The Change of Housing Colony in an Industrial Area:
A Case Study of Pithampur, India
2009 Volume 4 Pages 62-70
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2009 Volume 4 Pages 62-70
Pithampur Industrial Project is one of large scale industrial growth center located in Madya Pradesh state
in central India. Pithampur housing colony was developed near this industrial area by the M.P. state Housing Board.
The M.P. state Housing Board supplied almost two thousand houses in this colony. In 1996 and 2007, we performed household surveys in this housing colony, and we researched housing conditions of the residents. The aim of this study is to clarify the change of lifestyle in the housing colony.
In 1996, there were many younger middle class families consisiting of factory workers or employees of tertiary industries. In 2007, most of the house owners had stayed and extended their house, however tenant families had moved out. This means that house ownership sendentarized Indian families and their traditional lifestylechanged. As for the standard of living of residents in the housing colony, ownership of home electric appliances had increased in 2007. Especially, many house owner’s families had electronic refrigerators and color TVsets, whichwere very few in 1996. We can understand that the disparity between house owners and tenants enlarged had in the housing colony.
