The Story Of Village Palampur

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Non-farming activities in Palampur are small-scale manufacturing, dairy, transport etc.

Less than fifty people are engaged in manufacturing in Palampur at small scale.

They are carried out mostly at home or in the fields with the help of family labour.

Dairy is a common activity in many families of Palampur.

People feed their buffalos on various kinds of grass and the Jowar and Bajra.

The milk is sold in Raiganj from where traders milk and transported to different towns and cities.

1. The traders of Palampur are shopkeepers who buy various goods from wholesale markets in the cities and sell them in the village.
2. Small general stores in the village selling a wide range of items like rice, wheat, sugar, tea, oil, biscuits, soap, toothpaste, batteries, candles, notebooks, pen, pencil, even some cloth.
3. Families whose houses are close to the bus stand have used a part of the space to open small shops. They sell eatables.

1. There are a variety of vehicles on the road connecting Palampur to Raiganj.
2. Rickshawallahs , tongawallahs, jeep, tractor, truck drivers and people driving the traditional bullock cart and bogey are people in the transport services.
3. They ferry people and goods from one place to another, and in return get paid for it.