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Child Labor Trends in India

This document provides a table listing the number of working children between ages 5-14 in each Indian state and union territory according to Census 2001 and Census 2011. It shows that the total number of working children in India declined significantly from 126.6 million in 2001 to 43.5 million in 2011 according to the census data. The states with the highest numbers of working children in 2011 were Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and West Bengal.

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Child Labor Trends in India

This document provides a table listing the number of working children between ages 5-14 in each Indian state and union territory according to Census 2001 and Census 2011. It shows that the total number of working children in India declined significantly from 126.6 million in 2001 to 43.5 million in 2011 according to the census data. The states with the highest numbers of working children in 2011 were Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and West Bengal.

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State wise details of working children in the age group of 5-14 years as per Census

2001 and Census 2011 are as under:


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Name of State/UT

Andaman & Nicobar Island


Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh U.T.
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar H.
Daman & Diu U.T.
Delhi U.T.
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep UT
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Pondicherry U.T.
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total

No. of working children in the age


group of 5-14 years
Census 2001
Census 2011
1960
999
1363339
404851
18482
5766
351416
99512
1117500
451590
3779
3135
364572
63884
4274
1054
729
774
41899
26473
4138
6920
485530
250318
253491
53492
107774
15001
175630
25528
407200
90996
822615
249432
26156
21757
27
28
1065259
286310
764075
496916
28836
11805
53940
18839
26265
2793
45874
11062
377594
92087
1904
1421
177268
90353
1262570
252338
16457
2704
418801
151437
21756
4998
1927997
896301
70183
28098
857087
234275
12666377
4353247

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