part from farming, which is the main production activity, there are some
no farm production activities. Only 25 percent of the people working in Rampur
are engaged in activities other than agriculture
Dairy production is a common activity in many families of Rampur. People
feed their buffaloes on various kinds of grass and jowar and bajra fodder cultivated
during the rainy season. The milk is sold in Raiganj. Two traders from Jahangirabad
have set up collection cum chilling centers at Raiganj from where the milk is
transported to faraway places such as Bulandshahr and Delhi. The production factors
of this activity are briefly described:
At present, less than fifty people are engaged in manufacturing activities in
Rampur. Unlike manufacturing which that takes place in big factories in the towns
and cities, manufacturing in Rampur involves very simple production methods and
is done on a small scale. Manufacturing is carried out mostly at home or in the
fields with the help of family labour. Labourers are rarely hired.
Mishrilal has purchased a mechanical sugarcane crushing machine run on
electricity and prepares jaggery. Earlier, sugarcane was crushed by using
bul locks, but these days people prefer to do it with machines. Apart from
using the