Rural Development: Challenges and Opportunities

achievement of development acres active Andre Gunder Frank Awareness of Development Benefits Achieved Caste Groups cent show high Chidambaram cial conception of development context Cuddalore dependency dependency theory devel development needs development programmes Distribution of Households Distribution of Respondents district economic educational attainment family occupation female Gingee high social origins highest percentage Households by Caste households constituting households in village India Land-holding land-owning households landless low social origins ment modernization monetary benefits nomic number of households opment participation peasant castes Peasant Scheduled Percentage Distribution population poverty present study presented in Table relationship rounding error rural development sampled villages Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes show high achievement show high awareness show high efforts show low show positive awareness significant societies South Arcot spondents structure taluks Tamilnadu Tindivanam tion Total High Low total number Underdevelopment Vanniar Velan and Kural Velan Kural Velan Village Kural village communities Village Velan Village Villupuram wage labour