Table 3.3 Employment Status of Village Population Number of Persons Activity Status Male Female Total 1. Employed 998 321 1319 2. Unemployed 118 141 259 3. Total labour force (1+2) 1116 462 1578 4. Voluntary unemployment 171 816 987 5. Unemployed as of labour force 10.57 30.52 16.41 6. Work participation rate 50.15 16.18 33.19 The 1991 census had shown that 57.18 percent of the main workers were agricultural labourers and another 11.13 percent of them were cultivators in Kuttanad taluk. The present survey reveals that about 30 percent of the employed persons are agricultural labourers and another 8 percent of them are paddy farmers in the study area. Taken together, agricultural activity, mainly paddy farming, providers direct employment to 38.51 percent of the working population in Ramankari village. While nearly 20 percent of the employed persons are regular salaried employees in private firms and establishments both inside and outside the state, 7.58 percent of them are government employees or workers in government aided institutions. Skilled labourers like independent tailors, electricians, mechanics, toddy tappers, plumbers, drivers of own vehicles, sand miners etc, are included in the category of self employed persons who constitute the third largest category of workers. Occupation wise distribution of employed persons is given in table 3.4
