Identifying Socio-Economic Classes in Two Villages of Bihar

Niladri Sekhar Dhar, Mrityunjay Pandey and Awanish Kumar

Review of Agrarian Studies, 2022, vol. 12, issue 01

Abstract: This article is an exercise in identifying socio-economic classes in two villages of Bihar: Katkuian in West Champaran district and Nayanagar in Samastipur district. These villages were surveyed by the Foundation for Agrarian Studies (FAS) under its Project on Agrarian Relations in India (PARI) in 2012. The article briefly reviews the conclusions drawn from other studies of classes in rural Bihar. It finds changes in the means of surplus appropriation and exploitation associated with changes in the nature of the productive forces and production conditions in the villages, along with continuities in old “feudal” hierarchies. Further, it describes the high correlation between land ownership and caste and class status in the study villages.

Keywords: Political Economy; Land Economics/Use; Farm Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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