SERICUL TURE AND THE PROCESS OF CHANGE - Institute for ...

Sericulture. The present study village, Seripura, falls under the
Pennagaram Sericulture Division of Dharmapuri district.
In this chapter, an attempt has been made to portray the physical
setting of Seriplll"a along with its basic amenities. This is followed by a
presentation of the demographic profile of the people and a portrayal of
the village living and interaction. The study attempts to widen the base
of the findings, by corroborating the same with that of some other
sericulture villages in the districts of Salem and DindiguI as well as of
other sericulture areas of Tamil Nadu. Some of the basic features of
these supportive fields have also been presented in this chapter.
Physical Setting and Basic Amenities
Seriplll"a is situated at a distance of about 12 kilometres west of
Palacode, the taluk headquarters. It is 30 kilometres from Dharmapuri,
the district headquarters, and 35 kilometres from Pennagaram, the
sericulture divisional headquarters. Since the '60s the village is
connected by bus services at a distance of about one kilometre. The
village itself has been brought into the district road map since the mid
eighties. Today, Seriplll"a has good transport facility, connecting it to all
the major towns in the district.
There are 200 households in the village, a majority of which are
clustered in the village itself. Some households have moved out of the
village to settle on their farms. The extension of farm settlements, along
with the process of nucleation of some of the fann-settled families, has
led to a formation of a few satellite settlements. However, the parental
village continues to serve as a nodal point for these households, in
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