Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Chandraprabha Patagar ¹, Narayan Arundhekar ², Ravikanth B. Lamani ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Criminology, Government First Grade College, Haveri, Karnataka, IN
2 Government First Grade College, Navabhag, Bijapur, Karnataka, IN
3 Department of Criminology and Forensic Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, IN

Abstract

Socio-economic profile is an important role in characterize the social life and behavior of an individual. It is, therefore, essential to analyze the socio-economic background of the Siddi Tribal women and to understand the pattern of relationship between Siddi Tribal women and local environment. In Indian society, caste and kinship has been influencing on the social life and acute disparity in terms of standard of living and sub-culture among various groups and regions exist, a study of the socio-economic conditions of a leader would help to reveal the sociological significance. Hence, this paper is based on primary data and survey conducted in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state, to study the socio-economic condition of Siddi Tribal women; especially they are representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions in the study area.

Keywords

Siddi, Women, Tribal, Socio-economic

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