BANKING TRADE AND COMMERCE

section ii-TRADE AND COMMERCE: EXTENT OF EMPLOYMENT

Extent of Employment: The development of trade and commerce in the district is of significance as it affords employment to a large number of persons. As per the 1961 Census the total number of persons engaged in trade and commerce, in the district is 21,860, out of whom 7,075 or 32 per cent are in rural areas and 14,785 or 68 per cent are in urban areas. The number of workers in trade and commerce makes 3.74 per cent of all workers in the district. About 41 per cent of the district total is in Akola tahsil only. Only 5.18 per cent of the workers in trade and commerce are engaged in wholesale trade, 90.88 per cent in retail trade and 3.94 per cent in miscellaneous trade and commerce. Of the wholesalers 91 per cent are doing their business in urban areas. There are in all 214 wholesale traders who mainly deal in cereals and pulses. The wholesale trade in cereals and pulses appeals to be combined with wholesale trade of gur, sugar, spices groundnut, oil, tobacco, etc., as the number for this group is 398 for The whole district. The. following statement gives the breakup of workers is trade and commerce in the district. [ Census of India, 1961. Vol, X, Part II-B (ii).]

Empolyment in Trade and Commerce, Akola District, in 1961

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