IJAER

International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research™

ISSN 2455-6939

Title:
A RELATIVE STUDY OF HEALTH & HYGIENE IN URBAN AREA AND RURAL AREA WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON TINSUKIA DISTRICT OF ASSAM (INDIA)

Authors:
Tribhuwan Kr. Bhartiya

Abstract:
Health is a form of freedom from diseases and sickness. Without health we cannot improve in life. Health is a primary need for every-one of us. Hygiene is also an important thing on our daily life related with health. According to World Health Organization (WHO) "Hygiene is refers to the conditions and practices that help to prevent the spread of diseases". The present study is done with the aim to find the relation between health and hygiene of people of urban area and rural area. In this study survey method is used and for data collection a questionnaire is prepared by the author which is used as a tool. After a careful application of the tools and observation of the result, it is found that in rural area illiterate or less educated people are poor in hygiene but good in health with respect to the well-educated people of that area while in urban area illiterate or less educated people are lagging in hygiene but in health they are equal to the well educated people.

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