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Socio-cultural Processes and Livelihood Patterns at Tirurangadi - CDS

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particularly in rural areas like <strong>Tirurangadi</strong>. Studies of several w<strong>at</strong>ersheds in the region<br />

have been conducted, <strong>and</strong> resource mapping of the entire area has been carried out, which<br />

is being used to formul<strong>at</strong>e a perspective development plan for the area. The present study<br />

does not <strong>at</strong>tempt to contest any of the methodologies adopted in the development<br />

discussions of the region, or any other part of Kerala. It r<strong>at</strong>her <strong>at</strong>tempts to focus upon a<br />

factor th<strong>at</strong> has been given inadequ<strong>at</strong>e emphasis in most of the discussions, the historical<br />

experience of the people of the area studied.<br />

The significance of a historical study can be elabor<strong>at</strong>ed on the basis of some of the<br />

inform<strong>at</strong>ion on the st<strong>at</strong>us of the region taken from l<strong>and</strong> use studies <strong>and</strong> provisional d<strong>at</strong>a<br />

available from the 2001 Census. The region forms the lower part of the Kadalundi<br />

w<strong>at</strong>ershed, <strong>and</strong> the interior areas form a section of the middle part. According to the l<strong>and</strong><br />

use studies, the middle region consists of about 55% of mixed agri<strong>cultural</strong> horti<strong>cultural</strong><br />

l<strong>and</strong>, about 30% of double cropped paddy l<strong>and</strong>s, 10% waste l<strong>and</strong> with or without scrub<br />

<strong>and</strong> 5% barren rock. In the lower region, about 60% are double cropped paddy l<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />

the rest are mixed agri<strong>cultural</strong>/horti<strong>cultural</strong> plant<strong>at</strong>ions. The d<strong>at</strong>a from some of the<br />

villages th<strong>at</strong> are part of the region, showing the area percentage, soil unit <strong>and</strong> the crop<br />

suitability (in three grades, S1, S2, <strong>and</strong> S3,) along with intercrop, is given below.

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