1. Work Participation by Sex and Age in Punjab Presenters: Parul Jagjot Singh Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Punjabi University, Patiala.

2. Total Population of Punjab 2,77,43,338 Age group with the Highest Population (Males, Females, Rural, Urban) = 40-49 Age group with the Lowest Population (Males, Females, Rural, Urban) = 80+ Total Working Population = 1,77,51,049 (Age group 15-59) Rural: 1,08,29,653Males: 92,76,363 Urban: 69,21,396Females: 84,74,686 Dependent Population= 78,17,238 (Age group 0-14, 60+ and age not stated) Rural: 51,33,560Males: 41,90,874 Urban: 26,83,678Females: 36,26,364

3. Work Participation: Concepts Work: Work is defined as participation in any economically productive activity with or without wages or profit. Main Workers: Persons who have worked for the major part of the reference period (i.e. 6 months or more) are termed as Main Workers. Marginal Workers: Those workers who had not worked for the major part of the reference period (i.e. less than 6 months) are termed as Marginal Workers. First time in Census 2011,marginal worker have sub-divided in two categories. Non-Workers: A person who did not work at all during the reference period is treated as non-worker. The non-workers broadly constitute students, dependents, pensioners, beggars, vagrants, prostitutes, persons with unidentified source of income.

4. Industrial Categories of main Workers Cultivator- Person is engaged in cultivation of land owned or held from Government or held from private persons or institutions for payment in money, kind or share. Agricultural Labourers- A person who works on another person's land for wages in money or kind or share is regarded as an agricultural labourer. An agricultural labourer has no right of lease or contract on land on which she/he works. Household Industry Workers- Household Industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the household at home or within the village in rural areas and only within the precincts of the house where the household lives in urban areas. Others -All workers, i.e., those who have been engaged in some economic activity during the last one year, but are not cultivators or agricultural labourers or in Household Industry, are 'Other Workers(OW)'. The type of workers that come under this category of 'OW' include all government servants, municipal employees, teachers, factory workers, plantation workers, those engaged in trade, commerce, business, transport banking, mining, construction, political or social work, priests, entertainment artists, etc.

5. Population of Punjab Main Workers Marginal WorkersNon-workers Less than 3 months 3-6 Months Available/ Seeking Total Available/ Seeking Total2774333884509362960111150415673937178459761554976 Males 14639465 72646311480006615264311106565308621876 Females 13103873 118630514801148888924282711280668933100 Rural17344192510702424957782259851370611164993984862 Urban103991463343912464343278171602316680983570114 Rural Males909347644178391167564612243256724097657381069 Rural Females 82507166891851328213613741880347067336603793 Urban Males55459892846792312442003021054382467651240807 Urban Females 485315749712015190127515547934213332329307

6. Population of Main Workers by Sex & Area Total Population (84,50,936) Male- 85.96% Female- 14.04% Rural Population ( 51,07,024 ) Male- 86.5% Female- 13.5% Urban Population (3343912) Male- 85.13% Female- 14.87%

7. Main Workers by Age and Sex Total Population (84,50,936) The age group of 40 to 49 years is highest i.e 21% The age group of 5 to9 years is lowest i.e 0.27% Male Population (72,64,631) The age group of 40 to 49 years is highest i.e 21% The age group of 5 to 9 years is lowest i.e 0.2 % Female Population (11,86,305) The age group of 40 to 49 years is highest i.e 22% The age group of 80+ is lowest i.e 0.6%

8. District wise Participation of Workers by industrial Categories Cultivators Highest:Mansa Lowest:Ludhiana Agricultural Labourers Highest:Muktsar Lowest:SAS Nagar Household Industry Highest:Ludhiana & Tarn Taran Lowest:Muktsar Others Highest:SAS Nagar Lowest:Mansa

9. Population of Marginal Workers (worked less than 3 months) by Sex & Area Total Population (2,96,011) Male- 49.99% Female- 50.01% Rural Population (2,49,577) Male- 48.80% Female- 53.20% Urban Population (46,434) Male- 67.29% Female- 32.71%

10. Total Population of Marginal Workers by Age & Sex (worked less than 3 months Total Population (2,96,011) The age group 40 to 49 is highest - 15.84% The age group 5 to9 is lowest - 0.6% Male Population (1,48,000) The age group 20 to 24 is highest - 17.8% The age group 5 to9 is lowest - 0.63% Female Population (1,48,011) The age group 40 to 49 is highest - 18.8% The age group 5 to9 is lowest - 0.51%

11. Population of Marginal Workers (worked 3 to 6 months) by Sex & Area Total Population (11,50,415) Male- 57.50% Female- 42.50% Rural Population (8,22,598) Male- 56.60% Female- 43.40% Urban Population (3,27,817) Male- 61% Female- 39%

12. Total Population Marginal Workers (Worked for 3 to 6 months) by Age & Sex Total Population (11,50,415) The age group 40 to 49 is highest - 15.7% The age group 80+ is lowest - 0.6% Male Population (6,61,526) The age group 20 to 24 is highest - 17.14% The age group 80+ is lowest - 0.7% Female Population (4,88,889) The age group 40 to 49 is highest - 17.9% The age group 80+ is lowest - 0.64%

13. Marginal Workers (Seeking/Available for work) by Sex & Area Total Population (6,73,937) Male- 63.90% Female- 36.10% Rural Population (5,13,706) Male- 63.50% Female- 36.50% Urban Population (1,60,231) Male- 65.80% Female- 34.20%

14. Marginal Workers (Seeking/Available for work) by Age & Sex Total (6,73,937) Highest -19.31%, Age group- 20 to 24 years Lowest- 0.40%,Age group 80+ years Male (4,31,110) Highest 20.73%, Age group- 20 to 24 years Lowest- 0.40%,Age group 80+ years Female (2,42,827) Highest 16.80%, Age group- 20 to 24 years Lowest- 0.40%,Age group 80+ years

15. District wise distribution of Workers Districts Main Workers Marginal Workers Non Workers Gurdaspur 6257787571381719476 Kapurthala 248208284165568530 Jalandhar 6895927744721529551 Hoshiarpur 4110114998221189992 Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 173507204329 442675 Fatehgarh Sahib 192845214783 416102 Ludhiana113865412848222374267 Moga 304880359172699151 Firozpur 6183627566951374760 Muktsar 287205335326607682 Faridkot 190415221555433653 Bathinda 452678549986910081 Mansa 247175328512481822 Patiala 5703916602671335405 Amritsar 7872549178561720712 Tarn Taran 316310380702812851 Rupnagar 194209233676495762 SAS Nagar 316236356995692463 Sangrur 4997925687581178583 Barnala 186434209331417434 Main Workers Ludhiana 11,38,654 (Highest) SBS Nagar 1,73,507 (Lowest) Marginal Workers Ludhiana 12,84,822 (Highest) SBS Nagar 2,04,329 (Lowest)

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