Socio-Economic Profile of Pulikulam Cattle Rearers in Madurai and Sivagangai Districts of Tamil Nadu, India

Demographic and Social Status of Sporting Bull Rearers and Rearing of Jallikattu Bulls

“…Among bull rearers, 63.64 percent of the respondents belonged to backward community, most backward community (26.14 percent), scheduled castes (9.60 percent) and scheduled tribe (0.06 per cent). Most of the bull farmers belonging to backward community to rear Pulikulam cattle as their ancestral occupation, which is in agreement with Thesinguraja et al, (2017) but contrast to his finding none of the respondent belong to SC and ST category. Most of the bull rearers had annual income of eighty five thousand to one lakh sixty five thousand (59.10 per cent), which is in agreement with the findings of Thesinguraja et al, (2017) in socio-economic status of Pulikulam cattle rearers.…”