The Socio-Economic Conditions Of Agricultural Labour: A Case Study Of Tehsil Ellenabad

Research Article
Harjwant Singh
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0809.0804
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Socio-economic conditions, agricultural labour, Ellenabad, Rural development.
Abstract: 

India is basically an agricultural nation, as nearly seventy percent of the populace live in villages. The majority of the Indian rural workers is dependent on agriculture, and among the workers the number of agricultural labourers is quite high. Agricultural labourers contribute extremely towards the rural economy and also to the country’s economy. Traditionally, they were the working class and the principal cause for the growth and expansion of the society and economy. This paper examines the socio-economic picture of the agricultural labourers from the different aspects. This study is a survey based. The different tools which are used in this study are schedule, interview, direct observation and informal conversation. In the study, primary as well as secondary data used to achieve the objective of the study. The primary data was collected through the survey in tehsil Ellenabad with the help of a well structured questionnaire. For the purpose of the study ten villages are selected from the tehsil. Considering various aspects of the study, we have decided to survey of 600 agricultural labourers from each sample village.