Trend and Inequality Analysis of Operational Land Holdings in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

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Land is a very important resource for all human communities. In rural area where mostly of the people depend on land for their livelihood, it plays a strategic role in the determination of the economic, social and cultural progress. However, the land is limited and there is increasing competition for its use. Small and medium farmers dominate Indian agriculture which is characterised by the incidence of tendency, landlessness and a high degree of fragmentation which directly affect their economic condition. The ownership of land and its distribution pattern directly affects the distribution, accumulation and generation of wealth in rural areas. Therefore, much work has been done to study land holdings in terms of distribution and distributional inequalities. In this research work an attempt has been made to analyse the various aspects of operational land holding in the Bareilly district comparing the year 1991 to 2016 from the geographical point of view. This study is based on secondary data sources where various statistical and geospatial techniques have been used to analyse the data. Thus, this paper provides an insight into the spatio-temporal distribution and pattern of operational land holdings in the Bareilly district and their changes in terms of number and area.

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