Study on Socio-economic, Socio-psychological Profile Along with Constraints Perceived by Tribal People in Relation to Animal Husbandry Practices in The State of Tripura, India
Volume 11| Issue 1 | June 2025
AUTHOR(S)
Bipasha Paul, Arunasis Goswami, S.M. Nanda, Sukanta Biswas

ABSTRACT

The current study about “Socio-personal and Socio-psychological profile and Constraints” was conducted with objectives to determine the socio-economic characteristics and constraints faced by tribal people for creating sustainable livelihoods and suggestions to overcome. Total 120 nos. of sample population from four tribal groups were collected randomly from four blocks under Dhalai and Sepahijala district of Tripura, India. The data was collected with the help of pre-tested designed interview schedule, complied, tabulated and analysed through statistical tools with the help of IBM SPSS 25.0 software for conclusion. The finding depicted that the All four tribes were mostly from med-large category with mixed house and belongs to nuclear family with the family size up to five members and “High cost of inputs” was the main constraints perceived by the four tribes in the study area of Tripura, India.

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https://www.doi.org/10.62418/ijvph.11.1.2025.99-106
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Citation: Paul B, Goswami A, Nanda SM, Biswas S. Study on Socio-economic, Socio-psychological Profile Along with Constraints Perceived by Tribal People in Relation to Animal Husbandry Practices in The State of Tripura, India. Indian Journal of Veterinary Public Health. 2025; 11(1):99-106.
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.62418/ijvph.11.1.2025.99-106