Livelihood
The main occupation of the people is subsistence farming and cattle breeding. Farmers cultivate one crop per season as climatic conditions do not permit double cropping. The other occupation is cattle breeding. Cows, sheep and goat are kept for supplying milk for the daily use of the households. Bullocks are used to work the plough.
Poverty has forced many people to seek economic opportunities in the plains. Besides earning livelihood doing odd jobs in nearby towns, many have joined the army and civil services. Hotels in the nearby hill towns of Nathia gali, Ayubia and Murree provide another source of employment to the locals. After turmoil in Swat, Namli Maira is gradually becoming a favored tourist destination from down country.
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