Migration of Workers in Search of Jobs


 
 
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Migration of Workers in Search of Jobs

Migration of Workers in Search of Jobs: With the expansion of factories, the demand for workers increased. In 1901, there were 584000 workers in the Indian factories. By 1946, the number was over 2436000. In most industrial regions, workers came from the districts around. Peasants and artisans who found no work in the village went to the industrial centres in search of work. Over 50 per cent workers in the Bombay cotton industries in 1911 came from the neighbouring district of Ratnagiri.The mills of Kanpur got most of their workers from the villages within the district of Kanpur. Most often mill workers moved between the city and their native place during harvests and festivals. As news of employment spread, workers travelled great distances in the hope of work in the mills. From the United Provinces, they even went to work in Bombay or Calcutta

 
 


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