Bihar’s Most Marginalised: The Musahar And Manjhi Communities - In Photos

As Bihar heads into another election, voices from its poorest settlements speak of ration lines, lost pensions, and the quiet persistence of democracy. The story of Bihar’s marginalised emerges most clearly in the heart of the state, where the Ganga’s plains turn to cracked earth during summer. Here live the Musahar and Manjhi communities, among the most marginalised Dalit groups in India. Traditionally landless labourers, they have for generations worked in others’ fields, cutting paddy, carrying bricks, and surviving on daily wages. Though official records list them as beneficiaries of countless welfare schemes, their lives are marked by chronic poverty, poor access to healthcare, and dependence on a ration card that barely sustains them.

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