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Rural and Urban Livelihood

Based on the density of population, develop- URBAN LIVELIHOODS IN INDIA
ment, amenities, employment opportunities, Urban areas mean places where modernisation
education, etc. human settlement is majorly has occurred and where there’s a huge popula-
divided into two categories, i.e., Urban and tion. Examples of urban areas are large mega
Rural. Urban refers to a human settlement where cities like New Delhi and Mumbai or smaller
the rate of urbanisation and industrialisation is cities like Jaipur, Bhopal or Pune. “Livelihoods”
high. On the other hand, in a rural settlement, means what people do for a living and the
the rate of urbanisation is quite slow. lifestyles they have. Thus, in this chapter, we shall
learn about the different types of urban liveli-
hoods in India, that is, the types of jobs in the
city and the lifestyles people lead.

Urban

Types of Urban Livelihoods

1. Urban Livelihood of Street Workers :
In towns and cities, it is easy to spot many
people working in the streets. Some exam-
ples are those of vegetable vendors, ice-
cream sellers, cobblers, rickshaw pullers, etc.
These workers are self-employed people.
Another special feature is that there may be
Rural
no permanent shop for them to carry out
Another important difference between the two their occupation. Some live and sell their
human settlements is that urban areas are highly products in shacks, some move around in
populated while rural areas have comparatively bicycles and millions are left to sleep
less population than the urban ones. beneath highway roads.

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