Socio-Economic Status of the Muslims in Morang District A Case Study of Amardaha Village Development Committee Ward No.-6,Girdaliya

Abstract

Socio-economic Status of the Muslims in MorangDistrict: A Case Study of Amardaha Village Development Committee,Ward No.-6,Girdaliya" has been selected as the title of the studybecause the Muslims of the Amardaha VDC have been found to be very behind in the socio-economic sectors and excluded as well as marginalized group of people.AmardahaVDC is situated Southeastern side of the Biratnagar Municipality. Muslims liveonly in the wards 1, 3 and 6 of the Amardaha VDC, highest in number in 68 VDCs and one municipality in the district and hence these wards were the study area of the research. The whole30 households were selected for the study. The findings of the study showed that the Muslims of the study area were very behind in education, occupation and economy. They have very poor level of hosing facilities. Most of them ran budget deficit and compelled to borrow loan. They had a crucial problem of drinking water and irrigation. They had very small pieces of land and some of them don't have their land in their own name. Only very few of them were SLCpassed. Their occupations were of subsistence level. They had some social institutions like mosque, schools, cemetery and a NGO but working under the capacity. All these affected their development, quality of life and Standard of living. Both men and women work together and they had good and friendly social relations within the group and with the other religious groups of the study area as well. They should be given a serious attention by empowering them and should be included them in all developmental activities to improve their standard of living and quality of life.