Ranchi Veterinary College, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi-834 006, India.
The present study was carried out in tribal dominated Ranchi district of Jharkhand state. It revealed that the women performed all the indoor activities namely feeding and watering of animals, cleaning of sheds, cleaning of utensils, dung collection and preparation of dung cake, whereas, the men carried out the outdoor jobs viz. purchase of livestock, feed, fodder, equipment, grazing of animals and calling of Doctor/vaidya for treatment of animals. The tribal women performed more jobs as compared to non-tribal women and the case was reverse in case of male respondents.
