A range of issues both qualitative and quantitative, which have a bearing upon the incidence of child labour and holistic development of the child were addressed in this study through a survey of 10,400 households in 1477 villages which were spreaded across Sant Ravidas Nagar, Mirzapur and Jaunpur of Uttar Pradesh. It was followed up with Focus Group Discussions (FGD) covering 32 groups of school teachers, Gram Pradhans, village education committee members, anganwadi workers, parents, school children, ANM and ASHA, self-help groups, carpet weavers, trade and industry representatives and banks.