BANKING TRADE AND COMMERCE

section ii

TRADE AND COMMERCE

EMPLOYMENT IN TRADE

Employment in Trade.— Trade and Commerce are important from the point of view of the economy of the district as they afford employment to a large number of people. As per the 1961 Census, 15,620 persons are engaged in trade and commerce in the district, of whom 6,210 are in rural areas and 9,410 in urban areas. The number of persons engaged in trade and commerce forms 2.87 per cent of the total working population. Of the total number of workers in trade and commerce, 6.24 per cent are engaged in wholesale trade, 89.85 Per cent in retail trade and 3.91 per cent in other categories of trade. About 91 per cent of the persons in wholesale trade are in urban areas. Trade in cereals and pulses engaged the maximum number of wholesalers, viz., 334. The following statement gives the break-up of workers in trade and commerce in the district [Occupational Classification. Table B-V, 1961 Census, Vol. X, Part II-B (ii), p. 287.]: —

Employment in Trade and Commerce, 1961.

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