FIFTH

ECONOMIC
CENSUS
2005

Fact Sheet

JAMMU
&
KASHMIR

Central Statistical
Organisation
Ministry of Statistics and
Programme
Implementation
Government of India
The Central Statistical Organization in KEY RESULTS FOR JAMMU & The provisional figures of Economic Census
collaboration with the Directorates of for all the States were released by the
Economics and Statistics of various States/UT KASHMIR Government of India on June 12, 2006. The
Governments conducted the 5th Economic AAGR*
Sl.No. Indicators
EC-
EC-2005
during data presently released are based on
Census throughout the country in 2005 with a 1998 1998-
2005 actual processing of data using ICR
view to collect broad information for both
organized sector and unorganized sector,
1.Establishments
technology and thus there may be some
and to prepare a frame of agricultural and Number of
a)Rural 110,530 183,118 7.48 difference with the figures earlier published
1.1
non-agricultural establishments, except crop Establishments b)Urban 105,070 141,790 4.37
through quick manual tabulation using
c)Combined 215,600 324,908 6.03
production and plantation according to 4- a)Rural 1,769 2,152 2.84
Establishment Abstract schedule of EC-
Number of
digit of NIC-2004, for taking up follow-up 1.2 Agricultural b)Urban 186 433 12.83 2005.
Establishments@
census and surveys to collect detailed c)Combined 1,955 2,585 4.07
information on various parameters relating to Number of Non- a)Rural 108,761 180,966 7.54

the organized and unorganized sectors of the 1.3 Agricultural

Establishments
b)Urban 104,884 141,357 4.36

economy. c)Combined 213,645 322,323 6.05

2.Employment

a)Rural 217,415 367,051 7.77

While the All India report is being published 2.1
Persons
b)Urban 256,225 384,481 5.97
employed
separately, this Fact Sheet presents the key c)Combined 473,640 751,532 6.82
indicators for the State of Jammu & Kashmir Persons engaged a)Rural 3,507 5,236 5.89
along with the all India comparable figures. 2.2 in Agricultural
Establishments@
b)Urban 385 1,611 22.69
c)Combined 3,892 6,847 8.40

The results of the 5th Economic census Persons engaged

in Non-
a)Rural 213,908 361,815 7.80
2.3
conducted in Jammu & Kashmir reveal that in Agricultural
Establishments
b)Urban 255,840 382,870 5.93
c)Combined 469,748 744,685 6.80
the year 2005 there were 324,908
establishments of which 2,585 are agricultural
establishments and 322,323 are non- KEY RESULTS FOR ALL INDIA
agricultural establishments. When compared
with the results of the Fourth Economic Census
conducted in 1998, the compound annual AAGR*
Sl. during
growth rate of establishments during the No.
Indicators EC-1998 EC-2005
1998-
period 1998-2005 was of the order of 6.03%. 2005

The number of persons engaged in these 1.Establishments

324,908 establishments was of the order of 1.1 Number of establishments 30,348,900 41,826,989 4.69

751,532 of which 6,847 are in agricultural 1.2

Number of Agricultural
3,474,800 6,079,983 8.32
establishments @
establishments and 744,685 are in the non-
Number of Non-Agricultural
agricultural establishments. Employment 1.3
establishments
26,874,100 35,747,006 4.16

grew at the rate of 6.82% per annum during 2.Employment

the period 1998-2005. Details of rural, urban 2.1 Number of persons employed 83,299,500 100,904,121 2.78 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate
break-up both for the year 1998 and 2005 are Persons engaged in @: This excludes crop production and
given in the table on the next page.
2.2 Agricultural
establishments@
6,748,900 10,913,601 7.11
plantation activities which were beyond the
2.3
Persons engaged in Non-
76,550,600 89,990,520 2.34 coverage of the EC-2005.
Agricultural establishments