10 non farming activities found in a modern Indian village

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1. 10 NON FARMING ACTIVITIES

2. DAIRY A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk - mostly from goats or cows, but also from buffalo, sheep, or camels - for human consumption. People feed their buffalos on various kinds of grass and the jowar and bajra that grow during the rainy season. The milk is sold in the nearby large village. Traders have set up collection cum chilling centers from where the milk is transported to far away towns and cities. More than 40% of Indian farming households are engaged in milk production.

3. Small Scale Manufacturing In villages manufacturing takes place in a very small scale with simple production methods. People are engaged in the production at their own home or in fields. Only less than 50 people are engaged in manufacturing. Sugarcane is the most common small scale manufacturing business in village. Some of the people have machines to crush the sugarcanes. Earlier crushing sugarcane was done by the help of bullocks. They crush the sugarcane and produce jaggery and further sell it to traders to make small profits.

4. Shop keeping The few shopkeepers buy various goods from wholesale markets in the cities and sell them in the villages. Shopkeepers play a big role in villages. All day-to-day, non-agricultural products, are provided in villages in shops. The small general stores in the village sells a wide range of items like rice, wheat, sugar, tea, oil, biscuits, soap, toothpaste, batteries, candles, notebooks, pen, pencil and even cloth.

5. Transport Communicating from village to town for purchasing and selling goods have improved in villages. We can find rickshaws, tongas, jeep, tractors, bullock carts and bogey's for transportation. They ferry people and goods from village to town and in return get paid for it.

6. Blacksmiths They make agricultural implements for farmers , labor's etc. Some skilled blacksmiths also make machineries useful for villagers Some tools made are axes , saw, pick axe etc. . Some machineries are drillers , electric pulleys , tube wells etc. Blacksmith play an important role in modernizing the villages

7. Pottery They make pots and crafts according to needs They use clay found in the village Some skilled potters make beautiful show pieces of different cultures Some products found are flower vases , cooking pots , storage pots etc. They play an important role in building up and modernizing families in the village

8. Carpentry They make furniture's , doors etc. at cheap and affordable rates with good quality materials They use wood from the village and also from outside villages There are many skilled carpenters who make modern furniture's and other luxurious furniture's Some furniture's are sofas, chairs , tables , lamp stands etc. They to help in modernizing families in the village

9. Repairing vehicles There are many mechanics in the village . They repair from bicycles ,tongas, bulla carts to cars , machines ,trucks etc. They fix from simple damages to changing machineries in vehicles They repair at affordable rates They help in modernizing the village

10. T eachers They are the important people in the village who help in educating the villagers They teach different things which can be useful for the villages They are graduates from famous Indian institutes They are the key to modernizing the village They also teach children who cannot pay fees due to poverty .

11. Tailoring This is one of the most important occupation in the village These tailors make dresses for both small and big They make both traditional dresses and new fashioned dresses at cheap rates Both readymade and materials are available in their tailoring shops They transport many dresses to city and earn a good income

12. The village the name of this village is munasipuram .

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