Shamshad S

Aligarh Muslim University, Department of Geography, Post-Doc

Aligarh Muslim University, Dept. of Geography, Post-Doc

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45 Male Literacy and Levels of Socio-Economic Development in West Bengal - A Rgional Analysis.pdf

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43 Houseless Population in Kanour City A Socio Economic and Structural Analysis.pdf

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44 Age-Sex Wise Reasons of Internal Migration in Uttar Pradesh, India.pdf

This article is an attempt to investigate the age-sex wise reasons of internal migration in the s... more This article is an attempt to investigate the age-sex wise reasons of internal migration in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The study is based on secondary sources of data, collected from Census of India publications , New Delhi. The data regarding the place of last residence (duration of residence one to four years) of the migrants of the different age-groups have been taken into account.

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42 Prevalence of Undsirable habits and morbidities among houseless population of Kanpur City, Uttar Pradesh.pdf

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41 Prevalent Reasons of Illiteracy among Houseless Population - A case Study.pdf

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40 Working Condition of Houseless Population in Kanpur City.pdf

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39 Livelihhod of Houseless Population - A Case Study of Kanpur City.pdf

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38 An Ethnographic Study of Houseless Population in Kanpur City.pdf

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37 Earning and Utilisation of Income by Houseless Population - A Case Study of Kanpur City.pdf

The present study attempts to analyse level of income, expenditure and saving of houseless popula... more The present study attempts to analyse level of income, expenditure and saving of houseless population, and frequency and amount of remittances made by houseless population in Kanpur city. The study is based on primary source of data generated through a comprehensive field survey in the city carried out during 2012. The study reveals that most of the houseless population (nearly ninety percent) have been earning, spending and saving the income it is because of that most of the houseless population is working population (84.48 percent) in the city. Moreover, the houseless persons who remitted some part of their income to their homes, regularly and irregularly, are recorded to be more than sixty percent, whereas nearly forty percent did never remit any amount of money. Among the houseless population who remit money, more than forty percent of houseless people remitted money to their homes on a regular basis, while nearly forty percent of the houseless population was found unable to remit any amount of income.

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36 A Geographical Analysis of Land Use and Levels of Socio Economic Development in Hamirpur District, Uttar Pradesh.pdf

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35 Spatial Perspetive of Literacy, Employment and Levels of Development among the Urban Beggars in Aligarh District.pdf

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34 Assessment of Socio-Economic Condtion of Beggars in Aligarh District.pdf

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33 Socio-Economic Cause of Begging.pdf

The present research paper is an attempt to analyse the socio-economic causes of begging, various... more The present research paper is an attempt to analyse the socio-economic causes of begging, various problems faced by beggars, governmental helps received by them and suggestions given themselves by the beggars as well as recommended by the authors for upliftment of the socioeconomic standard of their life in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh. The study is based on primary source of data, collected through the field survey in the Aligarh district carried out during 2009. The analysis reveals that the main causes of begging that force the people to adopt the heinous activity i.e. begging, are prevalence of poverty, illiteracy, by inheritance of caste, handicapped, diseases, oldness, death of parent, etc., out of them, poverty is a single factor which results nearly half beggar population of study area towards this profession. This study demonstrates that this section of population is the most poor among the poorest who are still thriving for one of the traditional basic need, that is food, what may be predicted about the status of the other remaining needs (Clothing and shelter). The new additive modern needs (health, education and recreation) are the heavenly dreams to them.

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32 Socio-Economic Status of Beggars in Urban Areas - A Case Study.pdf

Beggar population in the developing countries of the world is the victim of an unbalanced socio-e... more Beggar population in the developing countries of the world is the victim of an unbalanced socio-economic system. They are amongst the most vulnerable group in our society and show the lowest socio-economic condition of that group. The begging activity is the human degradation to the lowest extent, and a menace to the healthy society. Most of beggars are the result of economic deprivation, breakdown of the socio-economic structure, destitution and neglect, etc. Therefore, the present research paper aims to examine the spatial patterns of urban beggars' demographic characteristics, literacy, employment, income, household infrastructural facilities, and their socio-economic status in urban areas of Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh. This work is based on primary source of data, collected through the field survey in the Aligarh district carried out during 2009. All the 13 towns of the district were selected for the survey, in which, the 6 per cent wards from each town were selected.

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31 Socio-Economic Status of Beggars in Aligarh District, India.pdf

witnessed high as well as mediumlevel of socio-economic status.

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30 Spatial Patterns of Migration Flows in Aligarh City.pdf

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29 Socio - Economic Characteristics of Migrants in Aligarh City.pdf

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28 Houselessness and Accommodation Facilities in Kanpur City.pdf

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27 A Regional Analysis of Rural Literacy and Levels of Development in West Bengal.pdf

The present paper is an attempt to analyse the spatial patterns of rural literacy rate, variation... more The present paper is an attempt to analyse the spatial patterns of rural literacy rate, variations in the levels of development and casual relationship between rural literacy rate (dependent variable) and selected variables of development (independent variables) among the districts of the state of West Bengal. The entire research work is based on secondary sources of data, collected from Census of India publications 2001, New Delhi and West Bengal state Govt. publications 2002. The district has been taken as a smallest unit of the study.

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