Sociological review of Mendicancy

The present era known us era of development. What is development? What are the measurenment of development? What level are stishfied levels of development? These are questions which makes two different views about development. Process of development is result of changes. Every changes of socities origion some positive and some negative results. Positive result called development and negative changes called social problems and mendicancy is one of them. Every undeveloped and developing country is suffering with these problems. Mendicancy affected directly baggers and their families. Human are primary unit of society so if one man effected with some problem naturally all family member are affected. There are no satishfied definitions of mendicancy in social sciences; !s nature and work behavioure we can define it as social problem like “Mendicancy is a socio-economic problem, which is done by poor and physically hanicaped men, women and children for their survival;” Mendicancy is generally affected childern and old age men/women. Mendicants are suffering for basic needs of life like food, cloths and shelters. Generally mendicancy is known economic problems but that is socio-cultural problems also. Present paper tries to know mendicant problems in old age men and woemen. What are the reasons because of old age men/women expend their whole life in mendicancy? If they are come suddenly in this field so what are the reasons? All the old agers are not poor as well as phycially hanicaped so why they are in these field? Present paper tried to know answers of these questions. Present research work conduct in three major railway stations Durg, Raipur and Bilaspur of Chhattisgarh state. Trinagulation methods (quantitative and qualitative) are used in present work. Present work reveled division of labour in socity and concept of nucaluer family are major factors of mendicancy.