Socio-cultural Processes and Livelihood Patterns at Tirurangadi - CDS

the present owner, that is, such families were selling or transferring those lands from the
60s and 70s. The spree of land transactions from the 60s might have been to evade the
impact of land reforms, but it also meant that land was becoming a commodity.
Commodification of land was also facilitated by the growth of large market centers, such
as Chemmad, and the establishment of large institutions such as the University, PSMO
College, IOC at Chelari and MK Haji Hospital
1971 census, compiled towards the completion of the process of land reforms, gives the
following information on the agricultural scene:
Village
Cultivators
Table LIV
Agricultural
laborers
Livestock and
primary
processes
total
Male female male female male female male female
Vallikkunnu 251 18 675 80 701 6 1627 104
Thenhippalam 486 16 1034 124 50 - 1570 140
Ariyallur 275 6 641 188 81 11 997 205
Mooniyur 1138 22 1575 316 35 1 2748 339
Nannambra 930 16 1439 419 26 - 2395 435
Peruvallur 728 18 1382 230 32 - 2142 248
Parappanangadi 501 54 1198 181 1633 12 3332 247
Tirurangadi 606 24 1336 208 62 - 2004 232
Total 4915 174 9280 1746 2620 30 16815 1982
Source: Census handbook, Malappuram, 1971
The statistics clearly show that the agricultural population is now clearly divided into two
classes, the owners and laborers, besides the other primary producers, in which fishermen
of Parappanangadi and Vallikkunnu predominate.
We now give the information on non-agricultural occupations in the area:(see table LV)