. this region popularly known as the homeland of gaddis is surrounded by lofty mountains on all sides. it has pir panjal in the north and dhaula dhar in the south. in the east the extension of dhaula dhar converges with pir panjal near rohtang pass. the river ravi and its tributaries– the budhil and the tundahen drain thi...
General knowledge refresher
General knowledge refresher published this article page no 17 economically and socially backward areas of himachal pradesh. historically the gaddis have experienced geographical and political isolation and socio-economic deprivation. the economy is largely based on agriculture and allied activities such as sheep and goat rearing. the process of development of tribal area of bharmaur started in 1970s when gaddis were included among scheduled tribes. under the fifth five year plan the tribal sub-plan...
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General knowledge refresher published this article page no18 this area development plan was aimed at improving the quality of life of the gaddis and narrowing the gap in the level of development between bharmaur and other areas of himachal pradesh. this plan laid the highest priority on development of transport and communications agriculture and allied activities and social and community services. the most significant contribution of tribal sub plan in bharmaur region is the development of in...
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General knowledge refresher published this article page no 19 the remote villages in tundah and kugti areas still do not have sufficient infrastructure. the social benefits derived from itdp include tremendous increase in literacy rate improvement in sex ratio and decline in child marriage. the female literacy rate in the region increased from 1.88 per cent in 1971 to 65 per cent in 2011. the difference between males and females in literacy level i.e. gender inequality has also declined. traditiona...
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General knowledge refresher published this article page no 20 the declining importance of pastoralism in the economy of the region can be gauged from the fact that at present only about one-tenth of the total households practise transhumance. but the gaddis are still very mobile as a sizeable section of them migrate to kangra and surrounding areas during winter to earn their livings from wage labour. sustainable development the term development is generally used to describe the state of particular ...