Source: http://labourbureau.nic.in

DISTRIBUTION OF FEMALE MAIN WORKERS BY STATES AND CATEGORIES

AS PER 2001 CENSUS

Sl. No.

State/Union Territory

Rural/ Urban/

 Total

Total Female Main Workers

Categories of Main Workers

Cultivators

Agricultural Labourers

Household Industry

Other

Workers

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All – India*

Rural

 60,085,301

 24,909,455

 21,387,471

 3,294,467

10,493,908

 

 

Urban

 12,771,869

 457,635

 990,574

 1,402,604

 9,921,056

 

 

Total

 72,857,170

 25,367,090

 22,378,045

 4,697,071

20,414,964

 

STATES

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

ANDHRA PRADESH

Rural

 8,510,411

 2,334,289

 4,565,275

 559,019

1,051,828

 

 

Urban

 1,074,970

 22,718

 116,975

 156,477

 778,800

 

 

Total

 9,585,381

 2,357,007

 4,682,250

 715,496

1,830,628

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Rural

 132,917

 111,890

 3,395

 1,311

 16,321

 

 

Urban

 14,706

 1,608

 173

 213

 12,712

 

 

Total

 147,623

 113,498

 3,568

 1,524

 29,033

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

ASSAM

Rural

 1,124,244

 439,055

 94,433

 66,672

 524,084

 

 

Urban

 140,821

 2,614

 1,149

 7,767

 129,291

 

 

Total

 1,265,065

 441,669

 95,582

 74,439

 653,375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

BIHAR

Rural

 3,352,404

 811,229

 2,101,352

 173,714

 266,109

 

 

Urban

 189,453

 9,516

 37,630

 25,113

 117,194

 

 

Total

 3,541,857

 820,745

 2,138,982

 198,827

 383,303

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

CHHATTISGARH

Rural

 2,106,603

 1,228,839

 707,924

 40,113

 129,727

 

 

Urban

 205,057

 13,128

 17,471

 15,519

 158,939

 

 

Total

 2,311,660

 1,241,967

 725,395

 55,632

 288,666

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

DELHI

Rural

 33,105

 4,777

 1,006

 1,236

 26,086

 

 

Urban

 490,066

 2,065

 1,548

 18,023

 468,430

 

 

Total

 523,171

 6,842

 2,554

 19,259

 494,516

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

GOA

Rural

 50,846

 10,187

 4,359

 1,683

 34,617

 

 

Urban

 47,466

 1,126

 625

 1,313

 44,402

 

 

Total

 98,312

 11,313

 4,984

 2,996

 79,019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

GUJARAT

Rural

 2,903,950

 966,233

 1,007,525

 43,705

 886,487

 

 

Urban

 640,558

 13,938

 37,052

 38,890

 550,678

 

 

Total

 3,544,508

 980,171

 1,044,577

 82,595

1,437,165

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

HARYANA

Rural

 1,093,491

 567,663

 139,257

 26,721

 359,850

 

 

Urban

 214,829

 9,816

 6,160

 11,180

 187,673

 

 

Total

 1,308,320

 577,479

 145,417

 37,901

 547,523

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Rural

 596,253

 508,345

 9,520

 6,818

 71,570

 

 

Urban

 34,268

 1,972

 137

 428

 31,731

 

 

Total

 630,521

 510,317

 9,657

 7,246

 103,301

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

JAMMU & KASHMIR

Rural

 302,652

 153,519

 9,023

 30,021

 110,089

 

 

Urban

 79,058

 2,628

 753

 7,022

 68,655

 

 

Total

 381,710

 156,147

 9,776

 37,043

 178,744

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

JHARKHAND

Rural

 1,183,823

 663,838

 290,914

 82,851

 146,220

 

 

Urban

 128,892

 3,434

 3,310

 7,209

 114,939

 

 

Total

 1,312,715

 667,272

 294,224

 90,060

 261,159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

KARNATAKA

Rural

 4,267,723

 1,487,427

 1,722,654

 259,065

 798,577

 

 

Urban

 1,200,191

 31,435

 99,830

 167,448

 901,478

 

 

Total

 5,467,914

 1,518,862

 1,822,484

 426,513

1,700,055

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

KERALA

Rural

 1,321,083

 67,166

 285,243

 88,401

 880,273

 

 

Urban

 455,197

 3,823

 21,544

 26,234

 403,596

 

 

Total

 1,776,280

 70,989

 306,787

 114,635

1,283,869

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

MADHYA PRADESH

Rural

 4,389,113

 2,468,717

 1,430,695

 182,123

 307,578

 

 

Urban

 657,180

 53,756

 56,312

 102,856

 444,256

 

 

Total

 5,046,293

 2,522,473

 1,487,007

 284,979

 751,834

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

MAHARASHTRA

Rural

 8,325,311

 3,949,945

 3,550,780

 163,732

 660,854

 

 

Urban

 2,006,447

 50,779

 148,787

 152,468

1,654,413

 

 

Total

 10,331,758

 4,000,724

 3,699,567

 316,200

2,315,267

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

MANIPUR*

Rural

174,315

105,203

13,056

18,623

37,433

 

 

Urban

54,822

5,737

3,376

10,203

35,506

 

 

Total

229,137

110,940

16,432

28,826

72,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

MEGHALAYA

Rural

 233,174

 154,140

 33,500

 5,884

 39,650

 

 

Urban

 38,143

 1,630

 1,250

 557

 34,706

 

 

Total

 271,317

 155,770

 34,750

 6,441

 74,356

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

MIZORAM

Rural

 80,937

 72,805

 1,453

 431

 6,248

 

 

Urban

 56,085

 17,056

 2,677

 1,194

 35,158

 

 

Total

 137,022

 89,861

 4,130

 1,625

 41,406

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

NAGALAND

Rural

 259,363

 224,340

 4,481

 4,720

 25,822

 

 

Urban

 19,803

 1,685

 248

 907

 16,963

 

 

Total

 279,166

 226,025

 4,729

 5,627

 42,785

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

ORISSA

Rural

 1,394,582

 426,460

 518,329

 135,719

 314,074

 

 

Urban

 189,947

 4,056

 9,385

 10,338

 166,168

 

 

Total

 1,584,529

 430,516

 527,714

 146,057

 480,242

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

PUNJAB

Rural

 1,087,222

 174,990

 155,476

 60,864

 695,892

 

 

Urban

 322,482

 5,778

 9,277

 21,458

 285,969

 

 

Total

 1,409,704

 180,768

 164,753

 82,322

 981,861

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

RAJASTHAN

Rural

 4,190,502

 3,318,232

 342,405

 81,629

 448,236

 

 

Urban

 405,068

 52,913

 11,850

 46,600

 293,705

 

 

Total

 4,595,570

 3,371,145

 354,255

 128,229

 741,941

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

SIKKIM

Rural

 60,977

 41,336

 3,091

 670

 15,880

 

 

Urban

 5,386

 18

 13

 65

 5,290

 

 

Total

 66,363

 41,354

 3,104

 735

 21,170

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

TAMIL NADU

Rural

 5,251,354

 1,532,706

 2,432,035

 374,128

 912,485

 

 

Urban

 2,203,119

 98,570

 357,109

 292,906

1,454,534

 

 

Total

 7,454,473

 1,631,276

 2,789,144

 667,034

2,367,019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

TRIPURA

Rural

 141,719

 48,372

 41,033

 6,930

 45,384

 

 

Urban

 28,519

 145

 309

 765

 27,300

 

 

Total

 170,238

 48,517

 41,342

 7,695

 72,684

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

UTTARANCHAL

Rural

 621,637

 533,189

 18,642

 11,220

 58,586

 

 

Urban

 61,468

 3,455

 1,183

 2,902

 53,928

 

 

Total

 683,105

 536,644

 19,825

 14,122

 112,514

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

UTTAR PRADESH

Rural

 4,267,685

 2,120,080

 1,110,789

 336,166

 700,650

 

 

Urban

 731,704

 32,983

 29,381

 143,910

 525,430

 

 

Total

 4,999,389

 2,153,063

 1,140,170

 480,076

1,226,080

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

WEST BENGAL

Rural

 2,554,715

 364,460

 766,004

 528,297

 895,954

 

 

Urban

 973,897

 8,678

 12,025

 130,035

 823,159

 

 

Total

 3,528,612

 373,138

 778,029

 658,332

1,719,113

UNION TERRITORIES

 

 

 

 

 

30

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

Rural

 10,268

 2,594

 202

 746

 6,726

 

ISLANDS

Urban

 5,990

 6

 11

 80

 5,893

 

 

Total

 16,258

 2,600

 213

 826

 12,619

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

CHANDIGARH

Rural

 3,234

 142

 20

 129

 2,943

 

 

Urban

 48,705

 136

 48

 742

 47,779

 

 

Total

 51,939

 278

 68

 871

 50,722

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

D & N HAVELI

Rural

 22,979

 15,417

 3,359

 228

 3,975

 

 

Urban

 2,049

 279

 72

 16

 1,682

 

 

Total

 25,028

 15,696

 3,431

 244

 5,657

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

DAMAN & DIU

Rural

 4,708

 893

 170

 77

 3,568

 

 

Urban

 3,940

 29

 12

 151

 3,748

 

 

Total

 8,648

 922

 182

 228

 7,316

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34

LAKSHADWEEP

Rural

 683

 -  

 -  

 13

 670

 

 

Urban

 739

 -  

 -  

 43

 696

 

 

Total

 1,422

 -  

 -  

 56

 1,366

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35

PONDICHERRY

Rural

 31,318

 977

 20,071

 808

 9,462

 

 

Urban

 40,844

 125

 2,892

 1,572

 36,255

 

 

Total

 72,162

 1,102

 22,963

 2,380

 45,717

Note:  * India & Manipur figures exclude figures for those of the three sub-divisions viz., Mao Maram,

              Paomata and Purul of Senapati district of Manipur as census results of 2001 in these three

              sub-divisions were cancelled due to technical and administrative reasons.

Source :  Office of the Registrar General,  India.