| Main activity of marginal | |||||||||||||||||||
| S No. | State / UT | Students | Household duties | Dependents | Pensioners | Beggars, Vagrants etc. | Others | ||||||||||||
| Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | ||
| 1 | India | 5,100,698 | 3,281,462 | 1,819,236 | 48,189,940 | 5,282,163 | 42,907,777 | 2,655,195 | 1,503,060 | 1,152,135 | 397,766 | 277,356 | 120,410 | 72,368 | 44,828 | 27,540 | 32,813,774 | 24,477,794 | 8,335,980 |
| 2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1,931 | 1,146 | 785 | 9,904 | 1,990 | 7,914 | 504 | 391 | 113 | 207 | 172 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10,097 | 8,110 | 1,987 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 125,966 | 75,097 | 50,869 | 2,788,944 | 332,304 | 2,456,640 | 224,220 | 103,992 | 120,228 | 15,587 | 7,191 | 8,396 | 4,951 | 2,669 | 2,282 | 2,693,318 | 1,685,447 | 1,007,871 |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 9,480 | 5,209 | 4,271 | 34,958 | 5,574 | 29,384 | 3,560 | 1,879 | 1,681 | 299 | 246 | 53 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 19,582 | 13,309 | 6,273 |
| 5 | Assam | 226,149 | 128,711 | 97,438 | 1,254,683 | 216,869 | 1,037,814 | 85,079 | 48,760 | 36,319 | 8,435 | 5,606 | 2,829 | 2,599 | 978 | 1,621 | 847,549 | 621,004 | 226,545 |
| 6 | Bihar | 271,145 | 201,569 | 69,576 | 3,918,737 | 487,490 | 3,431,247 | 274,834 | 178,610 | 96,224 | 18,331 | 14,854 | 3,477 | 6,170 | 4,252 | 1,918 | 2,432,514 | 2,085,210 | 347,304 |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 1,126 | 727 | 399 | 2,591 | 139 | 2,452 | 461 | 327 | 134 | 167 | 144 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 7,076 | 6,022 | 1,054 |
| 8 | Chhattisgarh | 139,834 | 86,026 | 53,808 | 1,603,781 | 141,046 | 1,462,735 | 61,880 | 33,522 | 28,358 | 7,836 | 3,699 | 4,137 | 1,752 | 1,027 | 725 | 810,193 | 523,604 | 286,589 |
| 9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 663 | 401 | 262 | 11,581 | 1,001 | 10,580 | 534 | 245 | 289 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5,147 | 3,025 | 2,122 |
| 10 | Daman & Diu | 133 | 83 | 50 | 2,955 | 83 | 2,872 | 113 | 66 | 47 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2,042 | 1,445 | 597 |
| 11 | Delhi | 10,835 | 7,122 | 3,713 | 39,401 | 2,783 | 36,618 | 7,082 | 5,578 | 1,504 | 1,029 | 881 | 148 | 255 | 210 | 45 | 169,116 | 149,182 | 19,934 |
| 12 | Goa | 2,167 | 1,274 | 893 | 35,607 | 3,834 | 31,773 | 1,530 | 804 | 726 | 415 | 333 | 82 | 78 | 47 | 31 | 57,753 | 41,933 | 15,820 |
| 13 | Gujarat | 119,082 | 69,415 | 49,667 | 2,815,183 | 126,911 | 2,688,272 | 103,659 | 60,052 | 43,607 | 7,056 | 4,806 | 2,250 | 1,711 | 1,140 | 571 | 1,183,756 | 734,396 | 449,360 |
| 14 | Haryana | 252,612 | 161,721 | 90,891 | 1,161,590 | 53,484 | 1,108,106 | 33,383 | 21,011 | 12,372 | 35,471 | 23,962 | 11,509 | 1,570 | 1,140 | 430 | 651,516 | 521,204 | 130,312 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh | 181,254 | 95,904 | 85,350 | 582,625 | 56,046 | 526,579 | 9,681 | 5,401 | 4,280 | 27,329 | 21,507 | 5,822 | 308 | 209 | 99 | 227,382 | 174,230 | 53,152 |
| 16 | Jammu & Kashmir | 101,559 | 63,155 | 38,404 | 684,404 | 119,909 | 564,495 | 29,846 | 16,146 | 13,700 | 7,042 | 5,649 | 1,393 | 795 | 497 | 298 | 321,501 | 247,627 | 73,874 |
| 17 | Jharkhand | 141,064 | 93,589 | 47,475 | 2,113,622 | 312,258 | 1,801,364 | 86,530 | 50,096 | 36,434 | 7,522 | 5,430 | 2,092 | 2,001 | 1,399 | 602 | 1,311,509 | 1,063,017 | 248,492 |
| 18 | Karnataka | 176,853 | 107,998 | 68,855 | 2,410,205 | 185,781 | 2,224,424 | 123,176 | 62,204 | 60,972 | 8,324 | 5,895 | 2,429 | 4,008 | 2,013 | 1,995 | 1,447,466 | 974,619 | 472,847 |
| 19 | Kerala | 23,379 | 15,405 | 7,974 | 562,820 | 106,918 | 455,902 | 39,935 | 28,266 | 11,669 | 15,156 | 12,349 | 2,807 | 608 | 397 | 211 | 1,405,016 | 1,141,617 | 263,399 |
| 20 | Lakshadweep | 27 | 20 | 7 | 544 | 226 | 318 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3,042 | 2,642 | 400 |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | 435,316 | 296,826 | 138,490 | 4,099,363 | 395,256 | 3,704,107 | 147,988 | 84,324 | 63,664 | 24,291 | 13,622 | 10,669 | 4,989 | 3,439 | 1,550 | 1,979,000 | 1,344,622 | 634,378 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 423,369 | 260,637 | 162,732 | 3,281,589 | 291,213 | 2,990,376 | 151,549 | 80,814 | 70,735 | 25,509 | 21,138 | 4,371 | 4,936 | 3,129 | 1,807 | 2,538,346 | 1,778,869 | 759,477 |
| 23 | Manipur | 44,912 | 22,425 | 22,487 | 152,483 | 19,668 | 132,815 | 9,172 | 4,306 | 4,866 | 1,559 | 1,148 | 411 | 53 | 24 | 29 | 77,670 | 49,418 | 28,252 |
| 24 | Meghalaya | 30,209 | 15,441 | 14,768 | 101,354 | 14,169 | 87,185 | 11,892 | 6,351 | 5,541 | 536 | 303 | 233 | 247 | 143 | 104 | 68,897 | 46,390 | 22,507 |
| 25 | Mizoram | 34,826 | 17,917 | 16,909 | 47,336 | 5,345 | 41,991 | 1,800 | 867 | 933 | 783 | 661 | 122 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 19,943 | 12,782 | 7,161 |
| 26 | Nagaland | 43,748 | 23,156 | 20,592 | 56,244 | 11,532 | 44,712 | 6,164 | 3,164 | 3,000 | 965 | 768 | 197 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 36,664 | 25,517 | 11,147 |
| 27 | Orissa | 100,720 | 65,470 | 35,250 | 2,551,408 | 431,724 | 2,119,684 | 124,284 | 65,013 | 59,271 | 31,039 | 14,691 | 16,348 | 2,748 | 1,706 | 1,042 | 1,877,020 | 1,218,662 | 658,358 |
| 28 | Pondicherry | 430 | 261 | 169 | 7,361 | 726 | 6,635 | 843 | 541 | 302 | 333 | 147 | 186 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 16,310 | 11,786 | 4,524 |
| 29 | Punjab | 63,597 | 38,178 | 25,419 | 654,897 | 66,753 | 588,144 | 33,717 | 19,572 | 14,145 | 9,455 | 6,790 | 2,665 | 1,479 | 898 | 581 | 528,597 | 401,994 | 126,603 |
| 30 | Rajasthan | 628,361 | 430,985 | 197,376 | 4,008,861 | 278,737 | 3,730,124 | 128,197 | 68,637 | 59,560 | 30,847 | 25,163 | 5,684 | 4,878 | 3,164 | 1,714 | 1,528,623 | 1,047,798 | 480,825 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 15,368 | 7,782 | 7,586 | 22,937 | 2,779 | 20,158 | 1,346 | 739 | 607 | 204 | 155 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 10,275 | 7,714 | 2,561 |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu | 104,958 | 57,476 | 47,482 | 1,965,416 | 224,322 | 1,741,094 | 203,070 | 90,988 | 112,082 | 17,446 | 9,334 | 8,112 | 1,610 | 849 | 761 | 1,827,999 | 1,414,118 | 413,881 |
| 33 | Tripura | 11,868 | 7,431 | 4,437 | 119,328 | 10,183 | 109,145 | 7,423 | 4,010 | 3,413 | 837 | 542 | 295 | 272 | 110 | 162 | 107,541 | 67,016 | 40,525 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 993,226 | 690,326 | 302,900 | 7,782,610 | 920,840 | 6,861,770 | 540,931 | 332,470 | 208,461 | 49,789 | 37,158 | 12,631 | 13,423 | 9,456 | 3,967 | 5,266,196 | 4,653,048 | 613,148 |
| 35 | Uttaranchal | 74,299 | 39,562 | 34,737 | 415,986 | 48,117 | 367,869 | 14,072 | 8,607 | 5,465 | 28,375 | 21,234 | 7,141 | 322 | 233 | 89 | 278,635 | 239,182 | 39,453 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 310,232 | 193,017 | 117,215 | 2,888,632 | 406,153 | 2,482,479 | 186,722 | 115,292 | 71,430 | 15,547 | 11,744 | 3,803 | 10,491 | 5,632 | 4,859 | 3,046,483 | 2,161,235 | 885,248 |
| Source: Census of India 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||