Biophysical and Socio-Cultural Profile of Padmapuram Village in Visakhapatnam District: An Assessment of Tribal Needs

Anthropology

This study is almost solely collected from the several times of field visits at Padmapuram village of Araku valley mandal in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh state which is basically known for the tribal agglomeration. The local inhabitants are tribals mainly they dependent upon podu, coffee, mining, tourism and agriculture. The present study especially emphasized upon the different characteristics related to bio-physical, socio-cultural, demography, health, education, economy, household condition etc. which are at least to some extent distinct compare to the state and national figures. The Padmapuram village reflects a low satisfactory condition in terms of the aforesaid parameters, but, there are obvious serious lacking regarding health, water, electricity and education particularly in female population. Tourism industry may be enhancing the economic condition in the near future.

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