Appendix 2
Percent Distribution of Non-Agricultural Enterprises By Major Economic Activity 
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 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
  1990 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
  1998 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
  2005 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1 Mining and Quarrying 1980 0.22 0.38 0.26 0.05 0.09 0.07 0.16 0.23 0.18
  1990 0.31 0.42 0.34 0.07 0.10 0.08 0.21 0.25 0.22
  1998 0.14 0.37 0.20 0.04 0.07 0.05 0.10 0.20 0.13
  2005 0.23 0.45 0.31 0.13 0.17 0.15 0.19 0.30 0.24
2 Manufacturing 1980 43.47 23.69 38.84 29.66 31.67 30.36 38.25 27.80 35.31
  1990 29.38 20.53 27.17 16.52 23.30 19.13 24.30 22.06 23.60
  1998 25.77 19.91 24.24 14.07 19.88 16.33 20.93 19.89 20.60
  2005 26.98 24.08 26.02 17.73 22.35 19.87 23.35 23.17 23.28
3 Electricity, Gas and Water Supply 1980 0.04 0.74 0.20 0.03 0.51 0.20 0.03 0.62 0.20
  1990 0.06 0.75 0.23 0.03 0.38 0.17 0.05 0.55 0.20
  1998 0.05 0.54 0.18 0.03 0.21 0.10 0.04 0.36 0.14
  2005 0.06 0.52 0.21 0.06 0.23 0.14 0.06 0.37 0.18
4 Construction 1980 0.88 0.61 0.82 1.24 0.59 1.01 1.02 0.60 0.90
  1990 1.09 0.76 1.01 1.28 0.70 1.06 1.16 0.73 1.03
  1998 1.28 0.79 1.15 1.02 0.87 0.96 1.18 0.83 1.07
  2005 0.88 0.83 0.86 1.04 0.82 0.94 0.94 0.83 0.90
5 Sales,Maint. & Repair of Vehicles 1980 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
  1990 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
  1998 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
  2005 1.02 1.56 1.20 2.16 3.99 3.01 1.47 2.84 2.00
6 Trade 1980 36.84 13.02 31.27 48.54 29.91 42.07 41.27 21.72 35.77
    1990 41.21 14.93 34.65 51.86 32.88 44.56 45.42 24.82 39.04
    1998 44.50 19.75 38.03 53.07 39.24 47.69 48.04 30.64 42.47
    2005 48.49 26.29 41.14 53.89 41.27 48.04 50.61 34.22 44.21
7 Hotels & Restaurents 1980 4.71 3.85 4.51 4.06 7.20 5.15 4.46 5.58 4.77
  1990 4.85 4.23 4.69 3.93 6.28 4.84 4.49 5.36 4.76
  1998 4.25 4.20 4.24 3.83 5.93 4.64 4.07 5.17 4.42
  2005 3.96 4.11 4.01 3.58 5.29 4.37 3.82 4.73 4.17
8 Transport and Storage 1980 1.45 2.09 1.60 4.38 3.75 4.16 2.56 2.95 2.67
  1990 2.19 2.21 2.20 4.54 3.64 4.19 3.12 3.00 3.08
  1998 3.44 3.07 3.35 4.63 2.93 3.97 3.94 2.99 3.63
  2005 4.82 3.25 4.30 5.24 2.87 4.14 4.99 3.05 4.23
9 Posts & Telecommunications 1980 0.01 3.54 0.83 0.01 0.67 0.24 0.01 2.06 0.59
  1990 0.02 2.69 0.69 0.03 0.51 0.22 0.02 1.49 0.48
  1998 0.18 1.93 0.63 1.28 1.24 1.27 0.63 1.55 0.93
  2005 1.40 1.84 1.55 2.84 2.01 2.45 1.97 1.93 1.95
10 Finance, Real Estate & Business 1980 0.39 2.41 0.86 1.75 4.41 2.67 0.90 3.44 1.62
  1990 0.81 2.32 1.18 2.19 4.59 3.11 1.35 3.57 2.04
  1998 1.21 2.67 1.59 2.81 5.13 3.71 1.87 4.05 2.57
  2005 2.33 3.43 2.69 3.86 6.01 4.86 2.93 4.80 3.66
11 Community,Social and Personal Services 1980 11.90 49.48 20.69 10.03 20.30 13.60 11.19 34.45 17.73
  1990 20.08 51.13 27.83 19.51 27.46 22.57 19.86 38.09 25.50
  1998 19.13 46.78 26.36 19.20 24.49 21.25 19.16 34.31 24.01
  2005 9.82 33.62 17.70 9.45 14.98 12.01 9.67 23.76 15.17
12 Other Activities 1980 0.10 0.18 0.12 0.27 1.02 0.53 0.16 0.61 0.29
  1990 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.04 0.15 0.08 0.02 0.09 0.04
  1998 0.04 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.02
  2005 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01
OAE : Own account enterprisesd, Estt.: Establishment with at least one hired worker.  
Source: CSO (2008), Economic Census 2005, All India Report and Previoous Issues