District Human Development Report. Hoshiarpur

Abstract

In this report we have discussed the key indices related to human development such as education, health, economy, infrastructure and lastly the policy recommendations. The data used for preparing the present report is based both on primary and secondary sources. A primary survey has been conducted during March- May, 2008 in Hoshiarpur district. In the survey, 50 Primary sampling units were taken. From the list of all the villages and urban wards, 40 rural and 10 urban wards were selected by multi stage stratified sampling technique. Out of total ten CD blocks, four villages and one urban ward from each CD block was selected on the basis of proportion of rural and urban population. In total 500 households were covered.