Quantitative Analysis of Socio-Economic Status of Artisans of Wood Carving Industry of Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

Poonam Dubey; S. P. Singh; Vertika Singh; Pradeep Mishra; Soumik Ray; A. J. Williams

doi:10.36808/if/2023/v149i5/166564

Quantitative Analysis of Socio-Economic Status of Artisans of Wood Carving Industry of Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

Authors

Poonam Dubey Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
S. P. Singh Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Vertika Singh Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Pradeep Mishra College of Agriculture, Rewa, Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University, Madhya Pradesh
Soumik Ray Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha-761211
A. J. Williams BTC College of Agriculture and Research Station, IGKV, Sarkanda, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2023/v149i5/166564

Keywords:

Wood Carving, Handicraft, Artisans, Wood Carving Industry.

Abstract

The present study is focused on the socio-economic status of the artisans engaged in the wood carving handicraft industry of Saharanpur (U.P.) India. The study revealed that 99.42% of artisans are engaged with the wood carving industry. Out of these, 97.10% of artisans were doing hand carving work mainly on shisham. Illiteracy is the main issue behind the poor economic status of artisans. Overall, 66.95% of artisans were having very poor socio-economic status 56.23% of artisans were having annual income between 1-1.5 lakh. Due to low wages, only 50.75% of artisans wanted to pass their traditional knowledge of wood carving to their next generation. This study revealed the dark side of this world-famous wood carving industry of Saharanpur (U.P.) India.

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