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Economic Life of Beggars in Aligarh District

The present empirical study aims to analyze the economic life of beggars. The study is based on primary source of data, collected through the field survey and direct questionnaire to the respondents in the Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh during 2009. The study reveals that beggars are the most deprived section of the society who begged for sustaining their livelihood, living in abject poverty and on the mercy of people, without access to standard housing and household amenities. The study reveals that majority of the population of beggars' households involves in the begging activity and followed by other economic activities. On an average, there were 2-4 earning hands and dependent in each household. Average daily income of the beggars by begging is 51-100 per day.

J. Khan | Tarique Hassan

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