Question

How do the poor and landless families make their livelihood in the plains?

Answer 1

Instructions: Write about the occupation that the poor people in penamakuru follow.

Solution:
There are about 750 families residing in Penamakuru. Of these, 10 families have 10 acres of land or above. Approximately, 150 families have land below 5 acres.

The remaining 590 families do not have any land. They either lease out the land or work as farm labourers. Landowners live in the main village​ whereas others live in nearby helmets, on the banks of the canal.

• Some of these families are involved in occupations like animal rearing.
• Some of them work as labourers at poultry, farmlands, and rice mill.
• 15-20 basket weaving families live by the canal​. They collect date palm strands to make 5-6 baskets in a day​. They later sell them in nearby villages​.
• Some of the families depend on fishing for their livelihood. These people do fishing with the help of basket traps​.