Sr. No.
Employment status and year
Rural
Urban
Total
Male
Female
1
Self employment
1972-73
65.9
64.5
39.2
48.4
60.6
63.0
1977-78
62.8
62.1
40.4
49.5
58.0
60.7
1983
60.5
61.9
40.9
45.8
55.9
60.0
1987-88
58.6
60.8
41.7
47.1
54.3
58.9
1990-91
55.7
40.7
49.0
52.0
57.2
1993-1994
57.7
52.9
56.7
1997
59.4
57.0
40.0
39.7
54.2
54.5
1998
55.3
53.4
42.5
38.4
51.8
51.3
2
Regular employees
12.1
4.1
50.7
27.9
19.7
6.3
10.6
2.8
46.4
24.9
18.3
5.3
10.3
43.7
25.8
18.2
5.6
10.0
3.7
27.5
18.6
6.9
12.8
3.8
44.2
25.9
20.6
7.0
8.5
2.7
42.0
28.4
17.0
7.3
2.1
41.5
31.3
16.5
2.5
39.5
32.7
15.8
6.8
3
Casual Labour
22.0
31.4
10.1
23.7
30.7
26.6
35.1
13.2
25.6
34.0
29.2
35.3
15.4
34.4
35.5
14.6
25.4
27.1
34.2
1990-1991
31.5
37.6
15.1
25.1
27.4
35.8
33.8
38.7
16.3
30.1
37.0