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INDUSTRIES
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INTRODUCTION
The ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF A PARTICULAR AREA DEPENDS UPON
the pace of industrial development that has taken place therein.
Greater the industrial development, greater is the scope of employment. Though the industries alone cannot provide employment to all the working force in the area, they provide the maximum. The district of Chandrapur cannot be said to be industrially advanced. With the district abounding in mineral wealth, and forests there are only four large-scale industries located in the district which manufacture paper, glass, pottery and oil. The general pattern of non-agricultural employment, however, leans heavily towards small-scale and household industries. Of the total number
of persons employed in industries, 79 per cent are employed in household industries and the remaining 21 per cent in non-household industries. The total number of workers employed in registered
factories in 1962 was 2,555 which is only 6.48 per cent of all the workers engaged in industries. It gives a ratio of only two factory workers per thousand of total population as against the average of 20 per thousand for the State as a whole.
Land, labour and capital are the factors of production upon the availability of which depends the industrial growth of a particular region. Land that stands for natural resources abounds in the district as also labour. However, the industrial growth is hampered by the lack of skilled labour and capital coupled with the atmosphere that is chilly, and damp through-out the rainy season. The district is industrially backward and the wheels of industrial activity in the district whirl round small-scale industries. The district with abundant forest and mineral resources has a great potential for the development of the following new industries.
(1) Pig iron by low shaft furnace technique,
(2) Cast iron pipes.
(3) Ceramic industries, and
(4) Hardboards and chip-boards.
The following tables show the number of persons deriving their livelihood from different industries according to the Censuses of 1951 and 1961.
TABLE No. 1
NUMBER OF PERSONS DERIVING THEIR LIVELIHOOD FROM
INDUSTRIES, CHANDRAPUR DISTRICT-1951 CENSUS
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Persons |
Males |
Females |
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Mining and quarrying |
4,063 |
3,853 |
210 |
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Coal mining |
3,924 |
3,717 |
207 |
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Manganese mining |
106 |
106 |
-- |
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Stone quarrying, clay and sand pits |
33 |
30 |
3 |
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Processing and Manufacture-Food-stuffs, textiles, leather and products thereof. |
11,991 |
11,194 |
797 |
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Food industries otherwise unclassified |
134 |
94 |
40 |
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Grains and pulses |
827 |
561 |
266 |
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Vegetable oil and dairy products |
239 |
231 |
8 |
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Beverages |
190 |
188 |
2 |
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Tobacco |
390 |
380 |
10 |
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Cotton textiles |
6,310 |
6,109 |
201 |
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Wearing apparel (except footwear) and made-up textile goods. |
1,618 |
1,458 |
160 |
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Textile industries otherwise unclassified |
114 |
73 |
41 |
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Leather, leather products and footwear |
2,169 |
2,100 |
69 |
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Processing and Manufacture-metals, chemicals and products thereof. |
2,641 |
2,589 |
52 |
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Manufacture of metal products otherwise un-classified. |
2,383 |
2,354 |
27 |
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Non-ferrous metals |
2 |
-- |
2 |
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Transport equipment |
15 |
12 |
3 |
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Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies. |
1 |
1 |
-- |
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Machinery (other than electrical machinery) including Engineering workshops. |
114 |
114 |
-- |
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Basic Industrial Chemicals and Power Alcohol |
4 |
4 |
-- |
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Medical and Pharmaceutical preparations |
9 |
9 |
-- |
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Manufacture of chemical products otherwise unclassified. |
113 |
95 |
18 |
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Processing and manufacture not elsewhere |
8,869 |
8,104 |
765 |
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specified. Manufacturing Industries otherwise unclassified |
1,511 |
1,491 |
20 |
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Bricks, tiles and other structural clay products |
220 |
218 |
2 |
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Cement pipes and other cement products |
11 |
11 |
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TABLE No. 1-contd.
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Persons |
Males |
Females |
Non-metallic mineral products |
1,497 |
1,398 |
99 |
Rubber products |
14 |
-- |
14 |
Wood and wooden products other than furniture and fixtures. |
5,554 |
4,927 |
627 |
Furniture and fixtures |
23 |
22 |
1 |
Paper and paper products |
32 |
32 |
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Printing and allied industries |
17 |
15 |
2 |
TABLE No. 2
NUMBER OF PERSONS DERIVING THEIR LIVELIHOOD FROM INDUSTRIES, CHANDRAPUR DISTRICT-1961 CENSUS
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Persons |
Males |
Females |
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Mining and quarrying- |
6,325 |
5,909 |
416 |
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Mining of coal |
6,011 |
5,708 |
303 |
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Mining of iron ores |
3 |
3 |
-- |
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Mining of gold and silver ores. |
7 |
7 |
-- |
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Quarrying of stone including slate clay, sand, gravel, limestone. |
304 |
191 |
113 |
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Manufacturing-- |
38,590 |
28,041 |
10,549 |
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Food-stuffs |
2,683 |
2,015 |
668 |
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Beverages |
98 |
94 |
4 |
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Tobacco products |
647 |
492 |
155 |
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Textile-cotton |
6,113 |
3,189 |
2,924 |
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Textile-jute |
272 |
101 |
171 |
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Textile-wool |
1,576 |
432 |
1,144 |
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Textile-silk |
44 |
20 |
24 |
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Textile- Miscellaneous |
3,570 |
3,122 |
44 |
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Wood and wooden products |
9,788 |
6,936 |
2,852 |
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Paper and paper products |
1,905 |
1,765 |
140 |
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Printing and publishing |
73 |
72 |
1 |
Leather and leather products |
2,734 |
2,502 |
232 |
Rubber, petroleum and coal products |
34 |
17 |
17 |
TABLE No. 2-contd.
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Persons |
Males |
Females |
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Chemicals and chemical products |
123 |
95 |
28 |
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Non-metallic mineral products other than petroleum and coal and manufacture of earthen ware and earthen pottery. |
3,872 |
2,322 |
1,550 |
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Basic materials and their products except machinery and transport products. |
3,064 |
2,902 |
162 |
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Machinery of all kinds other than transport and electrical equipment. |
72 |
72 |
-- |
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Transport equipment |
336 |
336 |
-- |
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Miscellaneous manufacturing industries |
1,586 |
1,554 |
32 |
Mining and quarrying and manufacturing industries employed 44,915 persons according to 1961 Census as against 23,521 as per the Census of 1951. It shows a net increase of 91.12 per cent over 1951.
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