The Gazetteers Department

THE FOREGOING CHAPTERS SUCH AS AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, BANKING, TRADE AND COMMERCE, COMMUNICATIONS etc., have given an account of the principal sectors of the district economy. These, however, do not exhaust the entire field of economic activity. There are some occupations which provide means of livelihood to a section of population and also produce certain essential goods of daily consumption and provide essential services to the community. Though it is not possible to discuss all such occupations in detail in this chapter it is contemplated to describe a few of the various categories of earners as can be classified under the group " Miscellaneous Occupations. " Amongst others, these occupations include hotels and restaurants, boarding and lodging, tailoring, hair-cutting, bakeries, etc.

These occupations are obviously miscellaneous in character because there is no uniform pattern in regard to their nature, operation, economic status, etc. There is also no uniformity in the growth of such occupations and all such occupations may not be uniformly found at all the places in the district. Thus the predominance of dairy occupation at Arvi and its surrounding villages can be distinctly marked in comparison with the miscellaneous occupations which are found at Hinganghat. On the other hand due to the political importance and the facilities of communications, Sevagram and Wardha have attracted maximum number of small entrepreneurs to start a variety of small business units. The expansion of such occupations in the district manifests the change in the attitude of the inhabitants of the district, on the one hand and also a drift in the economic trend of the district on the other. The rapid growth of these occupations also speaks of the trend of urbanization and industrialization in the district.

With a view to obtaining a broad picture of such occupations in the district, a sample survey was conducted in 1967 at Arvi, Deoli, Hinganghat, Pulgaon, Sindi and Wardha.

The following table gives the number of persons employed in different occupations in Wardha district in 1961.

TABLE No. 1.

NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS IN
WARDHA DISTRICT IN 1961.

Name of the Occupation		Total	Men	Women
1.	Manufacturing of beverages	111	107	4
2.	Production of butter, ghee, cheese and other dairy products.	634	267	367
3.	Production of rice, atta, flour, etc., by milling, de-husking and processing of crops and food-grains.	533	504	29
4.	Production of other food products such as sweet-meat and condiments, muri, murki, chira, khoi, cocoa, chocolate, toffee, lozenge.	287	231	56
5.	Making of textile garments including raincoats and headgear.	2,449	2,257	192
6.	Manufacture of shoes and other leather footwear.	744	698	46
7.	Public service in Police	833	832	1
8.	Public service in administrative departments and offices of Central Government.	3,989	3,967	22
9.	Public service in administrative departments and offices of Quasi-Government organisations, municipalities, local boards, etc.	1,172	862	310
10.	Public service in administrative departments and offices of State Government.	2,861	2,800	61
11.	Religious and allied services rendered by Pandit, priest, preceptor, fakir, monk.	504	450	54
12.	Legal Services	99	99	--
13.	Recreation services rendered by organisations and individuals such as those of theatres, opera companies, ballet and dancing parties, musicians, exhibitions, circus, carnivals.	671	655	16
14.	Services rendered to households such as those by domestic servants, cooks.	1,324	576	748
15.	Services rendered by hotels, boarding houses, eating houses, cafes, restaurants and similar other organisations to provide lodging and boarding facilities.	1,082	1,046	36
16.	Laundry services rendered by organisations and individuals, this includes all types of cleaning, dyeing, bleaching, dry cleaning services.	478	297	181
17.	Hair-dressing, other services rendered by organisations and individuals such as those by barber, hair-dressing saloon and beauty shops.	1,217	1,214	3

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