WORK PARTICIPATION RATE

WORK PARTICIPATION RATE

Work participation rate (WPR) or percentage of workers to total population for all religion is 39.3 per cent in the 2001 Census. The group of 'Other Religions and Persuasions' have recorded the higher WPR of 48.4 per cent followed by the Buddhist at 40.6 per cent. Hindus 40.4 per cent and Christians at 39.7 per cent. The lowest WPR of 31.3 per cent at the national level are seen for the Muslim population, preceded by Jains at 32.9 per cent and Sikhs at 37.7 per cent. The proportion of urban population, female work participation rates and proportion of workers in nonagricultural activity directly influences low WPRs among other factors.