Socio-Economic Impact of Early Marriages of Girls: A Case Study of Pachrukha Village, Purba Champaran

Abstract

This paper analyzed the socio-economic impact of early marriages of girls in Pachrukha Village of Purba Champaran based on the field survey. Early marriages of girls happen in the name of tradition, patriarchy, security or future of a girl child and do not give freedom to young girls to decide about their future regarding age of the marriage and whom to marry. After examining the early marriages in study area it has been demonstrated that majority of early married girls have to face various issues like dropouts from school and colleges, have to face violence, have lots of health issues and they have less decision making participation in the house.