Investigation and analysis of the role of Konark in the development of surrounding villages

The present study investigates and analyzes the role of the coastal city of Konarak in the development of its surrounding villages. This research is "applied" in terms of purpose and "descriptive-analytical" in terms of implementation method. The statistical population of the study is 20 villages around Konarak with a population of over 10,000 people. The sample size was calculated using the Cochran's formula of 382 people. Data collection tools have been library and field. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect field data, which was randomly distributed among the respondents. The required data were collected in the form of 4 indicators and 24 sub-indicators. In order to analyze the inferential findings, one-sample t-test, multivariate regression and path analysis test and to determine the level of development of the surrounding villages of Konarak city, fuzzy hierarchical analysis method and fuzzy TOPSIS model have been used. The results of one-sample t-test show that the economic index with an average of 2.910 is lower than the desired level and the cultural index with an average of 3.233, the social index with an average of 3.059 and the infrastructure and communication index with an average of 0.071 3 are above the desired level. The results of route analysis indicate that the economic index with an overall effect of 0.742 and the infrastructure-communication index with an overall effect of 0.621 have the greatest impact on the development of peripheral villages, respectively, and the cultural index with an overall effect of 0.199 has the least impact. Also, the results of regression test show that, based on the obtained significant level (Sig = 0.000), there is a significant relationship between the functions of the coastal city of Konarak and the development of surrounding villages.