Female labour force participation

Choropleth map of India by state: Female labour force participation. Delhi records the lowest female labour force participation in the country at 13.1 per cent, five times below Sikkim's 66.7. Income and participation do not move together across states.
Delhi records the lowest female labour force participation in the country at 13.1 per cent, five times below Sikkim's 66.7. Income and participation do not move together across states.
Policy implication
Participation measured on usual status counts unpaid family labour on a farm and does not count housework. Much of the state-to-state range is a measurement boundary, and reading it as a preference is how the number gets misused.
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Data vintage. The figures are for 2025 and have not been refreshed since this map was made.

Source: PLFS (MoSPI) (2025). See the methodology for notes and limitations.

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