COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS OF JHUMIAS AND NON-JHUMIAS IN DHALAI DISTRICT OF TRIPURA
The study was conducted to evaluate difference between the socio-economic profiles of two groups of farmers in Dhalai district of Tripura. The study reveals that majority of the respondents belonged to middle age group. The respondents of non-Jhumias were educated up to primary school level where as in Jhumias most of the respondents could read and write only. On an average, a large percentage of the respondents had medium family size with five and above members. Majority of the respondents of Jhumias farming as primary occupation possessing less land holding size (< 0.2 ha ).Whereas most of the respondents of non-Jhumias farming as secondary occupation having medium land holding (0.3-0.4 ha). Majority of the respondents of non-Jhumias had high extension contact, whereas the respondents of Jhumias had low extension contact and there was highly significant difference between the respondents of Jhumias and non-Jhumias respondents. From t-test it was evident that there was significant difference between the respondents of Jhumias and non-Jhumias in respect to age, number of family member involved, family type, land size, occupation, mass media contact, income and crop yields.