Regional Disparities in The Level of Economic Development in Bundelkhand Region: An Inter-Block Analysis

By : P.K. Sharma , Sonal Srivastava

Page No: 110-128

Abstract
The process of economic development involves a significant change in the economic activities of different regions with a transformation in the structure of the economy. The socio-economic change does not take place uniformly in different regions. This paper is an attempt to analyse the micro-regional disparities in the level of economic development with special reference to 40 community blocks of the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh. This study is based on the secondary data, obtained from the Census of India and different government official websites. In order to assess the levels of economic development in the region, 12 economic indicators have been evaluated by using composite index analysis. It is observed that, there exists a wide microregional economic disparity ranging from highest score (0.77) for Badeogarh block to lowest score (-1.27) for Buxwaha block. On the basis of PCA five dominant factors have been filtered which plays major role for the further planning in order to achieve the balanced economic development of the region.

Authors :
P.K. Sharma :  Assistant Professor, Department of G & A Geography, Dr. H. S. Gour University, Sagar, M.P.
Sonal Srivastava : Research Associate, ICSSR Project, Department of G & A Geography, Dr. H.S. Gour University, Sagar, M.P.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2020.40.01.8