Recasting Citizenship for Development - File UPI

Do Property Rights in Land Ensure Greater Participation of Women 269
Table 12.3
Percentage of Women Owning Land in Their Names
Village
Tumkur district
% Women Who Own Land in their Names
Gadigunta 17.00
Pendlijeevi 5.63
Garani 21.51
TN Halli 2.99
Thimmasandra 35.11
Huluvangala 17.36
Pathaganahalli
Dharwad district
6.70
Hunsekatte 3.13
Singanahalli
Kolar district
4.85
Hakki-pikki 44.00
CB Ghatta 24.39
DB Ghatta 15.38
Poolakuntahalli
Hassan district
1.96
Honavalli 28.17
Nelamane 11.71
Kellur
Mysore district
4.95
Kamarahalli
Source: Survey data from author’s study.
9.50
Thimmasandra (Tumkur district), Hakki-pikki (Kolar district), Honavalli
(Hassan district) and CB Ghatta (Kolar), more than 20 per cent of women
have land in their names. In Poolakuntahalli village, Kolar district, less
than 2 per cent of women have land in their names. In Tumkur district,
while 35 per cent of women in Thimmasandra village own land, only
3 per cent do so in TN Halli. Women’s landownership is better in Hakkipikki,
a small village inhabited by the Hakki-pikki tribe.
Participation of Women in Land-Related Decisions
The choice of crops depends on the suitability of the soil and the availability
of irrigation. Within the feasible choices, what is to be grown is an
important decision that will influence the food security of the family.