Socio–Economic Status in Dalit Community(A Case Study of Bijuwar VDC Ward no. 8 Pyuthan)

Abstract

In Nepal,Dalit have been victimized of caste-based discrimination for long period oftime. They have been facing problem of untouchability and are humiliated. Theirminimum human rights areviolated in every time of life. Representation in decisionmaking level process is very low from the Dalit community. Nothaving landownershipdeprived from educational opportunities, lack of employment poverty and very low level of standard of life are the major problems that are face by Dalit people. The study socio-economic status of dailit community (A Case Study of BijuwarVDC ward no. 8 Pyuthan) analyzes the socio-economic condition on the dalitcommunity of Bijuwar VDC, Pyuthan district. The specific objectives of the studywere:l) To explore lite racy pattern of dalits ii)To find out social status of dalitcommunity. iii)To find out economic status of dalit community. Iv)To understandreasons of backwardness of dalit in study area v).To offer recommendation forimproving the condition of dalit community. The study was carried out being based on both descriptive andexplorationresearchdesign. The primary data were generated through household survey. Direct fieldobservation, key informant interview out of 150 HHs at dalit of Bijuwar VDC; 40 HHswere selected as total sampling size. Simple random sampling method was applied toconduct household survey from purposively selected words. The average house hold size of dalit community of Bijuwar VDC is 5.4. Themajority of the couples get married in between the age of 20-22 years. About 67.5percent of them lead nuclear family. The literacy rate of Pyuthan district is 46.6percent. All population use public tap, 80 percent of respondents have modern latrine.The land holding is only 0.5 to5 ropani. About72.5 percent of respondents haveinvolved foreign employment. The average food sufficient of the community for 4months.