The
non-farm activities of Palampur are dairy, small scale manufacturing and
transport. Nearly 25% of the people engaged in non-farm activities.
Non-farm
activities are as follows:
- Dairy
is the main non-farming activity of the people of Palampur. People have
domesticated cows and buffaloes. The milk is sold to the people of
Raiganj.
- Some
people are also engaged in small manufacturing units like spinning,
weaving, leather making etc. Labourers are generally not hired for small
manufacturing units.
- Many
shopkeepers have set up their own shops selling stationery items,
toothpaste, candles etc. in the village. They buy various goods from the
wholesalers in the towns.
- Many
people of the village of Palampur are also engaged in driving tractors,
jeeps, bullock carts, rickshaws and trucks. They mostly transport goods
from one place to another.