Sanitation Practice of Mishing Community: A Study of Gereki Mishing Village in Majuli District

In this article we are going to study some aspect of Sanitation and Hygiene in Gereki Mishing village. Sanitation and hygiene is a burning problem of our society. About 1/7th of the world population still defecate in open in absence of toilets, of which 60% is lives in India. This scenario is mainly found in case of rural areas. The study area “Gereki Mishing Village” is a tribal village which suffers from poverty and illiteracy. The villagers depends upon agriculture and most of them are daily wage earner they have no time to think of Sanitation and Hygiene rather they busy with work, and regards the open defecation as best way. Drinking water is main problem of the village. In all above the discussed about the empirical accounts in which I pinpoint upon health in Gereki Mishing village. The collection of data, both primary and secondary source has been used. Primary data are collected through observation, informal discussion and structured interview schedule. In conclusion, it can be said that almost the villagers under study were having majority of join family.