A STUDY OF NOMADS IN DISTRICT FAISALABAD

The nomad refers to the one belonging to wandering pastoral community. nomadism involves repeated shifting of the habitat of the people in search of subsistence and the mobility is focused around temporary centers of operations, the stability of which is dependent upon the food supply and the availability of technical knowhow for resource utilization and adjusting in the labour market. the main objective of the study was to assess and address various economic behavior patterns of nomads. for this purpose the study was carried out in the four areas in district faisalabad. a sample of 120 respondents was made from four randomly selected areas of district faisalabad. a well designed interviewing schedule has been developed to accomplish the task of collecting data. whilst data thus collected was analyzed through percentage statistical technique. analytical conclusions are drawn and critical suggestions have been formulated on the basis of collected data. the present study shows that the birth rate among nomads is very high i.e. 33.3 percent respondents have 5-10. the major source of income for nomads was labour (67.5 percent) more than one fourth i.e. 38.5 percent of the respondents reported that the males and females are involved in labour. more than one fourth i.e. 36.7 percent of the respondents reported that sheep/goat/poultry products were the major source of their income.