Table 1.

Characteristics of the selected study blocks (sub-district)

General development characteristics	Urban	Semi-urban	Rural
Physical characteristics	• Largely flat terrain	• Mix of hills & plains	• Rocky steep slopes
	• Clustered housing pattern	• Majority clustered housing pattern	• Forest cover
			• Scattered houses spread over 4 sq kms.
Accessibility (approach road, distance from town, variety of transport available)	• Good roads	• Good roads	• Good roads surrounding villages but kuccha roads inside the village
	• Situated along highway connecting other provinces	• Within 15 kms of two towns	• 30 kms. from block head quarters
	• 30 kms from district headquarters	• Connected through buses and private transport	• Buses 2 times a day
	• Connected by railways, buses, private transport
Availability of childbirth services in Government health facilities	• Best performing round the clock government Primary Health Centre (PHC)	• Non functional round the clock PHC and CHC	• Non functional round the clock PHC
	• Non functional Community Health Centre (CHC)		• Functional subdistrict hospital 30 kms. Away
Availability of Private facilities	• Majority of district private doctors enrolled in Chiranjeevi Yojana (CY) in city near block	• Majority of private doctors enrolled in CY in city of adjoining district	• Only two CY doctors at block town