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MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS.
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INTRODUCTION.
THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT COVERS VARIOUS IMPORTANT ASPECTS such as
agriculture, industry, banking, commerce, trade and transport, etc., which do not exhaust all its branches. These have been dealt with in the foregoing chapters. However, some occupations coming under the category of miscellaneous occupations and which have a bearing on the economy of the district arc not covered by them. Though it is not possible to discuss all such occupations in detail, in this chapter it is proposed to describe a few of them. However, those occupations
which hardly contribute anything to the district economy except supporting a few families have not been incorporated in this chapter.
A few of these occupations have sprung up recently and a few have changed form with the passage of time. The occupations such as flour milling, bicycle repairing which have technical bias were non-existent in the past. The grinding wheel has been replaced by a flour mill. With the passage of time the change is witnessed in the form of such occupations as hair cutting, laundering, etc. The saloons were unknown and the barber, a balutedar moving from house to house, was a common sight. Similarly, the washermen used to collect clothes and work in their own primitive manner.
With a view to obtaining a broad picture of such occupations in the district, a sample survey was conducted at Chandrapur, Bhandak, Ballarshah, Warora, Brahmapuri, Nagbhir, Wadsa and Bhadravati. These occupations were hotels and restaurants, tailoring, pan-bidi shops, hair cutting, laundering, bicycle repairing, frame making, flour mills and basket making. The data collected pertained to the salient features of these occupations
such as accessories, tools and equipment, capital requirements, production,
marketing, finance, income, pattern of expenditure, etc. The details that follow regarding these occupations are mainly based on the findings of the survey.
The following table gives the number of persons employed in different occupations in Chandrapur district in 1961.
TABLE No. 1
NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS IN THE
YEAR 1961 (CHANDRAPUR DISTRICT).
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Total |
Men |
Women |
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Manufacturing of beverages |
98 |
97 |
1 |
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Production of bread, biscuits, cake and other bakery products. |
13 |
13 |
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Production of rice, atta, flour, etc., by milling, dehusking and processing of crops and food-grains. |
1,408 |
1,033 |
375 |
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Production of sweet-meat and condiments, muri, murhi, chira, khoi, cocoa, chocolate, toffee, lozenze. |
776 |
554 |
222 |
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Making of textile garments including rain-coats and headgear. |
3,466 |
3,036 |
430 |
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Manufacture of shoes and other leather foot-wear |
2,401 |
2,221 |
180 |
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Public service in Police |
946 |
942 |
4 |
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Public service in administrative departments and offices of Central Government. |
181 |
178 |
3 |
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Public service in administrative departments and offices of quasi-Government organisations, municipalities, local boards, etc. |
882 |
771 |
111 |
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Public service in administrative departments and offices of State Government. |
4,054 |
3,944 |
110 |
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Religious and allied services rendered by pandit, priest, preceptor, fakir, monk. |
402 |
361 |
41 |
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Legal services rendered by barrister, advocate, solicitor, mukteer, pleader, mukurie, munshi. |
110 |
109 |
1 |
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Recreation services rendered by cinema houses by exhibition of motion pictures. |
89 |
87 |
2 |
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Services rendered to households such as those by domestic servants, cooks. |
1,497 |
742 |
755 |
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Services rendered by hotels, boarding houses, eating houses, cafes, restaurants and similar other organisations to provide lodging and boarding facilities. |
983 |
920 |
63 |
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Laundry services |
2,190 |
1,135 |
1,055 |
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Hair dressing |
1,887 |
1,886 |
1 |
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