A number of Agricultural families engage in nonagricultural pursuits by way of subsidiary employment. Whatever their occupation, most rural people do not continuous employment the year around. The amount of agricultural land available per person has been declining because of growth of population. The search of new lands for cultivation, the partial abolition of large landholdings, and the distribution of available land among landless families have been some of the acute problems faced by the state government in the late 20th century.