1Research Scholar under RTMNU and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, S.C.B.C College, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
2Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, Dhanwate National College, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Present discussion is a micro level study for a small administrative unit within a densely populated state of India. For the country like India, where fast growth of population is a common phenomenon, events related to demographic change like changes in land-use, expansion of present urban centers in cost of rural areas, growth of congested centers acting as service centers for rural areas are all common. Related another important event is the changes in agriculture that the rural areas are observing. Here such a rural area is selected as study area which observes the development of census towns and loss of cultivable land in expense of agricultural land. Objective of this study is to highlight on changing pattern of agriculture for this area as a result of demographic change and to mention probable planned way of using the land.
Demography, land-use, cropping pattern
