Dataset Overview

The dataset contains the state wise & gender wise population of fishermen in the country. The information is also categorised into Marine and Inland Fishermen.

Organisation

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

Sectors

Agriculture and Allied

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Year, State

Time Saved

4.5 hours

Number of Rows

296

Number of Columns

Sources

Handbook on Fisheries Statistics

Time Period

2019-20 to 2020-21

Units

value in absolute number

Last Updated

October, 2025

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fiscal_year	state	category	gender	value	unit
2020-21	All India	Inland	Female	10103842	value in absolute number
2020-21	All India	Inland	Male	13013978	value in absolute number
2020-21	All India	Marine	Female	2294066	value in absolute number
2020-21	All India	Marine	Male	2651652	value in absolute number
2020-21	Andhra Pradesh	Inland	Male	333558	value in absolute number
2020-21	Andhra Pradesh	Inland	Female	288293	value in absolute number
2020-21	Andhra Pradesh	Marine	Male	461712	value in absolute number
2020-21	Andhra Pradesh	Marine	Female	413125	value in absolute number
2020-21	Arunachal Pradesh	Inland	Male	15147	value in absolute number
2020-21	Arunachal Pradesh	Inland	Female	8868	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
fiscal_year	2	2	String	296
state	38	38	String	296
category	2	2	String	296
gender	2	2	String	296
value	97	97	Int64	242
unit	1	1	String	296
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. Year, State, Gender, Category-wise Fishermen Population in India [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/15249

Year, State, Gender, Category-wise Fishermen Population in India

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