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Handloom and handicrafts is one of the oldest and renowned cottage industries in India. Despite the blitz of modernization in industrial sector and the proliferation of power looms and composite textile mills in sovereign India, this industry continues to occupy a major place in the country's economy. In an inadequate capital and superfluous labour economy like India, this conventional cottage industry has been a major source of employment and livelihood to the people subsequent to agriculture. During the year 1988-89, it provided impressive employment to 7.8 million persons and indirect employment to 1.5 persons per every weaver in the loom engaged in production. Bargarh Handloom cluster is spread over the entire Block of Bargarh, Attabira, Bijepur and Sohella. The cluster has around 7000 looms as per the survey wherein 5000 are working in different villages over the area. The main products of the cluster are cotton sarees of tie and dye and small amount of dress materials, lungis and napkins etc. The annual production sums up to around Rs. 10 Crores. The products of this area are mostly marketed in Orissa and nationwide. The Handloom cluster is said to represent Orissa in Tie and Dye Cotton Sarees as no other clusters of other districts in Orissa produces such art.
The weaving is done by the traditional weavers' community popularly known as "Bhulia" which came in to existence during 17th century and later on, they spread to other proximate places. The cluster consists of substantial number of professional weavers (Non traditional) from Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Kuli caste) weavers, which in total accounts for 60 %. Generally these weavers are less skilled and engaged in production of Napkin, Lungi, Sarees, Dhotis, etc.
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