Assessment of Fish Farmers' Socio-economic and Demographical Profile in Darbhanga District in Bihar

A study on the fish farmers' socio-economic and demographical Profile was carried out in Darbhanga districts of Bihar states during 2016-17. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents (45.00%) belonged to middle age group. 35 per cent belonged to extremely backward caste. Majority of the fish growers (78.33%) were having fisheries + agriculture as their occupation. Majority of the selected fish growers (40%) had received their education in high school. Majority of the fish growers (40%) had a marginal size of landholding. Majority of fish growers belonged to medium entrepreneurial orientation (51.67%). Majority (38.33%) of the fish growers had an average annual income ranging from Rs. 100001/- to Rs. 150000/. Majority of them (68.33%) did not have membership in any organization. The majority (66.67%) of fish growers have regularly used TV as sources of information utilised. Majority of fish growers was 68.33 percent having no any membership in committee. The that higher percentage of the fish growers (71.67%) we found to had below 0.5 ha area of pond for their fish cultivation.