Kariyatpur Village: 200 Families Preserve Ancient Brass & Bronze Craft, No Youth Migration

• Kariyatpur village in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, is renowned for its traditional brass and bronze utensil manufacturing.
• Approximately 200 families in Kariyatpur have been engaged in this ancestral craft for generations, ensuring no youth migrate for employment.
• Artisans like Vinay Kumar and Ajay Kumar Kasera highlight the village's self-sufficiency and the preservation of traditional skills.
• While machines have been integrated to boost production, the focus remains on traditional quality and purity, recycling old metal to create new utensils.
• Kariyatpur's brass and bronze utensils are supplied across states like Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, and Delhi, symbolizing purity and tradition.