With almost all villagers earning their income through the sale of a variety of products made of thermocol, a small village in West Bengal is catching attention for its peculiar name, kept after the product they make revenue from. “Shola" village in the Cooch Behar district has its name associated with the livelihood of the people of the village.
About 60 families live in this village and earn their living by selling thermocol items. For the longest time, every family in this village has been supporting themselves by making these items.
Earlier, the villagers used to procure thermocol from Assam, but ever since that window closed, they have now been getting it from Kolkata.
Some key items made of thermocol include bride and groom crowns, wedding garlands, garlands for various deities. The demand for such items used to be immense back in the day, but in the present, people seem more drawn to use of plastic, among other things.
