Socio-Economic and Cultural Condition of Botes:A Case Study of Karmaiya VDC of Sarlahi, District

Abstract

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world with its multi- cultural, multi-lingual and multi-faceted ethnic identities. Despite its numerous natural resources, it invests trifling amount on the development of indigenous and ethnic groups of Nepal. The development discourses in Nepal are filled with rhetoric, colourful Jargons and baffling postulations that relate to dominant group thinking about the various approaches to planned development in Nepal in the last 50 year. This research has conducted to explore the socio-economic and cultural status of Botes of Karmaiya VDC. The data and information were collected by observing and Key informants as focus group discussion and standard questionnaire survey. 65 households of Botes are inhabited and among 65 households, 80 respondents were taken for purposive random sampling was adopted. Concerning on the pre-planned objectives, this study was initiated with different theoretical, as well as methodological process of research. The data and information were gathered from primary and secondary sources and analyzed with tabulation, percentage distribution and figures of illustration where it necessary. The major findings of the study summarized as: the literacy rate of Botes is very low; sex ratio is higher, the land holding situation is trifling; most of Botes have insufficient land. The major portion of Botes are engaged in subsistence agriculture and unskilled wage labouring. A crowd of Bote youngsters are unemployed. Hinduism is the religious philosophy of the Botes of Karmaiya. The study is limited to Karmaiya VDC of Sarlahi and it can be the representative of the all Botes of Nepal which are classified as highly marginalized ethnic group of Nepal. It will also be useful to the researchers writers, scholars etc.