Socio-Economic Status of Dalits Community (A Case Study of Badalkot Vdc, Kalikot District)

Abstract

Nepal is geographically unique and socio-culturally diverse and distinct secular country with varied ethnic/caste morphology. In the Nepal most of dalit people are general illiterate, unemployed, landless, poor, ignored, exploited and their socio-economic condition is sunken. The present study entitled “socio-economic status of dalit community: A Cast study of Badalkot VDC” was conducted aiming to analyze the socio- economic status and their livelihood aspects of dalit of the study were to explore the economic status social cultural practice of dalit in order to face of dalit community. Both the primary and the secondary source of data were used of the study. Primary data were collected through interview, key informat survey and observation of the field. While the secondary data were collected from VDC office Private office, government office and various published and unpublished books and reports out of the total only 26 households were selected following purposive sampling method and descriptive cum exploratory research design had been applied in the study. The average household size dalit community of Badalkot VDC is 5.4 the majority of the couples get married in between the age of 17-20 years. About 40.7 percent of them lead nuclear family. The literacy rate is 42.2 percent in the Kalikot district 33 percent literacy rate in the study area. The land holding size is only 00.423 Ropani. About 24.3 percent of respondent have transformed their traditional occupation as business or small enterprises. The estimated per capital annual income respondent household is NRs 24,650. About 23.08 percent of the household have to no access to electricity for lighting. Overall about 26.3 percent of the respondent reported that they have got better change in their socio-economic status in comparison to a decade back. The overall socio-economic condition of dalit is not better but in comparison to a decade back, a positive change can be seen which can be called the positive impact of that place.