| Zone | State Name | Total Households | 1 = Cultivation | % 1 = Cultivation | 2=Manual Casual Labour | % 2=Manual Casual Labour | 3=Part-time or Full-Time Domestic Service | % 3=Part-time or Full-Time Domestic Service | 4=Foraging Rag Picking | % 4=Foraging Rag Picking | 5=Non-agricultural Own Account Enterprise | % 5=Non-agricultural Own Account Enterprise | 6=Begging/Charity/ Alms collection | % 6=Begging/Charity/ Alms collection | 7=Others | % 7=Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All India | 179787454 | 54122794 | 30.1% | 92016420 | 51.18% | 4487569 | 2.5% | 410320 | 0.23% | 2888481 | 1.61% | 669649 | 0.37% | 25121808 | 13.97% | |
| North Total | 9104338 | 2900851 | 31.86% | 3690369 | 40.53% | 442652 | 4.86% | 14120 | 0.16% | 191843 | 2.11% | 23565 | 0.26% | 1836582 | 20.17% | |
| North | JAMMU & KASHMIR (01) | 1601606 | 482489 | 30.13% | 596927 | 37.27% | 71500 | 4.46% | 1472 | 0.09% | 18236 | 1.14% | 5511 | 0.34% | 425462 | 26.56% |
| North | HIMACHAL PRADESH (02) | 1263756 | 458438 | 36.28% | 254908 | 20.17% | 101234 | 8.01% | 2179 | 0.17% | 32629 | 2.58% | 3342 | 0.26% | 411025 | 32.52% |
| North | PUNJAB (03) | 3269467 | 977676 | 29.9% | 1570446 | 48.03% | 121061 | 3.7% | 5403 | 0.17% | 58830 | 1.8% | 5331 | 0.16% | 528934 | 16.18% |
| North | HARYANA (06) | 2969509 | 982248 | 33.08% | 1268088 | 42.7% | 148857 | 5.01% | 5066 | 0.17% | 82148 | 2.77% | 9381 | 0.32% | 471161 | 15.87% |
| East Total | 47307665 | 9722560 | 20.55% | 29533610 | 62.43% | 1082696 | 2.29% | 105248 | 0.22% | 810678 | 1.71% | 300325 | 0.63% | 5735985 | 12.12% | |
| East | BIHAR (10) | 17829066 | 3251903 | 18.24% | 12636862 | 70.88% | 334064 | 1.87% | 26527 | 0.15% | 99431 | 0.56% | 33792 | 0.19% | 1440594 | 8.08% |
| East | WEST BENGAL (19) | 15756750 | 2972571 | 18.87% | 9199460 | 58.38% | 298456 | 1.89% | 36268 | 0.23% | 521568 | 3.31% | 197812 | 1.26% | 2529646 | 16.05% |
| East | JHARKHAND (20) | 5044234 | 1477083 | 29.28% | 2607599 | 51.69% | 188874 | 3.74% | 20085 | 0.4% | 54817 | 1.09% | 14518 | 0.29% | 672785 | 13.34% |
| East | ODISHA (21) | 8677615 | 2021003 | 23.29% | 5089689 | 58.65% | 261302 | 3.01% | 22368 | 0.26% | 134862 | 1.55% | 54203 | 0.62% | 1092960 | 12.6% |
| West Total | 31206237 | 12251655 | 39.26% | 13627913 | 43.67% | 654997 | 2.1% | 54783 | 0.18% | 563323 | 1.81% | 107310 | 0.34% | 3935704 | 12.61% | |
| West | RAJASTHAN (08) | 10223073 | 4267200 | 41.74% | 4459006 | 43.62% | 260103 | 2.54% | 16138 | 0.16% | 151409 | 1.48% | 47930 | 0.47% | 1014126 | 9.92% |
| West | GUJARAT (24) | 6920473 | 2844183 | 41.1% | 2995611 | 43.29% | 89138 | 1.29% | 9199 | 0.13% | 172343 | 2.49% | 23470 | 0.34% | 786379 | 11.36% |
| West | MAHARASHTRA (27) | 13841960 | 5129029 | 37.05% | 6141653 | 44.37% | 287112 | 2.07% | 29092 | 0.21% | 235119 | 1.7% | 35588 | 0.26% | 1981287 | 14.31% |
| West | GOA (30) | 220731 | 11243 | 5.09% | 31643 | 14.34% | 18644 | 8.45% | 354 | 0.16% | 4452 | 2.02% | 322 | 0.15% | 153912 | 69.73% |
| South Total | 39443917 | 9656119 | 24.48% | 20744050 | 52.59% | 819753 | 2.08% | 150626 | 0.38% | 882245 | 2.24% | 55553 | 0.14% | 7115892 | 18.04% | |
| South | ANDHRA PRADESH (28) | 9344180 | 2100103 | 22.47% | 5503386 | 58.9% | 186923 | 2% | 17722 | 0.19% | 82224 | 0.88% | 16408 | 0.18% | 1422734 | 15.23% |
| South | KARNATAKA (29) | 8048664 | 3593495 | 44.65% | 2614761 | 32.49% | 231748 | 2.88% | 101556 | 1.26% | 150487 | 1.87% | 9650 | 0.12% | 1346081 | 16.72% |
| South | KERALA (32) | 6319215 | 648313 | 10.26% | 3198040 | 50.61% | 95813 | 1.52% | 5926 | 0.09% | 132717 | 2.1% | 13735 | 0.22% | 2224670 | 35.2% |
| South | TAMILNADU (33) | 10088119 | 1837857 | 18.22% | 6635442 | 65.77% | 162734 | 1.61% | 13309 | 0.13% | 366854 | 3.64% | 4641 | 0.05% | 1065974 | 10.57% |
| South | TELANGANA (36) | 5643739 | 1476351 | 26.16% | 2792421 | 49.48% | 142535 | 2.53% | 12113 | 0.21% | 149963 | 2.66% | 11119 | 0.2% | 1056433 | 18.72% |
| Central Total | 43325279 | 16757213 | 38.68% | 21054446 | 48.6% | 921088 | 2.13% | 64461 | 0.15% | 296585 | 0.68% | 132388 | 0.31% | 4080607 | 9.42% | |
| Central | UTTARAKHAND (05) | 1479742 | 536620 | 36.26% | 413990 | 27.98% | 79824 | 5.39% | 2262 | 0.15% | 24986 | 1.69% | 3214 | 0.22% | 418846 | 28.31% |
| Central | UTTAR PRADESH (09) | 26015592 | 10468759 | 40.24% | 11874439 | 45.64% | 582807 | 2.24% | 39324 | 0.15% | 210479 | 0.81% | 45202 | 0.17% | 2780086 | 10.69% |
| Central | CHHATTISGARH (22) | 4540999 | 1823114 | 40.15% | 2367414 | 52.13% | 75260 | 1.66% | 3913 | 0.09% | 15434 | 0.34% | 25323 | 0.56% | 226624 | 4.99% |
| Central | MADHYA PRADESH (23) | 11288946 | 3928720 | 34.8% | 6398603 | 56.68% | 183197 | 1.62% | 18962 | 0.17% | 45686 | 0.4% | 58649 | 0.52% | 655051 | 5.8% |
| North Eastern Total | 8061458 | 2670137 | 33.12% | 3142125 | 38.98% | 390101 | 4.84% | 14474 | 0.18% | 126027 | 1.56% | 45391 | 0.56% | 1672433 | 20.75% | |
| North Eastern | SIKKIM (11) | 88723 | 40309 | 45.43% | 17545 | 19.78% | 3863 | 4.35% | 37 | 0.04% | 2987 | 3.37% | 71 | 0.08% | 23782 | 26.8% |
| North Eastern | ARUNACHAL PRADESH (12) | 201842 | 136600 | 67.68% | 20167 | 9.99% | 4730 | 2.34% | 129 | 0.06% | 2545 | 1.26% | 249 | 0.12% | 37419 | 18.54% |
| North Eastern | NAGALAND (13) | 284310 | 177218 | 62.33% | 23961 | 8.43% | 7797 | 2.74% | 49 | 0.02% | 4172 | 1.47% | 528 | 0.19% | 70580 | 24.83% |
| North Eastern | MANIPUR (14) | 448163 | 213762 | 47.7% | 92116 | 20.55% | 26212 | 5.85% | 168 | 0.04% | 3448 | 0.77% | 223 | 0.05% | 112224 | 25.04% |
| North Eastern | MIZORAM (15) | 111626 | 82241 | 73.68% | 10096 | 9.04% | 2029 | 1.82% | 233 | 0.21% | 822 | 0.74% | 83 | 0.07% | 16122 | 14.44% |
| North Eastern | TRIPURA (16) | 697062 | 159685 | 22.91% | 333360 | 47.82% | 40210 | 5.77% | 1322 | 0.19% | 15712 | 2.25% | 2888 | 0.41% | 143390 | 20.57% |
| North Eastern | MEGHALAYA (17) | 485897 | 184056 | 37.88% | 198971 | 40.95% | 15007 | 3.09% | 420 | 0.09% | 7445 | 1.53% | 1054 | 0.22% | 78939 | 16.25% |
| North Eastern | ASSAM (18) | 5743835 | 1676266 | 29.18% | 2445909 | 42.58% | 290253 | 5.05% | 12116 | 0.21% | 88896 | 1.55% | 40295 | 0.7% | 1189977 | 20.72% |
| UT Total | 1338560 | 164259 | 12.27% | 223907 | 16.73% | 176282 | 13.17% | 6608 | 0.49% | 17780 | 1.33% | 5117 | 0.38% | 744605 | 55.63% | |
| UT | CHANDIGARH (04) | 15657 | 211 | 1.35% | 2707 | 17.29% | 1043 | 6.66% | 54 | 0.34% | 452 | 2.89% | 17 | 0.11% | 11173 | 71.36% |
| UT | NCT OF DELHI (07) | 1051097 | 115088 | 10.95% | 140568 | 13.37% | 157131 | 14.95% | 5840 | 0.56% | 13705 | 1.3% | 4358 | 0.41% | 614407 | 58.45% |
| UT | DAMAN AND DIU (25) | 31795 | 1373 | 4.32% | 5850 | 18.4% | 1009 | 3.17% | 184 | 0.58% | 196 | 0.62% | 139 | 0.44% | 23043 | 72.47% |
| UT | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI (26) | 45352 | 15854 | 34.96% | 12755 | 28.12% | 4964 | 10.95% | 131 | 0.29% | 792 | 1.75% | 98 | 0.22% | 10758 | 23.72% |
| UT | LAKSHADWEEP (31) | 10929 | 450 | 4.12% | 2108 | 19.29% | 1248 | 11.42% | 3 | 0.03% | 17 | 0.16% | 11 | 0.1% | 7092 | 64.89% |
| UT | PUDUCHERRY (34) | 115249 | 18403 | 15.97% | 46711 | 40.53% | 8109 | 7.04% | 373 | 0.32% | 1596 | 1.38% | 434 | 0.38% | 39622 | 34.38% |
| UT | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS (35) | 68481 | 12880 | 18.81% | 13208 | 19.29% | 2778 | 4.06% | 23 | 0.03% | 1022 | 1.49% | 60 | 0.09% | 38510 | 56.23% |