Question

How is land distributed among the farmers of palampur​

Answer 1

Not all people engaged in agricultural have sufficient land in Palampur:

• 1/3 rd of 450 families are landless – 150 families.

• Most of them are dalits and have no land for cultivation.

• Of remaining 240 families who oven land, cultivate very small plots – less than 2 hectares.

• 60 families of medium and large farmers cultivate more than 2 hectares of land.

• Few large farmer have landholdings of over 10 hectares or more.

Answer 2

Answer:

Land is the most useful requirement for farming. Unfortunately not all the people engaged in agriculture have sufficient land for cultivation. In Palampur the distribution of cultivated land is unequal.

The distribution of land among the 450 families of Palampur are as follows  :

1.150 families are landless;

2. 240 families cultivate small plots of land less than 2 hectares in size; and

3. 60 families of medium and large farmers cultivate more than 2 hectares of land.

Only A few of the large farmers have land extending over 10 hectares or more.