Bazigars of Punjab: A Socio-economic Study

40 per cent Age Districts agricultural labour Baisakhi Bazigar families Bazigar was 5.3 birth control capita caste groups caste members throughout cent in Hoshiarpur cent in Ludhiana clan distribution clans of 974 consanguinous Consanguinous Groups dairy dance Dharamshot and Valjawat distribution of wife's district-wise variation Diwali exogamy expenditure families included grand FAMILY As explained Gurdaspur 136 Gurdaspur were nuclear Heer Ranjha Hindu Hoshiarpur Gurdaspur Total included grand parents income largest 6.2 Machhal Maharana Pratap MARRIAGE CIRCLE married couples Mazhabi Narshawat Naya Daur negligible in number Number of Children occupation Panchayat in solving Patiala 328 Patiala and Gurdaspur pattern and 84 percentage Polygyny Punjab Rajput Ramdasia related with 23 rickshaw Sangrur 131 Sangrur Hoshiarpur Gurdaspur scheduled castes Seventeen clans shows that smallest Sikh smallest families 1-4 smallest family 4.8 study villages three generation joint total Bazigar households total couples Valjawat and Lalka Vartia village were negligible villages were related Wife's Clan