Rp of Chalk Gobindapur - LGED

4. Land Use and Settlement Pattern
18. At present the entire subproject affected area is being used as agriculture land. It is a
rural area with the primary economy based on agriculture. The agriculture land is double
cropped. The field survey could not identify any negative impacts on any CPRs, such as
mosques, schools, or Union Parishad offices.
19. The current land use pattern is mixed. Major agricultural production is from Aman
and Boro paddy as well as potato, spices and oil seeds. Potato, spices and other Rabi crops
are grown in the dry areas of the khals. However, these crops are at risk from flash flooding.
Crops are also damaged due to drainage congestion and winter drought. There are many
people involved in fisheries activities, mainly open water seasonal fishing. However, no fisherman
was found during the field survey that would be negatively affected by the subproject;
rather most will be benefited.
1. Methodology and Data Collection
20. In the absence of an Implementing NGO (INGO), 6 the Project Management Office
(PMO) staff, with help of the WMCA and the Union Parishad (UP) representative, carried out
the DMS and carried out stakeholder meetings with farmers, when necessary in agriculture
fields. The DMS shows very limited negative impact on the affected people due to their being
no private land acquisition of this subproject area. One hundred percent of the 61 APs were
selected for the socioeconomic survey (SES). The households were interviewed through using
structured questionnaire. Table 2 shows the distribution of the APs by village of the subproject
area.
Table 2: Number of Affected Population by Sex and by Village
Name of Village Male Female Total
Number % Number % Number %
Chalkgobindapur 115 41.7 161 58.3 276 100.0
Aldadpur 14 48.3 15 51.7 29 100.0
Total 129 176 305
21. A total of 61 HH will be affected from 2 villages, with a population of 305. The sex
ratio is male for 42% and female 58%, the percentage of females is higher than males
which, compared to the national census, is very unusual. The HH size is 5.08, which is
slightly higher than national average of 4.9. The range of HH size is 2 to 10. Only 9% of HHs
is extended- families. Only 5% of HHs is female headed.
22. FGDs were conducted in two locations, including the playground of the primary
school and at a bridge. Social groups included in the FGDs represented a wide variety of
socioeconomic status, both genders, as well the people both directly and indirectly affected.
2. Socioeconomic Profile of APs
23. The socioeconomic profile of all APs is based on a 100% SES from the total 61 AHH
305 population). The APs were using the canal bed for cultivation annually. Of the 17 AHHs
using Khal for cultivation, 9 (52.9%) were using 2 decimal; 4 (23.5%) were using 1 decimal,
3 (17.6%) AHH were using 3 decimal; and only one AHH was using as much as 4 decimal.
Table 3: Holdings (Decimal) of APs Farming Khal Land
Amount of Farmed Land
Number of HH Percent
(In Decimal)
2 9 52.9
6 An INGO is expected to be contracted by the Project in Nov-Dec 2011.
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