{ "meta": { "dossier": "states-hbs", "frequency": "annual", "base": "as published", "source": "Reserve Bank of India, Handbook of Statistics on Indian States (via DBIE)", "vintage": "2026-10-09", "mock": false, "geo": "IND", "releaseDate": null, "latestPeriod": "2023-04", "unit": "count", "periodKind": "fy", "sparse": false, "hbs": { "table": "123", "report": "1667", "section": "INDUSTRY", "title": "State-wise Total Persons Engaged", "duplicates": [] }, "coverage": "State-wise Total Persons Engaged: RBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian States, Table 123", "note": "DBIE report 1667, data provider \"Query 1\". Values exactly as DBIE serves them; each series carries its unit (scripts/lib/products/states.mjs HBS_UNITS, read from the table's unit column and divisor); DBIE's unit column says: Units. Periods: fiscal years, dated at April. Dimensions: none; measures: value. Jammu & Kashmir to 2018-19 (with Ladakh) and from 2019-20 (the UT) are separate series; 2019-20 straddles the change of 31 October 2019." }, "dates": [ "2004-04-01", "2005-04-01", "2006-04-01", "2007-04-01", "2008-04-01", "2009-04-01", "2010-04-01", "2011-04-01", "2012-04-01", "2013-04-01", "2014-04-01", "2015-04-01", "2016-04-01", "2017-04-01", "2018-04-01", "2019-04-01", "2020-04-01", "2021-04-01", "2022-04-01", "2023-04-01" ], "series": { "all_india": { "name": "all_india", "label": "All India: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 8453624, 9111680, 10328434, 10452535, 11327485, 11792055, 12694853, 13430483, 12950025, 13538114, 13881386, 14299710, 14911189, 15614619, 16280211, 16624291, 16089700, 17215350, 18494962, 19589131 ] }, "andaman_and_nicobar_islands": { "name": "andaman_and_nicobar_islands", "label": "Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 251, 338, 293, 351, 362, 398, 370, 438, 502, 521, 520, 481, 421, 324, 289, 286, 230, 199, 192, 178 ] }, "andhra_pradesh": { "name": "andhra_pradesh", "label": "Andhra Pradesh: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 933473, 972634, 1007385, 1041265, 1093554, 1131149, 1300892, 1362788, 503615, 522057, 528417, 520056, 564017, 597292, 633142, 663574, 654708, 672708, 695020, 769214 ] }, "arunachal_pradesh": { "name": "arunachal_pradesh", "label": "Arunachal Pradesh: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 3684, 3420, 3347, 3298, 3103, 2581, 2355, 4424, 4341, 4364 ] }, "assam": { "name": "assam", "label": "Assam: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 119548, 128662, 136568, 134284, 149256, 148731, 166657, 180531, 167835, 186483, 195567, 208520, 218002, 217155, 237953, 263106, 260393, 234148, 258320, 242640 ] }, "bihar": { "name": "bihar", "label": "Bihar: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 61775, 67447, 66966, 73676, 73659, 86620, 106213, 126592, 116396, 113594, 146109, 119496, 116232, 121772, 130004, 128203, 126219, 130081, 135464, 139145 ] }, "chandigarh": { "name": "chandigarh", "label": "Chandigarh: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 9972, 10752, 13443, 12828, 11142, 10678, 12851, 14893, 12599, 13143, 10594, 11014, 10348, 9424, 9604, 10167, 9144, 9275, 9010, 8292 ] }, "chhattisgarh": { "name": "chhattisgarh", "label": "Chhattisgarh: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 106409, 112254, 138921, 155819, 172044, 154518, 178581, 185985, 173076, 166236, 179324, 171906, 187374, 185805, 213167, 228927, 229538, 243195, 294845, 300225 ] }, "dadra_and_nagar_haveli": { "name": "dadra_and_nagar_haveli", "label": "Dadra & Nagar Haveli: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 58306, 64820, 77481, 85709, 92557, 114188, 109671, 113512, 97422, 148522, 122371, 117132, 123227, 119591, 128024, 132695, 241124, 276094, 271246, 270916 ] }, "daman_and_diu": { "name": "daman_and_diu", "label": "Daman & Diu: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 68812, 79434, 87095, 86519, 88513, 108736, 112457, 103596, 128442, 109462, 97156, 95971, 113925, 115040, 114583, 122078, null, null, null, null ] }, "delhi": { "name": "delhi", "label": "Delhi: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 121128, 127999, 129952, 127960, 126816, 121161, 122193, 116221, 119001, 112180, 122852, 114341, 111370, 102248, 110483, 108232, 101742, 93502, 102492, 98813 ] }, "goa": { "name": "goa", "label": "Goa: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 37581, 39046, 41620, 50847, 53107, 51697, 53152, 65974, 55831, 56684, 65610, 71193, 64324, 76214, 76522, 74197, 82881, 86182, 87898, 92172 ] }, "gujarat": { "name": "gujarat", "label": "Gujarat: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 808618, 887511, 983922, 1045475, 1125543, 1159239, 1295334, 1383773, 1363628, 1372669, 1462206, 1563868, 1634566, 1826748, 1944548, 2068743, 2054221, 2162690, 2334636, 2559577 ] }, "haryana": { "name": "haryana", "label": "Haryana: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 354861, 396155, 426717, 509617, 607527, 584762, 546260, 582372, 566595, 612419, 744026, 717193, 826994, 858313, 1016463, 1023667, 1036575, 1105726, 1100915, 1191427 ] }, "himachal_pradesh": { "name": "himachal_pradesh", "label": "Himachal Pradesh: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 44287, 56838, 67752, 95612, 110242, 128665, 156396, 163440, 184833, 194608, 208781, 187568, 197826, 205781, 218196, 227975, 213748, 216241, 239917, 236026 ] }, "jammu_and_kashmir_state": { "name": "jammu_and_kashmir_state", "label": "Jammu & Kashmir (state, with Ladakh, to 2018-19): Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 31090, 40609, 47721, 52664, 54581, 53023, 55285, 63704, 60658, 66829, 65022, 68612, 75307, 73498, 74661, null, null, null, null, null ] }, "jammu_and_kashmir_ut": { "name": "jammu_and_kashmir_ut", "label": "Jammu & Kashmir (UT, from 2019-20): Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 66759, 65448, 62706, 62172, 66954 ] }, "jharkhand": { "name": "jharkhand", "label": "Jharkhand: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 152530, 148300, 146769, 152668, 163625, 141447, 188090, 196793, 188046, 187877, 182085, 179639, 189116, 192282, 238472, 205976, 187630, 211954, 210239, 229205 ] }, "karnataka": { "name": "karnataka", "label": "Karnataka: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 553457, 641864, 712260, 724075, 770133, 886706, 781716, 906473, 862203, 927392, 974022, 1005074, 1065021, 1065346, 1076026, 1081116, 996680, 1079730, 1216426, 1232959 ] }, "kerala": { "name": "kerala", "label": "Keralam: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 317834, 336997, 344845, 356147, 381558, 365767, 381340, 393425, 380498, 351662, 384058, 338920, 319568, 310326, 349971, 341411, 314152, 311082, 313589, 357911 ] }, "ladakh": { "name": "ladakh", "label": "Ladakh: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 214, 175, 36, 645, 285 ] }, "lakshadweep": { "name": "lakshadweep", "label": "Lakshadweep: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 12 ] }, "madhya_pradesh": { "name": "madhya_pradesh", "label": "Madhya Pradesh: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 216563, 217758, 237201, 255293, 273332, 279902, 310944, 314838, 302209, 322833, 344031, 358323, 372587, 378022, 411134, 413475, 390369, 419616, 436270, 492421 ] }, "maharashtra": { "name": "maharashtra", "label": "Maharashtra: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 1162346, 1245096, 1402698, 1354827, 1491931, 1514069, 1698122, 1880606, 1784909, 1886025, 1883675, 1970456, 1926154, 2007794, 2035306, 2038255, 1958888, 2138304, 2374711, 2535846 ] }, "manipur": { "name": "manipur", "label": "Manipur: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 1835, 1970, 2158, 2722, 2654, 3478, 4563, 5303, 6084, 5879, 7591, 8096, 8133, 8532, 8760, 6898, 6364, 6941, 6726, 5416 ] }, "meghalaya": { "name": "meghalaya", "label": "Meghalaya: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 3037, 4332, 5725, 5587, 5567, 6216, 7671, 11005, 11986, 13434, 14339, 13094, 12367, 12689, 12848, 12904, 12354, 12602, 12760, 13085 ] }, "mizoram": { "name": "mizoram", "label": "Mizoram: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 1664, 1467, 1350, 1322, 1340 ] }, "nagaland": { "name": "nagaland", "label": "Nagaland: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 2821, 2862, 3626, 2974, 2877, 3004, 2208, 2521, 3039, 3746, 5519, 5626, 5895, 6004, 5936, 5361, 5466, 5347, 5764, 5892 ] }, "odisha": { "name": "odisha", "label": "Odisha: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 145747, 144554, 162558, 184886, 213192, 227525, 282860, 284637, 263651, 260771, 262817, 257842, 272508, 279496, 281520, 281911, 279366, 320646, 330687, 377053 ] }, "puducherry": { "name": "puducherry", "label": "Puducherry: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 40695, 42597, 49944, 50737, 49254, 51219, 59258, 55472, 48527, 50108, 46961, 53716, 46728, 51816, 56477, 50958, 52663, 53126, 53578, 52977 ] }, "punjab": { "name": "punjab", "label": "Punjab: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 391081, 439246, 507463, 550351, 544776, 568211, 613926, 600041, 583520, 602818, 583316, 609675, 656255, 708232, 704770, 661932, 676840, 761070, 840903, 780562 ] }, "rajasthan": { "name": "rajasthan", "label": "Rajasthan: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 268437, 290941, 305359, 370261, 351351, 392526, 431800, 474883, 443027, 470078, 487520, 508574, 533019, 556103, 591685, 598791, 599660, 653390, 700704, 748268 ] }, "sikkim": { "name": "sikkim", "label": "Sikkim: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, 6484, 6844, 8906, 10278, 12749, 13675, 12674, 17232, 19659, 22624, 23039, 20786, 22493, 25343, 25858 ] }, "tamil_nadu": { "name": "tamil_nadu", "label": "Tamil Nadu: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 1268335, 1355789, 1899953, 1549761, 1774019, 1890149, 1943319, 1940819, 1965020, 2046553, 2127703, 2326458, 2408282, 2523483, 2554345, 2663069, 2488428, 2625109, 2774849, 2984439 ] }, "telangana": { "name": "telangana", "label": "Telangana: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 701110, 747062, 692301, 689537, 724612, 794520, 780204, 787105, 790098, 837235, 911083, 911843 ] }, "tripura": { "name": "tripura", "label": "Tripura: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 15392, 19221, 21077, 22896, 26089, 28401, 33327, 29933, 28526, 29121, 28871, 26719, 27258, 26632, 25050, 24266, 22827, 23821, 24662, 24868 ] }, "uttarakhand": { "name": "uttarakhand", "label": "Uttarakhand: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 51762, 71097, 95061, 129585, 229727, 238795, 288261, 342385, 335300, 386654, 374861, 388389, 425616, 426587, 411486, 437816, 389553, 414972, 413771, 428816 ] }, "uttar_pradesh": { "name": "uttar_pradesh", "label": "Uttar Pradesh: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 587702, 648449, 695199, 751165, 738644, 762599, 808666, 864346, 825537, 912206, 883331, 941293, 1012882, 1070841, 1101163, 1130778, 1142206, 1305711, 1486458, 1625746 ] }, "west_bengal": { "name": "west_bengal", "label": "West Bengal: Total Persons Engaged", "unit": "count", "group": "Industry", "data": [ 517939, 516107, 510701, 515972, 549852, 571994, 635626, 654276, 656123, 645738, 632470, 634835, 640678, 663751, 701692, 736165, 675402, 713643, 758004, 774386 ] } } }