Land Transactions in West Bengal: Evidence from Three Study Villages
The inactive nature of the market for land in India has drawn the attention of economists and other social scientists. In 2010, the Foundation of Agrarian Studies conducted a survey in three villages of West Bengal — Kalmandasguri in Cooch Behar district, Amarsinghi in Malda district and Panahar in Bankura district. Findings from these three villages show that, contrary to popular perception, there were a sizeable number of land transactions in the three villages.