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Land Inequality in India
April 11 , 2026
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- A report by the World Inequality Database highlighted high land inequality in rural India.
- About 46% of rural households are landless, showing very unequal land distribution.
- Land inequality is very high with a Gini index of around 71 (scale 0–100).
- Top 10% households own about 44% of land, top 5% own 32%, and top 1% own 18%.
- The study used SECC (Socio-Economic and Caste Census) 2011 data covering about 270,000 villages and 650 million people.
- Areas with better farming conditions and colonial landlord systems show higher land concentration.
- Social factors like the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes have higher landlessness, and market access has a limited impact on reducing inequality.
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