State and Year-wise Total Number of Factories and the Estimated Average Daily Employment
The dataset contains the State and Year-wise Total Number of Factories and the Estimated Average Daily Employment.
Note:
1. The average daily employment for an industry group or a State is obtained by summing up the reported and estimated figures of average daily employment for all factories belonging to an industry or a State.
2. Data is based on the returns received under 2m(i) & 2m(ii) Factories Act. The Factories Act, 1948 is not implemented in four States/Union Territories namely, Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Mizoram and Sikkim.
3. Totals may not tally due to rounding off of figures.
4. Jharkhand is the new state carved out from Bihar in the year 2000.
5. Data is not received from rest of the States/Union Territories for particular years where the data entry is left blank.
State and Year-wise Total Number of Factories and the Estimated Average Daily Employment
The dataset contains the State and Year-wise Total Number of Factories and the Estimated Average Daily Employment.
Note:
1. The average daily employment for an industry group or a State is obtained by summing up the reported and estimated figures of average daily employment for all factories belonging to an industry or a State.
2. Data is based on the returns received under 2m(i) & 2m(ii) Factories Act. The Factories Act, 1948 is not implemented in four States/Union Territories namely, Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Mizoram and Sikkim.
3. Totals may not tally due to rounding off of figures.
4. Jharkhand is the new state carved out from Bihar in the year 2000.
5. Data is not received from rest of the States/Union Territories for particular years where the data entry is left blank.
The calendar year to which the factory and employment statistics pertain.
state
String
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The Indian state or union territory for which the data is reported, including an All India aggregate.
category
String
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The employment metric being reported: either the total number of factories or the average daily employment.
value
Int64
698
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The reported figure for the selected category, expressed as an absolute number.
unit
String
1
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The unit of measurement for the value column.
note
String
3
324
Supplementary remarks about the data, such as indicating that a value is not available.
Citation
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. (2026). State and Year-wise Total Number of Factories and the Estimated Average Daily Employment [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/1001
