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Main and marginal workers in Census 2011
Marginal workers divided by all Census workers. Main workers worked for at least six months; marginal workers for less than six months in the reference year.
What this answers
Separate work duration from total participation and return to the detailed category counts on the place profile.
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| Historical state / UT | percent of Census workers | 2011 state code |
|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 17.46 | 35 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 16.2 | 28 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 18.54 | 12 |
| Assam | 27.42 | 18 |
| Bihar | 38.49 | 10 |
| Chandigarh | 4.51 | 04 |
| Chhattisgarh | 32.34 | 22 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 17.09 | 26 |
| Daman and Diu | 3.99 | 25 |
| Goa | 17.53 | 30 |
| Gujarat | 17.77 | 24 |
| Haryana | 21.32 | 06 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 42.06 | 02 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 38.83 | 01 |
| Jharkhand | 47.94 | 20 |
| Karnataka | 16.06 | 29 |
| Kerala | 19.7 | 32 |
| Lakshadweep | 42.39 | 31 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 28.1 | 23 |
| Maharashtra | 11.46 | 27 |
| Manipur | 25.33 | 14 |
| Meghalaya | 22.27 | 17 |
| Mizoram | 14.73 | 15 |
| NCT of Delhi | 5.01 | 07 |
| Nagaland | 23.91 | 13 |
| Odisha | 38.96 | 21 |
| Puducherry | 10.18 | 34 |
| Punjab | 14.61 | 03 |
| Rajasthan | 29.54 | 08 |
| Sikkim | 25.23 | 11 |
| Tamil Nadu | 15.03 | 33 |
| Tripura | 26.71 | 16 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 32.18 | 09 |
| Uttarakhand | 25.87 | 05 |
| West Bengal | 26.1 | 19 |
Alphabetical order; states and union territories are identified in their profiles. India is shown separately and not included in state rankings.
Ten districts with the highest published or derived values
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| District | Historical state / UT | percent of Census workers |
|---|---|---|
| Garhwa | Jharkhand | 69.35 |
| Dungarpur | Rajasthan | 66.27 |
| Latehar | Jharkhand | 62.57 |
| Jamtara | Jharkhand | 62.52 |
| Dumka | Jharkhand | 61.99 |
| Palamu | Jharkhand | 60.22 |
| Giridih | Jharkhand | 60.15 |
| Chamba | Himachal Pradesh | 59.31 |
| Godda | Jharkhand | 57.31 |
| Mahrajganj | Uttar Pradesh | 55.82 |
Ordered by this indicator, with names resolving ties. This descriptive ordering is not a quality or causal ranking. Use the explorer for all 640 districts.
Source and calculation
Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India: Primary Census Abstract, 2011, India/state/district workbook. The retained extract reconciles state and district counts and records source sheet/row locators on each place profile. Percentages are displayed to two decimals; undefined ratios remain unavailable.
Official PCA workbookField definitions and original codesLiteracy: literates ÷ population aged 7+ × 100. Participation: workers ÷ all residents × 100. Worker-category shares: the named main and marginal counts ÷ all workers × 100. Shares use compatible counts from one record; current boundaries are never assumed.