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Landownership Tenancy, and ...

column-1 are the proportions of owner operators (which in
fact they may not be, because it includes those who lease out
part of their land but also lease in other’s land), it is clear that
owner operators asre predominant.
There is no clear pattern among owner non-operators,
both small and large landowners are represented in this group
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(see Column-1, class less than 0.125 and above) . Leaving aside
the landless group of ownership, however, as one might ex-
pect, up to the fourth class of ownership (i. e. less than o.5 ha,
the petani gurem), landowners tend to lease-in rather than
lease-out (compare column 4 to column (2+3), Table 6.9.). On
the other hand, for the fifth and above classes of ownership,
the proportion is the reverse. Looking at the ratios of owner
leaser-out and owner tenants-in to pure owner operators
(column 6 and 7 respectively, in the same Table), this cutting

line is more clearly indicated. Despite this, however, the fact
that there was a considerable number of landowners who lease
in lands, even among the large landowners, would mean that
the landless access to land for cultivation was hindered. This
is also indicated by the relatively low proportion of land-
less households who obtained land for cultivation (31.3 per-
cent).

3. Distribution of Tenancy Status

Tenancy in general is considered important since it de-
termines the distribution of wealth especially in an agrarian

17 These pattern of owner non operators are discussed further be-
low in sections on tenancy.

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