RURAL LIFE, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND DYNAMICS OF LIVELIHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF AN AGRARIAN VILLAGE IN ASSAM

Authors

  • Heena Khan, Silpi Sikha Hazarika

Abstract

The rural life surrounds around agriculture, farming and people with different cultural backgrounds. The
river is been continuously changing the landscape of the areas nearby. Naltali is a village which has been
going on transformation in terms of livelihood. The village has been changing due to some external forces
both political and social leading in the change of the land use pattern and agricultural dynamics. The
paper is therefore an attempt to investigate the present socioeconomic status and changing nature of rural
life and livelihood in village, called Naltali in Naga on district of Assam. The village is inhabited by
indigenous non-tribal Assamese people. The village is surveyed through interaction with the local people
and focus group discussion has been conducted. A household survey covering the entire families of the
village was conducted with a purposively designed schedule to generate first hand data and information
for the purpose.

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Published

2020-11-02

How to Cite

Heena Khan, Silpi Sikha Hazarika. (2020). RURAL LIFE, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND DYNAMICS OF LIVELIHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF AN AGRARIAN VILLAGE IN ASSAM. PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology, 17(9), 91 - 97. Retrieved from https://www.archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/3289