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Executive Summary The Sixth Economic Census (EC) was conducted in all the 12 districts of Himachal Pradesh. The field work was carried out in two phases due to its topographical diversity. The EC enumerated all the establishments involving various agricultural and non- agricultural activities excluding Crop Production, Plantation, Public Administration, Defense and Compulsory Social Security. Enumeration blocks of population census, 2011 were used as the primary geographical units for the collection of the data as per the guidelines of Govt. of India. All 24,932 Enumeration Blocks were enumerated by employing 12,322 persons from various departments as well as unemployed youth. Data for the handicraft /handloom establishments was collected for the first time and 12,172 establishments were recorded operational. Total number of establishments comes out 4,12,240, out of which 81.12% establishments were engaged in rural areas and 18.88% were engaged in urban areas. Nearly 57.65 % of the establishments are being operated from outside the household with fixed structure and 42.35 % were without fixed structure and inside the household. Growth rate in number of establishments over fifth EC (2005) has been recorded as high as 59.96%, which is approximately 8.5% per year in the previous 7 years.

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Executive Summary

The Sixth Economic Census (EC) was conducted in all the 12 districts of Himachal

Pradesh.

The field work was carried out in two phases due to its topographical diversity.

The EC enumerated all the establishments involving various agricultural and non-

agricultural activities excluding Crop Production, Plantation, Public Administration,

Defense and Compulsory Social Security.

Enumeration blocks of population census, 2011 were used as the primary

geographical units for the collection of the data as per the guidelines of Govt. of

India. All 24,932 Enumeration Blocks were enumerated by employing 12,322 persons

from various departments as well as unemployed youth.

Data for the handicraft /handloom establishments was collected for the first time and

12,172 establishments were recorded operational.

Total number of establishments comes out 4,12,240, out of which 81.12%

establishments were engaged in rural areas and 18.88% were engaged in urban areas.

Nearly 57.65 % of the establishments are being operated from outside the household

with fixed structure and 42.35 % were without fixed structure and inside the

household.

Growth rate in number of establishments over fifth EC (2005) has been recorded as

high as 59.96%, which is approximately 8.5% per year in the previous 7 years.

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Total number of persons employed in these establishments were 9, 77,188 with

76.17% employment belonging to rural areas and 23.83% in urban areas.

Percentage of hired workers and not hired workers engaged under various

establishments were 64.14% and 35.86% respectively.

In total numbers of workers, percentage of female workers is 24.27%.

 

Growth rate of employment over fifth EC (2005) was as high as 71.54%.

The main highlight of this Census is that the number of female worker whether hired

or not hired has increased tremendously. The participation of women in the Economic

Activities has increased almost three times in last 7 years.

The growth of Establishments in Himachal Pradesh is 59.96%, whereas growth in the

Employment is 71.54%. In both whether number of Establishment or Employment,

Himachal has progressed very well.

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KEY RESULTS

The results of the 6th Economic Census reveal that there were 4, 12,240 Establishments in the state which were engaged in different economic activities other than Crop Production and Plantation. Wherein 9, 77,188 persons were performing different economic activities. Table 1 depicts the establishment’s number/percentage/employment engaged in Agriculture and Non Agriculture activities.

Table -1 Distribution of Establishments and Employment

Type of Establishments & Employment Rural Urban Combined No. %

age No. % age No. % age

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY 1. All Establishments 30804 96.09 1252 3.91 32056 100

a) Own Account Establishments 30033 96.16 1199 3.84 31232 100 b) Establishments with at least one hired worker 771 93.57 53 6.43 824 100

2. Person usually working in Establishments 39566 95.62 1812 4.38 41378 100 a) Own Account Establishments 36879 95.98 1544 4.02 38423 100 b) Establishments with at least one hired worker 2687 90.93 268 9.07 2955 100

NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY 1. All Establishments 303594 79.85 76590 20.15 380184 100

a) Own Account Establishments 220035 80.89 51978 19.11 272013 100 b) Establishments with at least one hired worker 83559 77.25 24612 22.75 108171 100

2. Person usually working in Establishments 704754 75.31 231056 24.69 935810 100 a) Own Account Establishments 253143 81.15 58812 18.85 311955 100 b) Establishments with at least one hired worker 451611 72.39 172244 27.61 623855 100

AGRICULTURAL & NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY 1. All Establishments 334398 81.12 77842 18.88 412240 100

a) Own Account Establishments 250068 82.46 53177 17.54 303245 100 b) Establishments with at least one hired worker 84330 77.37 24665 22.63 108995 100

2. Person usually working in Establishments 744320 76.17 232868 23.83 977188 100 a) Own Account Establishments 290022 82.77 60356 17.23 350378 100 b)Establishments with at least one hired worker 454298 72.48 172512 27.52 626810 100

It was observed from the above table that 32,056 (7.78%) establishments were engaged in Agriculture sector and 3, 80,184 (92.22%) were engaged in Non Agriculture sector.

Under the Agriculture sector 96.09% establishments were situated in rural area and 3.91% were in urban area. Out of the total agricultural employment, 95.62% were employed in rural area and 4.38 % in urban area.

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Table-2 District wise Number of Census houses / structures by use

(Commercial, Residential, Residential cum Commercial and Others)

Sl. No. Districts Rural Urban Commercial Establishme

nts

Residential Residential cum

Commercial

Others All Commercial establishments

Residential Residential cum

Commercial

Others All

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

1 Chamba 11364 89360 6282 13220 120226 2654 5949 422 1337 10362

2. Kangra 50828 277968 43280 157930 530006 8046 15737 2320 6092 32195

3. Lahaul & Spiti 1390 4578 1728 3070 10766 0 0 0 0 0

4. Kullu 10453 66387 15685 1986 94511 4904 6971 2212 224 14311

5. Mandi 26320 180104 23626 190598 420648 5712 13404 1666 10323 31105

6. Hamirpur 14337 90992 9971 52015 167315 3995 3967 2822 1226 12010

7. Una 15974 95680 5485 65887 183026 4427 8748 1007 4705 18887

8. Bilaspur 12242 69668 8046 58694 148650 2851 5481 1403 2232 11967

9. Solan 14056 85908 15941 52478 168383 6941 23820 3355 8470 42586

10. Sirmour 10047 76297 7851 9139 103334 3555 11455 1669 1616 18295

11. Shimla 13831 118314 9123 36432 177700 10283 44110 7598 12843 74834

12. Kinnaur 3437 16165 3101 18767 41470 0 0 0 0 0

Himachal Pradesh 184279

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During this Census the total 24, 32,587 structures/Census houses were covered, out of which 89.04% were situated in the rural area and 10.96% were situated in the urban area. Out of the total rural structure 8.51% were commercial establishments, 54.08% were residential, 6.93% residential cum commercial and 30.48% were other type of structure i.e. cattle shed, work shed, isolated temple, vacant house, Govt. buildings etc. In case of urban 20.02 % structure were commercial establishments, 52.39% were residential, 9.18% residential cum commercial and 18.41% were other type of structures. This implies that in rural area structure was more but establishments were less and opposite situation in the urban area where structures were less but establishments were more.

Table- 3 Number of Agriculture and Non-Agriculture Establishments by Activity & Type of Establishments

S.N. Major Activity Group Own account establishments

(% age)

Establishments with at least one

hired worker (% age)

Total Establishments

(% age)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. I. Agricultural Activities

1. Agricultural Services 1333 (4.27) 109 (13.23) 1442 (4.50) 2. Livestock 28206 (90.31 ) 570 (69.18) 28776 (89.77) 3. Forestry & Logging 466 (1.49) 112 (13.59) 578 (1.80) 4. Fishing & Aqua culture 1227 (3.93) 33 (4.00) 1260 (3.93)

Agricultural Activities 31232 (100.00) 824 (100.00) 32056 (100.00) II. Non-Agricultural Activities

5 Mining and Quarrying 78 (0.03) 160 (0.15) 238 (0.06) 6 Manufacturing 59893 (22.01) 12203 (11.27) 72096 (18.96) 7 Electricity, Gas, Steam &

Air conditioning Supply 73 (0.03) 1277 (1.18) 1350 (0.36)

8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation activities

401 (0.15) 596 (0.55) 997 (0.26)

9 Construction 6058 (2.23) 2503 (2.31) 8561 (2.25) 10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade &

Repairs m/v m/c 5101 (1.88) 2899 (2.68) 8000 (2.10)

11 Wholesale trade 1809 (0.66) 1219 (1.13) 3028 (0.80) 12 Retail Trade 97891 (35.98) 17252 (15.95) 115143 (30.29) 13 Transport and Storage 30719 (11.29) 13192 (12.20) 43911 (11.55) 14 Accommodation & Food Services Activities 17462 (6.42) 7356 (6.80) 24818 (6.53) 15 Information & Communications(including computer

programming, consultancy & related services) 1246 (0.46) 1415 (1.31) 2661 (0.70)

16 Financial & Insurance Activities 2079 (0.76) 2531 (2.34) 4610 (1.21) 17 Real Estate 18030 (6.63) 356 (0.33) 18386 (4.84) 18 Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities (incl.

advertisement, market research & veterinary activities) 3637 (1.34) 2961 (2.74) 6598 (1.74)

19 Administration & Supports Services Activities (incl. travel agency, employment, security, call centres & f con)

2793 (1.03) 978 (0.90) 3771 (0.99)

20 Education 1496 (0.55) 32545 (30.09) 34041 (8.95) 21 Human Health & Social work Activities (incl.

residential & non- residential care centres) 4000 (1.47) 4837 (4.47) 8837 (2.32)

22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement & recreation (excluding illegal gambling & betting activities)

1035 (0.38) 246 (0.23) 1281 (0.34)

23 Other Service activities (incl. membership organization, repair of computer & personal)

18212 (6.70) 3645 (3.37) 21857 (5.75)

Non-Agricultural Activities 272013 (10.00) 108171(100.00) 380184 (100.00) Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities 303245 108995 412240

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The agriculture & Non Agriculture activities having share out of the total establishment is 7.78% & 92.22% respectively. Out of the total agriculture activities of 32,056 Livestock contributes 28776 (89.77%), Agriculture Services 1442 (4.50%), Forestry & Logging 578 (1.79%) and fishing & aquaculture 1260 (3.93%). In case of non agriculture sector total 3,80,184 establishments were engaged in different activities. Top five activities in which establishment were engaged under Retail Trade, Manufacturing, Transport & Storage, Education and Accommodation & food Services activities. The share in terms of percentage of these activities was 30.29%, 18.96%, 11.55%, 8.95% & 6.53% respectively.

Table-4 Selected Characteristics of Establishments

Out of the total Agriculture sector establishment 58.59 % were perennial, 30.67 %

were seasonal and 10.73% were working on casual basis. Under the Non Agriculture Sector 93.49% were perennial, 5.10% were seasonal and 1.41% were working on casual basis. If we see the combined number of Agriculture + Non Agriculture Sector then 90.77% were perennial, 7.09% were seasonal and 2.13 % were working on casual basis. This shows that establishments engaged under different activities in Himachal Pradesh were doing their business on regular basis.

Sl. No

Item Rural Urban Combined Number %age Number %age Number %age

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I. Agricultural Activities 1. Perennial 17832 95 949 5 18781 100 2. Seasonal 9610 98 223 2 9833 100 3. Casual 3362 98 80 2 3442 100 II. Non-Agricultural Activities 1. Perennial 280284 79 75141 21 355425 100 2. Seasonal 18263 94 1134 6 19397 100 3. Casual 5047 94 315 6 5362 100 III. Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Activities 1. Perennial 298116 80 76090 20 374206 100 2. Seasonal 27873 95 1357 5 29230 100 3. Casual 8409 96 395 4 8804 100 IV. Social group-wise Ownership (Proprietary only) 1. Scheduled Castes 60826 86 9721 14 70547 100 2. Scheduled Tribes 16569 90 1898 10 18467 100 3. Other Backward Classes(OBC) 42512 87 6078 13 48590 100 4. Others 158823 75 53654 25 212477 100 V. Structure-wise Establishments 1. Outside HH with fixed Structure 184279 78 53368 22 237647 100 2. Outside HH without fixed

Structure/inside HH 150119 86 24474 14 174593 100

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Out of the total 4, 12,240 establishments working in Himachal Pradesh 3, 50,081 Establishments were proprietary establishment. Out of these 20.15 % were owned by Schedule Caste, 5.28 % by scheduled tribes, 13.87% by OBC and 60.69% by others including General Category. As per this table 57.65% establishments were outside the Household with fixed structure and 42.35% were outside the household without fixed structure/Inside the Household.

Table- 5 District wise total number of Establishments by Rural and Urban location

Kangra was the highest in terms of number of establishment and Shimla has

lowest concentration in terms of percentage in rural areas. On the other side Shimla district was having highest percentage of establishment in urban areas. In terms of number of establishment Kangra district was highest with 25.34% followed by Mandi with 13.91 % and Lahaul & Spiti has lowest concentration of establishments i.e. 0.76%.

Sl. No.

District Rural Urban Total Total no. of

establishment %age Total no. of

establishment

%age Total no. of establishment

% share

1 Chamba 17646 85.16 3076 14.84 20722 5.03

2 Kangra 94108 90.08 10366 9.92 104474 25.34

3 Lahaul & Spiti 3118 100.00 0 0.00 3118 0.76

4 Kullu 26138 78.60 7116 21.40 33254 8.07

5 Mandi 49946 87.13 7378 12.87 57324 13.91

6 Hamirpur 24308 78.10 6817 21.90 31125 7.55

7 Una 21459 79.79 5434 20.21 26893 6.52

8 Bilaspur 20288 82.67 4254 17.33 24542 5.95

9 Solan 29997 74.45 10296 25.55 40293 9.77

10 Sirmour 17898 77.41 5224 22.59 23122 5.61

11 Shimla 22954 56.21 17881 43.79 40835 9.91

12 Kinnaur 6538 100.00 0 0.00 6538 1.58

Himachal Pradesh 334398 81.12 77842 18.88 412240 100.00

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Table 6 District wise number of Establishments by type of Establishment

Sl. No.

District Rural Urban Combined

OAE With Hired

Workers Total

OAE With Hired

Workers Total

OAE With Hired

Workers Total

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

1 Chamba 12707 4939 17646 1954 1122 3076 14661 6061 20722

2. Kangra 75867 18241 94108 7005 3361 10366 82872 21602 104474

3. Lahaul & Spiti 2164 954 3118 0 0 0 2164 954 3118

4. Kullu 21278 4860 26138 4767 2349 7116 26045 7209 33254

5. Mandi 39133 10813 49946 4978 2400 7378 44111 13213 57324

6. Hamirpur 18877 5431 24308 4959 1858 6817 23836 7289 31125

7. Una 15790 5669 21459 3795 1639 5434 19585 7308 26893

8. Bilaspur 13636 6652 20288 2908 1346 4254 16544 7998 24542

9. Solan 19016 10981 29997 6824 3472 10296 25840 14453 40293

10. Sirmour 11810 6088 17898 3732 1492 5224 15542 7580 23122

11. Shimla 15292 7662 22954 12255 5626 17881 27547 13288 40835

12. Kinnaur 4498 2040 6538 0 0 0 4498 2040 6538

Himachal Pradesh 250068

84330

334398

53177

24665

77842

303245

108995

412240

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Table - 7 District wise total number of Persons Employed for both Agricultural and

Non-Agricultural activities by type of establishment

Sl. No.

Districts Rural Urban Combined OAE With

hired worker

Total OAE With hired

worker

Total OAE With hired worker

Total

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 1 Chamba 13912 20012 33924 2256 6470 8726 16168 26482 42650

2. Kangra 86307 80114 166421 7767 16325 24092 94074 96439 190513

3. Lahaul & Spiti

6087 3884 9971 0 0 0 6087 3884 9971

4. Kullu 25304 22347 47651 5589 11297 16886 30893 33644 64537

5. Mandi 42378 48116 90494 5492 14299 19791 47870 62415 110285

6. Hamirpur 21168 23178 44346 5707 9029 14736 26875 32207 59082

7. Una 17662 38200 55862 4527 9558 14085 22189 47758 69947

8. Bilaspur 14798 24134 38932 3250 7343 10593 18048 31477 49525

9. Solan 22007 98739 120746 7627 46547 54174 29634 145286 174920

10. Sirmour 13953 51757 65710 4267 6891 11158 18220 58648 76868

11. Shimla 20139 31792 51931 13874 44753 58627 34013 76545 110558

12. Kinnaur 6307 12025 18332 0 0 0 6307 12025 18332

Himachal Pradesh 290022

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Table-8 Number of Establishments by activity and Size Class of Employment (Continued)

Sr. No.

Major Activity Group Employment Size Class 1 2 3 4 5 1-5 6-9 10-14

I. Agricultural Activities 1 Agricultural Services 1273 128 19 6 5 1431 8 3 2 Livestock 22640 5162 618 224 56 28700 53 13 3 Forestry & Logging 321 113 45 37 21 537 27 3 4 Fishing & Aqua culture 1196 48 10 1 2 1257 2 0

Agricultural Activities 25430 5451 692 268 84 31925 90 19 II. Non-Agricultural Activities

5 Mining and Quarrying 72 24 16 14 14 140 37 23 6 Manufacturing 55041 8939 2635 1294 754 68663 1290 517 7 Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air conditioning Supply 131 102 95 93 108 529 333 173 8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management &

Remediation activities 483 255 85 46 28 897 65 20

9 Construction 5933 490 560 325 307 7615 679 114 10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade 4779 1503 679 349 203 7513 315 62

11 Wholesale trade 1074 777 469 276 141 2737 224 30 12 Retail Trade 91607 16036 3738 1673 817 113871 967 196 13 Transport and Storage 30107 8137 3662 751 472 43129 571 112 14 Accommodation & Food Services Activities 15873 4297 1674 946 617 23407 906 199 15 Information & Communications 1557 461 195 129 92 2434 116 44 16 Financial & Insurance Activities 2192 356 295 313 305 3461 704 253 17 Real Estate 17665 498 81 38 31 18313 48 16 18 Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities 4201 1651 300 198 108 6458 92 23 19 Administration & Supports Services Activities 2654 582 233 95 63 3627 83 25 20 Education 1877 15454 2112 3606 2875 25924 4285 1413 21 Human Health & Social work Activities 4040 2052 783 594 285 7754 507 202 22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement &

recreation 986 133 56 23 19 1217 42 10

23 Other Service activities 17494 2369 570 440 253 21126 345 197 Non-Agricultural Activities 257766 64116 18238 11203 7492 358815 11609 3629 Total Agricultural & Non- Agricultural Activities 283196 69567 18930 11471 7576 390740 11699 3648

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Table- 8 Number of Establishments by activity and Size Class of Employment (Concluded)

Sl. No.

Major Activity Group Employment Size Class 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-99 100-

199 200-

499 500 or more

All Classes

I. Agricultural Activities 1. Agricultural Services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1442 2. Livestock 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 28776 3. Forestry & Logging 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 578 4. Fishing & Aqua culture 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1260

Agricultural Activities 8 7 2 4 1 0 0 32056 II. Non-Agricultural Activities

5 Mining and Quarrying 12 10 2 14 0 0 0 238 6 Manufacturing 315 163 149 684 173 105 37 72096 7 Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air conditioning Supply 91 49 33 113 18 7 4 1350 8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management &

Remediation activities 8 2 0 5 0 0 0 997

9 Construction 50 32 16 45 8 2 0 8561 10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade & Repairs m/v m/c 29 17 8 47 6 3 0 8000 11 Wholesale trade 15 10 3 9 0 0 0 3028 12 Retail Trade 47 22 10 26 2 2 0 115143 13 Transport and Storage 22 21 9 34 4 9 0 43911 14 Accommodation & Food Services Activities 94 64 36 102 8 2 0 24818 15 Information & Communications 20 14 4 24 4 1 0 2661 16 Financial & Insurance Activities 75 44 26 44 2 0 1 4610 17 Real Estate 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 18386 18 Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities 10 3 3 7 1 0 1 6598 19 Administration & Supports Services Activities 7 9 5 10 3 2 0 3771 20 Education 784 518 403 673 28 12 1 34041 21 Human Health & Social work Activities 112 77 44 120 14 5 2 8837 22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement

& recreation 3 2 4 3 0 0 0 1281

23 Other Service activities 75 43 21 44 2 3 1 21857 Non-Agricultural Activities 1769 1102 778 2008 274 153 47 380184 Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities 1777 1109 780 2012 275 153 47 412240

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Table 8 shows the number of establishment by type of activity and size class of employment. Under the agriculture activities most of the establishment associated with Livestock activities were managed by one worker and in other size class of employment Livestock related activities was performed most. Under the Non Agriculture activities, retail trade activity was performed with the help of 1, 2 & 3 employment class worker most. Under the 4, 5, 6-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24 & 25-29 workers employment classes education activities was performed mostly. Under the workers class 30-99, 100-199, 200-499, 500 or more, manufacturing activities was performed highest.

Table- 9 District wise concentration of Establishments.

The concentration of establishment per thousand populations in Himachal Pradesh was 59 and among the district, Lahaul & Spiti (97 establishment/ per thousand population) was highest followed by district Kinnaur (77 establishment/Per thousand population) and lowest in the Chamba District (39 establishment/Per thousand population). In the Own Account Establishment for Himachal Pradesh this ratio comes as 43 Establishments /per thousand population and highest again in Lahaul & Spiti (67 Establishments/ per thousand population) and lowest in Chamba District (28 Establishments/ per thousand population). For the establishment with at least one hired worker this ratio was 16 Establishment /per thousand population in the Himachal Pradesh and highest again in Lahaul & Spiti (30 Establishment /per thousand population) and lowest in Chamba (11 Establishment /per thousand population).

Sl. No.

District

Number of Establishments Concentration of Establishments per ‘000 Population

Total OAE With Hired Workers

Total OAE With Hired Workers

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 1. Chamba 20722 14661 6061 39 28 11

2. Kangra 104474 82872 21602 67 53 14

3. Lahaul & Spiti 3118 2164 954 97 67 30 4. Kullu 33254 26045 7209 74 58 16

5. Mandi 57324 44111 13213 56 43 13

6. Hamirpur 31125 23836 7289 67 51 16

7. Una 26893 19585 7308 50 36 14

8. Bilaspur 24542 16544 7998 63 42 21

9. Solan 40293 25840 14453 67 43 24

10. Sirmour 23122 15542 7580 42 28 14

11. Shimla 40835 27547 13288 49 33 16

12. Kinnaur 6538 4498 2040 77 53 24

Himachal Pradesh 412240 303245

108995

59 43 16

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Table-10 District wise concentration of persons employed.

Sl. No.

District Total Persons employed

Hired Workers

Total

Percentage of hired

workers to total persons

employed

Concentration of persons

working per ‘000 population

Rank

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

1 Chamba 42650 26482 62.09 80 12

2. Kangra 190513 96439 50.62 123 10

3. Lahaul & Spiti 9971 3884 38.95 312 1

4. Kullu 64537 33644 52.13 143 4

5. Mandi 110285 62415 56.59 108 11

6. Hamirpur 59082 32207 54.51 127 8

7. Una 69947 47758 68.28 130 7

8. Bilaspur 49525 31477 63.56 126 9

9. Solan 174920 145286 83.06 293 2

10. Sirmour 76868 58648 76.30 141 5

011. Shimla 110558 76545 69.23 132 6

12. Kinnaur 18332 12025 65.60 216 3

Himachal Pradesh 977188 626810 64.14 139 -

The percentage of hired workers to total person employed on last working day,

district Solan stand first and followed by District Sirmour, both these districts were industrial

corridor of the State and as a result percentage was quite high and lowest in the district Lahul &

Spiti. The concentration of workers with per thousand population then Lahaul and Spiti stands at

first place followed by Solan and Chamba districts ranked last.

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Table- 11 Activities wise number of establishments by type of Ownership

Broad activity Total number of establishments by Type of ownership Govt /

PSU Private

Proprietary Partnership Company Self Help

Group Co-

operative Non-profit Institution

Others Total

01 Activities relating to agriculture other than crop production & plantation

21 1413 1 0 0 1 0 6 1442

02 Livestock 65 28636 4 3 4 5 7 52 28776 03 Forestry and Logging 51 477 1 1 0 2 0 46 578 04 Fishing and aqua culture 14 1242 0 0 0 3 0 1 1260 Agricultural Activities 151

31768

6

4

4

11

7

105

32056

05 Mining and quarrying 7 186 26 8 0 0 0 11 238 06 Manufacturing 747 68626 526 1041 22 38 41 1055 72096 07 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning

supply 998 148 6 128 0 5 0 65 1350

08 Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

415 541 3 3 1 0 2 32 997

09 Construction 48 8431 15 37 0 4 1 25 8561 10 Whole sale trade, retail trade &

repair of motor vehicles & cycles 127 7547 87 45 0 5 4 185 8000

11 Whole sale trade 73 2800 87 21 0 16 0 31 3028 12 Retail trade 3098 107950 323 168 22 1085 96 2401 115143 13 Transportation and storage 2073 41521 51 40 12 27 11 176 43911 14 Accommodation and Food service activities 1136 22689 125 85 7 21 71 684 24818 15 Information & communication 632 1746 24 176 1 3 2 77 2661 16 Financial and insurance activities 1608 2390 12 133 20 315 8 124 4610 17 Real estate activities 47 18275 14 11 2 1 5 31 18386 18 Professional, scientific & technical activities 1968 4417 28 11 0 7 3 164 6598 19 Administrative and support service 123 3488 32 30 5 3 8 82 3771 20 Education 26772 4828 104 44 5 159 317 1812 34041 21 Human health & social work activities 3377 3994 23 25 266 18 736 398 8837 22 Arts entertainment, sports

& amusement and recreation 56 1179 4 3 1 2 13 23 1281

23 Other service activities not elsewhere 369 17557 75 29 262 64 2708 793 21857 Non-Agricultural Activities 43674 318313 1565 2038 626 1773 4026 8169 380184 Total 43825 350081 1571 2042 630 1784 4033 8274 412240

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Table-12 Activities wise number of person employed by type of Ownership

Activities Govt / PSU

Private Proprietary

Partnership Company Self Help Group

Co-operative Non-profit Institution

Others Total

01 Activities relating to agriculture other than crop production & plantation

62 1627 11 0 0 2 0 22 1724

02 Livestock 197 36394 7 89 11 32 39 97 36866 03 Forestry and Logging 332 983 4 20 0 10 0 74 1423 04 Fishing and aqua culture 61 1298 0 0 0 4 0 2 1365 Agricultural Activities 652 40302 22 109 11 48 39 195 41378 05 Mining and quarrying 21 1309 253 229 0 0 0 98 1910 06 Manufacturing 1953 128090 21242 81899 222 731 123 3607 237867

07 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 15139 1099 178 4806 0 124 0 785 22131 08 Water supply, sewerage, waste management and

remediation activities 1348 1165 25 34 7 0 2 68 2649

09 Construction 666 20479 171 1558 0 145 1 92 23112 10 Whole sale trade, retail trade &

repair of motor vehicles & cycles 1206 15885 905 1692 0 55 47 390 20180

11 Whole sale trade 295 7544 496 212 0 106 0 102 8755 12 Retail trade 4592 145444 1085 1351 56 1744 151 3492 157915 13 Transportation and storage 8817 63178 208 348 41 95 26 1041 73754 14 Accommodation and Food service activities 3766 47096 963 1270 7 121 300 1627 55150 15 Information & communication 2354 3896 296 1116 8 13 3 315 8001 16 Financial and insurance activities 11872 3970 68 1359 52 2511 33 903 20768 17 Real estate activities 264 19598 36 155 3 3 18 70 20147

18 Professional, scientific & technical activities 5039 6283 99 66 0 10 20 477 11994 19 Administrative and support service 738 5628 311 941 5 11 20 240 7894 20 Education 128068 36683 2051 1084 39 2647 4103 11225 185900 21 Human health & social work activities 18224 8518 349 446 1591 114 6169 1830 37241 22 Arts entertainment, sports

& amusement and recreation 224 1881 16 25 6 3 145 93 2393

23 Other service activities not elsewhere 1091 22852 208 390 2713 297 8059 2439 38049 Non-Agricultural Activities 205677 540598 28960 98981 4750 8730 19220 28894 935810 Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities

206329 580900 28982 99090 4761 8778 19259 29089 977188

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Table 12 shows number of persons engaged under different type of activities and ownership. Under the government controlled establishments education activity was mostly performed. Under the Private Proprietary, Partnership, Company, Self help Group, Cooperative, NPI and others type of ownership mostly performed activities were retail trade, manufacturing, manufacturing, Other service activities, education Other service activities and education respectively. Under the agriculture sector private proprietary were 97.40 % of the total agriculture establishments and out of the total proprietary establishments 90.30 were engaged in live stock activity, 4.04 % in agriculture (other than crop production and plantation) and rest 2.44% and 3.22% were engaged in Agricultural services, Forestry and Fishing activities.

21.11

59.45

2.97

10.14

0.49

0.90

1.97

2.98

0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00

Govt / PSU

Private Proprietary

Partnership

Company

Self Help Group

Co‐operative

Non‐profit Institution

Others 

Number of person employed by type of Ownership

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Table-13 Broad activity wise Number of proprietary establishments by social group of the owner

Broad activity Total No. of Establishments

Proprietary establishments

SC ST OBC Others

01 Activities relating to agriculture other than crop production & plantation

1442 1413 178 30 204 1001

02 Livestock 28776 28636 3895 3743 5490 15508 03 Forestry and Logging 578 477 151 10 23 293 04 Fishing and aqua culture 1260 1242 448 15 579 200 Agricultural Activities 32056

31768

4672

3798 6296 17002

05 Mining and quarrying 238 186 43 9 25 109 06 Manufacturing 72096 68626 23973 2946 9659 32048

07 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1350 148 18 3 10 117 08 Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation

activities 997 541 217 29 43 252

09 Construction 8561 8431 3288 557 978 3608 10 Whole sale trade, retail trade &

repair of motor vehicles & cycles 8000 7547 1392 146 1429 4580

11 Whole sale trade 3028 2800 366 77 891 1466 12 Retail trade 115143 107950 16526 4246 13301 73877 13 Transportation and storage 43911 41521 7355 3029 5286 25851 14 Accommodation and Food service activities 24818 22689 2273 1438 3634 15344 15 Information & communication 2661 1746 204 45 186 1311 16 Financial and insurance activities 4610 2390 274 51 226 1839 17 Real estate activities 18386 18275 2327 1174 908 13866

18 Professional, scientific & technical activities 6598 4417 679 132 531 3075 19 Administrative and support service 3771 3488 575 118 604 2191 20 Education 34041 4828 429 99 402 3898 21 Human health & social work activities 8837 3994 468 81 580 2865 22 Arts entertainment, sports & amusement

and recreation 1281 1179 417 41 115 606

23 Other service activities not elsewhere 21857 17557 5051 448 3486 8572 Non-Agricultural Activities 380184 318313 65875 14669 42294 195475 Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities

412240

350081

70547

18467

48590

212477

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From the data in the table 13 it can be concluded that 84.92 % of the total establishments were proprietary establishments. Out of the proprietary establishments 20.15% were owned and controlled by the SC, 5.28% by the ST, 13.88% by OBC and 60.69% establishments by the other category. Most of the establishments controlled by SC, ST, OBC & Others category owners were engaged in the manufacturing, retail trade and manufacturing activities respectively.

Table-14: Number of Persons Employed in Proprietary Establishments by Social Group of the owners

Sl. No.

Major Activity Group Social Group of the owners SC ST OBC Others Total

I. Agricultural Activities 1. Agricultural Services 212 39 230 1146 1627 2. Livestock 4826 5064 7027 19477 36394 3. Forestry & Logging 283 37 71 592 983 4. Fishing & Aqua culture 471 15 588 224 1298

Agricultural Activities 5792 5155 7916 21439 40302 II. Non-Agricultural Activities

5 Mining and Quarrying 119 46 157 987 1309 6 Manufacturing 33762 3988 14624 75716 128090 7 Electricity, Gas, Steam &

Air conditioning Supply 34 9 39 1017 1099

8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation activities

341 158 65 601 1165

9 Construction 5287 2625 1734 10833 20479 10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade & Repairs

m/v m/c 2294 282 2474 10835 15885

11 Wholesale trade 740 149 2043 4612 7544 12 Retail Trade 20028 5186 16111 104119 145444 13 Transport and Storage 9422 4025 8136 41595 63178 14 Accommodation & Food Services

Activities 3880 2596 5287 35333 47096

15 Information & Communications 298 67 235 3296 3896 16 Financial & Insurance Activities 323 58 276 3313 3970 17 Real Estate 2549 1202 1016 14831 19598 18 Professional, Scientific & Technical

Activities 832 147 643 4661 6283

19 Administration & Supports Services Activities

848 173 830 3777 5628

20 Education 2116 505 2073 31989 36683 21 Human Health & Social work Activities 674 141 773 6930 8518 22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement

& recreation 600 70 156 1055 1881

23 Other Service activities 5945 564 4067 12276 22852 Non-Agricultural Activities 90092 21991 60739 367776 540598 Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities

95884 27146 68655 389215 580900

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Table 14 shows the Proprietary establishment as 84.92 % of the total establishment and 59.45 % of the total workers were engaged in the Proprietary establishments. Under the total persons employed in Proprietary establishments 16.51% workers were working under Schedule Caste owners. Under the SC ownership most of the workers were engaged in Manufacturing and Retail Trade Activities. Under the ST ownership 4.67% persons were working and engaged mostly in the Retail trade and Livestock activities. Under the OBC ownership 11.82% workers were engaged and involved in the Retail Trade and manufacturing activities. Most of the workers (67%) under (proprietary owner) others category were engaged and performing mostly Retail trade, manufacturing and transport activities.

16.51

4.67

11.82

67.00

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

SC ST OBC Others

Percentage of Persons Employed in Proprietary Establishments by Social Group

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Table-15 Broad activities wise Number of proprietary establishments by Religion of the owner

Broad activity Total No. of Establishments

Proprietary Establishments

Hindu Islam Christian Sikh Buddhist Parsi Jain Others

01 Activities relating to agriculture other than crop production & plantation

1442 1413 1331 39 0 14 2 0 0 27

02 Livestock 28776 28636 25754 1386 38 470 433 0 12 543 03 Forestry and Logging 578 477 450 2 0 4 1 0 1 19 04 Fishing and aqua culture 1260 1242 1182 31 4 0 0 0 0 25 Agricultural Activities

32056 31768 28717 1458

42

488 436 0 13 614

05 Mining and quarrying 238 186 172 1 0 6 3 0 0 4 06 Manufacturing 72096 68626 64385 1305 96 433 862 2 40 1503

07 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

1350 148 108 3 0 0 1 0 1 35

08 Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

997 541 409 66 1 11 22 0 2 30

09 Construction 8561 8431 7914 139 13 23 177 0 0 165 10 Whole sale trade, retail trade &

repair of motor vehicles & cycles 8000 7547 7048 165 17 176 23 0 6 111

11 Whole sale trade 3028 2800 2629 70 13 24 10 0 4 50 12 Retail trade 115143 107950 100850 2304 123 1232 1300 2 125 2014 13 Transportation and storage 43911 41521 38385 997 50 537 585 2 45 920 14 Accommodation and Food service activities 24818 22689 21054 220 39 179 681 0 12 502 15 Information & communication 2661 1746 1587 17 5 26 28 0 1 82 16 Financial and insurance activities 4610 2390 2222 6 2 7 14 0 0 139 17 Real estate activities 18386 18275 16910 266 35 181 598 0 24 263

18 Professional, scientific & technical activities 6598 4417 4195 40 4 35 37 0 2 104 19 Administrative and support service 3771 3488 3303 25 5 41 43 0 2 69 20 Education 34041 4828 3673 32 19 32 18 2 7 1045 21 Human health & social work activities 8837 3994 3659 47 11 57 26 0 2 192 22 Arts entertainment, sports & amusement

and recreation 1281 1179 1099 13 3 8 29 0 0 27

23 Other service activities not elsewhere 21857 17557 16294 572 38 162 111 0 9 371 Non-Agricultural Activities 380184 318313 295896 6288 474 3170 4568 8 282 7626 Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities

412240 350081 324613 7746 516 3658 5005 8 295 8240

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Table 15 show the activities wise number of proprietary establishments by religion of the owner. Table shows 84.92% were proprietary establishments and religion can only be assigned to proprietary establishment’s owner. Out of the proprietary establishments 92.73 % establishments were owned by Hindu. Maximum Hindus were engaged in the retail trade and lowest in the electricity, gas, steam and air condition supply. Out of proprietary establishments controlled by other communities are as 2.21% by Islam and maximum under the retail trade and lowest under the Mining and Quarrying activity, 0.15% are owned by Christian and maximum are engaged under the retail trade activity, 1.04 by Sikh and maximum engaged under the retail trade activity, 1.43% by Buddhist and maximum were engaged under the retail trade activity, 0.002 % by Parsi, 0.08 by Jain and maximum were engaged under the retail trade and 2.35 by the other religious groups and maximum engaged under the retail trade and lowest in the mining and quarrying activity.

92.70

2.20

0.10

1.00

1.40

0.00

0.10

2.40

0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00

Hindu

Islam

Christian

Sikh

Buddhist

Parsi

Jain

Others

Percentage of proprietary establishments by Religion 

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Table-16 Broad activities wise Number of persons employed in proprietary establishments by Religion of the owner

Broad activity Total No. of Establishments

Proprietary Establishment

Hindu Islam Christian

Sikh Buddhist Parsi Jain Others

01 Activities relating to agriculture other than crop production & plantation

1724 1627 1517 46 0 17 2 0 0 45

02 Livestock 36866 36394 31996 2371 46 762 505 0 15 699 03 Forestry and Logging 1423 983 923 3 0 27 1 0 1 28 04 Fishing and aqua culture 1365 1298 1231 37 4 0 0 0 0 26 Agricultural Activities 41378 40302 35667 2457 50 806 508 0 16 798 05 Mining and quarrying 1910 1309 1132 3 0 51 13 0 0 110 06 Manufacturing 237867 128090 116713 2357 187 2266 1183 2 286 5096

07 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

22131 1099 724 5 0 0 7 0 31 332

08 Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

2649 1165 725 202 5 28 139 0 11 55

09 Construction 23112 20479 18414 376 34 58 1106 0 0 491 10 Whole sale trade, retail trade &

repair of motor vehicles & cycles 20180 15885 14736 335 32 507 47 0 9 219

11 Whole sale trade 8755 7544 6891 116 17 94 18 0 11 397 12 Retail trade 157915 145444 134758 3219 155 2372 1765 2 261 2912

13 Transportation and storage 73754 63178 57826 1546 87 1334 717 2 79 1587 14 Accommodation and Food service

activities 55150 47096 42761 358 82 838 1599 0 49 1409

15 Information & communication 8001 3896 3394 28 9 47 54 0 1 363 16 Financial and insurance activities 20768 3970 3189 8 2 8 21 0 0 742 17 Real estate activities 20147 19598 18018 275 36 223 600 0 24 422

18 Professional, scientific & technical activities

11994 6283 5872 50 4 69 45 0 3 240

19 Administrative and support service 7894 5628 5257 83 5 81 65 0 2 135 20 Education 185900 36683 26161 217 311 332 126 23 37 9476 21 Human health & social work activities 37241 8518 6912 64 26 212 172 0 11 1121 22 Arts entertainment, sports & amusement

and recreation 2393 1881 1725 31 5 15 46 0 0 59

23 Other service activities not elsewhere 38049 22852 20013 838 44 334 147 0 14 1462 Non-Agricultural Activities 935810 540598 485221 10111 1041 8869 7870 29 829 26628 Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities

977188 580900 520888 12568 1091 9675 8378 29 845 27426

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Table 16 shows that activities wise number of person working under proprietary establishments owned by different religion. Out of the total person employed 59.45% were working under the proprietary establishments. Out of the person employed under the proprietary establishments, 89.67 %workers were engaged under the Hindu ownership and maximum workers were engaged in the retail trade activity and lowest number under the Electricity, Gas, and Steam & Air Condition supply. Under the Islam ownership 2.16 % workers were engaged and maximum numbers were engaged under the retail trade and lowest in the mining and quarrying. Under the Christian ownership 0.19% of the total workforce was engaged and maximum were involved in the manufacturing sector. Under the Sikh ownership 1.67 % workers were engaged and maximum numbers were working under the retail trade activity. Under the Buddhist ownership 1.44% workers were engaged and maximum were involved under the retail trade activity. Under the Parsi ownership 0.003% workers were engaged and maximum were engaged under the education activity. Under the Jain ownership 0.15% work force of the total was engaged and maximum were under the manufacturing activity. Under the others ownership 4.72% workers and maximum number of workers were engaged under the education activity and lowest under the Fishing and Aqua culture.

89.67

2.16

0.19

1.67

1.44

0.0

0.15

4.72

0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0

Hindu

Islam

Christian

Sikh

Buddhist

Parsi

Jain

Others

Percentage of persons employed in proprietary establishments by Religion 

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Table-17 Numbers of Establishments by Activities and source of Finance

Broad Activity Self Finance

Govt Sources

Financial Institutions

Non Institution Money Landers

Self Help Group

Donations Transfer from other Agencies

Total

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1 Agricultural Services 1260 58 51 0 1 72 1442 2 Livestock 27068 334 187 13 51 1123 28776 3 Forestry & Logging 481 65 2 0 0 30 578 4 Fishing & Aqua culture 1145 26 22 0 0 67 1260

Agricultural Activities 29954 483 262 13 52 1292 32056 5 Mining and Quarrying 155 36 30 0 0 17 238 6 Manufacturing 63850 2079 2785 43 107 3232 72096 7 Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air conditioning Supply 175 1078 49 2 0 46 1350 8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Manag. & Remediation

activities 488 458 9 0 0 42 997

9 Construction 7626 237 240 16 0 442 8561 10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade & Repairs m/v m/c 6723 360 646 6 3 262 8000 11 Wholesale trade 2501 200 192 3 2 130 3028 12 Retail Trade 97568 6625 6170 85 151 4544 115143 13 Transport and Storage 22717 5395 13570 107 111 2011 43911 14 Accommodation & Food Services Activities 21236 1586 886 22 24 1064 24818 15 Information & Communications 1655 751 120 6 0 129 2661 16 Financial & Insurance Activities 2131 1985 58 9 16 411 4610 17 Real Estate 16581 550 618 11 5 621 18386 18 Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities 4131 2135 138 7 2 185 6598 19 Administration & Supports Services Activities 3201 222 201 4 3 140 3771 20 Education 3991 28533 400 13 9 1095 34041 21 Human Health & Social work Activities 4008 3774 149 3 84 819 8837 22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement & recreation 1131 74 20 1 0 55 1281 23 Other Service activities 17023 773 410 18 103 3530 21857

Non-Agricultural Activities 276891 56851 26691 356 620 18775 380184 Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities 306845 57334 26953 369 672 20067 412240

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Table 17 shows the various sources of finance assistance undertaken by the establishments for performing their activities. 74.43% establishment managing their affairs through self finance,13.91% through Government sources,6.54% through financial institutions,.09% from non institution money lenders,0.16% from Self help groups and 4.87 from Donations/ Transfers from other agencies.

Table-18 Broad Activity wise no. of proprietary establishments by the sex of the owner

Broad activity Total No. of Establishments

No. of Proprietary Establishments

Male Owners

Female Owners

1 Agricultural Services 1442 1413(98.0) 1359 54 2 Livestock 28776 28636(99.5) 16340 12296 3 Forestry & Logging 578 477(82.5) 451 26 4 Fishing & Aqua culture 1260 1242(98.6) 1212 30

Agricultural Activities 32056

31768(99.1)

19362

12406

5 Mining and Quarrying 238 186(78.2) 176 10 6 Manufacturing 72096 68626(95.2) 54182 14444 7 Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air

conditioning Supply 1350 148(11.0) 121 27

8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Manag. & Remediation activities

997 541(54.3) 504 37

9 Construction 8561 8431(98.5) 8289 142 10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade &

Repairs m/v m/c 8000 7547(94.3) 7454 93

11 Wholesale trade 3028 2800(92.5) 2647 153 12 Retail Trade 115143 107950(93.8) 97376 10574 13 Transport and Storage 43911 41521(94.6) 40076 1445 14 Accommodation & Food Services

Activities 24818 22689(91.4) 21216 1473

15 Information & Communications 2661 1746(65.6) 1615 131 16 Financial & Insurance Activities 4610 2390(51.8) 1559 831 17 Real Estate 18386 18275(99.4) 15587 2688 18 Professional, Scientific & Technical

Activities 6598 4417(66.9) 4303 114

19 Administration & Supports Services Activities

3771 3488(92.5) 3334 154

20 Education 34041 4828(14.2) 3480 1348 21 Human Health & Social work

Activities 8837 3994(45.2) 3612 382

22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement & recreation

1281 1179(92.0) 1144 35

23 Other Service activities 21857 17557(80.3) 14871 2686 Non-Agricultural Activities 380184

318313(83)

281546

36767

Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural

Activities 412240

350081(84.9)

300908

49173

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Out of the total establishments 84.92% were proprietary establishments. Out of the total proprietary establishments 85.95% were managed /controlled by the male owners and 14.05% by female owners. Most of the male entrepreneurs were doing retail trade activity and female entrepreneurs were doing manufacturing activity and followed by live stock activity.

Table-19 Employment by Activity and by sex

Table 19 shows activity wise, sex wise number of persons engaged under proprietary establishments (Rural & Urban). In rural areas 75.31% workers of the total workers engaged under the propriety establishments in various activities. Out of the total persons engaged in the rural areas 86.94% were male and 13.06% were female. Highest numbers of male in the rural areas were engaged in retail trade and followed by manufacturing activity and lowest involvement in the water supplies, sewerage, waste management and remediation activity. In case of female in the rural area highest number engaged in retail trade and lowest in the water supplies, sewerage, waste management and remediation activity. In the urban area 24.69 % workers of the total workers engaged under the propriety establishments in various activities.

Sr. No.

Major Activity Group Rural Urban Total Male Female Male Female

1 Agricultural Services 1529 83 15 0 1627 2 Livestock 21302 13544 1047 501 36394 3 Forestry & Logging 861 80 42 0 983 4 Fishing & Aqua culture 1226 32 38 2 1298

Agricultural Activities 24918 13739 1142 503 40302 5 Mining and Quarrying 1233 59 17 0 1309 6 Manufacturing 89007 16096 20525 2462 128090 7 Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air conditioning

Supply 690 165 190 54 1099 8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management

& Remediation activities 728 34 379 24 1165 9 Construction 16606 261 3531 81 20479

10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade & Repairs m/v m/c 11193 231 4396 65 15885

11 Wholesale trade 4789 260 2421 74 7544 12 Retail Trade 91335 10560 41115 2434 145444 13 Transport and Storage 56119 2527 4172 360 63178 14 Accommodation & Food Services Activities 28536 1712 15640 1208 47096 15 Information & Communications 1335 117 2306 138 3896 16 Financial & Insurance Activities 1520 843 1307 300 3970 17 Real Estate 6384 1093 10274 1847 19598 18 Professional, Scientific & Technical 3074 87 2991 131 6283 19 Administration & Supports Services

Activities 3363 169 1973 123 5628 20 Education 20922 6212 7460 2089 36683 21 Human Health & Social work Activities 4146 654 3408 310 8518 22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement &

recreation 1187 56 605 33 1881 23 Other Service activities 13253 2249 6187 1163 22852 Total Non-Agricultural Activities 355420 43385 128897 12896 540598

Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities 380338 57124 130039 13399 580900

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Out of the total workers in the urban area 90.66% were male and 9.34% were female. Highest numbers of the male in the urban area were engaged in the Retail trade followed by the manufacturing and lowest in the agriculture production and plantation. In case of the female in urban area highest number was engaged in the manufacturing followed by retail trade & education and lowest in the agricultural services, forestry & logging and mining & quarrying activity.

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Table-20 Concentration of Establishments (Activities wise) in Non-Agriculture Sector (Continued)

Sl. No.

Districts Mining & quarrying

Manufacturing (including repair & installation of machinery &equipment)

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

Water supply, sewerage, waste

management and remediation

activities

Construction Whole sale trade, retail

trade & repair of motor

vehicles & motor cycles

Whole sale trade

( not covered in col. 8 )

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1 Chamba 4 3954 54 7 292 211 54

2 Kangra 34 18278 243 391 1683 1757 1513

3 Lahaul & Spiti 2 244 15 22 75 17 3

4 Kullu 9 6674 95 23 480 387 209

5 Mandi 26 12564 210 62 4175 1000 111

6 Hamirpur 12 6055 91 60 287 556 130

7 Una 31 4803 71 126 69 882 113

8 Bilaspur 6 3863 86 14 276 845 117

9 Solan 72 5388 83 43 130 1220 258

10 Sirmour 30 4017 106 72 23 502 166

11 Shimla 9 4465 218 168 730 575 316

12 Kinnaur 3 1791 78 9 341 48 38

Himachal Pradesh 238 72096 1350 997 8561 8000 3028

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Table-20 Concentration of Establishments by (Activities wise) in Non-Agriculture Sector (Continued)

Sl.No.

Districts Major Activities

Retail trade (not

covered in col. 8)

Transportation and storage

(including postal and

courier activities)

Accommodation and Food

service activities

Information and

communication (including computer

programming, consultancy and related

services)

Financial and

insurance activities

Real estate

activities

Professional, scientific &

technical activities (incl. advertisement,

market research and

veterinary activities)

1. 2. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

1 Chamba 6496 2512 1716 73 150 4 362

2 Kangra 27183 7051 6543 726 1091 1805 1453

3 Lahaul & Spiti 360 292 367 25 20 297 41

4 Kullu 11834 3387 2378 128 321 1778 516

5 Mandi 15030 6069 3302 307 757 650 899

6 Hamirpur 8231 2894 1442 176 554 1624 622

7 Una 8322 2652 1326 183 333 60 530

8 Bilaspur 5907 4737 1250 162 412 924 385

9 Solan 9866 8065 2452 266 271 4065 505

10 Sirmour 8027 1932 1060 198 192 1233 368

11 Shimla 12547 3657 2585 358 460 5664 790

12 Kinnaur 1340 663 397 59 49 282 127

Himachal Pradesh 115143 43911 24818 2661 4610 18386 6598

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Table-20 Concentration of Establishments (Activities wise) in Non-Agriculture Sector (Concluded)

Sl. No.

Districts

Major Activities Administrative and

support service activities

(including travel agency, employment

, security, call centres)

Education

Human health &

social work activities

(including residential and non-

residential care centres)

Arts entertainment,

sports & amusement &

recreation (excluding

illegal gambling & betting activities)

Other service activities not

elsewhere classified (including

membership organization,

repair of computers and

personal)

Non-Agriculture

activities

All Agriculture

and Non Agriculture

1. 2. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.

1 Chamba 154 2851 433 52 691 20070 20722

2 Kangra 1023 7226 2129 492 5514 86135 104474

3 Lahaul & Spiti 19 361 274 6 89 2529 3118

4 Kullu 330 2037 488 308 1127 32509 33254

5 Mandi 374 5082 870 69 2344 53901 57324

6 Hamirpur 317 2507 1003 79 1706 28346 31125

7 Una 573 2097 828 40 2359 25398 26893

8 Bilaspur 176 2172 364 37 1213 22946 24542

9 Solan 311 2229 779 69 2290 38362 40293

10 Sirmour 159 2602 571 25 1798 23081 23122

11 Shimla 291 4341 867 89 2239 40369 40835

12 Kinnaur 44 536 231 15 487 6538 6538

Himachal Pradesh 3771 34041 8837 1281 21857 380184 412240

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There were 19 Broad Group types of Non-Agricultural activities. Under the mining and quarrying .06% of the total non agricultural establishments were engaged. District Solan has highest number and Lahaul & Spiti has lowest number of establishments. Under the manufacturing sector 17.49 % of the total non agriculture sectors establishments were engaged in this sector. Highest numbers of manufacturing establishments were working in the Kangra followed by Mandi and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti district. Under the Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air conditioning supply 0.33% establishments were working. Highest numbers of establishments were in Kangra district followed by Shimla and lowest number in the Lahaul and Spiti district.

Under the water supply sewage waste management and remediation activities, 0.24% establishments were engaged out of the total Non Agriculture Establishments. Highest concentration of this activity establishments were in Kangra district and lowest in Chamba district. Under the Construction sector 2.08 % establishments of the total Non Agriculture Establishments were engaged in this activity. Highest numbers of establishments were engaged in the Mandi district followed by Kangra district and lowest in Sirmour district. In the case of whole sale trade, retail trade of motor vehicles & repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles 1.94% establishments of the total Non-Agriculture Establishments were engaged in this activity. Highest numbers of the establishments were in engaged in this activity were in Kangra district followed by the Solan district and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti. Under the whole sale trade (Except the whole sale trade, retail trade of motor vehicles & repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles) only 0.73% establishments were engaged in this activity. Highest number of establishments was engaged under this activity in district Kangra followed by Shimla district and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti.

Under the retail trade (Except the whole sale trade, retail trade of motor vehicles & repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles), 27.93 % establishments of the total non agricultural activities were engaged under this activity. Highest number of this activity was situated in Kangra district followed by Mandi district and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti. Under the transportation and storage including postal & courier activities, 10.65% establishments of the total Non Agriculture activities. Highest number was engaged in the district Solan followed by district Kangra and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti district. Under the accommodation food service activity 6.51 % of the total non Agriculture establishment were working under this activity. Highest number of establishment under this activity was working in Kangra district followed by Mandi district and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti. Under the Information and communication including computer programming consultancy and related services 0.65% of the total establishments engaged under non agriculture activities. Highest number of establishments was engaged in Kangra district and followed by Shimla district and lowest in the Lahul & Spiti district.

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Under the Financial & Insurance activities 1.12% establishments of the total establishments were engaged under this activity, highest number were engaged in the district Kangra followed by Mandi and lowest in the district Lahaul Spiti. Under the real estate activity 4.45% establishment of the total establishments of non agriculture sector were engaged , highest number of the establishment were engaged in the Shimla district followed by Solan district and lowest in Chamba district. Under the Professional scientific and technical activities including advertisement Market Research and Veterinary Activities, 1.60 % establishment of the total non agriculture sector establishments were engaged, highest numbers were in the Kangra district followed by the Mandi district and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti district.

Under the administrative and support service activities including Travel Agency, Employment, Security and Call Centres 0.91% of the total establishments of non agriculture sector were engaged, highest number were engaged in district Kangra followed by district Una and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti. Under the Education 8.26% establishments of the total establishment of non agriculture were engaged, highest number of establishments in the Kangra district followed by the Mandi district and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti.

Under the Human health and social work activities including residential and non residential area Centre 2.14% establishments were engaged in this activity. Highest number was in district Kangra followed by Hamirpur and lowest in the district Kinnaur. Under the Arts & Entertainment Sports and Amusement & Recreation activities excluding illegal Gambling and Betting activities 0.31% establishments were engaged, highest concentration in district Kangra followed by Kullu and lowest in Lahaul & Spiti district.

Under the Other Service activities not elsewhere classified including membership organisation, repair of computers and personal household goods excluding activities of household as employers of the domestic personal 5.30% establishments were engaged .Highest number were engaged in the district Kangra followed by district Una and lowest in district Lahaul & Spiti.

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Table-21 District wise distribution of total number of persons employed under each broad activity in Non–Agriculture Sector

Sl. No.

District Mining and quarrying

Manufacturing ( including repair & installation of

machinery & equipment )

Electricity, gas, steam

and air conditioning

supply

Water supply, sewerage, waste

management and remediation

activities

Construction

Whole sale trade, retail

trade & repair of motor

vehicles & motor cycles

Whole sale trade ( not covered in column 8)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1 Chamba 53 5198 2018 18 991 540 157

2 Kangra 138 31444 2221 1038 3514 3826 3694

3 Lahaul & Spiti 12 357 136 149 483 35 8

4 Kullu 9 10271 2038 71 1668 1066 794

5 Mandi 163 18291 3471 159 7181 3011 281

6 Hamirpur 108 8553 1075 110 954 1284 351

7 Una 525 24122 624 293 313 1905 314

8 Bilaspur 71 6511 866 80 777 1763 334

9 Solan 580 90975 965 152 1651 3520 731

10 Sirmaur 155 32207 1747 173 48 1264 537

11 Shimla 56 7355 5350 393 2684 1807 1442

12 Kinnaur 40 2583 1620 13 2848 159 112

Himachal Pradesh 1910 237867 22131 2649 23112 20180 8755

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Table-21 District wise distribution of total number of persons employed under each broad activity in Non -Agriculture

Sl. No.

District Retail trade

( not covered in column 8 )

Transportation and storage

( including postal and courier activities )

Accommodation and Food service

activities

Information & communication

( including computer programming,

consultancy and related services)

Financial and insurance activities

Real estate activities

Professional, scientific & technical activities

(Including advertisement, market

research and veterinary activities)

1 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

1 Chamba 8143 3675 3093 188 693 12 613

2 Kangra 35389 10589 11230 1325 4047 2062 2339

3 Lahaul & Spiti 477 373 841 35 97 300 78

4 Kullu 17072 4337 7527 309 1051 1848 753

5 Mandi 19338 8680 5204 785 2504 730 1543

6 Hamirpur 10987 4511 2308 539 1744 1758 917

7 Una 11210 3825 2610 575 1347 70 791

8 Bilaspur 7847 9115 2196 380 1176 971 595

9 Solan 15037 17938 7293 917 2057 4495 1685

10 Sirmaur 11093 2961 2341 466 1031 1524 645

11 Shimla 19401 6606 9480 2359 4774 6084 1801

12 Kinnaur 1921 1144 1027 123 247 293 234

Himachal Pradesh 157915 73754 55150 8001 20768 20147 11994

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Table-21 District wise distribution of total number of persons employed under each broad activity in Non -Agriculture

Sl. No.

District

Administrative and support

service activities ( including travel

agency, employment , security , call

centres)

Education

Human health & social work

activities (including

residential and non-residential care centres)

Arts entertainment, sports & amusement

and recreation (excluding illegal

gambling and betting activities)

Other service activities not elsewhere

classified (including

membership organization, repair of

computers and personal

Total Non-Agricultural

activities

1 2 17 18 19 20 21 22

1 Chamba 231 13579 1749 91 857 41899

2 Kangra 1689 37736 7242 814 7133 167470

3 Lahaul & Spiti 27 1696 3575 13 569 9261

4 Kullu 618 10052 1923 490 1632 63529

5 Mandi 529 27699 3716 98 2980 106363

6 Hamirpur 438 14816 2794 134 2263 55644

7 Una 853 12166 1897 95 4053 67588

8 Bilaspur 290 11414 1385 53 1641 47465

9 Solan 1317 15830 3327 166 3258 171894

10 Sirmaur 343 13170 1672 88 5270 76735

11 Shimla 972 24985 6611 305 7165 109630

12 Kinnaur 587 2757 1350 46 1228 18332

Himachal Pradesh 7894 185900 37241 2393 38049 935810

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The above table shows the District wise number of persons employed under the Non Agricultural activities. Out of the 19 Non Agriculture activities, major activities contributing maximum in terms of employment were manufacturing 25.42%, Education 19.87%, Retail Trade 16.87% Transportation and storage 7.88%, Accommodation and Food services 5.89%, other service activities 4.07% and Human health and social work activity 3.98%.

If we compare the district with employment figures viz a viz the activity, Under Mining and Quarrying district Solan was having highest concentration followed by Una, under manufacturing district Solan was having highest followed by district Sirmour, under Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply etc. district Shimla was highest followed by Mandi, under Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation services etc. district Kangra was highest followed by Shimla, under construction district Mandi was highest followed by Kangra, under whole sale trade, retail trade & repair of motor vehicles & motor cycles etc. Highest was district Kangra followed Solan, under whole sale trade (Except whole sale trade, retail trade & repair of motor vehicles & motor cycles etc.) highest concentration was district Kangra followed by Shimla, under retail trade (Except whole sale trade, retail trade & repair of motor vehicles & motor cycles etc) highest was district Kangra followed by Mandi, under Transportation storage etc. highest in district Solan followed by Kangra, under accommodation and food services Kangra was highest followed by Shimla, under Information & Communication highest in district Shimla followed by district Kangra.

Under Financial and Insurance highest concentration of workers in district Shimla followed by district Kangra, under Real Estate highest in district Shimla followed by Solan, under professional scientific & technical service highest in district Kangra followed by Shimla, under administrative and support services highest in district Kangra followed by Solan, under education highest in district Kangra followed by Mandi, under Human Health & Social work, highest in district Kangra followed by Shimla, under Art, Entertainment, Sports and Recreation services etc. highest in district Kangra and followed by Kullu and under the other service activity highest concentration of workers were in Shimla and followed by Kangra district.

The topography of Himachal Pradesh is hilly and does not suits to pure agriculture activities like Crop Production and Plantation activity, as far as fishing and Aqua Culture activities is concern, it has also not wide scope because most of the rivers originate from the hills and moves in V shape but spread over in the neighbouring state i.e. Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand..The establishment under Forestry and Logging is also skewed due to ban on green falling in the Pradesh. The only Live Stock activities are widely spread as more than 90% of the people lives in rural area their life move around Live Stock activities,

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beside the above stated reason State Government initiatives like Dudh Ganga Yojan or other incentives under various scheme has given flip for expending the activities in the State.

The non Agriculture activities left, the only choice with the young & unemployed workforce as a result maximum are going for Retail Trade, Construction and Tourism, Transport related activities in search of self employment. The other most important activities, where a large workforce found engaged is Manufacturing and Electricity generation activities. The State Government has also imposed a cap for industrial and Hydel Projects to employ at least 70% Himachali in their workforce. The mashroom growth of educational institution in Himachal Pradesh has also provided a boost to this activity. Beside the above due to topographic reasons it is the compulsion of State Government to set up number of Educational and Health institutions to cater the need of local areas and result of this handsome growth can be seen in education and human health and social work activities.