BANKING TRADE AND COMMERCE

EMPLOYMENT IN TRADE AND COMMERCE.

According to the 1961 Census the total number of persons engaged in trade and commerce in Chandrapur district was 13,775 out of which 9,226 or 67 per cent were in rural areas and 4,549 or 33 per cent in urban areas. The number of workers in trade and commerce accounted for 1.93 per cent of total workers in the district. About 0.36 per cent of the district total was in Chandrapur tahsil only. 5.4 per cent of the workers in trade and commerce was engaged in wholesale trade, 88.8 per cent in retail trade and 5.8 per cent in miscellaneous trade and commerce, 56 per cent of the wholesalers and 68 per cent of the retailers were in rural areas.

The number of wholesalers trading exclusively in cereals and pulses was 195. Mostly the wholesale trade in cereals and pulses was combined with wholesale trade in gur, sugar, spices, oil, tobacco, etc.

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