Rampur : A Village Economy

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Farming is the main production activity in Rampur. Most working people depend on farming for their livelihood, while only a smaller share works in non-farm activities such as dairy, manufacturing, tra…

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Rampur lies in the fertile alluvial plains of the Gangetic basin in western Uttar Pradesh. This region has helped farming grow well because the soil is fertile and the area became agriculturally prosp…

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Land is a fixed factor of production in farming because the amount of land under cultivation does not expand easily. In Rampur, there has been no expansion in cultivated land since 1921, so farmers mu…

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Multiple cropping means growing more than one crop on the same piece of land during the year. In Rampur, farmers grow at least two crops, and many grow potato as a third crop. This helps increase prod…

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In the kharif season, farmers grow jowar and bajra. Potato is cultivated between October and December. Wheat is sown in the rabi season. These crop choices show how farming is arranged across differen…

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Irrigation is important because it allows farmers to grow more than one crop on the same land in a year. By mid-1970s, the whole cultivated area of 264 hectares in Rampur was irrigated, which made thr…

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Persian wheels were an older traditional irrigation method used before electricity became common. Farmers used them to draw water from wells and irrigate small areas of land. They were later replaced …

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A hectare is a standard unit used to measure land. One hectare is 10000 square meters. This unit helps compare land areas in farming and village studies.