This is a study conducted by Society for Social and Economic Research (SSER). SSER has requested researchers who have been conducting field-based studies of villages and the rural economy to reach out to informants in their study areas over telephone and obtain information on what was happening in the context of COVID-19 Pandemic. Each researcher has been asked to obtain a quick assessment of the impact COVID-19-related measures are having on lives of people in their study villages. The aim of gathering village-level information from across the country, and presenting them in the form of short reports, is to provide an initial account of the different dimensions of rural life during COVID-19 pandemic. SSER hopes that these scholars will follow up this work through more detailed studies whenever it is possible, these initial reports are invaluable sources of information about the situation in Indian villages.
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42. Khauchandpara (Alipurduar, West Bengal), Bikash Das (August 20, 2020)
41. Bharri (Katihar, Bihar), Avanindra Nath Thakur (July 2, 2020)
40. Rohna (Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh), Sunit Arora (July 2, 2020)
39. Bairiya (West Champaran, Bihar), Tripti Kumari (June 18, 2020)
38. Chahar Kalan, Khandrai and Jamalpur Shekhan (Haryana), Umesh Yadav and Vaishali Bansal ( June 8 , 2020)
37. Ummulong (West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya), Alacrity Muksor (June 2, 2020)
36. Kismat Patna (East Medinipur, West Bengal), Prasenjit Barik (May 29, 2020)
35. Atugaon (Bongaigaon, Assam), Smriti Rekha Singha (May 14, 2020)
34. Edappal (Mallapuram, Kerala), Vinayan MV (May 10, 2020)
33. Gijhi (Rohtak, Haryana), Anju (May 7, 2020)
32. Mettavalasa (Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh), Kartik Chandran Pillai (May 5, 2020)
31. Ampora village (Jajpur, Odisha), Sadananda Sahoo (April 30, 2020)
30. Thettamala (Wayanad, Kerala), Najeeb V R (April 29, 2020)
29. Kanhapur, Godapur and Salai (Pevath) villages (Wardha, Maharashtra), Nicky Johnson (April 28, 2020)
28. Isar (Surat, Gujarat), Gurpreet (April 28, 2020)
27. Badora village (Betul, Madhya Pradesh), Sunit Arora (April 27, 2020)
26. Hehal (Ranchi, Jharkhand), Vaishali Bansal (April 27, 2020)
25. Kuraitha (Katihar, Bihar), Manish Kumar (April 26, 2020)
24. Mameran Village (Sirsa, Haryana), Harmanender Singh (April 26, 2020)
23. Elavanchery Panchayat (Palakkad, Kerala), Rahul N and Ranjith PM (April 25, 2020)
22. Konar, a shepherd community in Tamil Nadu, Muthuneela Muthukumar (April 23, 2020)
21. Murarpur, Chandudehara and Garahiya, (Buxor) Bihar, Dipti (April 22, 2020)
20. Madhya Champamura (West Tripura), Uttar Charilam (Sepahijala), Gandacherra (Dhalai) and Ratan Nagar (Dhalai), Tripura, Saqib Khan (April 22, 2020)
19. Hakamwala (Mansa) and Tehang (Jalandhar), Punjab, Gaurav Bansal and Soham Bhattacharya (April 20, 2020)
18. Bharri (Katihar), Bihar, Avanindra Nath Thakur (April 20, 2020)
17. Takviki (Osmanabad), Maharashtra, Karan Raut (April 18, 2020)
16. Ramgarh Shahpurian (Mansa), Punjab, Sukhram Singh (April 16, 2020)
15. Availability of agricultural inputs in Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, Prachi Bansal (April 16, 2020)
14. Bhadas (Mewat), Haryana, Anju (April 15, 2020)
13. Theri (Sri Muktsar Sahib District), Punjab, Saajan Brar (April 15, 2020)
12. Laturwadi and Wazgaon (Latur), Maharashtra, Anisha George (April 13, 2020)
11. Irengband (Kakching), Manipur, Doordarshni Thokchom (April 13, 2020)
10. Mahuvatar (Ballia), Uttar Pradesh, Umesh Yadav (April 11, 2020)
9. Tamuli Gaon (Golaghat), Assam, Angshuman (April 11, 2020)
8. Gopinathpur (Bankura), Krishnapur (Nadia) and Sarpalehana (Birbhum) Villages, West Bengal, Raya Das (April 10, 2020)
7. Hiana Kalan (Patiala), Punjab, Harjinder Singh (April 10, 2020)
6. Mangalapuram (Tiruppur), Tamil Nadu, Nelson Mandela S and Yuvaraj S (April 9, 2020)
5. Kuloth (Jhunjhunu), Rajasthan, Twinkle Siwach (April 9, 2020)
4. Rohna (Hoshangabad), Madhya Pradesh, Sunit Arora (April 8, 2020)
3. Lasara Kalan (Azamgarh), Uttar Pradesh, Santosh Verma (April 8, 2020)
2. Alabujanahalli (Mandya) and Siresandara (Kolar), Karnataka, S Niyati and Vijayamba R (April 7, 2020)
1. Birdhana (Fatehabad), Haryana, Prachi Bansal (April 7, 2020)
(SSER are grateful to Ashwitha Jayakumar and Twinkle Siwach for their assistance with editing these reports.)
