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BANKING TRADE AND COMMERCE
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SECTION II- TRADE AND COMMERCE.
Employment in Trade.
Trading activities provide employment to a considerable
number of persons in Sangli district The number of sales
workers [as classified in the Census of India, 1961, Economic
Tables, Vol. X, Part II-B (ii)] stands at 13,775 of whom 12,269 are
men and 1, 506 are women. The following statement shows the
number of persons engaged in various heads of trade: -
EXTENT OF EMPLOYMENT IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF TRADE
[These include workers engaged in any capacity in Wholesale or retail trading activity and commercial transactions relating to imports and exports.]
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Total |
Males |
Females |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(1) Working proprietors, wholesale trade |
534 |
525 |
9 |
(2) Working proprietors, retail trade |
7,286 |
6,473 |
813 |
(3) Commercial travellers and manufacturers' agents. |
104 |
104 |
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(4) Salesmen and shop assistants, wholesale and retail trade. |
3,097 |
2,951 |
146 |
(5) Hawkers, pedlars and street vendors |
2,476 |
1,999 |
477 |
(6) Salesmen, shop assistants and related workers (not elsewhere classified). |
165 |
107 |
58 |
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