Most of the service holders of Gazipur Sadar Upazila work in garments factory. Generally they work in spinning mills, knitting mills, fabric factory, textile mills etc. 71.43% service holders are working in garments factory. 4.11 Modes of Transport used by the Service Holders Service holders of Gazipur Sadar Upazila use various types of transport for going to their work place. Most of them use bus as mode of transport. Because they can go quickly and easily to their destination by bus.
4.12 Types of Business Types of Business
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Figure 7. Types of Business Most of the businessmen of Gazipur Sadar Upazila are involve in construction business. 56.25% businessmen supply and get their construction materials such as sand, brick, iron rod, cement etc. by various types of vehicles. Shopkeepers also use different types of vehicles to transport their goods. 4.13 Modes of Transport used for Business Purpose Table 21. Modes of Transport used for Business Purpose Modes of transport Frequency Percentage (%) Bus 1 3.125 Paddle rickshaw 1 3.125 Auto rickshaw 5 15.625 Pickup van 1 3.125 Push cart 1 3.125 Truck 20 62.5 Others 3 9.375 Total: 32 100 People of Gazipur Sadar Upazila use different types of transport mode for their business purpose. They mainly use truck for transferring their commodities. They transfer sand, bricks, cement, iron rod by truck. Shopkeepers mainly use pickup van to collect their goods. Businessmen collect goods from many distance places by different types of transport modes. 4.14 Distance of Working Place from Home Table 22. Distance of Working Place