| The present district
of Panchkula has a mixed type of economy. But of
a total population of 319398 about 31.03 % of its
population has been enumerated as main workers in
the district against 28.64% for the state as a whole
at the time of 1991 census. In the district 29.78%
of its main workers are engaged in agriculture activities
which includes cultivators and agriculture's against
37.54% fro the state as a whole which explains subsistence
type of agricultural activities as well as diversification
of economic activities in the district. The proportion
of the main workers engaged in household industry
is 1.83% in the district against 2.18% for Haryana.
The percentage of main workers in manufacturing,
processing servicing and repair (other than household
industry) is 13.26% in Panchkula district against
9.60 for the state. The proportion of main workers
in construction, trade and commerce, transport,
storage and communications is relatively high in
the district than the state figures.
The district serves as important link between
the hills and the plains. The present district
of Panchkula remained industrially backward particularly
till the beginning of the twentieth century. Its
manufacturing units were few and unimportant.
The Panchkula town of the district had made rapid
progress in the field of industrial development
since it came into existence on 3rd July 1989.
The district now has a prominent place in the
industrial map of Haryana. Panchkula urban estate,
H.M.T., Pinjore and Surajpur are important industrial
centers. It also keenly promotes animal husbandry,
fisheries and forestry, which plays a subsidiary
but an important role in agriculture economy.
Irrigation in the district depends on tubewells.
The percolation wells are also located in plain
areas where sub-soil water is not too low. Kuhl
irrigation is also prevalent in hilly tract of
the district. The major Kharif crops are Sugarcane,
paddy, maize while minor or subsidiary crops are
chilies, pulses, vegetables etc. The major Rabi
crops are wheat, gram, barley and oilseeds while
minor Rabi crops are barseem, methi, onion and
other winter vegetables.
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