Social Economic Profile
Social
MET is a green field project developed in the area comprising 22 villages within its identified boundary in Jhajjar. The villages have a total population of 48,471 (2011 census). There is no history of any disturbances based on religion denomination in the area. People are hardworking and industrious and the joint family system which was in vogue is slowly giving way to nuclear families. Girls are making major strides in education and service sectors.
Farukhnagar town is steeped in history for being one of the locations for holding prisoners captured by the British in the 1857 mutiny. The Delhi-Farukhnagar rail link is one of the oldest in the country having been commissioned in the year 1873. There are six pair of trains that operate daily to and from Farukhnagar connecting Delhi and other cities in North India
Economic
This area is part of the industrially backward block of Jhajjar district. Essentially an agriculture economy with small land holdings, farming and animal husbandry are main source of livelihood.
The average Work Participation Rate (WPR) in the MET project area, which is the percentage of total workers is 31% of which 82% are male and 18% female.(2011 Census)
The economic activities currently undertaken in area are agricultural, trade and services. Of late, the residents are engaged in seeking training to improve their skills for new age technologies. Many persons are working in automotives, electronics, apparel industries etc
A large percentage of male population from this area joins the Defense and Police Forces and have well served the nation.
Manpower
Proximity to Delhi, the millennium city Gurgaon, Bahadurgarh and Manesar and the presence of number of educational institutions and small scale industries in the region enables access to a large pool of manpower with varied skill sets.