Border and Its Effects on Village Institutions: A Sociological Study of Jammu District

Abstract

Present paper is divided into two parts. First section deals with caste system and its effects on the people during evacuation whereas second part focuses on matrimonial processes of boys and girls and how border is affecting it. Both caste and marriage are important aspects of village life. There is a continuous ceasefire violation on border which create disturbance for border area residents. The tensions always remain in border area and these areas get affected due to the firing and shelling. People get displaced due to disturbance and the whole social structure gets divided into parts. Study is confined to the rural border belt of Jammu district. Agriculture is the major occupation in selected villages as agriculture is a main base of rural economy. Five villages are selected for the study and simple random sampling technique was used to select 280 households in whole.