BEGGARS' PLACES OF BEGGING AND THEIR DAILY INCOME

As the beggars places of begging and their daily income of the study, an attempt is made to give a succinct integrated of the study the beggars’ survey sponsored by the Central Relief Committee, Government of Karnataka. I have done this work under the able guidance of Sri Veerasivashankara Reddy, Retired Chief Planning Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Bellary, and Dr. B. Seshadri, Retired Professor of Economics, Department of Development Studies, Kannada University, Hampi.

The study was undertaken in three selected places in Hospettaluk of Bellary district, namely, Hospet city, Kamalapura town panchayat and Hampi Grama Panchayat. All those beggars who were available on the days of survey in all the three places were considered for a detailed study. The total number of beggars covered by the survey is 296 and out of this, 237 in Hospet, 37 in Hampi, and 22 in Kamalapur.

Beggars covered in the survey give us the impression that religion, caste, gender, age were not a bar for this practice. We found that beggars belonging to various castes, religion, age, gender, language, etc. I had captured the diverse dimensions of beggars in tables.

Beggars are found in places such as places of worship/religious places, bus stations, railway stations, bars and restaurants. Beggars moving from house to house are also found in our sample. Their daily incomes in terms of money are not one and the same for all the beggars; the daily income of beggars is found to vary from place to place, and also from beggar to beggar in the same place.