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Jammu and
Kashmir
7.3
Himachal Pradesh 20.1
Punjab
76.5
Uttarakhand
0.9
Haryana
7.8
Rajasthan
9.6
Uttar Pradesh
46.2
Bihar
97.7
Tripura
45.1
Assam
24.0
West Bengal
61.3
Jharkhand
6.7
Odisha
39.6
Chhattisgarh
19.4
Madhya Pradesh 33.7
Gujarat
39.2
Maharashtra
53.8
Andhra Pradesh 43.0
Karnataka
42.1
Kerala
93.2
Tamil Nadu
38.6
Telangana
25.6
Total
34.8
17.1
17.9
86.6
38.5
92.1
33.5
44.4
86.0
63.9
39.8
69.4
35.7
61.1
27.4
55.5
77.0
63.3
62.6
46.8
72.3
77.4
35.9
58.4
11.3
17.9
68.5
30.3
51.2
25.3
30.0
55.5
74.3
51.4
44.7
36.2
41.8
38.2
27.3
48.4
42.5
57.8
35.1
58.6
57.8
51.2
43.3
11.9
29.6
32.2
40.1
21.3
18.2
21.3
40.3
71.7
37.5
47.7
17.1
35.7
73.9
23.1
26.5
26.0
66.2
33.7
41.3
72.8
56.9
36.6
11.8
23.9
60.5
36.5
44.3
24.2
32.1
59.6
61.2
39.6
55.2
22.2
43.9
31.1
33.9
44.3
41.3
60.6
38.0
56.6
63.4
45.1
43.8
1.5
0.7
1.4
1.1
2.1
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.0
1.0
1.3
1.6
1.4
0.9
1.6
1.7
1.5
1.0
1.2
1.3
1.2
0.8
1.3
of the land, whereas the OBCGeneral category constitutes 68% of the population
and owns 78% of the land. Table 2 also
gives the average size of land for the two
social categories considered here. In all
states except Chhattisgarh, the average
size of land for the OBCGeneral category is higher than that for the Dalits. At
the all-India level, the average size of
operational holdings for the OBCGeneral category is 2.5 times larger than
that for the Dalits. The disparity is much
higher in Punjab and Haryana where
the average land size for OBCGeneral
category is 20 times that for the Dalits.
This data set also reveals that among
large landholders who own more than
10 hectares of land, only about 3% are
Dalit households. More than 95% of
households belonging to the large landowner sizeclass are from OBCGeneral
category.
Scope for Land Redistribution
The data presented till now highlights
the skewed distribution of land. In the
context of the demand for land redistribution to landless Dalit households, the
extent of excess land in each state with
different social groups is calculated. Excess
land has been calculated by applying a
Gini Coefficient
0.56
0.67
0.85
0.72
0.76
0.69
0.71
0.84
0.78
0.65
0.79
0.63
0.71
0.60
0.69
0.73
0.70
0.82
0.71
0.83
0.83
0.71
0.76
Scheduled Caste
Population Land Average Population
Share
Share Land Size
Share/
in ha
Land Share
10.49
6.31
28.65 15.38
39.85 2.80
21.08 10.90
17.54
1.04
25.06 13.68
24.65 10.53
16.36
3.10
18.60 16.89
8.45 6.36
31.44 18.64
8.82
5.16
19.23 11.27
8.92
9.04
18.34
7.14
7.75 2.64
9.19
5.07
21.86
7.52
23.90 12.24
13.48 2.22
27.35 14.40
27.04 20.88
20.17
9.08
0.23
0.19
0.04
0.15
0.04
0.72
0.19
0.04
0.18
0.37
0.08
0.24
0.19
0.73
0.42
0.27
0.48
0.15
0.39
0.02
0.16
0.51
0.24
0.60
0.54
0.07
0.52
0.06
0.55
0.43
0.19
0.91
0.75
0.59
0.58
0.59
1.01
0.39
0.34
0.55
0.34
0.51
0.16
0.53
0.77
0.45
77.10
66.37
60.06
73.48
82.34
59.84
74.66
79.91
45.80
76.05
60.99
50.05
53.94
52.77
50.31
67.59
73.44
71.96
70.35
85.35
71.94
63.57
67.92
80.30
81.39
97.17
85.53
98.06
75.32
88.95
96.63
26.88
70.77
73.44
32.25
57.52
42.59
72.17
83.90
85.87
82.88
82.48
96.96
84.08
65.20
77.65
0.41
0.44
0.88
0.34
0.81
1.65
0.53
0.25
0.12
0.45
0.17
0.27
0.35
0.58
1.55
0.97
1.03
0.49
0.89
0.16
0.36
0.68
0.61
1.04
1.23
1.62
1.16
1.19
1.26
1.19
1.21
0.59
0.93
1.20
0.64
1.07
0.81
1.43
1.24
1.17
1.15
1.17
1.14
1.17
1.03
1.14
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Table 3: Excess Land in States Assuming a
Uniform Ceiling of 8 Hectares
State
16,381.02
12,006.72
2,17,265
18,629.27
84,697.63
25,75,890
5,40,920.1
89,393.89
0
2,638.6
0
1,43,208.7
25,208.27
50,014.57
14,82,634
3,80,611.5
7,67,310.9
1,44,681.3
7,06,891.2
758.16
91,650.21
1,40,254.1
75,03,368
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Conclusions
This article throws empirical light on landlessness among Dalits and the unequal
structure of landownership. Despite all
its limitations, the L&LS data shows a very
high degree of landlessness among Dalits.
The results also show a very high degree
of concentration of operational holdings
References
Kumar, Deepak (2016): Discrepancies in Data on
Landholdings in Rural India: Aggregate and
Distributional Implications, Review of Agrarian
Studies, Vol 6, No 1.
Rawal, Vikas (2008): Ownership Holdings of Land
in Rural India: Putting the Record Straight,
Economic & Political Weekly, Vol 43, No 10,
pp 4347.
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