Abstract

The present paper makes an analysis of the effect of displacement on culture due to the Lower Suktel Irrigation Project ofBolangir district of Odisha. The paper highlights the situation of the displaced people against land acquisition for the irrigation project with leave their traditional culture. The present study is based on ethnographic method. The primary data obtained from 300 households by using open door to door survey from fully displaced villages namely Khuntapali. Simple descriptive statistics has been used to described in particular study with structural and functional view. The analysis includes variables such as caste, households’ size, total households’ income, ethnomedicine, cultural practices, fair and festival, folkway, etc. It is found that households losing their cultural participation in general and submerged the local culture of displaced people of Khuntapali village.