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some portion of the existing population from land, so that
the sharers of land may decrease, thus allowing the re-
maining population to have larger holdings.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The following are the conclusions and recommendations
made in this chapter :—
 (1)	The distribution of land in the village is very de-
fective in the sense that it is owned in a highly
subdivided and fragmented condition.
 (2)	Though there are redeeming features of this con-
dition, such as the tendency to cultivate a holding
larger than the average owned holding by consoli-
dating fragments in actual cultivation, the sporadic
attempts at consolidating fragments through pur-
chase   and   joint-cultivation   of   sugarcane,   still
the problem of subdivision and fragmentation has
reached serious proportions and needs an urgent
remedy.
 (3)	There are two ways of remedying the situation :
(i) consolidation of holdings through co-operative
societies and (ii) a piece of legislation to prevent
on the one hand a further subdivision and frag-
mentation of holdings below a minimum size legally
fixed, and on the other to promote consolidation
by means of voluntary mutual exchange of plots.
 (4)	The permanent solution of the problem is to re-
duce the pressure of people on the soil by divert-
ing a part of them to subsidiary occupations and
thus lessen the number of those who share land
for cultivation.