Village Level Discrepancy in Available Facilities, Development and Related Problems: A Case Study of Ramkishore Gram Panchayet, Kulpi C.D. Block, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India

Development of developing country like India depends on its village level available facilities. Village level development process requires numerous facilities like proper education system, availability of safe drinking water, suitable electrification, availability of health care facilities etc. This paper emphasizes on village level disparity in available facilities and development of 21 villages of Ramkishore Gram Panchayet, Kulpi C.D. Block, South 24 Parganas. Total number of facilities and Composite Development Index is taken into consideration for analysis of development scenario at village level. There are the significant disparities in the distribution of the village level facilities and regional imbalance in development among the villages in the study area. The villager's occupation mainly based on agriculture, their per capita income is considerably low. So, they spend low to moderate quality of life style. Recently few positive initiatives have been taken from the Government of West Bengal and Government of India to enhance education, literacy, health, transport etc. among the villages.