We are living a life solely dependent on technology and social media platforms. The desire to feed on new contents are fuelled by different online platforms. Social media platforms are a massive contributor to our regular dose of entertainment.
There are uncountable content creators who go an extra mile to create different types of engaging contents of different genres. Also there are now innumerable youtubers and influencers who left their fixed jobs to be full time content creators.
Similar is the case with two friends named Gyanendra Shukla (an SBI employee) and Jai Verma (a teacher) who resigned their jobs just to be full time youtubers. Both friends didn’t just turn into creators , but also encouraged their entire village to follow their path to content making. Today the villagers of Tulsi Village in Raipur, Chhattisgarh are fully engaged into content creation for their living.
According to a reports, Tulsi Village in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, has a total population of around 3,000 of which 1,000 became YouTubers and are earning money from it which is why the village is popularly known as Youtubers Hub. And currently the locals have about 40 YouTube channels which creates video content on different genres like entertainment, educational, and infotainment etc.
The first two youtubers of the village ,Gyanendra Shukla and Jai Verma who decided to quit their jobs and shift their career to full time content making became a source of inspiration for the entire village including women who were initially not allowed to work other than household chores are now also the active participants of video content making .
Gyanendra Shukla (a former SBI employee) was quoted as saying in an interview, “I worked in SBI earlier, as a network engineer. My office had high-speed internet and I used to watch YouTube videos there. I was already fond of movies. In 2011-12, a new version of YouTube was launched. At that time, there were very few channels on youtube. I was not satisfied with my 9 to 5 job. So I left the job and started with YouTube.”
Seeing us, people started making videos for YouTube, later for TikTok & now even for Reels. I've an MSc Chemistry degree. I was a part-time teacher & had a coaching institute. Earlier, I earned Rs 12,000-Rs 15,000/month. Now, we earn Rs 30,000-35,000/month: Jai Verma, a YouTuber pic.twitter.com/O5RZfA006W
— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) August 30, 2022
Meanwhile,Jai Verma who used to work as a teacher earlier used to earn around Rs 12,000-15,000 per month. But on Youtube, his earnings increased to around Rs 30,000-35,000.
Today almost all the people of this village make videos for YouTube and earn Rs 30,000-35,000 a month.
A female Youtuber was quoted saying to ANI, “It has been 1.5 yrs since I started. We’ve around 40 YouTube channels. Everyone here participates. Women here are generally not allowed to step out of houses but through our YouTube channel, we have given them a lot of info that girls too can do something.”
It has been 1.5 yrs since I started. We've around 40 YouTube channels. Everyone here participates. Women here are generally not allowed to step out of houses but through our YouTube channel, we have given them a lot of info that girls too can do something: Pinki Sahu, a YouTuber pic.twitter.com/lSOweWynWs
— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) August 30, 2022
