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Findings:

Data were collected from both the males and the females. The number of females is, however, relatively much less than the males. Therefore, no separate analysis for the two sexes has been made. The respondents from whom the data were collected were of different age groups. The majority of them were of ages between 20 to 50 years (Table 1). Assam is the place of birth for most of the Bengalis (77.61%) and Marwaris (66.14%) whereas majority of the Biharis were born outside Assam (table 2). This shows that many of them are migrants of not very distant past. As regards the occupation, most of the Biharis are found in the wage earner/cultivator and petty business categories. They are mostly found to work as ‘godown porter’ engaged in loading and unloading the truck and the rail wagon. Some of them also work in the commercial hubs for the same work. The porters in the train stations are almost exclusively the Biharis. Some of the Biharis have settled in the suburbs where they

Table 1: Communitywise distribution of respondents according to age Age (years)

(Figures in the parentheses indicate percentages)

Table 2: Communitywise distribution of Non-Assamese respondents according to place of birth.
 

(Figures in the parentheses indicate percentages)

The above data can be represented by bar diagram as follows

practise dairy farming in small scale and in some areas few of them are also found to practise agriculture. The barbers, washer men and cobblers in Assam are mostly the Biharis. Tyre (of motor vehicle) retreading and tube repairing are also done exclusively by the Biharis. Quite a good number of them also own small ‘pan’ shops and grocery shops. In the skilled worker category also their number is reasonably high. They are good masons, carpenters and tailors. Now-a-days some of them are also found in teaching profession, clerical jobs and in other professions, but their number in these professions is very insignificant. The Marwaris are mostly found in business of all kinds from small shopkeeper to big merchants. In fact, they control the business of Assam. The Assamese and the Bengalis are mostly found in white collar jobs. The teachers, offices, clerks, doctors, para-medical staff engineers advocates etc., are mostly either the Assamese or the Bengalis. At present, some of them are also found in petty business.