| Seeking available for work | ||||||||||
| S.No | State / UT | Total seeking/available for work | Seeking available for marginal workers | Seeking available for work non-workers | ||||||
| Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | ||
| 1 | India | 70,081,562 | 36,852,511 | 33,229,051 | 24,923,666 | 15,520,179 | 9,403,487 | 45,157,896 | 21,332,332 | 23,825,564 |
| 2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 30,780 | 15,673 | 15,107 | 7,783 | 5,857 | 1,926 | 22,997 | 9,816 | 13,181 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 5,751,487 | 2,627,198 | 3,124,289 | 2,542,605 | 1,230,689 | 1,311,916 | 3,208,882 | 1,396,509 | 1,812,373 |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 56,270 | 26,693 | 29,577 | 16,945 | 8,967 | 7,978 | 39,325 | 17,726 | 21,599 |
| 5 | Assam | 2,624,727 | 1,278,392 | 1,346,335 | 751,170 | 445,439 | 305,731 | 1,873,557 | 832,953 | 1,040,604 |
| 6 | Bihar | 3,667,906 | 2,492,063 | 1,175,843 | 1,473,509 | 1,117,512 | 355,997 | 2,194,397 | 1,374,551 | 819,846 |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 48,422 | 21,551 | 26,871 | 4,247 | 3,292 | 955 | 44,175 | 18,259 | 25,916 |
| 8 | Chhattisgarh | 1,080,284 | 581,963 | 498,321 | 626,573 | 324,424 | 302,149 | 453,711 | 257,539 | 196,172 |
| 9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 8,183 | 3,027 | 5,156 | 4,627 | 1,735 | 2,892 | 3,556 | 1,292 | 2,264 |
| 10 | Daman & Diu | 7,080 | 3,245 | 3,835 | 1,337 | 707 | 630 | 5,743 | 2,538 | 3,205 |
| 11 | Delhi | 595,732 | 369,977 | 225,755 | 101,565 | 86,780 | 14,785 | 494,167 | 283,197 | 210,970 |
| 12 | Goa | 171,018 | 80,331 | 90,687 | 39,087 | 25,464 | 13,623 | 131,931 | 54,867 | 77,064 |
| 13 | Gujarat | 2,533,884 | 1,157,640 | 1,376,244 | 1,018,242 | 472,597 | 545,645 | 1,515,642 | 685,043 | 830,599 |
| 14 | Haryana | 1,019,774 | 631,735 | 388,039 | 464,278 | 328,440 | 135,838 | 555,496 | 303,295 | 252,201 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh | 403,958 | 235,108 | 168,850 | 197,407 | 128,849 | 68,558 | 206,551 | 106,259 | 100,292 |
| 16 | Jammu & Kashmir | 931,892 | 480,960 | 450,932 | 274,232 | 177,412 | 96,820 | 657,660 | 303,548 | 354,112 |
| 17 | Jharkhand | 1,897,819 | 1,271,576 | 626,243 | 937,943 | 680,271 | 257,672 | 959,876 | 591,305 | 368,571 |
| 18 | Karnataka | 2,285,369 | 1,156,296 | 1,129,073 | 781,442 | 431,820 | 349,622 | 1,503,927 | 724,476 | 779,451 |
| 19 | Kerala | 5,175,275 | 2,158,917 | 3,016,358 | 1,031,097 | 751,190 | 279,907 | 4,144,178 | 1,407,727 | 2,736,451 |
| 20 | Lakshadweep | 12,666 | 6,327 | 6,339 | 2,565 | 2,180 | 385 | 10,101 | 4,147 | 5,954 |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | 3,159,107 | 1,749,539 | 1,409,568 | 1,682,663 | 939,443 | 743,220 | 1,476,444 | 810,096 | 666,348 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 4,638,288 | 2,706,444 | 1,931,844 | 1,854,148 | 1,110,355 | 743,793 | 2,784,140 | 1,596,089 | 1,188,051 |
| 23 | Manipur | 244,441 | 114,190 | 130,251 | 88,697 | 38,392 | 50,305 | 155,744 | 75,798 | 79,946 |
| 24 | Meghalaya | 132,082 | 57,488 | 74,594 | 51,423 | 24,043 | 27,380 | 80,659 | 33,445 | 47,214 |
| 25 | Mizoram | 34,262 | 17,044 | 17,218 | 15,752 | 8,383 | 7,369 | 18,510 | 8,661 | 9,849 |
| 26 | Nagaland | 157,917 | 82,224 | 75,693 | 37,527 | 20,284 | 17,243 | 120,390 | 61,940 | 58,450 |
| 27 | Orissa | 3,761,430 | 1,975,555 | 1,785,875 | 1,623,248 | 895,702 | 727,546 | 2,138,182 | 1,079,853 | 1,058,329 |
| 28 | Pondicherry | 90,926 | 38,002 | 52,924 | 12,031 | 7,530 | 4,501 | 78,895 | 30,472 | 48,423 |
| 29 | Punjab | 1,453,817 | 692,648 | 761,169 | 366,049 | 231,517 | 134,532 | 1,087,768 | 461,131 | 626,637 |
| 30 | Rajasthan | 2,441,298 | 1,404,391 | 1,036,907 | 1,251,929 | 726,410 | 525,519 | 1,189,369 | 677,981 | 511,388 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 24,802 | 10,762 | 14,040 | 6,914 | 3,464 | 3,450 | 17,888 | 7,298 | 10,590 |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu | 5,281,562 | 2,405,454 | 2,876,108 | 1,380,437 | 807,235 | 573,202 | 3,901,125 | 1,598,219 | 2,302,906 |
| 33 | Tripura | 454,498 | 182,489 | 272,009 | 106,577 | 54,528 | 52,049 | 347,921 | 127,961 | 219,960 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 8,256,551 | 5,524,688 | 2,731,863 | 3,172,850 | 2,493,554 | 679,296 | 5,083,701 | 3,031,134 | 2,052,567 |
| 35 | Uttaranchal | 561,501 | 365,976 | 195,525 | 202,866 | 160,287 | 42,579 | 358,635 | 205,689 | 152,946 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 11,086,554 | 4,926,945 | 6,159,609 | 2,793,901 | 1,775,427 | 1,018,474 | 8,292,653 | 3,151,518 | 5,141,135 |
| Source: Census of India 2001 | ||||||||||