Zone-wise Employment of Women in India
(1997 & 1998)

Zone

Employment
(in ' 000) as on
31st March

Percentage
Change 1998/1997

1997

1998

Northern

573.7

581.8

+1.4

Central

424.7

423.2

-0.4

North-Eastern

427.7

406.8

-4.9

Eastern

437.1

442.8

+1.3

Western

791.6

803.2

+1.5

Southern

2058.4

2119.3

+3.0

Andaman & Nicobar Islands*

3.3

3.3

-

Total

4716.4

4780.4

+1.4

Growth of Average Daily Wage Earnings in 
1993-94 Prices in Rural India

Item

Rural Males

Rural Females

1987-88 to 1993-94

1993-94 to 1999-00

1987-88 to 1993-94

1993-94 to 1999-00

Public Works

1.55

3.83

1.9

5.04

Casual Labour in Agriculture

1.36

2.8

2.34

2.94

Casual Labour in Non-agriculture

1.33

3.7

1.32

5.07

Casual Labour in all Activities

0.77

3.59

1.95

3.19

Target and Achievement of Employment in India
(During Eighth Plan)

Year

Target
(lakh nos.)

Growth Rate

Achievement
 (lakh nos.)

Growth Rate

1992-93

128

2.3

134.06

3.28

1993-94

133

3.2

139.38

3.97

1994-95

138.6

4.2

146.56

5.15

1995-96

144.4

4.2

152.61

4.13

1996-97

150.5

4.2

160

4.88

1997-98

165

3.1

167.2

4.5

1998-99 (P)

170.1

3.1

171.58(Pj)

2.61

City-wise Number of Total
Main Workers in India
(Census 1991)

Million Plus City/U.A

Total Main Workers

Males

Females

Ahmedabad

872012

87061

Bangalore

1141214

220899

Bhopal*

262921

42687

Chennai

1428158

221219

Coimbatore

326444

55943

Delhi

2395281

284629

Greater Mumbai

3718584

588651

Hyderabad

1051823

165248

Indore

289051

40605

Jaipur

390819

36903

Kanpur

500769

23391

Kochi

275256

62401

Kolkata

3074792

271160

Lucknow

404714

37736

Ludhiana*

328047

15312

Madurai

288645

54521

Nagpur

398340

69120

Patna

245307

20088

Pune

642664

136140

Surat

475861

40733

Vadodara

299603

35829

Varanasi

252533

22967

Visakhapatnam

270306

34593