SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF PRI's BELONGS TO SCHEDULED CASTES: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF RURAL HARYANA.

The present study was carried out to know the socio-economic profile of Scheduled Castes PRI's members in rural area of Haryana. With the help of stratified random sampling method 572 respondents (409 Panches, 69 Sarpanches, 72 Block Samities Members and 22 Zila Parishad Members were selected from the universe of the study. All the respondents are PRI's elected members, belongs to nine castes (Chamar, Ravidasiya Sikh, Majhabi Sikh, Balmiki, Dhanak, Odd, Sainsi, Bazigar, Kabir Panthi) of SC's. Chamar out of nine castes have high percentage of elected members as panch (35.3%), Sarpanch (5.4%), Block Samities (6.3%) and Zila Parishad (2.4%) in PRI's. In age group 40 to 49 years the respondents belong to the Chamar (13.5%), Balmiki (4.4%), Dhanak (1.9%), Ramdasiya Sikh (1.7%), Sainsi (1.6%) are in maximum numbers and Kabir Panthi (.7%) and Odd (.3%) are in minimum numbers. Chamar (2.1%) are highly UG passed and Odd (.3%), Ramdasiya Sikh, Balmiki (.2%) each are numerically low UG passed. Chamar (1.2%), Majhabi Sikh and Kabir Panthi (.2%) each having 8 to above agriculture land. Chamar (33.9%), Balmiki (14.3%), Ramdasiya Sikh ( 6.8%), Dhanak (4.7%), Sainsi (3.7%), and Kabir Panthi (.9%) have no agriculture land. No one have from the Caste Odd (.0%) having income up to 60000rs. In the income group 4 lakh and above, Chamar (2.4%) are the maximum and Dhanak, Kabir Panthi (.0%) each have no percentage in this group. Majority of the respondents i.e. approximately 50% were lived in Pakka house with separate toilet, bathroom and RCC roof in each castes from the selected sample. Chamar (1.6%) have TV, Freeze, Car, Bike, Ac in maximum numbers and Kabir Panthi have .2% minimum numbers. Ramdasiya Sikh, Majhabi Sikh, and Kabir Panthi have no one such these goodies in their home.