Table 5.
Common types of community collectives, their composition, structural tiers and membership across all study districts
| S.No. | Type | Composition | Tiers | Number of members | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | Bastar | Koraput | West Singhbhum | |||
| 1 | Farmer Club | Mixed | √ | X | X | 4100 | 5086 | 4352 |
| 2 | Forest Committee | Mixed | √ | X | X | 3520 | 16,517 | 2690 |
| 3 | SHG | Women | √ | √ | √ | 68,332 | 205,171 | 117,558 |
| 4 | Village Education Committee | Mixed | √ | X | X | 40,160 | 49,932 | 40,646 |
| 5 | Village Health and Sanitation Committeea | Mixed | √ | X | X | 7080 | 17,282 | – |
| 6 | Watershed Committees | Mixed | √ | X | X | 850 | 86,567 | 4750 |
√ implies yes, X implies no
aReferred to as Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Committees in Jharkhand