Socio-Economic Status of The Muslimsin Surkhet District A Case Study of Latikoili Village Development Committee

Abstract

"Socio-economic Status of the Muslims in Surkhet District: A Case Study of Latikoili Village Development Committee"has been selected as the title of the study because the Muslims of the latikoili VDC have been found to be very behind in the socio-economic sectors and excluded as well asmarginalized group of people.Latikoili VDC is situated southern side of the Birendranagar valley.Muslims liveonly in the wards 1, 2 and 9 of the Latikoili VDC, highest in number in 50 VDCs and one municipality in the district and hence these wardswere the study area of the research. The whole 92 households were selected for the study following the census survey method with the aim that no sampling biasness and a comprehensive investigation could be made. 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 two of them were SLC passed.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.