ABSTRACT
This paper describes the impact of a steady and fairly rapid growth of population on the economy of a village. It is based on a study of Rampur, a village near Dehli in North India, 1 whose population nearly quadrupled from 560 in 1911, to 2002 in 1975. The first part of the paper describe changes in patterns of labour use and economic organisation whith accompanied this population growth. It shows how, in this highly stratified society, the dominant group in the village gradually monopolised productive resources.
