FIFTH ECONOMIC

CENSUS

Fact Sheet

2005

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Central Statistical Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implementation Government of India

The Central Statistical Organization in collaboration with the Directorates of Economics and Statistics of various States/UT Governments conducted the 5th Economic Census throughout the country in 2005 with a view to collect broad information for both organized sector and unorganized sector, and to prepare a frame of agricultural and non-agricultural establishments, except crop production and plantation according to 4-digit of NIC-2004, for taking up follow-up census and surveys to collect detailed information on various parameters relating to the organized and unorganized sectors of the economy. While the All India report is being published separately, this Fact Sheet presents the key indicators for the State of Himachal Pradesh along with the all India comparable figures. The results of the 5th Economic Census conducted in Himachal Pradesh reveal that in the year 2005 there were 267,773 establishments of which 12,014 are agricultural establishments and 255,759 are non-agricultural establishments. When compared with the results of the Fourth Economic Census conducted in 1998, the compound annual growth rate of establishments during the period 1998-2005 was of the order of 2.49%. The number of persons engaged in these 267,773 establishments was of the order of 659,479 of which 19,116 are in agricultural establishments and 640,363 are in the non-agricultural establishments. Employment grew at the rate of 1.93% per annum during the period 1998-2005. Details of rural, urban break-up both for the year 1998 and 2005 are given in the table on the next page.

KEY RESULTS FOR HIMACHAL PRADESH

Sl.No. Indicators EC-1998 EC-2005

CAGR* during

1998-2005

1.Establishments

a)Rural 181,656 215,248 2.45

b)Urban 43,822 52,525 2.62 1.1 Number of Establishments

c)Combined 225,478 267,773 2.49

a)Rural 10,650 11,759 1.43

b)Urban 498 255 -9.12 1.2

Number of Agricultural Establishments @ c)Combined 11,148 12,014 1.07

a)Rural 171,006 203,489 2.52

b)Urban 43,324 52,270 2.72 1.3 Number of Non-Agricultural Establishments

c)Combined 214,330 255,759 2.56 2.Employment

a)Rural 387,401 457,727 2.41

b)Urban 189,497 201,752 0.90 2.1 Persons employed

c)Combined 576,898 659,479 1.93

a)Rural 16,958 17,678 0.60

b)Urban 961 1,438 5.93 2.2 Persons engaged in Agricultural Establishments@

c)Combined 17,919 19,116 0.93

a)Rural 370,443 440,049 2.49

b)Urban 188,536 200,314 0.87 2.3

Persons engaged in Non-Agricultural Establishments c)Combined 558,979 640,363 1.96

KEY RESULTS FOR ALL INDIA

Sl. No. Indicators EC-1998 EC-2005

CAGR* during 1998-2005

1.Establishments

1.1 Number of establishments 30,348,900 41,826,989 4.69

1.2 Number of Agricultural establishments @ 3,474,800 6,079,983 8.32

1.3 Number of Non-Agricultural establishments 26,874,100 35,747,006 4.16

2.Employment

2.1 Number of persons employed 83,299,500 100,904,121 2.78

2.2 Persons engaged in Agricultural establishments@

6,748,900 10,913,601 7.11

2.3 Persons engaged in Non-Agricultural establishments 76,550,600 89,990,520 2.34

The provisional figures of Economic Census for all the States were released by the Government of India on June 12, 2006. The data presently released are based on actual processing of data using ICR technology and thus there may be some difference with the figures earlier published through quick manual tabulation using Establishment Abstract schedule of EC-2005.

*CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate @: This excludes crop production and plantation activities which were beyond the coverage of the EC-2005.