Identifying Socio-Economic Classes in Two Villages of Bihar

Niladri Sekhar Dhar, Mrityunjay Pandey and Awanish Kumar
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Niladri Sekhar Dhar: Centre for Economic Policy and Public Finance, Asian Development Research Institute, Patna niladri.d@gmail.com
Mrityunjay Pandey: School of Economics, University of Hyderabad and Technical Assistant, Office of Vice Chairperson, State Planning Board, Kerala
Awanish Kumar: British Academy Newton International Fellow, University of Edinburgh

Journal, 2022, vol. 12, issue 1, 39-65

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: Agrarian relations; socio-economic class; caste; land; exploitation; village study; Bihar; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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