Bangladesh is a densely populated country in the world and manpower is the important sector of her economy. As International migration play a pivotal role in developing country; it is pertinent to study the profound effect of the remittance which have effect on Bangladesh society in general and receiving household in particular. However, literature on these important aspects of remittance has been lacking. There is a long history labor migration from Bangladesh to many other parts of the world. Migration from Bangladesh to the middle east has been the most significant, however, since the mid-1976s migrants are recorded to have gone abroad during the last three and half decades for temporary employment, mainly to the Middle east. Saudia Arabia has been the destination of half of these workers. But at prasent , a large number of migrants are working in UAE, Malaysia, Singapore and some other country of Europe. A great body of literature exists on the economic and social impact of overseas migration and remittance on the economy and society of Bangladesh.Since 2001, both the outflow of workers and inflow of remittance have increased sharply from rural areas. There is dearth of empirical work on the effects of these resent inflows of remittance. Present study aims to understand the casual relationship between remittance and socio-economic status of marginal farmers who are receiving remittance. It was carried out on November, only with respondents from Saherkhola village at Raipura Thana under Narsingdi districts. Migrants who are working overseas at least five years have significant changed in their life style, they are now well off economically which helps them to have a mobility in their social position, changing the cultural of rural area due to remittance. This study will attempt to identify the role of remittance in changing socio-economic status of marginal farmer. Marxist theory of social stratification has some justification in rural Bangladesh, Max Weber theory was found to be more suitable in depicting the picture of rural social stratification and socio-economic power and social stratification. Polarization and Differentiation process of rural farmers are shown due to remittance and how poor farmers become more marginal and emergence of new class in society. Data collection on this issue reveal the fact that there has been a clear indication of reorganizing and reshaping the rural social stratification and it is mainly because of the impact of foreign remittance. Most of the people working in overseas countries are from the marginal and poor families. They are making money and sending which changing their life style, it show a vertical mobility in the rural areas of Bangladesh. This study tried to show how Remittance changing socio-economic condition, power structure and status of marginal farmer.
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