| Development means a new spatial relationship among members of a community and
between them and their environment. The development of socio-economic infrastructure
indicates the quality of life of people of a particular area. In view of this, it is necessitated to
ascertain tehsil level development in Ratnagiri district considering various socio-economic
indicators. The main concern of this study is to insight into the spatio-temporal patterns of
development at tehsil level of Ratnagiri district during the last forty years from 1971 - 2011 and at
village level it is based on fieldwork (2012). It is found that socio-economic development is
mainly confined to Ratnagiri and Chiplun tehsils of Ratnagiri district. Ratnagiri is the
headquarters and industrial centre of the district and Chiplun has an industrial nodal point that
diffuse the development. The tehsils like Khed, Guhagar and Dapoli are moderately developed
and Lanja, Sangmeshwar and Rajapur are relatively backward while Mandangad is most
backward tehsil. It is inferred that the tehsils which were backward in 1971 were also found
lagging behind in 2011. The values of socio-economic variables considered for their
development have increased but the relative positions of the backward tehsils more or less,
remained the same barring a few. It is suggested that the tehsils which are backward need to
addressed with priority to augment their rate of development to bring them at par with the
advance ones. |
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