PROFILE OF HUMAN DEVLOPMENT IN KACHCHH DISTRICT OF GUJARAT STATE

Abstract

The investigator has found out the Human Development  in Kachchh District of Gujarat state  with the help of secondary sources .  It is the largest district in Gujarat and the second largest in India.  District  holds the topmost position in respect of value of income index amongst all the districts of Gujarat in 2001  . The Income  index  was 0.247 in 1991 which increased to 0.308 in 2001.  The value of index increased to 0.061  during the decade of 1991 to 2001. The index value of education was 0.556 in 1991 which decreased to 0.547 in 2001. From the health point of view, the index increased from 0.394 to 0.531.  The HDI of Kachchh was 0.399 which increased to 0.462. It increased by 0.063.  It was concluded that Human development of Kachchh had increased due to improvement in income and health facilities during the pre decade of earth quake but our rank  was 15 which  was pushed down to 17 .