MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS

RECREATIONAL SERVICES

Recreational services have become an important part of social life. The advent of cinema is an important land-mark in this respect and has gained tremendous popularity. During 1971-72, there were 18 permanent talkies/theatres and 15 touring talkies in the district. These services have become a source of livelihood to a considerable number of persons in the district. Popular as well as State patronage to the indigenous species of entertainment such as tamasha, itinerant troupes etc., have also been instrumental in providing employment to a considerable number of persons.

The 1951 Census recorded the number of persons engaged in recreational services at 752 (675 males, 77 females). Of these, 479 (468 males, 11 females), i.e., 64 per cent were in rural areas of the district. The 1961 Census recorded an increase in the number of persons engaged in recreational services and enumerated them to be 1,166 (965 males, 201 females). Of these, 585 (481 males, 104 females) were in rural areas and the remaining 581 in urban areas. The increase in the number of persons engaged in recreational services in the district is the result of increasing urbanisation.

Table No. 1 gives the statistics of the persons engaged in these services in 1961.

The 1971 Census shows a decrease in the number of persons engaged in ' recreational and cultural services' as compared to those in 1961. There are 616 persons employed in recreational and cultural services in the district, out of which 256 are in urban centres while 360 are employed in rural centres. There are 291 recreational and cultural centres in the district, of which 63 are located in urban areas and the remaining 228, in rural areas of the district.

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