Appendix -1
	Distribution of Non-Agricultural Enterprises By Major Economic Activity Groups, Location and Type
											(number in ' 00)
	Sr.No	Major Activity Groups	Economic Census	Rural			Urban			Rural+Urban
				OAE	Estt.with Hired Workers	Total	OAE	Estt.with Hired Workers	Total	OAE	Estt.with Hired Workers	Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
		All Non-Agricultural Activities	1980	75509	23064	98573	45980	24483	70463	121489	47547	169036
			1990	94735	31517	126252	61792	38659	100451	156527	70176	226703
			1998	107146	37925	145071	75584	48089	123673	182730	86014	268744
			2005	132622	65649	198271	85457	73744	159201	218079	139393	357472
	1	Mining and Quarrying	1980	164	89	252	25	22	47	189	111	299
			1990	290	133	423	44	40	84	334	173	507
			1998	155	140	295	31	35	66	186	175	361
			2005	309	297	606	114	128	242	423	425	848
	2	Manufactur-ing	1980	32827	5463	38290	13637	7754	21391	46464	13217	59681
			1990	27829	6471	34300	10206	9007	19213	38035	15478	53513
			1998	27613	7551	35164	10638	9561	20199	38251	17112	55363
			2005	35780	15810	51590	15150	16482	31632	50930	32292	83222
	3	Electricity, Gas and Water Supply	1980	28	171	199	12	126	138	40	297	337
			1990	59	236	295	20	148	168	79	384	463
			1998	51	205	256	23	102	125	74	307	381
			2005	86	340	426	55	172	227	141	512	653
	4	Construction	1980	663	142	804	571	144	715	1234	286	1519
			1990	1031	241	1272	789	272	1061	1820	513	2333
			1998	1375	298	1673	774	418	1192	2149	716	2865
			2005	1164	548	1712	885	607	1492	2049	1155	3204
	5	Sales,Maint. & Repair of Vehicles	1980
			1990
			1998
			2005	1355	1021	2376	1848	2943	4791	3203	3964	7167
	6	Trade	1980	27819	3002	30821	22318	7324	29642	50137	10326	60463
			1990	39044	4707	43751	32048	12710	44758	71092	17417	88509
			1998	47676	7489	55165	40109	18869	58978	87785	26358	114143
			2005	64305	17262	81567	46054	30433	76487	110359	47695	158054
	7	Hotels & Restaurents	1980	3554	889	4443	1865	1762	3627	5419	2651	8070
			1990	4591	1332	5923	2430	2429	4859	7021	3761	10782
			1998	4553	1593	6146	2893	2850	5743	7446	4443	11889
			2005	5258	2698	7956	3063	3900	6963	8321	6598	14919
	8	Transport and Storage	1980	1094	483	1577	2012	918	2930	3106	1401	4507
			1990	2079	697	2776	2803	1409	4212	4882	2106	6988
			1998	3690	1163	4853	3502	1411	4913	7192	2574	9766
			2005	6396	2134	8530	4479	2116	6595	10875	4250	15125
	9	Posts & Telecommunications	1980	6	817	823	3	164	167	9	981	990
			1990	17	848	865	18	198	216	35	1046	1081
			1998	189	732	921	968	597	1565	1157	1329	2486
			2005	1860	1205	3065	2429	1479	3908	4289	2684	6973
	10	Finance, Real Estate & Business	1980	296	556	852	803	1080	1883	1099	1636	2735
			1990	765	730	1495	1352	1774	3126	2117	2504	4621
			1998	1295	1012	2307	2123	2469	4592	3418	3481	6899
			2005	3084	2255	5339	3301	4432	7733	6385	6687	13072
	11	Community,Social and Personal Services	1980	8984	11411	20395	4611	4970	9581	13595	16381	29976
			1990	19023	16114	35137	12057	10614	22671	31080	26728	57808
			1998	20501	17740	38241	14510	11775	26285	35011	29515	64526
			2005	13018	22074	35092	8077	11048	19125	21095	33122	54217
	12	Other Activities	1980	74	42	116	123	250	373	197	292	489
			1990	7	8	15	25	58	83	32	66	98
			1998	48	2	50	13	2	15	61	4	65
			2005	7	5	12	2	4	6	9	9	18
	Note: Comparison get restricted to a small extent due to use of different NIC classification . In 1980 enterprises had been classsified according to the expanded version of the NIC 1977, in 1990 and 1998 NIC 1987 had been used and in 2005 , NIC 2004 had been used.
	EC was not conducted in Assam and Jammu and Kashmir for the years 1980 and 1990 respectively.
	OAE : Own-account enterprises, Estt.: Establishment with at least one hired worker.
	Source: CSO (2008), Economic Census 2005, All India Report and Previoous Issues