Socio-Economic Status of Fishermen Community of Chatla Beel of Cachar District, Assam

Abstract

In this article, a study was carried out in three villages, namely Baluchuri, Dargakona, and Mithapani of Chatla Floodplain Lake to know the socio-economic condition of fisherman community. The community is a part of Kaivartya community, a traditional fishing community mostly prevalent in Assam and West Bengal. A total of 21 attributing parameters were considered and a detailed questionnaire was prepared from which the survey was conducted. It was observed that all the respondents are male population. On average, 38.89% were below 30 years of age, 45.56% were in between 31-50 years’ age group, and remaining were in the age group of above 50 years. A huge chunk of population fisherman was found to be married with low literacy rate. Similar, other aspects contributing in the socio-economy of the fisherman have been studied in details.