The economy of Churu town is primarily based on animal husbandry and agriculture. The mustard seeds are prominent crop that grows on well irrigated and small fields. Bajra, Kharif pulses, gwar are some of the other products.
Mandi is the main agricultural crop grown here. The town has Agricultural Produce Market Committee or Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti. The warehouses of Food Corporation of India are also in this town.
Economic condition of the people is unsatisfactory. Based on the reports of 1998, around 28% of the population comprised the below poverty zone. They are mostly labor class working in construction, restaurant, industries, shops, transport and other sector.
According to the census of 2001, the total number of workers in the city is 25195. Out of this 2614 constituted female workers and 22581 constituted males. The WPR or gross Worker Participation Ratio is 24.7% that has increased from 23.4% in 1981.
The commercial structure of the town becomes evident from the occupational structure of the people living there. There are many district level offices located here and around 23% of the workers are engaged in the sector.
Industries in Churu
Development of the artisan units, village as well as the cottage has a huge significance on the development plans of the state as well as the country. The units receive inputs through incentives particularly from subsidy from government and loans at concessional rates from institutions such as RFC and KVIB. Apart from the artisans and cottage units that have helped in ensuring overall development, there are different liberal schemes by the SIDBI and NABARD through Cooperative Bank, Regional rural Banks and the Commercial Bank that has helped in overall development of the city.The existing artisans and cottage units include forest based, livestock based, handloom based. Leather based and so on.
Potential Market in Churu
There is potential for growth of different industries such as data processing, photo state machine, automobile workshop, laundry, video photography, transportation, and offset printing.The Churu town is industrially not very developed, even though there are plenty of industrialists that hail from the town. Short supply of raw materials, water, infrastructure facilities, no pick-ups and industrial activities are some of the reasons behind the underdevelopment. According to reports, there are 247 registered industrial units that employ around 1000 workers. Most of the casting industries are located along the nearby railway station and Churu-Jhunjhunu road.
