• SHIODAYAL PRASAD

India is a land of village s which is world's most populous and overwhelmingly rural , next to China. India's estimated population as on alarming rate since 1971. About 80 percent of the total population of this classic land of agriculture lives in more than 5,00,000 rural areas. Because of the predominance of the rural population, India is a predominantly agricultural country and village community or villages occupy very important place from the Geographical point of view.Bagaha is a Tehsil / Block (CD) in the Pashchim Champaran District of Bihar. According to Census 2011 information the sub-district code of Bagaha block is 01019. Total area of Bagaha is 379 km² including 332.59 km² rural area and 46.83 km² urban area. Bagaha has a population of 3,98,000 peoples. There are 71,834 houses in the sub-district. There are about 124 villages in Bagaha block.

Village, Population, Primary activity, Poverty eradication, Agriculture

"GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED RURAL AREA DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING: “A CASE STUDY OF BAGAHA BLOCK”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 1, page no.2066-2070, June-2014, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701333.pdf

"GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED RURAL AREA DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING: “A CASE STUDY OF BAGAHA BLOCK”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 1, page no. pp2066-2070, June-2014, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701333.pdf