Regional Analysis of Per Capita Income and Socio-Economic Status of Urban Beggars in Aligarh District

The present study deals with the variations in the income, socio-economic status of urban beggars, and the relationship between their per capita income and the selected variables of socio-economic development in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh. The study is based on primary source of data, collected through the field survey in the Aligarh district carried out during 2009. All the towns were selected for the survey. The 6 per cent wards from each town have been selected in which 25 per cent beggars' households from each ward were randomly surveyed for the study. Altogether, 396 households were selected for the present study. The analysis of the present research work reveals that the high level of per capita income of urban beggars is witnessed in the south-eastern part, while, low level of income is experienced in the central part of Aligarh district. Moreover, the majority of blocks (fifty per cent) of the district witnessed low level of development among urban beggars.