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Sahariyas of Bundelkhand
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Sanju Sahariya, one of the many children in Sakara village, UP’s Lalitpur, who work as bonded labour, at his shanty. (HT photo/Subrata Biswas)
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The villagers of Sakara depend on farming, selling tendu leaves and such government welfare schemes as MNREGA. (HT photo/Subrata Biswas)
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Villagers in Lalitpur district, UP, said they preferred male child over girl child as the former could add to the income of the family. In UP, the sex ratio of the scheduled tribe population is 934 females per 1000 males which is lower than the national average (978) for all STs. (HT photo/Subrata Biswas)
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Fifteen year old resident of Lalitpur district, UP, Ganpat Sahariya sent home Rs 3,000 a month while working as a bonded labourer in Rajasthan. On his latest trip, he said, he was out for three months. (HT photo/Subrata Biswas)
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Ram Lal, father of Sanju Sahariya, one of many children in the community, who work as bonded labour, at his farm in Lalitpur district, UP. (HT photo/Subrata Biswas)
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Following an NHRC notice, 13 year old Babu Lal, son of Sarju (left) was located by the authorities in Jalaun, Madhya Pradesh, around 200 km from his village Sakara, Lalitpur district, UP. (HT photo/Subrata Biswas)
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The Sahariyas, one of the 75 scheduled tribes in the country classified as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (earlier known as primitive tribal groups), are now so desperately poor that families have been pushing their children into modern day slavery in the hope of saving them from starvation. (HT photo/Subrata Biswas)
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Like in any other rural set up in India, children grazing cattle is a common phenomenon in Sakara, Lalitpur district, UP. There are 1.26 crore working children in the age group of 5-14 in India as compared to the total child population of 25.2 crore, notes the union ministry of labour and employment. (HT photo/Subrata Biswas)
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