However, most of the modern day Indian villages present a different scenario with villagers taking up the non-traditional occupations. They are involved in academics as teachers; truckers, clerks or getting engaged with various cottage industries, regardless of which caste or class they belong to.
Different types of occupations are found in the modern Indian villages apart from agriculture or farming or the traditional occupations. The climate and location influence occupation in Indian villages to a large extent. Several villagers in the South Indian states like Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and others have taken fishing as the main source of income. This is mainly because of the coastal location of the states.