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BANKING TRADE AND COMMERCE
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EMPLOYMENT
The following table indicates the distribution of these, selfsupporting persons
(1) category-wise and (2) as between rural and
urban areas.
TABLE 22.
NUMBER OF SELF-SUPPORTING PERSONS ENGAGED IN VARIOUS TRADES IN SATARA DISTRICT (1951).
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Employers |
Employees |
Independent workers |
Total |
Total
|
|
Urban |
Rural |
Urban |
Rural |
Urban |
Rural |
Urban |
Rural |
|
1. |
Retail trade otherwise unclassified |
182 |
22 |
464 |
66 |
967 |
585 |
1,613 |
673 |
2,286 |
2. |
Retail trade in food-stuffs (including beverages and narcotics). |
357 |
172 |
411 |
259 |
1,888 |
1,953 |
2,656 |
2,384 |
5,040 |
3. |
Retail trade in fuel (including petrol) |
55 |
14 |
98 |
14 |
190 |
50 |
343 |
78 |
421 |
4. |
Retail trade in textile and leather goods |
194 |
44 |
173 |
53 |
532 |
310 |
899 |
407 |
1,306 |
5. |
Wholesale trade in food-stuffs |
3 |
9 |
3 |
23 |
17 |
112 |
23 |
144 |
167 |
6. |
Wholesale trade in commodities other than foodstuffs. |
33 |
26 |
19 |
27 |
157 |
462 |
209 |
515 |
724 |
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7. |
Real Estate |
-- |
-- |
1 |
-- |
2 |
-- |
3 |
-- |
3 |
8, |
Insurance |
-- |
-- |
37 |
-- |
5 |
3 |
42 |
3 |
45 |
9. |
Money lending. Banking and other financial business. |
77 |
5 |
247 |
112 |
215 |
75 |
539 |
192 |
731 |
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Total |
901 |
292 |
1,453 |
554 |
3,973 |
3,550 |
6,327 |
4,396 |
10,723 |
The table shows that foodstuffs, among the retail trades, employed the highest number, i.e. 670, whereas 59 and 41 per cent, of the persons engaged in trade were coming from urban and rural areas respectively.
The statement below gives the extent of employment in the various categories of trade and commerce during the census years of 1911, 1921 and 1931.
STATEMENT OF THE EXTENT OF EMPLOYMENT IN TRADE IN SATARA DISTRICT DURING THE CENSUS YEARS OF 1911, 1921 AND 1931. |
Serial No. |
Categories of Trade. |
1911. |
1921. |
1931. | |
1 |
Bank managers, moneylenders etc. |
524 |
360 |
530 | |
2 |
Brokerage, commission and exports |
47 |
19 |
25 | |
3 |
Trade in textiles |
2,048 |
7 |
351 | |
4 |
Trade in skins, leather and furs |
32 |
128 |
73 | |
5 |
Trade in wood |
23 |
55 |
55 | |
6 |
Trade in metals |
24 |
2 |
44 | |
7 |
Trade in pottery |
-- |
118 |
49 | |
8 |
Trade in chemical products. |
56 |
11 |
21 | |
9 |
Hotels, cafes, restaurants |
1,011 |
138 |
310 | |
10 |
Trade in food-stuffs |
7,056 |
5,504 |
-- | |
11 |
Trade in fuel |
245 |
-- |
47 | |
12 |
Trade in articles of luxury and those pertaining to letters, arts and sciences. |
933 |
1,303 |
1,203 | |
13 |
Trade of other sorts |
1,414 |
-- |
2,423 | |
14 |
Trade in clothing and toilet articles |
-- |
-- |
361 | |
15 |
Trade in furniture |
-- |
-- |
31 | |
16 |
Trade in building materials |
-- |
-- |
23 | |
17 |
Trade in means of transport |
-- |
-- |
121 |
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Total—Trade |
13,413 |
7,645 |
5,667 |
The statement is intended to serve as a historical presentation of the pattern and extent of employment in trade and commerce in this district. The table, however, does not give a real picture of the pattern of employment because, (1) the bases of censuses were different for different years; and (2) there was no degree of uniformity in the enumeration of employment in various trades.
Trade in food-stuffs absorbed the highest number of persons in 1911 and 1921. In 1931 the largest number of persons was engaged in " Trade of other sorts ".
In the following paragraphs is described the structure, organisation and volume of trade in this district.
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