A Geographical Analysis of Occupational Structure in Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu

The earth surface has different inhabitants. Man is one of the important inhabitants in the development of any kind of activities in various forms of earth surface.. The development of human civilization the work based communities are originated. Demographic study’s is much studied phenomenon now a day due to its importance that has been given by researchers throughout the world and in India. The population study can plays in many roles. For this in case of population censuses both main workers and marginal workers are considered while in case of NSSO (national sample survey organization) employment-unemployment surveys, both the principal and subsidiary activity status are to be taken into consideration and there was not much variation between the proportions of elderly persons working as obtained from these two sources for almost all the population categories. The occupational pattern has the important aspects, not only in economic context but in geographic perspective also. The area taken for this study is Nagapattinam district in Tamil nadu. In this analysis the main workers population is considered and again this is sub divided into agricultural laborers, cultivators, household industrial workers and other workers. From the analysis it is identified that the household industrial laborers and other workers share is low compared to the state share. The share of cultivators and agricultural laborers and Marginal workers comparatively low to the state proportion. The result of the analysis is brought out through maps and is prepared by using arc GIS platform.