Level of human resource development and disparities in Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

This paper attempts to deal with the analysis of Human Resource development and disparities in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The study area is situated in Eastern Uttar Pradesh of the Middle Ganga Plain. The study is exclusively based on secondary data collected at block level from different offices. The data were tabulated and analyzed using statistical methods, like mean, standard deviation (SD), Z score. Micro Soft excel and Arc GIS 10.2 software have been used for computation and cartographic presentation. There are 13 variables selected social sectors to measure the regional disparities in the levels of development. The geographical factors like terrain condition, quality of soil, drainage, water logging, transport network and urban centers have been observed to held major impact in the level of development in district. Dharmapur, Baksha, Ramnagar, Jalalpur, Sujanganj and Muftiganj have recorded under the high level of HRD while Mungra Badshahpur, Machhalishahar, Suithakala and Shahganj blocks recorded low level developed blocks with 25.82 percent area of district and rest of the block observed in a medium level of development which covers the 50.82 percentage area.