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Women fishing
backbone of its economy providing livelihood
to about 78% of the total population. Rice is the
staple food of the inhabitants and paddy is the
principal crop of the district. Floods, however,
are a major impediment in the development of
this sector.
FISHERIES:
Considering the fact that Assam gets a lot of
rainfall and that fish is an integral part of the
diet of the people of Assam, the state produces
just about 5.7% of the total freshwater fish
production in India. Nagaon district produces
roughly 14,000 MT of fish in a year which is
about 9% of the total production in the state.
It is estimated that 95% of the population
are fish-eaters. This would estimate the total
requirement of fish in the district in a year at
about 23,000 MT. There is a visible dominance
of imported fish in the organized markets.
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY:
Poultry
People in the district of Nagaon are
predominantly non - vegetarian and prefer
both eggs and meat of birds of local variety.
Production is less than the demand in the
district. The climatic condition of the district
is suitable for poultry farming. Most of the
poultry birds are reared in small units.
Interactive Design Study | Rontholi Jewellery Cluster Nagaon | 2011 | Arpit Agarwal
Tea Garden in Nagaon District
Diary
The people in rural areas of the district have
long tradition of maintaining cows buffaloes
for draught power and milk. The production of
milk per local animal is 1.5 litre/day.
HANDLOOM:
Nagaon district presents a unique picture in
the Handloom and Textile sector. Weaving of
fabrics is a way of livelihood of large number
of rural families and artisans. Looms are part
and parcel of rural households and weaving
is an integral part of rural livelihood. Jajori,
which is located about 17 Km from Nagaon
town is a very important centre of handloom
production. Famous for its “Kacha Pat”
products, there are approximately 6,705 nos of
weavers here covering most of the families of
the place.
INDUSTRIES:
Tea Manufacturing is the predominant industry
in the district. In the medium scale industry
sector, in addition to Tea Industry, Assam Cooperative
Jute Mill Ltd., Kampur co-operative
Sugar Mill, Katimari Weaving Project and
Sack Craft paper project at Dhing are the main
Industrial projects taken up in Co-operative and
State sector.
HANDICRAFTS:
Handicraft is an important cottage and