Visit in a Rural Area free essay sample

At the end we expect a rise in our economy through rural development in all the sectors. Thinking the country as a whole, we must focus on the development of rural Bangladesh which will eventually turn our country into a better one. 4|Page 1. 0 Introduction: 1. 1 Theme and purpose: The theme of the assignment is to study about the life and livelihood realities of rural Bangladesh and how it is changed and changing. The purpose of the study is to analyze the change and changing trend of rural life and livelihood. 1. 2 Scope and limitations: The scope of the study was trouble-free and straightforward. As Bangladesh has a lot of rural area, we could easily choose a rural region and perform our research on the life and livelihood of the people of that particular rural region. Though the process is clear-cut enough to collect data but there are some limitations? Some of the people might not be interested to give information when will ask them. We will write a custom essay sample on Visit in a Rural Area or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page ? As rural people are conservative, they might not give all kind of information we are seeking. 1. 3 Sources and methods of collecting information: The source of the information collected is the people from various professions of my home town Tungipara, Gopalgonj. A comprehensive study on people from different professions has given the closest scenario of life and livelihood realities of current rural Bangladesh and how it is changed and changing in the upcoming days. The process was asking people the previously selected questions from my survey questionnaire (attached with the assignment). People gave oral reply to the questions and those were noted down. 5|Page 2. 0 Life and livelihood realities of rural Bangladesh: 2. Previous Scenario: On basis of the information collected from the respondents we see that the earlier life trend of people was like? The nature of residence was, in most cases, straw-made cottages and in some cases tin-made cottages. ? Almost all the families were joint families. As a result the number of members in a family was simply huge. ? The main foods of almost all people were rice, pulse, vegetables and fish. Previously the livelihood realities was like? As they had joint families, their income sources were diversified. All the adult male members used to work for earning livelihood. They used to work for agricultural production and a lot of people were farmers. ? As lots of people were farmers, they were active in some particular seasons in a year when the production of the crops was highest or it was the only time of production. 2. 2 Current Scenario: With course of time and due to industrialization, the life trend of rural people has changed significantly, like? The nature of residence of rural people has changed significantly. Previously most of them used to live in straw-made cottages and some in tin-made cottages. But now there are very few straw-made houses. Almost all have switched to tinmade houses and many people are making one or two storeyed buildings. ? People are changing their family type from joint to single. Nearly each rural family is single family now whereas they were joint families earlier. ? The food habit of rural people hasn’t changed much. But due to price hike of every fundamental food product, they are not able to have diversified food items always like past times when prices were reasonable. Current livelihood scenario of rural Bangladesh? As now most families are single, the eldest and fit adult male is the main earning member in the family. Besides, the female members of the family are also 6|Page earning by working in different professions like- school teacher, handicraft business, vegetable production selling etc. ? Now-a-days in the rural area we see people of different professions like- masons, mechanics, workers in brick field, stationary businessmen, hardwire businessmen, clothing businessmen, agricultural products sellers and farmers. But in past times, 80% of rural people were farmers. As now people are engaged in diversified professions, they are active throughout the year. Even the farmers are now active throughout the year and working in other sectors when it is not the crop production season to earn livelihood. 3. The reasons behind the changes and upcoming changes: A question may arise like how these kinds of changes happened. The main reasons are? Industrialization: Industrialization leaded the changes in rural Bangladesh. Due to the effect of modern industrialization, people were introduced to the new ways of livelihood. Development: Development in different sectors or rural Bangladesh also affected the lifestyle of people living there. Such as- availability of electricity, infrastructural advancement etc. ? Involvement of Urban Culture: Urban culture entered into the life of rural people and seized their attention through different media such as- television, radio, internet etc. ? Transportation Facility: Advancement in transportation also facilitated the connection of rural and urban society. A lot of new urban facilities are now easily delivered into the rural area. We can predict about the upcoming changes that can happen in rural Bangladesh. By analyzing the changing trend we can say that the infrastructure of rural residence will improve with a swift pace. Along with this, rural people will advance and migrate to diversified professions day by day. They are coming out from conservative society and male and female working for livelihood at the same time. 4. Conclusion: By the brief research and analysis we can say, that time is not far away when the lifestyle and livelihood of rural Bangladesh will touch the edge of those of urban. Rural development will enhance and improve our economy as well as our developing country will advance few steps more towards being a developed country in near future. 7|Page List of People contacted and their contact numbers 1. Name: Tuhin Ahmed Address: Village- Shoilodaho, Thana- Chitolmari, District- Bagerhat Contact No: 01740-837701 Occupation: Welding Mechanic 2. Name: Milon Sarkar Address: Village- Tungipara, Thana- Tungipara, District- Gopalgonj Contact No: 01716-660752 Occupation: Hardwires business 3. Name: Taiyab Ali Address: Village-Tungipara, Thana- Tungipara, District- Gopalgonj Contact No: 01756-393271 Occupation: Farmer 4. Name: Ramzan Haque Address: Village-Patgati, Thana- Tungipara, District- Gopalgonj Contact No: 01718-003675 Occupation: Businessman 5. Name: Ilias Hossain Address: Village-Tungipara, Thana- Tungipara, District- Gopalgonj Contact No: 01711-372670 Occupation: City Corporation chairman (Patgati) 6. Name: Solaiman Biswas Address: Village-Tungipara, Thana- Tungipara, District- Gopalgonj Contact No: 01711-066071 Occupation: Upazila chairman (Tungipara) 7. Name: Emdad Hossain Address: Village- Patgati, Thana- Tungipara, District- Gopalgonj Contact No: 01712-066071 Occupation: School Teacher (Retd. 8|Page 8. Name: Babul Hossain Address: Village-Tungipara, Thana- Tungipara, District- Gopalgonj Contact No: 01712-440343 Occupation: Business (owner of a brick field) 9. Name: Younus Alam Address: Village-Gimadanga, Thana- Tungipara, District- Gopalgonj Contact No: 01924-720351 Occupation: Mason 10. Name: Enayet Hossain Address: Village-Tungipara, Thana- Tungipara, District- Gopalgonj Contact No: 01835-403573 Occupation: Farmer 9|Page Pictures of the village trip 10 | P a g e 11 | P a g e 12 | P a g e