FIFTH ECONOMIC

CENSUS

Fact Sheet

2005

TRIPURA

Central Statistical Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implementation Government of India

The Central Statistical Organization in collaboration with the Directorates of Economics and Statistics of various States/UT Governments conducted the 5th Economic Census throughout the country in 2005 with a view to collect broad information for both organized sector and unorganized sector, and to prepare a frame of agricultural and non-agricultural establishments, except crop production and plantation according to 4-digit of NIC-2004, for taking up follow-up census and surveys to collect detailed information on various parameters relating to the organized and unorganized sectors of the economy. While the All India report is being published separately, this Fact Sheet presents the key indicators for the State of Tripura along with the all India comparable figures. The results of the 5th Economic Census conducted in Tripura reveal that in the year 2005 there were 189,423 establishments of which 10,470 are agricultural establishments and 178,953 are non-agricultural establishments. When compared with the results of the Fourth Economic Census conducted in 1998, the compound annual growth rate of establishments during the period 1998-2005 was of the order of 8.88%. The number of persons engaged in these 189,423 establishments was of the order of 385,708 of which 18,022 are in agricultural establishments and 367,686 are in the non-agricultural establishments. Employment grew at the rate of 7.87% per annum during the period 1998-2005. Details of rural, urban break-up both for the year 1998 and 2005 are given in the table on the next page.

KEY RESULTS FOR TRIPURA

Sl.No. Indicators EC-1998 EC-2005

CAGR* during

1998-2005

1.Establishments

a)Rural 70,378 138,860 10.20

b)Urban 34,049 50,563 5.81 1.1 Number of establishments

c)Combined 104,427 189,423 8.88

a)Rural 2,325 9,714 22.66

b)Urban 505 756 5.93 1.2

Number of Agricultural establishments @ c)Combined 2,830 10,470 20.55

a)Rural 68,053 129,146 9.58

b)Urban 33,544 49,807 5.81 1.3 Number of Non-Agricultural establishments

c)Combined 101,597 178,953 8.42 2.Employment

a)Rural 167,660 259,910 6.46

b)Urban 100,597 125,798 23.18 2.1 Number of persons employed

c)Combined 268,257 385,708 7.87

a)Rural 3,820 16,440 20.98

b)Urban 931 1,582 5.82 2.2 Persons engaged in Agricultural establishments@

c)Combined 4,751 18,022 3.20

a)Rural 163,840 243,470 4.87

b)Urban 99,666 124,216 3.20 2.3

Persons engaged in Non-Agricultural establishments c)Combined 263,506 367,686 4.87

KEY RESULTS FOR ALL INDIA

Sl. No. Indicators EC-1998 EC-2005

CAGR* during 1998-2005

1.Establishments

1.1 Number of establishments 30,348,900 41,826,989 4.69

1.2 Number of Agricultural establishments @ 3,474,800 6,079,983 8.32

1.3 Number of Non-Agricultural establishments 26,874,100 35,747,006 4.16

2.Employment

2.1 Number of persons employed 83,299,500 100,904,121 2.78

2.2 Persons engaged in Agricultural establishments@

6,748,900 10,913,601 7.11

2.3 Persons engaged in Non-Agricultural establishments 76,550,600 89,990,520 2.34

The provisional figures of Economic Census for all the States were released by the Government of India on June 12, 2006. The data presently released are based on actual processing of data using ICR technology and thus there may be some difference with the figures earlier published through quick manual tabulation using Establishment Abstract schedule of EC-2005.

*CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate @: This excludes crop production and plantation activities which were beyond the coverage of the EC-2005.