Gautam Sood Jeewanjyot Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Punjabi University, Patiala

 Population of Punjab = 2,77,43,338 Punjab ranks 15 th in terms of Population  Total Population Males = 1, 46, (52.82%)  Total Population Females = (47.17%)  Total Population Rural = 1,73,44,192 (62.52%)  Total Population Urban = 1,03,99,146 (37.48%)  Total Population Rural Males = 90,93,476 (52.42%)  Total Population Rural Females = (47.58%)  Total Population Urban Males = (53.33%)  Total Population Urban Females = (46.66%)

Age GroupTotal PopulationRural PopulationUrban Population TotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale Total Age not stated Source: Census India, 2011

 Age group with the Highest Population (Males, Females, Rural, Urban) =  Age group with the Lowest Population (Males, Females, Rural, Urban) = 80+  *Total Working Population = Rural: Males: 92,76,363 Urban: Females: 84,74,686)  **Dependent Population= Rural: Males: 41,90,874 Urban: Females: 36,26,364  Rural Urban Ratio of Working Population = 61: 39  Rural Urban Ratio of Dependent Population = 66 : 34  Male Female Ratio of Working Population = :  Male Female Ratio of Dependent Population =53.61 :  * Age Group  **Age Group and 60+; Excluding age group 0-4 and those who have not stated their age. Source: Census India, 2011

Persons who have worked for the major part of the reference period (i.e. 6 months or more) 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. 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, Rentiers, Inmates of Jails, mental or charitable institutions and persons seeking/ available for work.  Main Workers  Marginal Workers  Non Workers

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. Cultivation includes effective supervision or direction in cultivation. A person who has given out her/his land to another person or persons or institution(s) for cultivation for money, kind or share of crop and who does not even supervise or direct cultivation of land, is not treated as cultivator. Similarly, a person working on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or a combination of both (agricultural labourer) is not treated as cultivator. Cultivation does not include the following plantation crops - tea, coffee, rubber, coconut and betel-nuts (areca). 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 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. 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.  Cultivator:  Agricultural Labourers  Household Industry Workers  Others Source: Census India, 2011

Population of Punjab Main WorkersMarginal WorkersNon-workers Less than 3 months 3-6 MonthsAvailable/SeekingTotalAvailable/Seeking Total Males Females Rural Urban Rural Males Rural Females Urban Males Urban Females Source: Census India, 2011

DistrictsMain WorkersMarginal WorkersNon Workers Gurdaspur Kapurthala Jalandhar Hoshiarpur Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar Fatehgarh Sahib Ludhiana Moga Firozpur Muktsar Faridkot Bathinda Mansa Patiala Amritsar Tarn Taran Rupnagar SAS Nagar Sangrur Barnala Source: Census India, 2011

Age GroupTotal PopulationRural PopulationUrban Population TotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale Total Age not stated Source: Census India, 2011

 Total Highest :40-49 Lowest:05-09  Total Male Highest : Lowest:05-09  Total Female Highest:40-49 Lowest:80+  Rural Highest:40-49 Lowest:  Rural Male Highest: Lowest:  Rural Female Highest:40-49 Lowest: 80+  Urban Highest: Lowest:05-09  Urban Males Highest: Lowest:05-09  Urban Females Highest:40-49 Lowest:80+

 Total Main Workers =  Main Workers Rural = (60.43%)  Main Workers Urban = (39.56%)  Total Main Workers Male = (85.96%)  Total Main Workers Female= (14.03%)  Main Workers Rural Males = (86.50%)  Main Workers Rural Females = (13.49%)  Main Workers Urban Males = (85.13%)  Main Workers Urban Females = (14.86%)  Age group with the Highest Population (Males, Females, Rural, Urban) =  Age group with the Lowest Population (Males, Females, Rural, Urban) = Source: Census India, 2011

DistrictCultivatorsAgricultural LabourersHousehold IndustryOther Workers Gurdaspur Kapurthala Jalandhar Hosiarpur SBS Nagar Fatehgarh Sahib Ludhiana Moga Ferozepur Muktsar Faridkot Bathinda Mansa Patiala Amritsar Tarn Taran Rup Nagar SAS Nagar Sangrur Barnala Source: Census India, 2011

 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

Source: Census India, 2011 Marginal Workers (worked less than 3 months) Age GroupTotal PopulationRural PopulationUrban Population TotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale Total Age not stated

Source: Census India, 2011

Marginal Workers (worked for 3 to 6 months) Age GroupTotal PopulationRural PopulationUrban Population TotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale Total Age not stated

Source: Census India, 2011

Marginal Workers ( Seeking / available for work) Age GroupTotal PopulationRural PopulationUrban Population TotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale Total Age not stated

Source: Census India, 2011

 Total Highest :40-49 Lowest:05-09  Total Male Highest :20-24 Lowest:05-09  Total Female Highest:40-49 Lowest:80+  Rural Highest:40-49 Lowest:  Rural Male Highest:20-24 Lowest:  Rural Female Highest:40-49 Lowest:  Urban Highest:20-24 Lowest:80+  Urban Males Highest:20-24 Lowest:05-09  Urban Females Highest:40-49 Lowest:80+  Total Highest :40-49 Lowest: 80+  Total Male Highest :20-24 Lowest: 80+  Total Female Highest:40-49 Lowest:80+  Rural Highest:40-49 Lowest: 80+  Rural Male Highest:20-24 Lowest: 80+  Rural Female Highest:40-49 Lowest: 80+  Urban Highest:20-24 Lowest:80+  Urban Males Highest:20-24 Lowest: 80+  Urban Females Highest:40-49 Lowest:80+  Total Highest :20-24 Lowest:80+  Total Male Highest :20-24 Lowest:80+  Total Female Highest :20-24 Lowest:80+  Rural Highest :20-24 Lowest:80+  Rural Male Highest :20-24 Lowest:80+  Rural Female Highest :20-24 Lowest:80+  Urban Highest:20-24 Lowest:80+  Urban Males Highest :20-24 Lowest:80+  Urban Females Highest :20-24 Lowest:80+

Non-workers Age GroupTotal PopulationRural PopulationUrban Population TotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale Total Age not stated Source: Census India, 2011

Non – Workers ( Seeking / available for work) Age GroupTotal PopulationRural PopulationUrban Population TotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale Total Age not stated

Source: Census India, 2011

 Total Highest :10-14 Lowest:80+  Total Male Highest :10-14 Lowest:35-39  Total Female Highest:40-49 Lowest:80+  Rural Highest: Lowest: 80+  Rural Male Highest:10-14 Lowest:  Rural Female Highest:40-49 Lowest: 80+  Urban Highest:10-14 Lowest:80+  Urban Males Highest:10-14 Lowest:35-39  Urban Females Highest:40-49 Lowest:80+  Total Highest :20-14 Lowest:80+  Total Male Highest :15-19 Lowest:80+  Total Female Highest:20-24 Lowest:80+  Rural Highest:15-19 Lowest: 80+  Rural Male Highest:15-19 Lowest: 80+  Rural Female Highest:20-24 Lowest: 80+  Urban Highest:20-24 Lowest: 80+  Urban Males Highest:20-24 Lowest: 80+  Urban Females Highest:20-24 Lowest: 80+