OCCUPATIONAL WAGE SURVEY SIXTH ROUND 2008

REPORT ON TEXTILE  INDUSTRY   

TABLE 2.1

PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF WORK FORCE IN INDUSTRIES BY SEX AND AGE

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Sl.   Industry/Stratum         Estimated           Percentage of Workers

No.                            Total No.   -------------------------------------

                                  of        Men      Women    Adole-   Children

                                Workers                       scents

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 1           2                     3         4         5         6         7

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I.    Cotton Textiles           433265     80.69     19.31       -         - 

    1 Rajasthan                  15838     98.30      1.70       -         - 

    2 Gujarat                    44517     95.20      4.80       -         - 

    3 Maharashtra                63001     94.60      5.40       -         - 

    4 Kerala                     17166     37.99     62.01       -         - 

    5 Tamil Nadu                158183     65.90     34.10       -         - 

    6 Residual                  134560     90.14      9.86       -         - 

II.   Woollen Textiles           25243     98.60      1.40       -         -

    1 Punjab                      2450     97.67      2.33       -         - 

    2 Haryana                     1726     94.26      5.74       -         - 

    3 Rajasthan                   1893     96.62      3.38       -         - 

    4 Residual                   19174     99.30      0.70       -         - 

III.  Silk Textiles              20146     96.80      3.20       -         - 

    1 Maharashtra                  993     85.10     14.90       -         - 

    2 Karnataka                  10497     98.45      1.55       -         - 

    3 Tamil Nadu                   267     57.30     42.70       -         - 

    4 Residual                    8389     97.38      2.62       -         - 

IV.   Synthetic Textiles        136932     96.57      3.43       -         - 

    1 Rajasthan                  20557     99.94      0.06       -         - 

    2 Gujarat                    68363     99.67      0.33       -         - 

    3 Maharashtra                 9926     90.05      9.95       -         - 

    4 Residual                   38086     90.87      9.13       -         - 

V.    Jute Textiles             166796     99.04      0.96       -         -

    1 West Bengal               137649     99.52      0.48       -         - 

    2 Kerala                       841     31.75     68.25       -         - 

    3 Tamil Nadu                   377     41.38     58.62       -         - 

    4 Residual                   27929     99.45      0.55       -         - 

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All Textiles Industries         782382     88.37     11.63       -         - 

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    NOTE :-  '-' = Nil information.