Proportion of Workers and Non-workers in India
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COMMENTS 
| Place of Residence | Persons/Males /Females | Total Population | Total Workers (Main + Marginal) | Main Workers | Marginal Workers | Non - workers | % Workers to total population | % Non- workers to total population |
| Total | Persons | 1,025,251,059 | 402,512,190 | 313,173,394 | 89,338,796 | 622,738,869 | 39.3 | 60.7 |
| Males | 530,422,415 | 275,463,736 | 240,520,672 | 34,943,064 | 254,958,679 | 51.9 | 48.1 | |
| Females | 494,828,644 | 127,048,454 | 72,652,722 | 54,395,732 | 367,780,190 | 25.7 | 74.3 | |
| Rural | Persons | 740,255,371 | 310,655,339 | 229,672,348 | 80,982,991 | 429,600,032 | 42.0 | 58.0 |
| Males | 380,438,194 | 199,199,602 | 169,333,233 | 29,866,369 | 181,238,592 | 52.4 | 47.6 | |
| Females | 359,817,177 | 111,455,737 | 60,339,115 | 51,116,622 | 248,361,440 | 31.0 | 69.0 | |
| Urban | Persons | 284,995,688 | 91,856,851 | 83,501,046 | 8,355,805 | 193,138,837 | 32.2 | 67.8 |
| Males | 149,984,221 | 76,264,134 | 71,187,439 | 5,076,695 | 73,720,087 | 50.8 | 49.2 | |
| Females | 135,011,467 | 15,592,717 | 12,313,607 | 3,279,110 | 119,418,750 | 11.5 | 88.5 | |
| Source: Census of India, 2001 | ||||||||