Here is an sample of a cluster of firm observed in an area is given. This is to help students gain a basic idea about how to undertake this activity. Students can select their location, observe and write findings and do this activity.
Name of the Village: Neikkarapatti, Salem
Industrial cluster: Good quality and high production of Jaggery. The area in around almost all the houses, small or big make it a point to involve themselves in the production of Jaggery.
Type: It is one of the prominent Cottage Industry in the area.
Reason: Most of the farmers in the region cultivate sugarcane and own a jaggery making unit.
Labour: It is a manual jaggery making traditional work, unmindful of the challenges.
Process: The whole process takes about five hours with different names locally as Vellam and Mandai Vellam based on the shape of the mould.