Impact Assessment of the District Poverty Initiative Project Rajasthan

Antoday 44.30 32.17 23.33 32.80 19.57 19.70 15.00 26.83 187
APL 1.27 6.09 2.50 0.80 4.35 4.00 2.87 20
None 0.87 0.83 1.00 0.43 3
Percent 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 697
Non-CIG Member Households
BPL 42.78 40.30 56.11 53.77 54.24 57.89 58.59 51.90 588
Antoday 31.96 24.63 13.89 16.08 18.64 23.92 12.12 20.83 236
APL 23.20 34.33 27.78 26.13 22.03 14.83 24.24 24.18 274
None 2.06 0.75 2.22 4.02 5.08 3.35 5.05 3.09 35
Percent 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1133
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Family Size
Table 2.6 presents information on size of the household. It is found that the average household size is the lowest
at 4.3 in Jhalawar and the highest in Dausa and Dholpur at 5.8 persons for CIG member households. The
minimum household size of 4.2 is found in Jhalawar compared to maximum size of 5.4 in Dausa. It is found that
across the districts, the household size is smaller in Non-CIG households compared to CIG households. Churu,
Dausa and Dholpur observed increase in household size in CIG member households, while it increased in Churu,
Tonk and Dholpur in case of non-CIG households.
Table 2.6: Household Size (No.)
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District 2001 2007 Changes %
CIG Non-CIG CIG Non-CIG CIG Non-CIG
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Baran 5.49 5.13 5.15 4.91 -6.22 -4.22
Churu 5.38 4.79 5.57 5.05 3.39 5.45
Dausa 5.51 5.47 5.81 5.43 5.45 -0.61
Dholpur 5.56 5.24 5.79 5.31 4.17 1.34
Jhalawar 4.71 4.35 4.34 4.15 -7.85 -4.48
Rajsamand 5.11 5.09 5.08 4.62 -0.59 -9.30
Tonk 5.32 5.04 5.30 5.17 -0.38 2.61
Total 5.32 5.07 5.35 4.97 0.57 -1.88
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Main Occupation of Head of the Household
Among the CIG member households, the main occupation of the head of the household, construction/ casual
labour (28.3%) followed by agriculture and animal husbandry (27.5%) and agriculture (10.8%), table 2.7. Across
districts, the dominant occupations are: construction/casual labour in Baran, Dausa, Dholpur and Rajsamand,
while it is agriculture and animal husbandry in Churu, Tonk and Jhalawar. The main occupation that dominants
in each district has a percentage of 29.1 percent in Baran, 40 percent in Churu, 35 percent in Dausa, 28 percent in
Dholpur, 38 percent in Jhalawar, 43.9 percent in Rajsamand and 32 percent in Tonk. In case of non-CIG member
households, the main occupation is construction/ casual labour in all the districts and the proportion varies
between a low of 27.3 percent in Tonk and 41.6 percent in Rajsamand. The other important occupation is
agriculture and animal husbandry across districts.
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