The handicraft manufacturers in India employ around seven million people. Popular items include woodware, artmetal, handprinted fabrics, embroidered products, zari goods, imitation jewellery, sculptures, ceramics, glassware, attars, agarbattis, and more. Indian handicraft workers are 56% female. 744 handicraft manufacturers employ 212,000 craftspeople and sell over 35,000 goods. Clusters include Surat, Bareilly, Varanasi, Agra, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Chennai, and Mumbai.
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