Census Data Center · India 2011

Employment — India

Workers, occupations, main vs marginal, cultivators and labourers

Total workers48,18,88,868India
Main workers36,25,65,571
Marginal workers11,93,23,297
Cultivators9,59,42,413
Agri labourers8,61,68,706
Non-workers72,89,66,109

Workers — Total

Total workers48,18,88,868
Worker males33,19,39,875
Worker females14,99,48,993
Work participation %39.8%
Non-workers72,89,66,109
Non-worker males29,13,30,383
Non-worker females43,76,35,726

Workers — Main

Main workers36,25,65,571
Main males27,32,09,976
Main females8,93,55,595
Cultivators9,59,42,413
Cultivator males7,30,67,137
Cultivator females2,28,75,276
Agri labourers8,61,68,706
Agri labourer males5,52,55,858
Agri labourer females3,09,12,848
Household industry1,23,32,802
HH industry males75,40,768
HH industry females47,92,034
Other workers16,81,21,650
Other males13,73,46,213
Other females3,07,75,437

Workers — Marginal

Marginal workers11,93,23,297
Marginal males5,87,29,899
Marginal females6,05,93,398
Marg. cultivators2,28,66,367
Marg. agri labourers5,81,64,984
Marg. HH industry60,05,366
Marg. other3,22,86,580

Workers — Marginal (detail)

Marg. cultivator males96,95,797
Marg. cultivator females1,31,70,570
Marg. agri lab. males2,74,86,479
Marg. agri lab. females3,06,78,505
Marg. HH industry males22,35,762
Marg. HH industry females37,69,604
Marg. other males1,93,11,861
Marg. other females1,29,74,719

Marginal Workers — 3 to 6 months

3–6 mo workers9,70,64,448
3–6 mo males4,85,89,581
3–6 mo females4,84,74,867
3–6 mo cultivators1,78,47,735
3–6 mo cult. males76,10,532
3–6 mo cult. females1,02,37,203
3–6 mo agri lab.4,78,63,565
3–6 mo agri lab. males2,30,05,463
3–6 mo agri lab. females2,48,58,102
3–6 mo HH industry45,85,018
3–6 mo HH ind. males17,44,338
3–6 mo HH ind. females28,40,680
3–6 mo other2,67,68,130
3–6 mo other males1,62,29,248
3–6 mo other females1,05,38,882

Marginal Workers — 0 to 3 months

0–3 mo workers2,22,58,849
0–3 mo males1,01,40,318
0–3 mo females1,21,18,531
0–3 mo cultivators50,18,632
0–3 mo cult. males20,85,265
0–3 mo cult. females29,33,367
0–3 mo agri lab.1,03,01,419
0–3 mo agri lab. males44,81,016
0–3 mo agri lab. females58,20,403
0–3 mo HH industry14,20,348
0–3 mo HH ind. males4,91,424
0–3 mo HH ind. females9,28,924
0–3 mo other55,18,450
0–3 mo other males30,82,613
0–3 mo other females24,35,837

Population Overview

Total population1,21,08,54,977
Males62,32,70,258
Females58,75,84,719
Sex ratio943per 1,000 males
Households24,95,01,663

Children (0–6 years)

Children 0–616,45,15,253
Boys 0–68,57,52,254
Girls 0–67,87,62,999
Child %13.6%

SC / ST

SC population20,13,78,372
SC males10,35,35,314
SC females9,78,43,058
SC %16.6%
ST population10,45,45,716
ST males5,25,47,215
ST females5,19,98,501
ST %8.6%

Literacy

Literate76,36,38,812
Literate males43,47,63,622
Literate females32,88,75,190
Literacy %63.1%
Illiterate44,72,16,165
Illiterate males18,85,06,636
Illiterate females25,87,09,529
Top states & UTs by total workers

states & UTs comparison

35 states & UTs

states & UTs-wise data

# State / UTWorkersMainMarginalCultivatorsAgri lab.Non-workersWork %
1 UTTAR PRADESH6,58,14,7154,46,35,4922,11,79,2231,55,76,41597,49,91513,39,97,62632.9%
2 MAHARASHTRA4,94,27,8784,37,62,89056,64,9881,14,78,0751,10,68,9286,29,46,45544%
3 BIHAR3,47,24,9872,13,59,6111,33,65,37654,13,18195,37,4186,93,74,46533.4%
4 WEST BENGAL3,47,56,3552,56,86,63090,69,72542,03,76758,69,4985,65,19,76038.1%
5 ANDHRA PRADESH3,94,22,9063,30,37,37863,85,52860,87,6071,32,01,9894,51,57,87146.6%
6 MADHYA PRADESH3,15,74,1332,27,02,11988,72,01482,14,99366,30,8214,10,52,67643.5%
7 TAMIL NADU3,28,84,6812,79,42,18149,42,50038,55,37572,34,1013,92,62,34945.6%
8 RAJASTHAN2,98,86,2552,10,57,96888,28,28798,45,35321,95,3043,86,62,18243.6%
9 KARNATAKA2,78,72,5972,33,97,18144,75,41660,38,30951,19,9213,32,22,70045.6%
10 GUJARAT2,47,67,7472,03,65,37444,02,37347,46,95644,91,7513,56,71,94541%
11 ODISHA1,75,41,5891,07,07,54368,34,04632,79,76924,20,5402,44,32,62941.8%
12 KERALA1,16,19,06393,29,74722,89,3165,44,9329,19,1362,17,86,99834.8%
13 JHARKHAND1,30,98,27468,18,59562,79,67920,01,36212,38,7741,98,89,86039.7%
14 ASSAM1,19,69,69086,87,12332,82,56731,38,5549,03,2941,92,35,88638.4%
15 PUNJAB98,97,36284,50,93614,46,42618,03,86011,68,0211,78,45,97635.7%
16 CHHATTISGARH1,21,80,22582,41,71439,38,51130,38,09425,05,9991,33,64,97347.7%
17 HARYANA89,16,50870,15,28319,01,22519,63,3118,91,2731,64,34,95435.2%
18 NCT OF DELHI55,87,04953,07,3292,79,72027,75931,4741,12,00,89233.3%
19 JAMMU & KASHMIR43,22,71326,44,14916,78,5645,66,4691,59,51982,18,58934.5%
20 UTTARAKHAND38,72,27528,70,62410,01,65110,45,6742,47,25662,14,01738.4%
21 HIMACHAL PRADESH35,59,42220,62,50114,96,9219,19,78668,66833,05,18051.9%
22 TRIPURA14,69,52110,77,0193,92,5022,46,7072,01,86322,04,39640%
23 MEGHALAYA11,85,6199,21,5752,64,0444,11,2701,14,64217,81,27040%
24 MANIPUR13,04,6109,74,1633,30,4474,66,76845,60915,51,18445.7%
25 NAGALAND9,74,1227,41,1792,32,9434,20,37922,57110,04,38049.2%
26 GOA5,77,2484,76,0531,01,19524,06210,7588,81,29739.6%
27 ARUNACHAL PRADESH5,87,6574,78,7211,08,9362,48,12020,2597,96,07042.5%
28 PUDUCHERRY4,44,9683,99,68945,27910,76350,6078,02,98535.7%
29 MIZORAM4,86,7054,15,03071,6752,02,51426,4646,10,50144.4%
30 CHANDIGARH4,04,1363,85,92918,2072,1691,3966,51,31438.3%
31 SIKKIM3,08,1382,30,39777,74182,70711,5823,02,43950.5%
32 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS1,52,5351,25,91026,62512,9972,6802,28,04640.1%
33 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI1,57,1611,30,29926,86222,7076,1841,86,54845.7%
34 DAMAN & DIU1,21,2711,16,4354,8361,6494911,21,97649.9%
35 LAKSHADWEEP18,75310,8047,9490045,72029.1%