রজত দত্তের Society, Economy and the Market থেকে ১৭৭৫ সালের রাঙ্গামাটি অঞ্চলের সমীক্ষার উপাত্ত নিয়ে প্রসন্নন পার্থসারথী বলছেন সেখানে কৃষিতে নিযুক্ত ছিল মাত্র ৩৯%। আর ১৭৯১ সালের শিবপুরের সমীক্ষার ৪১৯ হিন্দু পরিবারের মধ্যে ২৫% শুদ্ধ কৃষক। এটা পড়ুন বুঝুন, এই উপমহাদেশ শুধু কৃষি নির্ভর অর্থনীতি ছিল না।
Data on occupational distributions also point to the high agricultural productivity of the rice-growing regions in India. A 1775 survey of the area of Rangamati in Bengal reported that out of 256 households, only 101, or 39%, were cultivators. The remainder were scattered among a number of professions, the largest being officials (33 households), silkworm breeders (22), coolies (22), milkmen (17) and mendicants (13), but there were also cotton and silk weavers, smiths, oilpressers, shopkeepers and grocers, fishmongers, bamboo cutters
and a barber. A 1791 census of the village of Sibpur, also in Bengal, revealed that out of 419 Hindu households, only 106 (25%) were pure agriculturalists while 15% were artisans, 22% were fishermen and 21% were upper-caste gentry. While it is not known to what extent these local surveys are representative of Bengal as a whole, they do provide evidence of the diverse economic order and the substantial non-agricultural population in some areas in the eighteenth century.
and a barber. A 1791 census of the village of Sibpur, also in Bengal, revealed that out of 419 Hindu households, only 106 (25%) were pure agriculturalists while 15% were artisans, 22% were fishermen and 21% were upper-caste gentry. While it is not known to what extent these local surveys are representative of Bengal as a whole, they do provide evidence of the diverse economic order and the substantial non-agricultural population in some areas in the eighteenth century.
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