INDUSTRIES LARGE-SCALE AND SMALL-SCALE

INTRODUCTION.

Industries.

ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1951, OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF 12,27,547 of the Kolhapur district, 79,196 persons (71,404 men and 7,792 women) were engaged in various industries. Classification of these persons is given in Economic Table No. III of the Census Report of 1951, which shows the numbers "economically active" (self-supporting persons) engaged in various "Industries and Services". The Table No. 1 gives statistics of persons engaged in "Processing and Manufacture" and "Construction and Utilities". Under the first head- "Processing and Manufacture", figures are given under different divisions viz., (1) Food stuffs, Textiles, Leather and products thereof; (2) Metals, Chemicals and products thereof; (3) Processing and Manufacture-Not elsewhere specified. These heads are further sub-divided into various groups of industries and figures against them are given under three different items-(1) employers, (2) employees, (3) independent workers with male and female as sub-heads under each. The head, "Construction and Utilities" is sub-divided into groups of industries and the arrangement of figures against them follows the pattern adopted in "Processing and Manufacture":-

TABLE No. 1.

ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE (SELF-SUPPORTING) NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN INDUSTRIES UNDER" PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURE "AND" CONSTRUCTION OF UTILITIES" IN 1951, IN KOLHAPUR DISTRICT.

Serial No.

Classification of Industries.

Total.

Employers.

Employees.

Independent Workers.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

 

(i) PROCESSING AND
     MANUFACTURE.

        

I.

(a) Food Stuffs, Textile,
 
 Leathers and Products    Thereof.

12,596

925

802

25

3,946

262

7,848

638

 

(1) Food Industries
    otherwise
    unclassified

281

10

36

3

69

1

176

6

(2) Grains and pulses

338

40

48

2

122

4

168

34

(3) Vegetable oil and
     dairy products

361

53

33

--

170

11

158

42

(4) Sugar Industries

748

14

--

--

682

13

66

1

(5) Beverages

82

1

21

--

32

--

29

1

(6) Tobacco

364

148

15

--

96

40

253

108

(7) Cotton textiles

4,705

328

470

13

2,421

184

1,814

131

(8) Wearing apparel
     and made up textile
     goods

2,243

97

96

2

187

2

1,960

93

(9) Textile Industries
     otherwise
     unclassified

1,388

167

12

1

519

3

1,257

163

(10) Leather, leather
      products and
      footwear

2,086

67

71

4

48

4

1,967

59

II

(b) Metals, chemicals and Products thereof

2,342

33

145

1

901

11

1,296

21

 

(1) Manufacture of metal products
     otherwise unclassified

1,158

22

41

1

96

4

1,021

17

(2) Iron and steel (Basic Manufacture)

181

--

10

--

115

--

56

--

(3) Non-ferrous metals (Basic manufacture)

3

3

--

--

--

--

3

3

(4) Transport equipment

593

2

74

--

442

2

77

--

(5) Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances
      and supplies.

39

--

3

--

13

--

14

--

(6) Machinery (other than electrical
     machinery) including Engineering Workshops.

157

1

11

--

119

1

27

--

(7) Basic Industrial Chemical Fertiliser
      and Power Alcohol.

6

--

1

--

1

--

1

--

(8) Medical and Pharmaceutical preparations.

19

1

1

--

16

1

2

--

(9) Manufacture of chemical products
     otherwise unclassified.

195

4

4

--

96

3

95

1

III

(c) Processing and manufacture-Not
     elsewhere
specified

8,361

612

328

9

880

35

7,153

568

 

(1) Manufacturing Industries otherwise unclassified

2,225

103

221

3

458

1

1,546

99

(2) Bricks, tiles and other structural clay products

211

54

--

--

4

29

207

29

(3) Cement pipes and other cement products

207

25

38

--

--

--

12

--

(4) Non-metallic mineral products

1,780

283

15

6

9

1

1,756

276

(5) Wood and Wood products other
     than furniture and fixtures.

3,798

170

02

--

176

3

3,560

167

(6) Furniture and fixtures manufacture

25

1

---

--

5

--

20

1

(7) Paper and paper products manufacture

1

--

--

--

--

--

1

--

(8) Printing and allied Industries

283

1

30

--

216

1

37

--

TABLE No. 1-contd.

Serial No.

Classification of Industries.

Total.

Employers.

Employees.

Independent Workers.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

IV

(ii) CONSTRUCTION
    AND UTILITIES

4,329

230

98

2

1,733

122

2,498

106,

 

(1) Construction
    and maintenance
    of works otherwise
    unclassified.

2

2

--

--

--

2

2

--

(2) Construction and
   maintenance of buildings

2,511

145

55

2

242

40

2,214

103

(3) Bridges, roads and
     other transport works

328

1

18

--

245

1

65

--

(4) Irrigation and other
    agricultural works

1,060

43

22

--

868

42

170

1

(5) Works and services,
     electric power and
     gas supply

263

2

3

--

248

2

12

--

(6) Works and services,
    Domestic and Industrial
    water supply.

85

2

--

--

55

1

30

1

(7) Sanitary work and
     services including
      scavengers

80

35

--

--

75

34

5

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