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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | A tale of two Bundelkhands: UP cuts a sorry figure compared to MP in all sectors, data shows -Shraddha Yadav, Vikash Vaibhav, and Varun Kumar Das

A tale of two Bundelkhands: UP cuts a sorry figure compared to MP in all sectors, data shows -Shraddha Yadav, Vikash Vaibhav, and Varun Kumar Das

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published Published on Feb 17, 2022   modified Modified on Feb 18, 2022

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MP-Bundelkhand is silently increasing its economic might, powered by its agricultural sector. Growth in Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand, on the other hand, has stagnated.

With the ongoing assembly election in Uttar Pradesh ready to witness the third phase of polling on 20 February, covering the Bundelkhand region, we shift our focus towards the economies of a region that is often ignored in economic discussions. Earlier, we looked into Western and Eastern regions of Uttar Pradesh. Our study of district domestic product data for 14 districts of Bundelkhand — 7 in Uttar Pradesh and 7 in Madhya Pradesh — reveals a startling finding. While MP-Bundelkhand has grown significantly in the previous decade, growth in UP-Bundelkhand has stagnated, with the former region even having surpassed the latter.

Interestingly, the ongoing assembly election has not seen the demand for a separate state of Bundelkhand, which used to be an important regional issue in earlier polls. The statehood demand arises from the sentiment that Bundelkhand has been on the periphery in terms of development efforts — in administrative and political aspects — allegedly rendering the region as one of the poorest in socio-economic terms.

In this article, we examine the economies of the Bundelkhand region on both sides of the state boundaries, with special focus on UP-Bundelkhand. Specifically, we see how the UP-Bundelkhand region’s economy compares with the whole state of Uttar Pradesh. We then analyse where UP-Bundelkhand stands relative to Madhya Pradesh part of Bundelkhand. This comparison provides an interesting contrast in terms of a homogeneous socio-cultural and economic region, separated by a state boundary.

An overview of the Bundelkhand region 

Bundelkhand is a homogeneous agro-climatic and socio-cultural region situated in north-central part of India. It comprises 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh (Chhatarpur, Damoh, Datia, Niwari, Panna, Sagar, and Tikamgarh) and 7 districts of Uttar Pradesh (Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, and Mahoba). The region shares a common culture, and has historically been a part of unified kingdoms — like Chandelas and Bundelas — before becoming a part of the British Empire. Post-Independence, the region was partitioned between the states of MP and UP on the recommendation of States Reorganisation Commission. The two regions are so inter-mingled that two of the UP-Bundelkhand districts — Jhansi and Lalitpur — form an island in MP. The rest of the Bundelkhand districts in these two states run parallel to each other in the north (UP) and the south (MP).

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ThePrint.in, 17 February, 2022, https://theprint.in/opinion/a-tale-of-two-bundelkhands-up-cuts-a-sorry-figure-compared-to-mp-in-all-sectors-data-shows/834901/?fbclid=IwAR0wA1hM0futGOmuTm7AHxfi0x029S3tj9CvCbkEoDYrI7FFdsdFkchTEK8


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