WHAT IS WOODEN HANDICRAFT?

 Wooden Handicraft 

Wooden Handcrafts are items that are made out of wood and which carry an artistic and functional value. Wooden Handcrafts are made by hand or with the help of simple tools. This is the reason that the industry of Wooden Handcrafts requires a low investment of capital and various other resources. Wooden Handicrafts industries are mainly based in rural areas and small towns. The industry of Wooden Handcrafts falls in the group of traditional rural small-scale industry.

Wooden Handicraft

Wooden Handicrafts industry provides huge employment opportunities to the people of the rural areas for this industry is highly labor-intensive. In fact, the sector of wooden handcrafts is the second biggest employment provider in the country. The industry provides employment to more than 6 million artisans who are mainly village people. In the industry of Wooden Handcrafts, the rural people who usually work are women and the weaker sections of the society. Thus the industry helps these people of the villages by making them financially independent. The various products of Wooden Handicrafts industry are furniture, boxes, photo frame, table, chess sets, penholders, wooden cupboards, wooden table, Wooden wall hanger, kitchen accessories, home decor, flower vases, and napkin rings.

The states where Indian wooden handicraft items are manufactured are Uttar Pradesh, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and South India. Wooden handicrafts are mainly produced in all these states for the raw material for the manufacture of wooden handicrafts that are easily available in all these states. The industry of Wooden Handicrafts has grown very rapidly in the last few years. This has happened due to an increase in the export of Indian wooden handicrafts to foreign countries. This has given a major boost to the industry and has also helped to further improve the condition of the rural human being. The main countries where Indian wooden handicrafts are exported are the USA, UK, Singapore, Sweden, Canada, Greece, and Portugal.

Wooden Handicrafts industry has helped to uplift the condition of the rural people of the country. The government of India thus must take steps in order to ensure that the industry of Wooden Handicrafts in the country continues to prosper and grow. Thus, in turn, will help the rural people of India to become financially more secure.