City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

Chapter - 3 Final Report: Ambur Municipality
3 ECONOMIIC DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSIICAL
PLANNIING
3.1 URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Ambur, ëThe Leather Cityí is an important town in Vaniyampadi Taluk in Vellore
District. The Vellore district has a dominant presence in the leather and leather
based industries. Vellore District accounts for more than 37% of the countryís export
of leather and leather related products such as finished leathers, shoe uppers,
shoes, garments, gloves and so on.
Ambur is the leading cluster for export of finished leather, shoe uppers and full shoes.
Factories in Ambur, manufacture shoes for worldís leading footwear brand names
like Florshiem, Lumberjack, Gabor, Clarks, Fretz Men, Coll Hann, Hi-Line, Hugo Boss,
Marc, and many more. 10% of leather exports and 25% of shoe exports of the
country originate from Ambur. The first factory was established in 1972. The foreign
buyers were highly impressed with the quality of shoe uppers made in Ambur and in
a short time Ambur footwear industry emerged as the leader in manufacture and
export of full shoes also.
The leather production is decentralized by organizing production operations in the
formal factory (large and medium scale units) and other operations through
subcontracting to small firms, tiny units and network of home-based workers. These
companies provide a major employment to the local people. The history and
performance of the industries in Ambur leather cluster is given in Annexure - III
3.1.1 Occupational Pattern
According to 2001 census, the work force participation rate (WFPR) in Ambur is 31%.
In comparison to the district urban and state urban work force participation rate
Ambur WFPR is lower. The marginal and main workers account for 5% and 95%
respectively. Table 3.1. Shows the work force participation rate and occupation
pattern of Ambur municipality.
do
Table 3-1: Work Force Participation Ratio in Ambur Town
NAME Total
Population
Total Workers WFPR % Main
- 20 -
Workers
% Marginal
Workers
Tamil Nadu 62405679 27878282 44.67 85.22 14.78
Tamil Nadu Urban 27483998 10318514 37.54 91.75 8.25
Vellore District 3477317 1427180 41.04 82.17 17.83
Vellore District
Urban
1307998 444958 34.02 91.91 8.09
Ambur (M) 99624 31069 31.19 95.13 4.87
Source: Compiled from Primary Census Abstract, Census of India-1991, 2001
Voyants Solutions Private Limited