This dataset provides the unemployment rates for major religious groups in India, based on usual status (ps+ss). For years before 2017-18, the data was obtained in different quinquennial rounds of NSSO conducted from 2004-05 (NSS 61st) to 2011-12 (NSS 68th round). From 2017-18 the data is sourced from the annual report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by the Ministry of Statist...
| fiscal_year | major_religious_group | region | gender | unemployment_rate | unit | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Hinduism | rural | male | 2.6 | unemployment_rate in percentage | |
| 2023-24 | Islam | rural | male | 2.6 | unemployment_rate in percentage | |
| 2023-24 | Christianity | rural | male | 3.4 | unemployment_rate in percentage | |
| 2023-24 | Sikhism | rural | male | 5.1 | unemployment_rate in percentage | |
| 2023-24 | All | rural | male | 2.7 | unemployment_rate in percentage | |
| 2023-24 | Hinduism | rural | female | 1.9 | unemployment_rate in percentage | |
| 2023-24 | Islam | rural | female | 2.7 | unemployment_rate in percentage | |
| 2023-24 | Christianity | rural | female | 4.5 | unemployment_rate in percentage | |
| 2023-24 | Sikhism | rural | female | 7.2 | unemployment_rate in percentage | |
| 2023-24 | All | rural | female | 2.1 | unemployment_rate in percentage |
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. PLFS: Year, Region, Gender, and Religion wise Unemployment Rate [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/20478
