Identifying socio-economic classes in two villages of Bihar

Niladri  Sekhar Dhar; Mrityunjay  Pandey; Awanish Kumar

Identifying socio-economic classes in two villages of Bihar

Niladri Sekhar Dhar, Mrityunjay Pandey, Awanish Kumar

School of Social and Political Science

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Review of Agrarian Studies
Volume	12
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2022

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agrarian relations
socio-economic class
caste
land
exploitation
village study
Bihar
India

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