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Identifying Socio-Economic Classes in Two Villages of Bihar

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  • Niladri Sekhar Dhar

    (Centre for Economic Policy and Public Finance, Asian Development Research Institute, Patna niladri.d@gmail.com)

  • Mrityunjay Pandey

    (School of Economics, University of Hyderabad and Technical Assistant, Office of Vice Chairperson, State Planning Board, Kerala)

  • Awanish Kumar

    (British Academy Newton International Fellow, University of Edinburgh)

Abstract

This article is an exercise in identifying socio-economic classes in two villages of Bihar: Katkuian in West Champaran district and Nayanagar in Samastipur district. These villages were surveyed by the Foundation for Agrarian Studies (FAS) under its Project on Agrarian Relations in India (PARI) in 2012. The article briefly reviews the conclusions drawn from other studies of classes in rural Bihar. It finds changes in the means of surplus appropriation and exploitation associated with changes in the nature of the productive forces and production conditions in the villages, along with continuities in old “feudal†hierarchies. Further, it describes the high correlation between land ownership and caste and class status in the study villages.

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  • Niladri Sekhar Dhar & Mrityunjay Pandey & Awanish Kumar, 2022. "Identifying Socio-Economic Classes in Two Villages of Bihar," Journal, Review of Agrarian Studies, vol. 12(1), pages 39-65, January-J.
    • Handle: RePEc:fas:journl:v:12:y:2022:i:1:p:39-65
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