Abstract :
The quality of housing comprises many housing facilities in the microenvironment of house structure
such as house type, electricity, drinking water, sanitation, etc. The Study of housing quality is necessary
to measure the quality of life and technological advancement of society. The major objectives of the
present study are to analyze the internal variation of the selected indicators across the CD Blocks
(Community Development) of Paschim Medinipur district, to examine the regional disparity in housing
quality at the block level of the concerned district, to analyze the housing quality in Garbeta-II block at
village level, to analyze the relationship between the size class villages and quality of housing,
indicator-wise of the concerned block and to explore the differentials in socio-economic condition and
quality of housing of two sample villages under Garbeta-II block of Paschim Medinipur district. The
entire study is based on both primary and secondary sources of data. Different indicators to measure the
housing quality have been fixed and different statistical techniques like Deprivation Index, Composite
Score, One-way ANOVA, Simple Percentage Calculation, rates, and ratios are applied here. Thus, the
study reveals that among the 29 blocks, Garbeta-II is the only Jungle Mahal area under Medinipur subdivision,
which records a high level of inequality in housing quality with 264 villages. The relationship
between the size class of villages and accessibility of good housing quality (indicator-wise) is highly
significant for the seven indicators. However, for the remaining, the relationship between them is
insignificant. There are huge differences between two villages namely Amkopa and Humgarh in terms of
housing quality. The socio-economic condition and quality of housing of Humgarh village are
remarkably higher thanAmkopa village.
Keyword :
Composite Score Deprivation Index Housing Quality Socio-economic Condition Quality of Life One-way ANOVA