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