Female in workforce

I'm not saying about hamirpurites, but the people who are not belong to this tract of land will amazed in this topic. This topic is dedicated to femalehood who earns for the livelihood of their family.

Working women

The proportion of women in the workforce in Hamirpur is generally higher than the state average.

While, according to Census 2001, female workers constituted  75 % of the total population of district.

This may indicate that cultural norms which discourage women from working in UP are not generally as deeply rooted in Hamirpur. However, higher female work participation could also be seen as sign of higher economic vulnerability. It is also an indicator of lower enrollment of girls in schools, as working girls are also considered 'workers'.



Some Female workers are in private sector factories like Rimjhim Steel Plant and Hans coasting. They are also engaged in small industrial units and businesses.

Here are some areas where you are most likely to see female working:

Farm girl

1. Farming: It is the biggest employer for women. An estimated 70% of women work in agriculture. The majority of them are involved in crop farming, while the rest rear livestock.

2. Handlooms product: Roughly 10% of working women are in manufacturing,

3. Construction: Hamirpurites used to seeing women carrying bricks or freshly-mixed cement on baskets on their heads will not be surprised to find that construction is the third-largest employer of women, with 5% of working women.

4. Schools: Educated and skilled females are working in education. most of them in primary education& some are imparting their services in private schools.

5. Bissiness : Few women work in vegitable markets, food stores, hawkers and other bussiness activities.

6. Housework: Some women imparting household services like massage of pregnant lady and house sweeper.

7. Art services: The women who are skilled in beauty treatments, tailoring, sewing, Croatia art and designs.

8. Stone workers: Stone sills are created by females in Bharwa Sumerpur. As with the rest of the working population  the majority of female workers are employed in agriculture. Of note is the number of women who work mainly as cultivators

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Status Of Women

Women have always been an integral part of human civilization. The position of women in Indian villages has seen many significant changes from the ancient period to the contemporary period. Historical incidents of sati are also celebrated in folklore. in which The women were forcefully burnt with their dead husbands and made Sati. they were given in marriage at an early age of only 4-5 years and the young widows were also not allowed to remarry.

However such examples don’t have any relation to the actual status of women. Hamirpur is not a developed city. So like other rural parts of the country, one may found women cooking, working in fields, grazing cattle, collecting dung, bringing water, collecting firewood and doing manual labor at construction sites yet their contribution is unrealized.

Currently, Womens are doing heavy manual labor in compression to the man yet they receive lower daily wages. This phenomenon is happening in the entire Hamirpur region.

Domestic violence is common in Hamirpur. Female partner is more commonly the victim of domestic violence. They have to face abusive or violent behavior of other family members. Due to the poor education they are unable to report it to the authorities. Women from SC groups are also vulnerable to sexual harassment exercised by upper caste men. There is no strong women’s rights movement, although many small, localized efforts exist

There is no data on how many such cases take place in Hamirpur - and we have no way of knowing how many such cases go unreported - but some indication can be got from state-wise figures.

Also, widows and women rejected by husbands are ill-treated by the society. It was noted in female group discussions that except for a few very old widows, many of the women chose to live with another male, often their brother-in-law ('jeth').

There were also instances of women moving away with the new men in their lives, leaving their children to be looked after by aged parents.

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