36 3.7 Age wise Distribution of Sample Households Members 37 3.8 Education Status of Sample Household Members 38 3.9 Activity Status of Sample Household Members 38 3.10 Occupation wise Distribution of Employed Persons from Farmer Households 39 3.11 Debt Position of Sample Farmer Households 40 3.12 Political Leaning of Sample Paddy Farmers 41 4.1 Consumption and cost of Fertilizers in Paddy Cultivation 54 4.2 Use of Weedicides and Pesticides and Their Costs 55 4.3 Distribution of Material Costs in Paddy Cultivation 55 4.4 Human Labour Costs in Paddy Cultivation 58 4.5 Distribution of Machine Labour Costs 59 4.6 Cost of Cultivation of Paddy crop in Ramankari village 60 4.7 Productivity, Price and Value of Product of Paddy Crop in Ramankari Village 61 4.8 Gross and Net Profits in Paddy Cultivation in the Study Area 62 5.1 Distribution of Sample Farmers on the Basis of Their Major Occupation 68 5.2 Age Distribution of Sample Cultivators in Ramankari Village 70 * * *