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Table 1 Questionnaire for human–elephant conflict survey in the Fringes of Abhaypur
Aspect
Question
Options provided (if any)
Household details
House type
Mud/Concrete
Electrification
Yes/No
Home garden area
Family type
Joint/Nuclear
Family structure (No. of
people in a particular
household)
Adult males (>18 years)
Adult females (>18 years)
Minor males (<18 years)
Minor females (<18 years)
Infants (<05 years)
Details of education (No. of
people in a particular
household)
Illiterates
Under matriculates
Matriculates (10th pass)
Higher Secondary pass (12th
pass)
Others
Occupation (No. of people in
a particular household and
monthly income)
Business
Stone quarry
Private sector
Wages
Cultivated land (area,
production and amount of
production sold)
Paddy fields
Betel nut garden
Tea garden
Livestock reared in numbers
Cow
Goat
Hen
Duck
Pig
Buffalo
Pigeon
Preparation of local wine
Prepared/Not prepared
Information on conflict
elephants
Estimated elephant
population
Maximum observed herd size
Minimum observed herd size
Most frequently observed
herd size
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