Socio-economic conditions of landless agricultural labourers in Telangana

The present paper aims to understand the socio-economic conditions of the agricultural labourers of the Gaggupalli village. The study village is located in Armoor mandal in Nizamabad District of Telangana State and the study was conducted during 2015 and 2016. The study village is predominantly dependent on agriculture and allied activities and the irrigation is depends on bore wells for agriculture. The landless labourers from the study village and the migrant laborers from neighboring districts (Medak, Mahbubnagar) are contribute to the economy of this village besides depending on their labour for livelihood. The proximity of this village to the capital city of the state, penetration of capabilities improving agencies like education, health care, modern agricultural tools, transportation and communication etc. have affected the socio cultural, economic and political situation to a large extent. Migration is one of such effects. Thus the paper tries to explain the impact of migration on landless laborers’ households in the study village.Parameters such as the caste, education, health, income, property ownership, household amenities etc. are taken for the study to understand the socio-economic conditions of the labourers. Data was collected by using anthropological techniques like participant observation, interviews, household schedules and case studies. Using statistical tools like SPSS, the interpretation of data was done. It’s found that most of the labourers belong to lower castes Mala, Madiga and also backward castes’ Kurma, Tenugu and Vaddera and the living conditions of these labourers differ from those of the study village