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. 2023 Jan 18;66(1):113–129. doi: 10.1007/s41027-022-00423-4

Table 5.

Shares (in %) of Various Regions of India in the Total Workforce in the Country by Sectors: January 2018

Regions Agriculture Industry Construction Services I Services II All workers Population
North-emerging 22.4 17.5 23.2 17.1 14.6 19.7 22.6
North-advanced 5.2 10.5 8.6 10.0 11.2 8.1 8.3
East 15.1 16.8 19.7 16.9 14.4 16.1 19.0
Central east 17.7 7.6 14.1 8.7 9.7 13.1 11.7
North=east 3.5 1.9 2.9 4.4 4.6 3.5 3.8
West 16.0 18.5 8.1 15.9 17.7 15.6 14.2
South-emerging 14.9 12.4 10.7 13.7 13.8 13.7 11.7
South-advanced 5.1 12.6 12.0 11.6 12.2 9.1 8.4
India 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100

Note and Source: Same as for Table 4