Spatial dimension of educational and health care facilities in western Uttar Pradesh

Education and health are two important components which determine the status of a person and an integral part of a country's developmental process. Educational institutions are competent tools for higher educational status and literacy rate which is a good measure of human progress toward modernization. Health is considered as wealth of a community, which undoubtedly determines economic, social, cultural and political development of a region. The present paper attempts to study spatial dimension of educational and health care facilities in Western Uttar Pradesh and as to how far it is influencing the health of the habitants. The level of development has been measured with special reference to health and educational facilities which is playing a significant role in the overall progress of society. For this work, the data for the analysis have been obtained from the secondary sources. The objectives of the present research are to analyse disparities in spatial distribution of health and educational facilities as well as the relationship between the use of health and educational facilities in the study area. It is clear from the discussion that High level of Educational and Health Care Facilities are concentrated more in North Western and South Western region of study area than the North Eastern and South Eastern region. Finally, the paper intends to propose policy implications for regional planning at meso level.