The Manipur's capital Impal is the city with the market which is run by only women shopkeeper's.This is Asia's largest all women market with more than 4000 shopkeepers.
Their original language spoken there is Kaithel. Where KAI refers to break THEL refers to display.This market is also popularly known as Emakaithil meaning Mother's market" .Emakaithil is 500 years old market,When men of Maiti community stayed away from homes during waging war for more than a months their family was in need of resources for their living so women's started working to support the family by doing work.This in time helped women's to develop their entrepreneur skills.It paved way for the plenty of female traders around Manipur.
No men is allowed to run shop around here.These Women's are helping a lot to run their families.Women's here running the shops for around generation and generation.
Once you enter the market you will see plenty of shops around there. Emakeithil plays a major role in Manipur Women's life and it often called as"Queen of Market".This Market deals only with women's no men's are allowed here.Married Women's starts to run business in the market to support their home and country economy.Women's in this market are working so hard and made the annual turn over around 50 crore.The Market is second family for the Women's around there.
There are variety of sections like Vegetables,fruits,fishes,clothes,accessories,traditional wears,utensils,knifes,tailoring shops,etc,...This market is learning center for women's.Where local to International news are shared among them.This shows"Educate a Women and their community will prosper".This reveals that women's in India has Strong entrepreneur skills.This Market plays Major contribution for Sate's economy growth.It is operated all 7 days in a week from 3 A.M to 7 P.M.When sunsets women's starts packing and go home to support their families.
