Executive Summary

 The Sixth Economic Census (EC) was conducted in all the 12 districts of Himachal
Pradesh.

 The field work was carried out in two phases due to its topographical diversity.

 The EC enumerated all the establishments involving various agricultural and non-
agricultural activities excluding Crop Production, Plantation, Public Administration,
Defense and Compulsory Social Security.

 Enumeration blocks of population census, 2011 were used as the primary

geographical units for the collection of the data as per the guidelines of Govt. of
India. All 24,932 Enumeration Blocks were enumerated by employing 12,322 persons
from various departments as well as unemployed youth.

 Data for the handicraft /handloom establishments was collected for the first time and
12,172 establishments were recorded operational.

 Total number of establishments comes out 4,12,240, out of which 81.12%

establishments were engaged in rural areas and 18.88% were engaged in urban areas.

 Nearly 57.65 % of the establishments are being operated from outside the household
with fixed structure and 42.35 % were without fixed structure and inside the
household.

 Growth rate in number of establishments over fifth EC (2005) has been recorded as
high as 59.96%, which is approximately 8.5% per year in the previous 7 years.

 
 
  Total number of persons employed in these establishments were 9, 77,188 with
76.17% employment belonging to rural areas and 23.83% in urban areas.

 Percentage of hired workers and not hired workers engaged under various
establishments were 64.14% and 35.86% respectively.

 In total numbers of workers, percentage of female workers is 24.27%.

 
 Growth rate of employment over fifth EC (2005) was as high as 71.54%.

 The main highlight of this Census is that the number of female worker whether hired
or not hired has increased tremendously. The participation of women in the Economic
Activities has increased almost three times in last 7 years.

 The growth of Establishments in Himachal Pradesh is 59.96%, whereas growth in the

Employment is 71.54%. In both whether number of Establishment or Employment,
Himachal has progressed very well.

 
 
 KEY RESULTS
The results of the 6th Economic Census reveal that there were 4, 12,240
Establishments in the state which were engaged in different economic activities other than Crop
Production and Plantation. Wherein 9, 77,188 persons were performing different economic
activities. Table 1 depicts the establishment’s number/percentage/employment engaged in
Agriculture and Non Agriculture activities.

Table -1 Distribution of Establishments and Employment

Type of Establishments & Employment Rural Urban Combined
No. % No. % age No. % age
age
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
1. All Establishments 30804 96.09 1252 3.91 32056 100
a) Own Account Establishments 30033 96.16 1199 3.84 31232 100
b) Establishments with at least one hired worker 771 93.57 53 6.43 824 100

2. Person usually working in Establishments 39566 95.62 1812 4.38 41378 100
a) Own Account Establishments 36879 95.98 1544 4.02 38423 100
b) Establishments with at least one hired worker 2687 90.93 268 9.07 2955 100

NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
1. All Establishments 303594 79.85 76590 20.15 380184 100
a) Own Account Establishments 220035 80.89 51978 19.11 272013 100
b) Establishments with at least one hired worker 83559 77.25 24612 22.75 108171 100
2. Person usually working in Establishments 704754 75.31 231056 24.69 935810 100
a) Own Account Establishments 253143 81.15 58812 18.85 311955 100
b) Establishments with at least one hired worker 451611 72.39 172244 27.61 623855 100

AGRICULTURAL & NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY

1. All Establishments 334398 81.12 77842 18.88 412240 100
a) Own Account Establishments 250068 82.46 53177 17.54 303245 100
b) Establishments with at least one hired worker 84330 77.37 24665 22.63 108995 100
2. Person usually working in Establishments 744320 76.17 232868 23.83 977188 100
a) Own Account Establishments 290022 82.77 60356 17.23 350378 100
b)Establishments with at least one hired worker 454298 72.48 172512 27.52 626810 100

It was observed from the above table that 32,056 (7.78%) establishments were
engaged in Agriculture sector and 3, 80,184 (92.22%) were engaged in Non Agriculture sector.

Under the Agriculture sector 96.09% establishments were situated in rural area
and 3.91% were in urban area. Out of the total agricultural employment, 95.62% were employed
in rural area and 4.38 % in urban area.

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 In Noon Agriculturre sector 79.85 % establlishments were
w situated in rural areaa and
20.15% were
w in urbaan area. In the
t Non agriicultural sector 75.31% were emplooyed in rurall area
24.69 % in urban areea.

Out of
o the total establishmen
e nts (Agricultture + Non Agriculture)
A ), 81.12% were
situated in rural areaa and 18.88% were in urban area, whereas em mployment ofo 76.17% of
o the
workers was
w in rural area and thee remaining 23.83% wass in urban areea.

One important
i innference cann also be deerived from the census that out off total
establishm
ments 73.56
6% were Owwn Account Establishmen
E nt, engaging 35.86% of the
t total worrkers,
whereas 26.44% estaablishment were
w such ,w where at leastt one hired worker
w was engaged
e but these
establishm
ments were employing 64.14%
6 of thhe work forcce.

Distributiion of Estab
blishmentss in Himach
hal Pradesh
h
Agricullture 
8%
%

Non­
Ag
griculture  
92% Agriculturre  Non
n­Agricultu
ure 

Distribution 
D  of Establish
hments by Location in H
 Himachal Prradesh
Urban
n
19%

Rural
81%

U
Urban R
Rural

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 Table-2 District wise Number of Census houses / structures by use
(Commercial, Residential, Residential cum Commercial and Others)
Sl. No. Districts Rural Urban
Commercial Residential Residential Others All Commercial Residential Residential Others All
Establishme cum establishments cum
nts Commercial Commercial
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
1 Chamba 11364 89360 6282 13220 120226 2654 5949 422 1337 10362

2. Kangra 50828 277968 43280 157930 530006 8046 15737 2320 6092 32195

3. Lahaul & Spiti 1390 4578 1728 3070 10766 0 0 0 0 0

4. Kullu 10453 66387 15685 1986 94511 4904 6971 2212 224 14311

5. Mandi 26320 180104 23626 190598 420648 5712 13404 1666 10323 31105

6. Hamirpur 14337 90992 9971 52015 167315 3995 3967 2822 1226 12010

7. Una 15974 95680 5485 65887 183026 4427 8748 1007 4705 18887

8. Bilaspur 12242 69668 8046 58694 148650 2851 5481 1403 2232 11967

9. Solan 14056 85908 15941 52478 168383 6941 23820 3355 8470 42586

10. Sirmour 10047 76297 7851 9139 103334 3555 11455 1669 1616 18295

11. Shimla 13831 118314 9123 36432 177700 10283 44110 7598 12843 74834

12. Kinnaur 3437 16165 3101 18767 41470 0 0 0 0 0

184279 1171421 150119 660216 2166035 53368 139642 24474 49068 266552
Himachal Pradesh

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 During this Census the total 24, 32,587 structures/Census houses were covered, out of
which 89.04% were situated in the rural area and 10.96% were situated in the urban area. Out of the total
rural structure 8.51% were commercial establishments, 54.08% were residential, 6.93% residential cum
commercial and 30.48% were other type of structure i.e. cattle shed, work shed, isolated temple, vacant
house, Govt. buildings etc. In case of urban 20.02 % structure were commercial establishments, 52.39%
were residential, 9.18% residential cum commercial and 18.41% were other type of structures. This
implies that in rural area structure was more but establishments were less and opposite situation in the
urban area where structures were less but establishments were more.

Table- 3 Number of Agriculture and Non-Agriculture Establishments by

Activity & Type of Establishments
S.N. Major Activity Group Own account Establishments Total
establishments with at least one Establishments
(% age) hired worker (% age)
(% age)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
I. Agricultural Activities
1. Agricultural Services 1333 (4.27) 109 (13.23) 1442 (4.50)
2. Livestock 28206 (90.31 ) 570 (69.18) 28776 (89.77)
3. Forestry & Logging 466 (1.49) 112 (13.59) 578 (1.80)
4. Fishing & Aqua culture 1227 (3.93) 33 (4.00) 1260 (3.93)
Agricultural Activities 31232 (100.00) 824 (100.00) 32056 (100.00)
II. Non-Agricultural Activities
5 Mining and Quarrying 78 (0.03) 160 (0.15) 238 (0.06)
6 Manufacturing 59893 (22.01) 12203 (11.27) 72096 (18.96)
7 Electricity, Gas, Steam &
73 (0.03) 1277 (1.18) 1350 (0.36)
Air conditioning Supply
8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management &
401 (0.15) 596 (0.55) 997 (0.26)
Remediation activities
9 Construction 6058 (2.23) 2503 (2.31) 8561 (2.25)
10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade &
5101 (1.88) 2899 (2.68) 8000 (2.10)
Repairs m/v m/c
11 Wholesale trade 1809 (0.66) 1219 (1.13) 3028 (0.80)
12 Retail Trade 97891 (35.98) 17252 (15.95) 115143 (30.29)
13 Transport and Storage 30719 (11.29) 13192 (12.20) 43911 (11.55)
14 Accommodation & Food Services Activities 17462 (6.42) 7356 (6.80) 24818 (6.53)
15 Information & Communications(including computer
1246 (0.46) 1415 (1.31) 2661 (0.70)
programming, consultancy & related services)
16 Financial & Insurance Activities 2079 (0.76) 2531 (2.34) 4610 (1.21)
17 Real Estate 18030 (6.63) 356 (0.33) 18386 (4.84)
18 Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities (incl.
3637 (1.34) 2961 (2.74) 6598 (1.74)
advertisement, market research & veterinary activities)
19 Administration & Supports Services Activities (incl.
travel agency, employment, security, call centres & f 2793 (1.03) 978 (0.90) 3771 (0.99)
con)
20 Education 1496 (0.55) 32545 (30.09) 34041 (8.95)
21 Human Health & Social work Activities (incl.
4000 (1.47) 4837 (4.47) 8837 (2.32)
residential & non- residential care centres)
22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement & recreation
1035 (0.38) 246 (0.23) 1281 (0.34)
(excluding illegal gambling & betting activities)
23 Other Service activities (incl. membership organization,
18212 (6.70) 3645 (3.37) 21857 (5.75)
repair of computer & personal)
Non-Agricultural Activities 272013 (10.00) 108171(100.00) 380184 (100.00)
Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities 303245 108995 412240

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 The agriculture & Non Agriculture activities having share out of the total
establishment is 7.78% & 92.22% respectively. Out of the total agriculture activities of 32,056
Livestock contributes 28776 (89.77%), Agriculture Services 1442 (4.50%), Forestry & Logging
578 (1.79%) and fishing & aquaculture 1260 (3.93%). In case of non agriculture sector total
3,80,184 establishments were engaged in different activities. Top five activities in which
establishment were engaged under Retail Trade, Manufacturing, Transport & Storage, Education
and Accommodation & food Services activities. The share in terms of percentage of these
activities was 30.29%, 18.96%, 11.55%, 8.95% & 6.53% respectively.

Table-4 Selected Characteristics of Establishments

Sl. Item Rural Urban Combined
No Number %age Number %age Number %age
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
I. Agricultural Activities
1. Perennial 17832 95 949 5 18781 100
2. Seasonal 9610 98 223 2 9833 100
3. Casual 3362 98 80 2 3442 100
II. Non-Agricultural Activities
1. Perennial 280284 79 75141 21 355425 100
2. Seasonal 18263 94 1134 6 19397 100
3. Casual 5047 94 315 6 5362 100
III. Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Activities
1. Perennial 298116 80 76090 20 374206 100
2. Seasonal 27873 95 1357 5 29230 100
3. Casual 8409 96 395 4 8804 100
IV. Social group-wise Ownership (Proprietary only)
1. Scheduled Castes 60826 86 9721 14 70547 100
2. Scheduled Tribes 16569 90 1898 10 18467 100
3. Other Backward Classes(OBC) 42512 87 6078 13 48590 100
4. Others 158823 75 53654 25 212477 100
V. Structure-wise Establishments
1. Outside HH with fixed Structure 184279 78 53368 22 237647 100
2. Outside HH without fixed 150119 86 24474 14 174593 100
Structure/inside HH

Out of the total Agriculture sector establishment 58.59 % were perennial, 30.67 %
were seasonal and 10.73% were working on casual basis. Under the Non Agriculture Sector
93.49% were perennial, 5.10% were seasonal and 1.41% were working on casual basis. If we see
the combined number of Agriculture + Non Agriculture Sector then 90.77% were perennial,
7.09% were seasonal and 2.13 % were working on casual basis. This shows that establishments
engaged under different activities in Himachal Pradesh were doing their business on regular
basis.

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 Out of the total 4, 12,240 establishments working in Himachal Pradesh 3, 50,081
Establishments were proprietary establishment. Out of these 20.15 % were owned by Schedule
Caste, 5.28 % by scheduled tribes, 13.87% by OBC and 60.69% by others including General
Category. As per this table 57.65% establishments were outside the Household with fixed
structure and 42.35% were outside the household without fixed structure/Inside the Household.

Table- 5 District wise total number of Establishments by Rural and Urban location

Sl. District Rural Urban Total

No. Total no. of %age Total no. of %age Total no. of %
establishment establishm establishment share
ent
1 Chamba 17646 85.16 3076 14.84 20722 5.03
2 Kangra 94108 90.08 10366 9.92 104474 25.34
3 Lahaul & Spiti 3118 100.00 0 0.00 3118 0.76
4 Kullu 26138 78.60 7116 21.40 33254 8.07
5 Mandi 49946 87.13 7378 12.87 57324 13.91
6 Hamirpur 24308 78.10 6817 21.90 31125 7.55
7 Una 21459 79.79 5434 20.21 26893 6.52
8 Bilaspur 20288 82.67 4254 17.33 24542 5.95
9 Solan 29997 74.45 10296 25.55 40293 9.77
10 Sirmour 17898 77.41 5224 22.59 23122 5.61
11 Shimla 22954 56.21 17881 43.79 40835 9.91
12 Kinnaur 6538 100.00 0 0.00 6538 1.58
Himachal Pradesh 334398 81.12 77842 18.88 412240 100.00

Kangra was the highest in terms of number of establishment and Shimla has
lowest concentration in terms of percentage in rural areas. On the other side Shimla district was
having highest percentage of establishment in urban areas. In terms of number of establishment
Kangra district was highest with 25.34% followed by Mandi with 13.91 % and Lahaul & Spiti
has lowest concentration of establishments i.e. 0.76%.

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 Table 6 District wise number of Establishments by type of Establishment

Sl. District Rural Urban Combined

No. With Hired Total With Hired Total With Hired Total
OAE Workers OAE Workers OAE Workers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
1 Chamba 12707 4939 17646 1954 1122 3076 14661 6061 20722

2. Kangra 75867 18241 94108 7005 3361 10366 82872 21602 104474

3. Lahaul & Spiti 2164 954 3118 0 0 0 2164 954 3118

4. Kullu 21278 4860 26138 4767 2349 7116 26045 7209 33254

5. Mandi 39133 10813 49946 4978 2400 7378 44111 13213 57324

6. Hamirpur 18877 5431 24308 4959 1858 6817 23836 7289 31125

7. Una 15790 5669 21459 3795 1639 5434 19585 7308 26893

8. Bilaspur 13636 6652 20288 2908 1346 4254 16544 7998 24542

9. Solan 19016 10981 29997 6824 3472 10296 25840 14453 40293

10. Sirmour 11810 6088 17898 3732 1492 5224 15542 7580 23122

11. Shimla 15292 7662 22954 12255 5626 17881 27547 13288 40835

12. Kinnaur 4498 2040 6538 0 0 0 4498 2040 6538

Himachal Pradesh 250068 84330 334398 53177 24665 77842 303245 108995 412240

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 Table 6 shows District
D wise (Rural + Urban)
U Own Account Establishmentt and
establishmment with at a least one hired workker. In rurall area highest number of o Own Acccount
Establishhment were situated in Kangra disttrict (30.34% %) followed by Mandi district
d (15.665%)
and loweest in Lahau ul & Spiti. On
O the otherr side districct Kangra (221.63%) waas also higheest in
number of o Establishm ment havingg at least one hired workker followedd by Districtt Solan (13.002%)
and loweest in Lahaull & Spiti Disstrict (1.13%%). In urban area
a situationn was quite different,
d in Own
Account Establishmeent district Shimla
S was having
h higheest number (23.05%)
( folllowed by diistrict
Kangra (13.17%)
( andd lowest in Chamba
C disttrict (3.67%)). If we com mpare the esttablishmentss with
at least one
o hired worker
w then picture rem mains the saame as in Own O Accounnt Establishm ment,
highest number
n of su
uch establishhments are concentrated
c in district Shimla
S (22.881%) followeed by
district Solan
S (14.08% %) and loweest in districtt Chamba (44.55%).The combined
c picture of Urbban &
Rural shhows that under Own Account Esstablishmentt district Kaangra (27.333%) was haaving
highest number
n follo
owed by Mandi
M districct (14.55%) and Lahul & Spiti (0.7%) was haaving
lowest nuumber. In th he establishm
ment having at least one hired numbber, District KangraK (19.82%)
has higheest concentrration followwed by Solann District (113.54%) andd lowest at District
D Lahaaul &
Spiti (0.888%).Under rural area 755% establishhments are OAE O and 25% are with at a least one hired
worker, ini urban area 68% estabblishments are a OAE andd 32% are with w at least oneo hired worker
and in tootal (rural + urban) 74% % establishm ments are OA AE and 26% a least one hired
% are with at
worker.

Type  of Establlishment

100
25
5 32 26
80

60

40 75
5 68 74

20

0
Rura
al Urban Combined

With H
 Hired Work
kers OA
AE

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 Table - 7 District wise total number of Persons Employed for both Agricultural and
Non-Agricultural activities by type of establishment
Sl. Districts Rural Urban Combined
No. OAE With Total OAE With Total OAE With hired Total
hired hired worker
worker worker
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
1 Chamba 13912 20012 33924 2256 6470 8726 16168 26482 42650

2. Kangra 86307 80114 166421 7767 16325 24092 94074 96439 190513

3. Lahaul & 6087 3884 9971 0 0 0 6087 3884 9971

Spiti
4. Kullu 25304 22347 47651 5589 11297 16886 30893 33644 64537

5. Mandi 42378 48116 90494 5492 14299 19791 47870 62415 110285

6. Hamirpur 21168 23178 44346 5707 9029 14736 26875 32207 59082

7. Una 17662 38200 55862 4527 9558 14085 22189 47758 69947

8. Bilaspur 14798 24134 38932 3250 7343 10593 18048 31477 49525

9. Solan 22007 98739 120746 7627 46547 54174 29634 145286 174920

10. Sirmour 13953 51757 65710 4267 6891 11158 18220 58648 76868

11. Shimla 20139 31792 51931 13874 44753 58627 34013 76545 110558

12. Kinnaur 6307 12025 18332 0 0 0 6307 12025 18332

Himachal Pradesh 290022 454298 744320 60356 172512 232868 350378 626810 977188

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 Tab
ble 7 showss the districtt wise numbber of persoons employeed (Agricultuure +
Non-Agrriculture). In the com mbined pictuure of empployment unnder Agricuulture and Non
Agricultuure sector, highest numbber of personns employedd in district Kangra
K (19.550%) followeed by
district Solan
S (17.90%
%) and Distrrict Shimla (11.31%)
( annd lowest in Lahaul & Sppiti (1.02%)). Out
of the tottal person emmployed unnder the Ownn Account Establishmen
E nts, 82.77% were engagged in
the rural areas and 17.23%
1 in urrban areas. The
T trend foor employm ment under thhe establishm
ments
hiring at least one hirred worker was
w also nott very differeent as 72.48% persons werew employyed in
the rural areas and 277.52% underr the urban areas.
a

Districtt wise percentage disttribution o
of total nummber of Perrsons 
Employed  under diffeerent type  of establishments

La
ahaul & Spiti 61 3
39

Kangra 49 51

Kullu 48 52

Hamirpur 46 54

Mandi 43 57

Chamba 38 62

Bilaspur 3
36 64

Himachal Pradesh 3
36 64

Kinnaur 3
34 66

Una 32
2 68

Shimla 31
1 69

Sirmour 24 76

Solan 17 83

0 2
20 4
40 60
0 80
0 100
0 120

OAE With hired w
 worker

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 Table-8 Number of Establishments by activity and Size Class of Employment (Continued)

Sr. Major Activity Group Employment Size Class

No. 1 2 3 4 5 1-5 6-9 10-14
I. Agricultural Activities
1 Agricultural Services 1273 128 19 6 5 1431 8 3
2 Livestock 22640 5162 618 224 56 28700 53 13
3 Forestry & Logging 321 113 45 37 21 537 27 3
4 Fishing & Aqua culture 1196 48 10 1 2 1257 2 0
Agricultural Activities 25430 5451 692 268 84 31925 90 19
II. Non-Agricultural Activities
5 Mining and Quarrying 72 24 16 14 14 140 37 23
6 Manufacturing 55041 8939 2635 1294 754 68663 1290 517
7 Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air conditioning Supply 131 102 95 93 108 529 333 173
8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management &
483 255 85 46 28 897 65 20
Remediation activities
9 Construction 5933 490 560 325 307 7615 679 114
10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade 4779 1503 679 349 203 7513 315 62
11 Wholesale trade 1074 777 469 276 141 2737 224 30
12 Retail Trade 91607 16036 3738 1673 817 113871 967 196
13 Transport and Storage 30107 8137 3662 751 472 43129 571 112
14 Accommodation & Food Services Activities 15873 4297 1674 946 617 23407 906 199
15 Information & Communications 1557 461 195 129 92 2434 116 44
16 Financial & Insurance Activities 2192 356 295 313 305 3461 704 253
17 Real Estate 17665 498 81 38 31 18313 48 16
18 Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities 4201 1651 300 198 108 6458 92 23
19 Administration & Supports Services Activities 2654 582 233 95 63 3627 83 25
20 Education 1877 15454 2112 3606 2875 25924 4285 1413
21 Human Health & Social work Activities 4040 2052 783 594 285 7754 507 202
22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement &
986 133 56 23 19 1217 42 10
recreation
23 Other Service activities 17494 2369 570 440 253 21126 345 197
Non-Agricultural Activities 257766 64116 18238 11203 7492 358815 11609 3629
Total Agricultural & Non- Agricultural Activities 283196 69567 18930 11471 7576 390740 11699 3648

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 Table- 8 Number of Establishments by activity and Size Class of Employment (Concluded)

Sl. Major Activity Group Employment Size Class

No. 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-99 100- 200- 500 or All
199 499 more Classes
I. Agricultural Activities
1. Agricultural Services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1442
2. Livestock 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 28776
3. Forestry & Logging 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 578
4. Fishing & Aqua culture 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1260
Agricultural Activities 8 7 2 4 1 0 0 32056
II. Non-Agricultural Activities
5 Mining and Quarrying 12 10 2 14 0 0 0 238
6 Manufacturing 315 163 149 684 173 105 37 72096
7 Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air conditioning Supply 91 49 33 113 18 7 4 1350
8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management &
8 2 0 5 0 0 0 997
Remediation activities
9 Construction 50 32 16 45 8 2 0 8561
10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade & Repairs m/v m/c 29 17 8 47 6 3 0 8000
11 Wholesale trade 15 10 3 9 0 0 0 3028
12 Retail Trade 47 22 10 26 2 2 0 115143
13 Transport and Storage 22 21 9 34 4 9 0 43911
14 Accommodation & Food Services Activities 94 64 36 102 8 2 0 24818
15 Information & Communications 20 14 4 24 4 1 0 2661
16 Financial & Insurance Activities 75 44 26 44 2 0 1 4610
17 Real Estate 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 18386
18 Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities 10 3 3 7 1 0 1 6598
19 Administration & Supports Services Activities 7 9 5 10 3 2 0 3771
20 Education 784 518 403 673 28 12 1 34041
21 Human Health & Social work Activities 112 77 44 120 14 5 2 8837
22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement
3 2 4 3 0 0 0 1281
& recreation
23 Other Service activities 75 43 21 44 2 3 1 21857
Non-Agricultural Activities 1769 1102 778 2008 274 153 47 380184
Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities 1777 1109 780 2012 275 153 47 412240

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 Table 8 shows the number of establishment by type of activity and size class of
employment. Under the agriculture activities most of the establishment associated with
Livestock activities were managed by one worker and in other size class of employment
Livestock related activities was performed most. Under the Non Agriculture activities, retail
trade activity was performed with the help of 1, 2 & 3 employment class worker most. Under the
4, 5, 6-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24 & 25-29 workers employment classes education activities was
performed mostly. Under the workers class 30-99, 100-199, 200-499, 500 or more,
manufacturing activities was performed highest.

Table- 9 District wise concentration of Establishments.

Sl. District Number of Establishments Concentration of Establishments

No. per ‘000 Population
Total OAE With Hired Total OAE With Hired
Workers Workers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
1. Chamba 20722 14661 6061 39 28 11
2. Kangra 104474 82872 21602 67 53 14
3. Lahaul & Spiti 3118 2164 954 97 67 30
4. Kullu 33254 26045 7209 74 58 16
5. Mandi 57324 44111 13213 56 43 13
6. Hamirpur 31125 23836 7289 67 51 16
7. Una 26893 19585 7308 50 36 14
8. Bilaspur 24542 16544 7998 63 42 21
9. Solan 40293 25840 14453 67 43 24
10. Sirmour 23122 15542 7580 42 28 14
11. Shimla 40835 27547 13288 49 33 16
12. Kinnaur 6538 4498 2040 77 53 24
Himachal Pradesh 412240 303245 108995 59 43 16

The concentration of establishment per thousand populations in Himachal

Pradesh was 59 and among the district, Lahaul & Spiti (97 establishment/ per thousand
population) was highest followed by district Kinnaur (77 establishment/Per thousand population)
and lowest in the Chamba District (39 establishment/Per thousand population). In the Own
Account Establishment for Himachal Pradesh this ratio comes as 43 Establishments /per
thousand population and highest again in Lahaul & Spiti (67 Establishments/ per thousand
population) and lowest in Chamba District (28 Establishments/ per thousand population). For the
establishment with at least one hired worker this ratio was 16 Establishment /per thousand
population in the Himachal Pradesh and highest again in Lahaul & Spiti (30 Establishment /per
thousand population) and lowest in Chamba (11 Establishment /per thousand population).
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 Table-10 District wise concentration of persons employed.

Sl. District Total Persons Hired Percentage Concentration Rank

No. employed Workers of hired of persons
Total workers to working per
total persons ‘000 population
employed

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1 Chamba 42650 26482 62.09 80 12

2. Kangra 190513 96439 50.62 123 10

3. Lahaul & Spiti 9971 3884 38.95 312 1

4. Kullu 64537 33644 52.13 143 4

5. Mandi 110285 62415 56.59 108 11

6. Hamirpur 59082 32207 54.51 127 8

7. Una 69947 47758 68.28 130 7

8. Bilaspur 49525 31477 63.56 126 9

9. Solan 174920 145286 83.06 293 2

10. Sirmour 76868 58648 76.30 141 5

011. Shimla 110558 76545 69.23 132 6

12. Kinnaur 18332 12025 65.60 216 3

Himachal Pradesh 977188 626810 64.14 139 -

The percentage of hired workers to total person employed on last working day,
district Solan stand first and followed by District Sirmour, both these districts were industrial
corridor of the State and as a result percentage was quite high and lowest in the district Lahul &
Spiti. The concentration of workers with per thousand population then Lahaul and Spiti stands at
first place followed by Solan and Chamba districts ranked last.

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 Table- 11 Activities wise number of establishments by type of Ownership
Broad activity Total number of establishments by Type of ownership
Govt / Private Partnership Company Self Help Co- Non-profit Others Total
PSU Proprietary Group operative Institution
01 Activities relating to agriculture
21 1413 1 0 0 1 0 6 1442
other than crop production & plantation
02 Livestock 65 28636 4 3 4 5 7 52 28776
03 Forestry and Logging 51 477 1 1 0 2 0 46 578
04 Fishing and aqua culture 14 1242 0 0 0 3 0 1 1260
Agricultural Activities 151 31768 6 4 4 11 7 105 32056

05 Mining and quarrying 7 186 26 8 0 0 0 11 238

06 Manufacturing 747 68626 526 1041 22 38 41 1055 72096
07 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning
998 148 6 128 0 5 0 65 1350
supply
08 Water supply, sewerage, waste management and
415 541 3 3 1 0 2 32 997
remediation activities
09 Construction 48 8431 15 37 0 4 1 25 8561
10 Whole sale trade, retail trade &
127 7547 87 45 0 5 4 185 8000
repair of motor vehicles & cycles
11 Whole sale trade 73 2800 87 21 0 16 0 31 3028
12 Retail trade 3098 107950 323 168 22 1085 96 2401 115143
13 Transportation and storage 2073 41521 51 40 12 27 11 176 43911
14 Accommodation and Food service activities 1136 22689 125 85 7 21 71 684 24818
15 Information & communication 632 1746 24 176 1 3 2 77 2661
16 Financial and insurance activities 1608 2390 12 133 20 315 8 124 4610
17 Real estate activities 47 18275 14 11 2 1 5 31 18386
18 Professional, scientific & technical activities 1968 4417 28 11 0 7 3 164 6598
19 Administrative and support service 123 3488 32 30 5 3 8 82 3771
20 Education 26772 4828 104 44 5 159 317 1812 34041
21 Human health & social work activities 3377 3994 23 25 266 18 736 398 8837
22 Arts entertainment, sports
56 1179 4 3 1 2 13 23 1281
& amusement and recreation
23 Other service activities not elsewhere 369 17557 75 29 262 64 2708 793 21857
Non-Agricultural Activities 43674 318313 1565 2038 626 1773 4026 8169 380184
Total 43825 350081 1571 2042 630 1784 4033 8274 412240

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 Table 11 shhows 84.92% % of the totaal establishm ments were proprietary
p i
in
naturee, 10.63% esstablishments were undeer the controll of Governm ment, 0.38%% was runninng
under partnership p, 0.50% unnder companny type, 0.115% under Self help Group, G 0.43%
%
under the cooperrative type, 0.98% under the NP PI and 2.01% under other o type of
o
ownerrship. Most of the prooprietary esttablishmentss were engaged in thee retail tradde
activitties. Under the
t educationn sector mosst of Governnment/ PSU were engageed. Under thhe
manuffacturing acttivities mostt of the partnnership and company
c typpe of establisshments werre
engagged. Under thet co-operaative type ow wnership, reetail trade activities
a weere performeed
maximmum. Under the NPI typpe establishm ments, other activities were
w perform
med maximum m
and unnder the otheer type of ow
wnership, rettail trade waas the maxim mum perform med activity.

Percen
ntage disstribution
n of estab
blishmentts by Typ
pe 
of ow
wnership

Others  2.01

No
on‐profit Insstitution 0.98

Co‐op
perative 0.43

Self Help
p Group 0.15

Co
ompany 0.50

Parttnership 0.38

P
Private Prop
prietary 84.9
92

Gov
vt / PSU 10.63
3

0.00
0 20.00 40.00 60.00 8
80.00 100
0.00

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 Table-12 Activities wise number of person employed by type of Ownership

Activities Govt / Private Partnership Company Self Help Co-operative Non-profit Others Total
PSU Proprietary Group Institution
01 Activities relating to agriculture
62 1627 11 0 0 2 0 22 1724
other than crop production & plantation
02 Livestock 197 36394 7 89 11 32 39 97 36866
03 Forestry and Logging 332 983 4 20 0 10 0 74 1423
04 Fishing and aqua culture 61 1298 0 0 0 4 0 2 1365
Agricultural Activities 652 40302 22 109 11 48 39 195 41378
05 Mining and quarrying 21 1309 253 229 0 0 0 98 1910
06 Manufacturing 1953 128090 21242 81899 222 731 123 3607 237867
07 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 15139 1099 178 4806 0 124 0 785 22131
08 Water supply, sewerage, waste management and
1348 1165 25 34 7 0 2 68 2649
remediation activities
09 Construction 666 20479 171 1558 0 145 1 92 23112
10 Whole sale trade, retail trade &
1206 15885 905 1692 0 55 47 390 20180
repair of motor vehicles & cycles
11 Whole sale trade 295 7544 496 212 0 106 0 102 8755
12 Retail trade 4592 145444 1085 1351 56 1744 151 3492 157915
13 Transportation and storage 8817 63178 208 348 41 95 26 1041 73754
14 Accommodation and Food service activities 3766 47096 963 1270 7 121 300 1627 55150
15 Information & communication 2354 3896 296 1116 8 13 3 315 8001
16 Financial and insurance activities 11872 3970 68 1359 52 2511 33 903 20768
17 Real estate activities 264 19598 36 155 3 3 18 70 20147
18 Professional, scientific & technical activities 5039 6283 99 66 0 10 20 477 11994
19 Administrative and support service 738 5628 311 941 5 11 20 240 7894
20 Education 128068 36683 2051 1084 39 2647 4103 11225 185900
21 Human health & social work activities 18224 8518 349 446 1591 114 6169 1830 37241
22 Arts entertainment, sports
224 1881 16 25 6 3 145 93 2393
& amusement and recreation
23 Other service activities not elsewhere 1091 22852 208 390 2713 297 8059 2439 38049
Non-Agricultural Activities 205677 540598 28960 98981 4750 8730 19220 28894 935810
Total Agricultural &
206329 580900 28982 99090 4761 8778 19259 29089 977188
Non-Agricultural Activities

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 Table 12 shows number of persons engaged under different type of activities and
ownership. Under the government controlled establishments education activity was mostly
performed. Under the Private Proprietary, Partnership, Company, Self help Group, Cooperative,
NPI and others type of ownership mostly performed activities were retail trade, manufacturing,
manufacturing, Other service activities, education Other service activities and education
respectively. Under the agriculture sector private proprietary were 97.40 % of the total agriculture
establishments and out of the total proprietary establishments 90.30 were engaged in live stock
activity, 4.04 % in agriculture (other than crop production and plantation) and rest 2.44% and 3.22%
were engaged in Agricultural services, Forestry and Fishing activities.

Number of person employed by type of Ownership

Others  2.98

Non‐profit Institution 1.97

Co‐operative 0.90

Self Help Group 0.49

Company 10.14

Partnership 2.97

Private Proprietary 59.45

Govt / PSU 21.11

0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00

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 Table-13 Broad activity wise Number of proprietary establishments by social group of the owner

Broad activity Total No. of Proprietary SC ST OBC Others

Establishments establishments
01 Activities relating to agriculture
1442 1413 178 30 204 1001
other than crop production & plantation
02 Livestock 28776 28636 3895 3743 5490 15508
03 Forestry and Logging 578 477 151 10 23 293
04 Fishing and aqua culture 1260 1242 448 15 579 200
Agricultural Activities 32056 31768 4672 17002
3798 6296
05 Mining and quarrying 238 186 43 9 25 109
06 Manufacturing 72096 68626 23973 2946 9659 32048
07 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1350 148 18 3 10 117
08 Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation
997 541 217 29 43 252
activities
09 Construction 8561 8431 3288 557 978 3608
10 Whole sale trade, retail trade &
8000 7547 1392 146 1429 4580
repair of motor vehicles & cycles
11 Whole sale trade 3028 2800 366 77 891 1466
12 Retail trade 115143 107950 16526 4246 13301 73877
13 Transportation and storage 43911 41521 7355 3029 5286 25851
14 Accommodation and Food service activities 24818 22689 2273 1438 3634 15344
15 Information & communication 2661 1746 204 45 186 1311
16 Financial and insurance activities 4610 2390 274 51 226 1839
17 Real estate activities 18386 18275 2327 1174 908 13866
18 Professional, scientific & technical activities 6598 4417 679 132 531 3075
19 Administrative and support service 3771 3488 575 118 604 2191
20 Education 34041 4828 429 99 402 3898
21 Human health & social work activities 8837 3994 468 81 580 2865
22 Arts entertainment, sports & amusement
1281 1179 417 41 115 606
and recreation
23 Other service activities not elsewhere 21857 17557 5051 448 3486 8572
Non-Agricultural Activities 380184 318313 65875 14669 42294 195475
Total Agricultural & 412240 350081 70547 18467 48590 212477
Non-Agricultural Activities

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 From the data in the table 13 it can be concluded that 84.92 % of the total
establishments were proprietary establishments. Out of the proprietary establishments 20.15%
were owned and controlled by the SC, 5.28% by the ST, 13.88% by OBC and 60.69%
establishments by the other category. Most of the establishments controlled by SC, ST, OBC &
Others category owners were engaged in the manufacturing, retail trade and manufacturing
activities respectively.

Table-14: Number of Persons Employed in Proprietary Establishments by

Social Group of the owners
Sl. Major Activity Group Social Group of the owners
No. SC ST OBC Others Total
I. Agricultural Activities
1. Agricultural Services 212 39 230 1146 1627
2. Livestock 4826 5064 7027 19477 36394
3. Forestry & Logging 283 37 71 592 983
4. Fishing & Aqua culture 471 15 588 224 1298
Agricultural Activities 5792 5155 7916 21439 40302
II. Non-Agricultural Activities
5 Mining and Quarrying 119 46 157 987 1309
6 Manufacturing 33762 3988 14624 75716 128090
7 Electricity, Gas, Steam &
34 9 39 1017 1099
Air conditioning Supply
8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste
341 158 65 601 1165
Management & Remediation activities
9 Construction 5287 2625 1734 10833 20479
10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade & Repairs
2294 282 2474 10835 15885
m/v m/c
11 Wholesale trade 740 149 2043 4612 7544
12 Retail Trade 20028 5186 16111 104119 145444
13 Transport and Storage 9422 4025 8136 41595 63178
14 Accommodation & Food Services
3880 2596 5287 35333 47096
Activities
15 Information & Communications 298 67 235 3296 3896
16 Financial & Insurance Activities 323 58 276 3313 3970
17 Real Estate 2549 1202 1016 14831 19598
18 Professional, Scientific & Technical
832 147 643 4661 6283
Activities
19 Administration & Supports Services
848 173 830 3777 5628
Activities
20 Education 2116 505 2073 31989 36683
21 Human Health & Social work Activities 674 141 773 6930 8518
22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement
600 70 156 1055 1881
& recreation
23 Other Service activities 5945 564 4067 12276 22852
Non-Agricultural Activities 90092 21991 60739 367776 540598
Total Agricultural &
95884 27146 68655 389215 580900
Non-Agricultural Activities

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 Table 14 shows the Proprietary establishment as 84.92 % of the total
establishment and 59.45 % of the total workers were engaged in the Proprietary establishments.
Under the total persons employed in Proprietary establishments 16.51% workers were working
under Schedule Caste owners. Under the SC ownership most of the workers were engaged in
Manufacturing and Retail Trade Activities. Under the ST ownership 4.67% persons were working
and engaged mostly in the Retail trade and Livestock activities. Under the OBC ownership 11.82%
workers were engaged and involved in the Retail Trade and manufacturing activities. Most of the
workers (67%) under (proprietary owner) others category were engaged and performing mostly
Retail trade, manufacturing and transport activities.

Percentage of Persons Employed in Proprietary 
Establishments by Social Group
80

70
67.00

60

50

40

30

20
16.51
11.82
10
4.67

0
SC ST OBC Others

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 Table-15 Broad activities wise Number of proprietary establishments by Religion of the owner

Broad activity Total No. of Proprietary

Hindu Islam Christian Sikh Buddhist Parsi Jain Others
Establishments Establishments
01 Activities relating to agriculture
1442 1413 1331 39 0 14 2 0 0 27
other than crop production & plantation
02 Livestock 28776 28636 25754 1386 38 470 433 0 12 543
03 Forestry and Logging 578 477 450 2 0 4 1 0 1 19
04 Fishing and aqua culture 1260 1242 1182 31 4 0 0 0 0 25
Agricultural Activities 1458 42
32056 31768 28717 488 436 0 13 614
05 Mining and quarrying 238 186 172 1 0 6 3 0 0 4
06 Manufacturing 72096 68626 64385 1305 96 433 862 2 40 1503
07 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning
1350 148 108 3 0 0 1 0 1 35
supply
08 Water supply, sewerage, waste management and
997 541 409 66 1 11 22 0 2 30
remediation activities
09 Construction 8561 8431 7914 139 13 23 177 0 0 165
10 Whole sale trade, retail trade &
8000 7547 7048 165 17 176 23 0 6 111
repair of motor vehicles & cycles
11 Whole sale trade 3028 2800 2629 70 13 24 10 0 4 50
12 Retail trade 115143 107950 100850 2304 123 1232 1300 2 125 2014
13 Transportation and storage 43911 41521 38385 997 50 537 585 2 45 920
14 Accommodation and Food service activities 24818 22689 21054 220 39 179 681 0 12 502
15 Information & communication 2661 1746 1587 17 5 26 28 0 1 82
16 Financial and insurance activities 4610 2390 2222 6 2 7 14 0 0 139
17 Real estate activities 18386 18275 16910 266 35 181 598 0 24 263
18 Professional, scientific & technical activities 6598 4417 4195 40 4 35 37 0 2 104
19 Administrative and support service 3771 3488 3303 25 5 41 43 0 2 69
20 Education 34041 4828 3673 32 19 32 18 2 7 1045
21 Human health & social work activities 8837 3994 3659 47 11 57 26 0 2 192
22 Arts entertainment, sports & amusement
1281 1179 1099 13 3 8 29 0 0 27
and recreation
23 Other service activities not elsewhere 21857 17557 16294 572 38 162 111 0 9 371
Non-Agricultural Activities 380184 318313 295896 6288 474 3170 4568 8 282 7626
Total Agricultural &
412240 350081 324613 7746 516 3658 5005 8 295 8240
Non-Agricultural Activities

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 Table 15 show the activities wise number of proprietary establishments by
religion of the owner. Table shows 84.92% were proprietary establishments and religion can
only be assigned to proprietary establishment’s owner. Out of the proprietary establishments
92.73 % establishments were owned by Hindu. Maximum Hindus were engaged in the retail
trade and lowest in the electricity, gas, steam and air condition supply. Out of proprietary
establishments controlled by other communities are as 2.21% by Islam and maximum under the
retail trade and lowest under the Mining and Quarrying activity, 0.15% are owned by Christian
and maximum are engaged under the retail trade activity, 1.04 by Sikh and maximum engaged
under the retail trade activity, 1.43% by Buddhist and maximum were engaged under the retail
trade activity, 0.002 % by Parsi, 0.08 by Jain and maximum were engaged under the retail trade
and 2.35 by the other religious groups and maximum engaged under the retail trade and lowest
in the mining and quarrying activity.

Percentage of proprietary establishments by 
Religion 

Others 2.40

Jain 0.10

Parsi 0.00

Buddhist 1.40

Sikh 1.00

Christian 0.10

Islam 2.20

Hindu 92.70

0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00

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 Table-16 Broad activities wise Number of persons employed in proprietary establishments by Religion of the owner
Broad activity Total No. of Proprietary Hindu Islam Christia Sikh Buddhist Parsi Jain Others
Establishments Establishment n
01 Activities relating to agriculture 0
1724 1627 1517 46 0 17 2 0 45
other than crop production & plantation
02 Livestock 36866 36394 31996 2371 46 762 505 0 15 699
03 Forestry and Logging 1423 983 923 3 0 27 1 0 1 28
04 Fishing and aqua culture 1365 1298 1231 37 4 0 0 0 0 26
Agricultural Activities 41378 40302 35667 2457 50 806 508 0 16 798
05 Mining and quarrying 1910 1309 1132 3 0 51 13 0 0 110
06 Manufacturing 237867 128090 116713 2357 187 2266 1183 2 286 5096
07 Electricity, gas, steam and air
22131 1099 724 5 0 0 7 0 31 332
conditioning supply
08 Water supply, sewerage, waste
2649 1165 725 202 5 28 139 0 11 55
management and remediation activities
09 Construction 23112 20479 18414 376 34 58 1106 0 0 491
10 Whole sale trade, retail trade &
20180 15885 14736 335 32 507 47 0 9 219
repair of motor vehicles & cycles
11 Whole sale trade 8755 7544 6891 116 17 94 18 0 11 397
12 Retail trade 157915 145444 134758 3219 155 2372 1765 2 261 2912
13 Transportation and storage 73754 63178 57826 1546 87 1334 717 2 79 1587
14 Accommodation and Food service
55150 47096 42761 358 82 838 1599 0 49 1409
activities
15 Information & communication 8001 3896 3394 28 9 47 54 0 1 363
16 Financial and insurance activities 20768 3970 3189 8 2 8 21 0 0 742
17 Real estate activities 20147 19598 18018 275 36 223 600 0 24 422
18 Professional, scientific & technical
11994 6283 5872 50 4 69 45 0 3 240
activities
19 Administrative and support service 7894 5628 5257 83 5 81 65 0 2 135
20 Education 185900 36683 26161 217 311 332 126 23 37 9476
21 Human health & social work activities 37241 8518 6912 64 26 212 172 0 11 1121
22 Arts entertainment, sports & amusement
2393 1881 1725 31 5 15 46 0 0 59
and recreation
23 Other service activities not elsewhere 38049 22852 20013 838 44 334 147 0 14 1462
Non-Agricultural Activities 935810 540598 485221 10111 1041 8869 7870 29 829 26628
Total Agricultural &
977188 580900 520888 12568 1091 9675 8378 29 845 27426
Non-Agricultural Activities

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 Table 16 shows that activities wise number of person working under
proprietary establishments owned by different religion. Out of the total person employed
59.45% were working under the proprietary establishments. Out of the person employed under
the proprietary establishments, 89.67 %workers were engaged under the Hindu ownership and
maximum workers were engaged in the retail trade activity and lowest number under the
Electricity, Gas, and Steam & Air Condition supply. Under the Islam ownership 2.16 %
workers were engaged and maximum numbers were engaged under the retail trade and lowest
in the mining and quarrying. Under the Christian ownership 0.19% of the total workforce was
engaged and maximum were involved in the manufacturing sector. Under the Sikh ownership
1.67 % workers were engaged and maximum numbers were working under the retail trade
activity. Under the Buddhist ownership 1.44% workers were engaged and maximum were
involved under the retail trade activity. Under the Parsi ownership 0.003% workers were
engaged and maximum were engaged under the education activity. Under the Jain ownership
0.15% work force of the total was engaged and maximum were under the manufacturing
activity. Under the others ownership 4.72% workers and maximum number of workers were
engaged under the education activity and lowest under the Fishing and Aqua culture.

Percentage of persons employed in proprietary 
establishments by Religion 

Others 4.72

Jain 0.15

Parsi 0.0

Buddhist 1.44

Sikh 1.67

Christian 0.19

Islam 2.16

Hindu 89.67

0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0

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 Table-17 Numbers of Establishments by Activities and source of Finance

Broad Activity Self Govt Financial Non Institution Self Help Donations Total
Finance Sources Institutions Money Landers Group Transfer from
other Agencies
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
1 Agricultural Services 1260 58 51 0 1 72 1442
2 Livestock 27068 334 187 13 51 1123 28776
3 Forestry & Logging 481 65 2 0 0 30 578
4 Fishing & Aqua culture 1145 26 22 0 0 67 1260
Agricultural Activities 29954 483 262 13 52 1292 32056
5 Mining and Quarrying 155 36 30 0 0 17 238
6 Manufacturing 63850 2079 2785 43 107 3232 72096
7 Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air conditioning Supply 175 1078 49 2 0 46 1350
8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Manag. & Remediation
activities
488 458 9 0 0 42 997
9 Construction 7626 237 240 16 0 442 8561
10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade & Repairs m/v m/c 6723 360 646 6 3 262 8000
11 Wholesale trade 2501 200 192 3 2 130 3028
12 Retail Trade 97568 6625 6170 85 151 4544 115143
13 Transport and Storage 22717 5395 13570 107 111 2011 43911
14 Accommodation & Food Services Activities 21236 1586 886 22 24 1064 24818
15 Information & Communications 1655 751 120 6 0 129 2661
16 Financial & Insurance Activities 2131 1985 58 9 16 411 4610
17 Real Estate 16581 550 618 11 5 621 18386
18 Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities 4131 2135 138 7 2 185 6598
19 Administration & Supports Services Activities 3201 222 201 4 3 140 3771
20 Education 3991 28533 400 13 9 1095 34041
21 Human Health & Social work Activities 4008 3774 149 3 84 819 8837
22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement & recreation 1131 74 20 1 0 55 1281
23 Other Service activities 17023 773 410 18 103 3530 21857
Non-Agricultural Activities 276891 56851 26691 356 620 18775 380184
Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities 306845 57334 26953 369 672 20067 412240

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 Table 17 shows the various sources of finance assistance undertaken by the
establishments for performing their activities. 74.43% establishment managing their affairs
through self finance,13.91% through Government sources,6.54% through financial
institutions,.09% from non institution money lenders,0.16% from Self help groups and 4.87
from Donations/ Transfers from other agencies.

Table-18 Broad Activity wise no. of proprietary establishments by the sex of the owner

Broad activity Total No. of No. of Male Female

Establishments Proprietary Owners Owners
Establishments
1 Agricultural Services 1442 1413(98.0) 1359 54
2 Livestock 28776 28636(99.5) 16340 12296
3 Forestry & Logging 578 477(82.5) 451 26
4 Fishing & Aqua culture 1260 1242(98.6) 1212 30
Agricultural Activities 32056 31768(99.1) 19362 12406

5 Mining and Quarrying 238 186(78.2) 176 10

6 Manufacturing 72096 68626(95.2) 54182 14444
7 Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air
1350 148(11.0) 121 27
conditioning Supply
8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste
997 541(54.3) 504 37
Manag. & Remediation activities
9 Construction 8561 8431(98.5) 8289 142
10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade &
8000 7547(94.3) 7454 93
Repairs m/v m/c
11 Wholesale trade 3028 2800(92.5) 2647 153
12 Retail Trade 115143 107950(93.8) 97376 10574
13 Transport and Storage 43911 41521(94.6) 40076 1445
14 Accommodation & Food Services
24818 22689(91.4) 21216 1473
Activities
15 Information & Communications 2661 1746(65.6) 1615 131
16 Financial & Insurance Activities 4610 2390(51.8) 1559 831
17 Real Estate 18386 18275(99.4) 15587 2688
18 Professional, Scientific & Technical
6598 4417(66.9) 4303 114
Activities
19 Administration & Supports Services
3771 3488(92.5) 3334 154
Activities
20 Education 34041 4828(14.2) 3480 1348
21 Human Health & Social work
8837 3994(45.2) 3612 382
Activities
22 Art entertainment, Sports &
1281 1179(92.0) 1144 35
Amusement & recreation
23 Other Service activities 21857 17557(80.3) 14871 2686
Non-Agricultural Activities 380184 318313(83) 281546 36767

Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural 412240 350081(84.9) 300908 49173

Activities

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 Out of the total establishments 84.92% were proprietary establishments. Out of
the total proprietary establishments 85.95% were managed /controlled by the male owners and
14.05% by female owners. Most of the male entrepreneurs were doing retail trade activity and
female entrepreneurs were doing manufacturing activity and followed by live stock activity.

Table-19 Employment by Activity and by sex

Sr. Major Activity Group Rural Urban
No. Male Female Male Female Total
1 Agricultural Services 1529 83 15 0 1627
2 Livestock 21302 13544 1047 501 36394
3 Forestry & Logging 861 80 42 0 983
4 Fishing & Aqua culture 1226 32 38 2 1298
Agricultural Activities 24918 13739 1142 503 40302
5 Mining and Quarrying 1233 59 17 0 1309
6 Manufacturing 89007 16096 20525 2462 128090
7 Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air conditioning
Supply 690 165 190 54 1099
8 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management
& Remediation activities 728 34 379 24 1165
9 Construction 16606 261 3531 81 20479
10 Wholesale trade, Retail Trade & Repairs m/v
m/c 11193 231 4396 65 15885
11 Wholesale trade 4789 260 2421 74 7544
12 Retail Trade 91335 10560 41115 2434 145444
13 Transport and Storage 56119 2527 4172 360 63178
14 Accommodation & Food Services Activities 28536 1712 15640 1208 47096
15 Information & Communications 1335 117 2306 138 3896
16 Financial & Insurance Activities 1520 843 1307 300 3970
17 Real Estate 6384 1093 10274 1847 19598
18 Professional, Scientific & Technical 3074 87 2991 131 6283
19 Administration & Supports Services
Activities 3363 169 1973 123 5628
20 Education 20922 6212 7460 2089 36683
21 Human Health & Social work Activities 4146 654 3408 310 8518
22 Art entertainment, Sports & Amusement &
recreation 1187 56 605 33 1881
23 Other Service activities 13253 2249 6187 1163 22852
Total Non-Agricultural Activities 355420 43385 128897 12896 540598
Total Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Activities 380338 57124 130039 13399 580900

Table 19 shows activity wise, sex wise number of persons engaged under
proprietary establishments (Rural & Urban). In rural areas 75.31% workers of the total workers
engaged under the propriety establishments in various activities. Out of the total persons engaged
in the rural areas 86.94% were male and 13.06% were female. Highest numbers of male in the
rural areas were engaged in retail trade and followed by manufacturing activity and lowest
involvement in the water supplies, sewerage, waste management and remediation activity. In
case of female in the rural area highest number engaged in retail trade and lowest in the water
supplies, sewerage, waste management and remediation activity. In the urban area 24.69 %
workers of the total workers engaged under the propriety establishments in various activities.
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Out of the total workers in the urban area 90.66% were male and 9.34% were female. Highest
numbers of the male in the urban area were engaged in the Retail trade followed by the
manufacturing and lowest in the agriculture production and plantation. In case of the female in
urban area highest number was engaged in the manufacturing followed by retail trade &
education and lowest in the agricultural services, forestry & logging and mining & quarrying
activity.

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 Table-20 Concentration of Establishments (Activities wise) in Non-Agriculture Sector (Continued)

Sl. Districts Mining & Manufacturing Electricity, Water supply, Construction Whole sale Whole sale
No. quarrying (including repair gas, steam sewerage, waste trade, retail trade
& installation of and air management trade & repair ( not covered
machinery conditioning and remediation of motor in col. 8 )
&equipment) supply activities vehicles &
motor cycles
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
1 Chamba 4 3954 54 7 292 211 54

2 Kangra 34 18278 243 391 1683 1757 1513

3 Lahaul & Spiti 2 244 15 22 75 17 3

4 Kullu 9 6674 95 23 480 387 209

5 Mandi 26 12564 210 62 4175 1000 111

6 Hamirpur 12 6055 91 60 287 556 130

7 Una 31 4803 71 126 69 882 113

8 Bilaspur 6 3863 86 14 276 845 117

9 Solan 72 5388 83 43 130 1220 258

10 Sirmour 30 4017 106 72 23 502 166

11 Shimla 9 4465 218 168 730 575 316

12 Kinnaur 3 1791 78 9 341 48 38

Himachal Pradesh 238 72096 1350 997 8561 8000 3028

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 Table-20 Concentration of Establishments by (Activities wise) in Non-Agriculture Sector (Continued)

Major Activities
Sl.No. Districts Retail Transportati Accommodati Information Financial Real Professional,
trade on and on and Food and and estate scientific &
(not storage service communication insurance activities technical
covered in (including activities (including activities activities (incl.
col. 8) postal and computer advertisement,
courier programming, market
activities) consultancy research and
and related veterinary
services) activities)
1. 2. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
1 Chamba 6496 2512 1716 73 150 4 362
2 Kangra 27183 7051 6543 726 1091 1805 1453
3 Lahaul & Spiti 360 292 367 25 20 297 41
4 Kullu 11834 3387 2378 128 321 1778 516
5 Mandi 15030 6069 3302 307 757 650 899
6 Hamirpur 8231 2894 1442 176 554 1624 622
7 Una 8322 2652 1326 183 333 60 530
8 Bilaspur 5907 4737 1250 162 412 924 385
9 Solan 9866 8065 2452 266 271 4065 505
10 Sirmour 8027 1932 1060 198 192 1233 368
11 Shimla 12547 3657 2585 358 460 5664 790
12 Kinnaur 1340 663 397 59 49 282 127
Himachal Pradesh 115143 43911 24818 2661 4610 18386 6598

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 Table-20 Concentration of Establishments (Activities wise) in Non-Agriculture Sector (Concluded)

Major Activities
Sl. No. Districts Administrative and Human Arts Other service Non- All
support service health & entertainment, activities not Agriculture Agriculture
activities Education social work sports & elsewhere activities and Non
(including travel activities amusement & classified Agriculture
agency, employment (including recreation (including
, security, call residential (excluding membership
centres) and non- illegal gambling organization,
residential & betting repair of
care centres) activities) computers and
personal)
1. 2. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.
1 Chamba 154 2851 433 52 691 20070 20722
2 Kangra 1023 7226 2129 492 5514 86135 104474
3 Lahaul & Spiti 19 361 274 6 89 2529 3118
4 Kullu 330 2037 488 308 1127 32509 33254
5 Mandi 374 5082 870 69 2344 53901 57324
6 Hamirpur 317 2507 1003 79 1706 28346 31125
7 Una 573 2097 828 40 2359 25398 26893
8 Bilaspur 176 2172 364 37 1213 22946 24542
9 Solan 311 2229 779 69 2290 38362 40293
10 Sirmour 159 2602 571 25 1798 23081 23122
11 Shimla 291 4341 867 89 2239 40369 40835
12 Kinnaur 44 536 231 15 487 6538 6538
Himachal Pradesh 3771 34041 8837 1281 21857 380184 412240

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 There were 19 Broad Group types of Non-Agricultural activities. Under the
mining and quarrying .06% of the total non agricultural establishments were engaged. District
Solan has highest number and Lahaul & Spiti has lowest number of establishments. Under the
manufacturing sector 17.49 % of the total non agriculture sectors establishments were engaged in
this sector. Highest numbers of manufacturing establishments were working in the Kangra
followed by Mandi and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti district. Under the Electricity, Gas, Steam
and Air conditioning supply 0.33% establishments were working. Highest numbers of
establishments were in Kangra district followed by Shimla and lowest number in the Lahaul and
Spiti district.

Under the water supply sewage waste management and remediation activities,
0.24% establishments were engaged out of the total Non Agriculture Establishments. Highest
concentration of this activity establishments were in Kangra district and lowest in Chamba
district. Under the Construction sector 2.08 % establishments of the total Non Agriculture
Establishments were engaged in this activity. Highest numbers of establishments were engaged
in the Mandi district followed by Kangra district and lowest in Sirmour district. In the case of
whole sale trade, retail trade of motor vehicles & repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles
1.94% establishments of the total Non-Agriculture Establishments were engaged in this activity.
Highest numbers of the establishments were in engaged in this activity were in Kangra district
followed by the Solan district and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti. Under the whole sale trade
(Except the whole sale trade, retail trade of motor vehicles & repair of motor vehicles and motor
cycles) only 0.73% establishments were engaged in this activity. Highest number of
establishments was engaged under this activity in district Kangra followed by Shimla district and
lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti.

Under the retail trade (Except the whole sale trade, retail trade of motor
vehicles & repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles), 27.93 % establishments of the total non
agricultural activities were engaged under this activity. Highest number of this activity was
situated in Kangra district followed by Mandi district and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti. Under
the transportation and storage including postal & courier activities, 10.65% establishments of the
total Non Agriculture activities. Highest number was engaged in the district Solan followed by
district Kangra and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti district. Under the accommodation food service
activity 6.51 % of the total non Agriculture establishment were working under this activity.
Highest number of establishment under this activity was working in Kangra district followed by
Mandi district and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti. Under the Information and communication
including computer programming consultancy and related services 0.65% of the total
establishments engaged under non agriculture activities. Highest number of establishments was
engaged in Kangra district and followed by Shimla district and lowest in the Lahul & Spiti
district.

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 Under the Financial & Insurance activities 1.12% establishments of the total
establishments were engaged under this activity, highest number were engaged in the district
Kangra followed by Mandi and lowest in the district Lahaul Spiti. Under the real estate activity
4.45% establishment of the total establishments of non agriculture sector were engaged , highest
number of the establishment were engaged in the Shimla district followed by Solan district and
lowest in Chamba district. Under the Professional scientific and technical activities including
advertisement Market Research and Veterinary Activities, 1.60 % establishment of the total non
agriculture sector establishments were engaged, highest numbers were in the Kangra district
followed by the Mandi district and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti district.

Under the administrative and support service activities including Travel

Agency, Employment, Security and Call Centres 0.91% of the total establishments of non
agriculture sector were engaged, highest number were engaged in district Kangra followed by
district Una and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti. Under the Education 8.26% establishments of the
total establishment of non agriculture were engaged, highest number of establishments in the
Kangra district followed by the Mandi district and lowest in the Lahaul & Spiti.

Under the Human health and social work activities including residential and
non residential area Centre 2.14% establishments were engaged in this activity. Highest number
was in district Kangra followed by Hamirpur and lowest in the district Kinnaur. Under the Arts
& Entertainment Sports and Amusement & Recreation activities excluding illegal Gambling and
Betting activities 0.31% establishments were engaged, highest concentration in district Kangra
followed by Kullu and lowest in Lahaul & Spiti district.

Under the Other Service activities not elsewhere classified including

membership organisation, repair of computers and personal household goods excluding activities
of household as employers of the domestic personal 5.30% establishments were engaged
.Highest number were engaged in the district Kangra followed by district Una and lowest in
district Lahaul & Spiti.

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Table-21 District wise distribution of total number of persons employed under each broad activity in Non–Agriculture Sector

Whole sale
Manufacturing Electricity, Water supply,
trade, retail Whole sale
( including repair gas, steam sewerage, waste
Mining and trade & repair trade ( not
Sl. District & installation of and air management and Construction
quarrying of motor covered in
No. machinery & conditioning remediation
vehicles & column 8)
equipment ) supply activities
motor cycles
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 Chamba 53 5198 2018 18 991 540 157

2 Kangra 138 31444 2221 1038 3514 3826 3694

3 Lahaul & Spiti 12 357 136 149 483 35 8

4 Kullu 9 10271 2038 71 1668 1066 794

5 Mandi 163 18291 3471 159 7181 3011 281

6 Hamirpur 108 8553 1075 110 954 1284 351

7 Una 525 24122 624 293 313 1905 314

8 Bilaspur 71 6511 866 80 777 1763 334

9 Solan 580 90975 965 152 1651 3520 731

10 Sirmaur 155 32207 1747 173 48 1264 537

11 Shimla 56 7355 5350 393 2684 1807 1442

12 Kinnaur 40 2583 1620 13 2848 159 112

Himachal Pradesh 1910 237867 22131 2649 23112 20180 8755

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Table-21 District wise distribution of total number of persons employed under each broad activity in Non -Agriculture

Information & Professional, scientific

Transportation and communication & technical activities
Retail trade Accommodation and Financial and
Sl. storage ( including computer Real estate (Including
District ( not covered in Food service insurance
No. ( including postal and programming, activities advertisement, market
column 8 ) activities activities
courier activities ) consultancy and research and veterinary
related services) activities)
1 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 Chamba 8143 3675 3093 188 693 12 613

2 Kangra 35389 10589 11230 1325 4047 2062 2339

3 Lahaul & Spiti 477 373 841 35 97 300 78

4 Kullu 17072 4337 7527 309 1051 1848 753

5 Mandi 19338 8680 5204 785 2504 730 1543

6 Hamirpur 10987 4511 2308 539 1744 1758 917

7 Una 11210 3825 2610 575 1347 70 791

8 Bilaspur 7847 9115 2196 380 1176 971 595

9 Solan 15037 17938 7293 917 2057 4495 1685

10 Sirmaur 11093 2961 2341 466 1031 1524 645

11 Shimla 19401 6606 9480 2359 4774 6084 1801

12 Kinnaur 1921 1144 1027 123 247 293 234

Himachal Pradesh 157915 73754 55150 8001 20768 20147 11994

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 Table-21 District wise distribution of total number of persons employed under each broad activity in Non -Agriculture
Administrative Other service activities
Human health &
and support Arts entertainment, not elsewhere
social work
service activities sports & amusement classified
activities Total Non-
Sl. ( including travel and recreation (including
District Education (including Agricultural
No. agency, (excluding illegal membership
residential and activities
employment , gambling and betting organization, repair of
non-residential
security , call activities) computers and
care centres)
centres) personal
1 2 17 18 19 20 21 22
1 Chamba 231 13579 1749 91 857 41899
2 Kangra 1689 37736 7242 814 7133 167470
3 Lahaul & Spiti 27 1696 3575 13 569 9261
4 Kullu 618 10052 1923 490 1632 63529
5 Mandi 529 27699 3716 98 2980 106363
6 Hamirpur 438 14816 2794 134 2263 55644
7 Una 853 12166 1897 95 4053 67588
8 Bilaspur 290 11414 1385 53 1641 47465
9 Solan 1317 15830 3327 166 3258 171894
10 Sirmaur 343 13170 1672 88 5270 76735
11 Shimla 972 24985 6611 305 7165 109630
12 Kinnaur 587 2757 1350 46 1228 18332
Himachal Pradesh 7894 185900 37241 2393 38049 935810

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 The above table shows the District wise number of persons employed under
the Non Agricultural activities. Out of the 19 Non Agriculture activities, major activities
contributing maximum in terms of employment were manufacturing 25.42%, Education
19.87%, Retail Trade 16.87% Transportation and storage 7.88%, Accommodation and Food
services 5.89%, other service activities 4.07% and Human health and social work activity
3.98%.

If we compare the district with employment figures viz a viz the activity,
Under Mining and Quarrying district Solan was having highest concentration followed by
Una, under manufacturing district Solan was having highest followed by district Sirmour,
under Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply etc. district Shimla was highest
followed by Mandi, under Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation
services etc. district Kangra was highest followed by Shimla, under construction district
Mandi was highest followed by Kangra, under whole sale trade, retail trade & repair of motor
vehicles & motor cycles etc. Highest was district Kangra followed Solan, under whole sale
trade (Except whole sale trade, retail trade & repair of motor vehicles & motor cycles etc.)
highest concentration was district Kangra followed by Shimla, under retail trade (Except
whole sale trade, retail trade & repair of motor vehicles & motor cycles etc) highest was
district Kangra followed by Mandi, under Transportation storage etc. highest in district Solan
followed by Kangra, under accommodation and food services Kangra was highest followed
by Shimla, under Information & Communication highest in district Shimla followed by
district Kangra.

Under Financial and Insurance highest concentration of workers in district

Shimla followed by district Kangra, under Real Estate highest in district Shimla followed by
Solan, under professional scientific & technical service highest in district Kangra followed by
Shimla, under administrative and support services highest in district Kangra followed by
Solan, under education highest in district Kangra followed by Mandi, under Human Health &
Social work, highest in district Kangra followed by Shimla, under Art, Entertainment, Sports
and Recreation services etc. highest in district Kangra and followed by Kullu and under the
other service activity highest concentration of workers were in Shimla and followed by
Kangra district.

The topography of Himachal Pradesh is hilly and does not suits to pure
agriculture activities like Crop Production and Plantation activity, as far as fishing and Aqua
Culture activities is concern, it has also not wide scope because most of the rivers originate
from the hills and moves in V shape but spread over in the neighbouring state i.e. Punjab,
Haryana and Uttarakhand..The establishment under Forestry and Logging is also skewed due
to ban on green falling in the Pradesh. The only Live Stock activities are widely spread as
more than 90% of the people lives in rural area their life move around Live Stock activities,

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beside the above stated reason State Government initiatives like Dudh Ganga Yojan or other
incentives under various scheme has given flip for expending the activities in the State.
The non Agriculture activities left, the only choice with the young &
unemployed workforce as a result maximum are going for Retail Trade, Construction and
Tourism, Transport related activities in search of self employment. The other most important
activities, where a large workforce found engaged is Manufacturing and Electricity generation
activities. The State Government has also imposed a cap for industrial and Hydel Projects to
employ at least 70% Himachali in their workforce. The mashroom growth of educational
institution in Himachal Pradesh has also provided a boost to this activity. Beside the above
due to topographic reasons it is the compulsion of State Government to set up number of
Educational and Health institutions to cater the need of local areas and result of this handsome
growth can be seen in education and human health and social work activities.  

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