Caste-Based Clustering of Land Parcels in Two Villages in Uttar Pradesh
This paper examines if the land parcels in Indian villages exhibit caste-based clustering. Using digitised cadastral maps of two villages in Uttar Pradesh and a unique data set collected by conducting a survey in these two villages, we determine the caste of the owner of each parcel. We then used sp...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Economic and Political Weekly. - Sameeksha Trust, 1966. - 47(2012), 26/27, Seite 106-109 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Economic and Political Weekly |
| Schlagworte: | Social sciences Behavioral sciences Physical sciences Biological sciences Mathematics Law Applied sciences |
| Zusammenfassung: | This paper examines if the land parcels in Indian villages exhibit caste-based clustering. Using digitised cadastral maps of two villages in Uttar Pradesh and a unique data set collected by conducting a survey in these two villages, we determine the caste of the owner of each parcel. We then used spatial methods to calculate Moran's Index for caste-based clustering. In both villages, we observed a statistically significant level of clustering of land parcels based on caste groups. This finding has important implications for social learning in technology adoption, sharing of agricultural inputs, and development of fragmented markets for inputs like groundwater. |
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| ISSN: | 23498846 |