The Decline of Cultivators and Rise of Agricultural Labourers in the Rural Areas of Himachal Pradesh

Anay Kumar^1, and Mohan Lal²

¹Research Scholar (PH.D. in Economics), Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Jalandhar (Pb)

²Department of Economics, Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Jalandhar (Pb)

Cite this paper:
Anay Kumar and Mohan Lal. The Decline of Cultivators and Rise of Agricultural Labourers in the Rural Areas of Himachal Pradesh. Journal of Finance and Economics. 2022; 10(3):62-67. doi: 10.12691/jfe-10-3-2

Abstract

The study of the decline of cultivators and rise of agricultural labourers in the rural areas of Himachal Pradesh is done by using the methodology of percentage and compound annual growth rate for the decade 2000-01 to 2010-11. In the decade 2000-01 to 2010-11, the number of cultivators in the agricultural workers of Himachal Pradesh declined by 7.40% from 65.33% to 57.93% and the number of agricultural labourers in the agricultural workers of Himachal Pradesh increased by 1.7% from 3.15% to 4.92%. In non-agricultural activities are recorded a slight decrease of 0.13% in Himachal Pradesh Households industry which come down from 1.76% to 1.63%. Apart from this, other workers of Himachal Pradesh have registered a significant increase of 5.73% which has increased from the decade 2000-01 to 2010-11. In this paper an attempt has been made to know about the effects of other workers on performance of agricultural workers on Himachal Pradesh. This study is based on secondary data and data collected from reliable sources of the Government of Himachal Pradesh.

Keywords:
cultivators agricultural labourers rural areas other workers agriculture and non-agricultural activities

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