The Characteristic Features of the Unorganised Street Vendors in the City of Madurai – A Study

Abstract

This research paper explores the characteristic features of street vendors in Madurai city basedon interviews and participantobservations of street vendors in Madurai city.The purpose of thisresearch work was to know the characteristic features of sample street vendors in Madurai city.Thefindings of this study unveil that25.2 per cent of sample street vendors sold eatery items, 46.8 per centof the street vendors travels daily for more than 8 kilometers of distance from their residence to thebusiness places, 31.8 per cent of the respondents took their own decision to start vending business anda vast majority of the respondents (72.6 per cent) had not engaged any member of their family intheir vending activities in the city of Madurai.