Land is a primary resource for an agrarian economy in underdeveloped
countries like Nepal. More than 85 percent of Nepal’s population lives
in rural areas and more than 60 percent of the economically active
population is involved in agriculture (HMG, 2003). Rapid population
growth and increasing pressure on land resources to earn the much needed
calorie is a major challenge in the country (Graner, 1997). In this context,
the study of landlessness remains an important aspect of national agenda
(Shrestha, 2001), particularly in the national inclusion process (Gurung,
2006). Moreover, the study of landlessness has become a policy debate
and an issue of concern in the debates on national economic development
(Shrestha, 2001). The sociological and anthropological understanding
of landlessness has its own importance since it requires the analysis of
cultural dimensions (Caplan, 1970 and 1972) as socio-cultural
subjectivities in a historical context. The access to land resources or
landlessness is an important social issue, which can be linked with social
and cultural aspects of landless people as socio-cultural subjectivities in
drawing out the implication of their access to land resources.