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SM: good land, butmuch landlessness.Daily commutableto district town.The landlessAhirwar (SC).Casual non-farmwage work innearby urbanlocations.Usually men only,while family remainat home.None Work is sporadicand <strong>of</strong>ten thework search isnot successful.Therefore coping.Wage rate is Rs.60/day.Many workers havesuffered accidents,which have leftthem permanentlydisabled andunable to work.Little or nocompensation isreceived.LJ: good landbut no irrigation.Surroundingvillages withirrigation are moreprosperous. Closeto small block townand bus route butfar from Ujjain city.Traditional linksinto Rajasthan.Traditionalcultivating marginaland landed (OBC)Thakurs (70%) aremain migrants.The former haveproblematicagriculturedue to dividedlandholdings,drought and lack <strong>of</strong>irrigation.To local villages foragricultural wagework.Whole familymigrates as theyhave no land orlivestock to keepthem in the village.None This is copingmigration becausework availabilityis not good,particularlyfollowing droughts.Rs. 30/day/ person,though moreif whole familycontributes labor.Disruptive tothe education<strong>of</strong> children. Lowlabor demand,particularly duringdrought, placesmigrants in a weakbargaining positionwhere they may beopen to exploitationor cheating.PR: very highproductivityagriculture buthighly polarizedholdings and muchlandlessness. Dailycommutable toUjjain city.Mainly landless(SC) Balai andChamars (90%).Chamars workin brick kilns andin constructionin Ujjain for 1–2months.Men and wholefamilies, dependingon childcarefacilities availablein the sourcevillage.Where goodrelations have beenbuilt up, advancesand preferentialrates may be<strong>of</strong>fered. Whereworker are new,terms are <strong>of</strong>ten atcoping levels.Depends onthe nature <strong>of</strong>contract. Rs. 40 forconstruction butRs. 60 for brick kilnwork.Where strongrelations are builtup with employer,reasonabledomestic facilitiesare provided,though work is hardand sometimesdangerous.187

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