Advances in Life Sciences
Year : 2012, Volume : 1, Issue : 1
First page : ( 62) Last page : ( 65)
Print ISSN : 2278-3849. Online ISSN : 2278-4705.

Assessment of Physical Features of Rural Kitchen

Awasthi Nimisha, Khan Khalil, Singh Anjali Sahu Neeraj, Singh Ajai*

Machs, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agri & Tech., Kanpur

*Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi

Abstract

Housing in India has two major facets: urban and rural. The nature and magnitude of rural housing problem is much more complex. In the rural areas, poor people usually live in kachcha sheds which can hardly be called houses in the true sense. It is surprising but true that when living standard of people has been rising day by day, there is not much improvement in the organization and qualities of kitchen especially in rural areas and lower income brackets of urban areas. A home maker spends major part of her working hours in food related tasks and the kitchen is the main arena where these tasks are performed. A rural homemaker spends about 6 to 7 hours daily in the kitchen. It is important that kitchen of a house should meet at least minimal standards, so that the health and safety of a home maker, who spends most of her time in the kitchen can be safe guarded. Keeping this fact in view the present study was conceptualized to gain inside into the rural kitchen, its physical features, use and storage features available. Study was conducted in Kanpur District through direct interview schedule. Rural kitchen were still not in good condition maximum were of kachcha type and constructed in open verandah.

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Keywords

Rural kichen, house storage.

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