Status of Security as Aftermath of Conflict: A Case Study from Bankua District, West Bengal

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10.2991/978-2-38476-561-4_24How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Sense of Security; Displacement; Social Conflict; Left Wing Extremism

Abstract

This paper address the Sense of Security of the people leaving in Left Wing Extremist affected Jangalmahal of West Bengal. Ranibandh block of Bankura district has been under the insurgence of armed conflict especially between the time period of 2000 to 2010. The comparison of sense of security and that of socio economic factors has been made for the people residing at partially and fully affected conflicting area of Bankura district. Descriptive study and regression analysis have done to understand the current scenario of the people of studied area. The study based on primary survey revealed that many family members were died/killed, murdered or kidnapped during the time of insurgency. This has created a long-term effect on their socio-economic standard of life in Jangalmahal. The loss of job, change of occupation, under-education etc. are common among affected people. Although it has realized that different developmental initiation at the core and fully affected area has made strongly sensitive in terms of the Sense of Security of the people in current scenario, but personal security like job security, food security etc. is still lagging behind for the people residing in fully affected area.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sanchita Roy
AU  - Subhendu Chel
AU  - Debaprasad Sarkar
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/04/23
TI  - Status of Security as Aftermath of Conflict: A Case Study from Bankua District, West Bengal
BT  - Proceedings of the Indo-Bhutan Social Science Conference 2025 (IBSSC 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 255
EP  - 263
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-561-4_24
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-561-4_24
ID  - Roy2026
ER  -