Draft Annual Plan 2010-2011 Volume -I Government of Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

According to the 2001 census, the total number of workers was 257.94 lakh out of the State's total population of 603.48 lakh comprising 161.95 lakh males and 95.99 lakh females, 209.00 lakhs being in rural areas and 48.94 lakhs in urban areas. of these, 191.03 lakh were classified as main workers and 66.91 lakhs as marginal. Thus, of the total work force of the State, 74.05 percent are main workers and 25.95 percent are marginal. The work participation rate in the State is 42.74. of the total workers in the State, 42.79 percent were cultivators, 28.69 percent agricultural labourers, 4.01 percent engaged in household industry and rest 24.51 percent in other services.