Class 9 Economics Chapter 1 – The Story of Village Palampur

NCERT Back Exercise Question-Answers

1. Every village in India is surveyed once in ten years during the Census and some of
the details are presented in the following format. Fill up the following based on
information on Palampur.
LOCATION:
TOTAL AREA OF THE VILLAGE:
LAND USE (in hectares):
Cultivated Land Land not available for cultivation (Area
covering dwellings, roads,
Irrigated Unirrigated ponds, grazing ground)

26 hectares
d) FACILITIES:
Educational

Medical

Market

Electricity Supply

Communication

Nearest Town
Answer:
LOCATION: Bulandshahr District, Western Uttar Pradesh
TOTAL AREA OF THE VILLAGE: 226 hectares
LAND USE (in hectares):
Cultivated Land Land not available for cultivation (Area
covering dwellings, roads,
Irrigated Unirrigated ponds, grazing ground)

200 hectares — 26 hectares

FACILITIES:
Educational 1 high school, 2 primary schools

Medical 1 private dispensary, 1 primary health care centre run by the Government
 Market 2 markets: Raiganj and Shahpur

Electricity Most of the houses have electricity connections. Electricity powers all the
Supply tubewells in the fields and is used for various small business.

Communication Well connected neighbouring villages, with Raiganj within 3 kms. Proper
transportation including bullock carts, tongas, bogeys carrying jaggery. Also,
motor vehicles like motorcycles, jeep, tractors and trucks are available for
easy transportation.

Nearest Town Shahpur

SHORT QUESTION-ANSWERS
Q1. What is the aim of production?
 Aim of production is to produce goods and services.
Q2. What are the four requirements of production?
There are four requirements of production:
1. Land: contains natural resources, water, forests and minerals.
2. Labour: People do the work and manufacture goods and services. Labourers may be
skilled, unskilled, educated and uneducated depending upon the production work and
requirement.
3. Physical capital: Can be of fixed capital and working capital.
a. Fixed capital: Tools, machines, buildings etc. They may range from very simple tools
such as farmers plough to sophisticated machines to generators, computers etc..
b. Working capital: Raw materials and money in hand  come under this category. Ex.
Yarn used by weaver and clay used by potter. Some money is always required during
production to make payments and buy other necessary items.
4. Human capital: The fourth important requirement is human capital. Without human
labour production cannot be done.  

Q3. Which Indian village resemble palampur?

Village of western U.P.

Q4. Where do the villagers of palampur sell jaggery?

Sugar cane is grown in the village on one part of the land and jaggery is produced and
sold in Raiganj. 
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