Exploration of Socio-Economic and Education Condition of the Handi Jogi Community of Karnataka State

Abstract

This paper discusses the socio-economic and literacy of the “Handi Jogi” community which is one among the least concerned and at extinction all over India. The main occupation of these people from their origin of the community was swine farm and was nomadic. However, this community people started to become civilized gradually in such a way by settling in one place. The total population is very small; there are 11,429 men and 11,246 women. The total literacy rate in this community is 58.2%, consisting of 65.9% of the men and 50.4% of the women. According to recent studies in Karnataka, there are about 30,828 populations living there. The main occupation of this community was Swine farming and begging, with very few being in agricultural and daily wage work, as most of the people were without land. The government has brought many schemes to develop this community but there is a lack of progress.