KHADI MANUFACTURER OF MARWAR (RAJASTHAN)

It is believed that man first learned how to create string 20 to 30 thousand years ago, by twisting plant fibers together. An Indian textile enjoys a rich heritage and the origin of textile in India traces back to the Indus valley civilization where people handspun cotton for weaving clothes. Rigveda, the earliest of the Veda contains the literary information about textiles and it refers to weaving. Present study was conducted at Marwar region of Rajasthan state. The study was based on the primary data and the necessary data required for the study were collected through questionnaire. 600 respondents were selected for the study. They were students, working and non-working persons. This study covers opinion of both males and females about the use of Khadi fabric and their opinion about Khadi fabric (B. Narayan, 2010). To fulfill the purpose of the study three types of respondents were selected khadi consumers, khadi bhandars and khadi manufacturers. Survey was conducted to collect relvent data for the purpose. Three types of questionnaire (with open and close ended questions ) were developed to obtain data from consumers, manufacturers of khadi fabric and khadi bhandars.