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TRADE AND COMMERCE
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EXTENT OF EMPLOYMENT
Trade and commerce rank next only to agriculture as important
means of livelihood in Jalgaon district. According to the 1951 census, trade and commerce provided primary means of livelihood to 80.361 persons and subsidiary means of livelihood to 13.231 persons. Of the total number depending for primary means of livelihood on trade and commerce, 19,849 or about 24.7 per cent were self-supporting persons.
The following table, based on the 1951 census statistics, shows the distribution of sell supporting persons among the various categories of trade.
TABLE No. 1
NUMBER OF SELF-SUPPORTING PERSONS ENGAGED
IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF TRADE IN
JALGAON DISTRICT (1951) |
Category |
Employers |
Employees |
Independent workers |
Total | |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) | |
Retail trade in food-stuffs |
1,733 |
1,069 |
6,040 |
8,842 | |
Retail trade in fuel |
162 |
266 |
870 |
1,298 | |
Retail trade in textile and leathergoods. |
458 |
341 |
1,476 |
2,275 | |
Wholesale trade in foodstuffs. |
95 |
47 |
820 |
962 | |
Wholesale trade in other
commodities. |
202 |
84 |
254 |
545 | |
Real Estate |
-- |
4 |
1 |
5 | |
Insurance |
1 |
81 |
3 |
85 | |
Money-lending, banking and other financial business. |
68 |
685 |
276 |
1,029 | |
Retail trade otherwise unclassified. |
883 |
986 |
2,939 |
4,808 | |
Total |
3,602 |
3,563 |
12,679 |
19,849 |
The following table shows the distribution of self-supporting persons in urban and rural areas engaged in various categories of trade:—
TABLE No. 2
NUMBER OF SELF-SUPPORTING PERSONS ENGAGED IN VARIOUS TRADES IN JALGAON DISTRICT (1951)
|
Sub-divisions |
Employers |
Employees |
Independent workers |
Total |
|
Rural |
Urban |
Rural |
Urban |
Rural |
Urban |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
|
Retail trade other wise unclassified |
53 |
830 |
97 |
889 |
659 |
2,280 |
4,808 |
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Retail trade in food-stuffs (including beverages and narcotics). |
425 |
1,308 |
137 |
932 |
1,865 |
4,175 |
8,842 |
|
Retail trade in fuel (including petrol) |
8 |
154 |
23 |
243 |
206 |
664 |
1,298 |
|
Retail trade in textile and leather goods |
35 |
423 |
19 |
322 |
180 |
1,296 |
2,275 |
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Wholesale trade in food-stuffs |
14 |
81 |
6 |
41 |
317 |
503 |
962 |
|
Wholesale trade in commodities other than food-stuffs. |
60 |
142 |
14 |
70 |
98 |
161 |
545 |
|
Real Estate |
-- |
-- |
4 |
-- |
-- |
1 |
5 |
|
Insurance |
-- |
1 |
1 |
80 |
-- |
3 |
85 |
|
Money-lending, banking and other financial business |
12 |
56 |
195 |
490 |
51 |
225 |
1,029 |
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Total for all groups |
607 |
2,995 |
496 |
3,067 |
3,376 |
9,308 |
19,849 |
The statement below compiled from census reports gives the number of persons engaged in trade:—
TABLE No. 3
NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN TRADE IN
EAST KHANDESH IN 1911, 1921 AND 1931.
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Category of Trade |
Number of Persons engaged in |
|
1911 |
1921 |
1931 |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(1) |
Textiles |
2,956 |
4,145 |
657 |
(2) |
Skins and leather |
60 |
129 |
126 |
(3) |
Wood |
58 |
73 |
273 |
(4) |
Metals |
124 |
32 |
1 |
(5) |
Pottery, bricks and tiles |
11 |
101 |
28 |
(6) |
Chemical products |
296 |
101 |
92 |
(7) |
Hotels and Restaurants |
272 |
182 |
748 |
(8) |
Food-stuffs |
6,977 |
7,843 |
7,808 |
(9) |
Clothing and toilet articles |
92 |
224 |
745 |
(10) |
Furniture |
164 |
13 |
236 |
(11) |
Building material |
246 |
101 |
-- |
(12) |
Means of transport |
1,080 |
415 |
629 |
(13) |
Fuel |
1,598 |
1,572 |
2,261 |
(14) |
Articles of luxury and arts |
1,626 |
1,275 |
1,506 |
(15) |
Others |
460 |
6,094 |
3,222 |
(16) |
Brokerage and Commission |
391 |
1,261 |
346 |
In the absence of uniform and faultless basis of the censuses, such a statement fails to give a historical picture. The occupational data in them had not been sufficiently representative. Again, employment figures do not reveal a true nature and factual co-relations. Nevertheless, it is calculated to serve as a partial presentation of occupational trends.
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