KURDIKERI VILLAGE STUDY
INTRODUCTION:
All fellows are placed at different villages . This was a second time village study.First time study I placed Bogenagarkoppa village.The second time village study I and Preeti was placed Kurdekeri these both villages are nice experience for me.I learned lot of things in this village.
LOCATION OF THE KURDEKERI:
Ø Kurdekeri is 18 km away from side of Hubli.
Ø 6 km away from the Varur Highway.
DEMOGRAPHIES:
Ø Population:3500+
Ø No of families around 450
Ø 334 children
Ø 9 Handicapped people
Ø Literacy:80% among people>50 yrs
Ø Temples:10
Ø Government school :01(1st to 8th std)
Ø Government Nursery :02
Ø SHG’s :24 (18 Sujala,6 BAIF-1men)
Ø Gram Panchayat :Karadikoppa (2 km)
Ø Finance Varur MG Bank (5 km)
Ø No Medical shop
Ø Water tank :01
Ø There is no common public Toilet
RESOURCES:
Ø Kurdekeri people are having 2000 acres of Land.
Ø 100 Bore wells
Ø 16 Tractors
Ø 3 Lakes (Hirekeri,Chikkeri, Unkal Keri)
Ø Water tap facility for every house ,10 public taps are there
Ø Good transport facility
HISTORY AND PEOPLE:
The history of the people are from Kuknoor came to Unkal and from there they came and settled here.
There are different community groups:Lingayat, Talwar,Harijan,Muslims and Shepherd(Kurubar)
LIVELIHOODS:
Major Occupation of Men are:Agriculture, Daily wages(in Kurdekeri and Hubli),House construction etc
Major Occupation of women are:Taking care of Cattle, selling Milk, Curds (locally and in Hubli), daily wages etc
There are 5 NGO’s that work here:
1. BAIF
2. Deshpande Foundation
3. AME Foundation
4. Sujala
5. Karmani
OBSREVATIONS:
In Kurdekeri village I made some observations there are:
· Poor sanitation facility
· Lake being dried due to lack of rain
· Poor Health facility
· Alcoholic problem
· Agricultural problems
In Kurdekeri village I studied Drinking water practices at Domestic level. In this Domestic study I visited 25 houses and made some observations’ there are :
· In this village water facility is there (daily water is coming) but village people don’t wash the vassals properly.
· Water collected keeping the container in drainage.
· Cleaning the glass with their saree and giving the water.
· They don’t clean the glass and container properly.
· The dust created from the Chula in the kitchen contaminates the water.
· They are not properly store the water and also don’t close plates on the storage of drinking water vessals.
· The terrace top is open for sunlight and beneath the water storing container kept usually.
· Don’t wash the hands after scratching the head
· Don’t cleaning the container regularly.
· They don’t filter the water while filling to the container.
· They are using usually one glass for drinking water.
These are some observation in domestic level at Kurdekeri.After observing I visited local Doctor(BHMS).He gave some information to me: Per day minimum 5 patients are coming for the reason of drinking water or water born diseases there are :Calera,Jondis,Throughout infection, Cold, Tonsils, Lever effect(lever swelling),Scabecs,Decentry, Omitting.
There are some reasons the village people are neglecting in storage of the drinking water:
· They are hurry for going to the field.
· When they are in the field that time water is coming.
· Breakage of pipes that time they are using Bore water.
· They are washing vessels 2 or 3 days in once.
COLLECTING DATA:
Primary Data: Collecting information from People, Personal observation & watching
Secondary Data: Collecting information from Anganwadi, Gram Panchayat.
