Give an account of the occupational structure of India’s population.

The Occupational Structure:

(i)The occupational composition of India’s population, which actually means engagement of an individual in farming, manufacturing trade, services or any kind of professional activities shows a large proportion of primary sector workers compared to secondary and tertiary sectors.
(ii)About 58.2 percent of total working population are cultivators and agricultural labourers, whereas only 4.2% of workers are engaged in household industries and 37.6 % are other workers including nonhousehold industries, trade, commerce, construction and repair and other services.
(iii)As far as the occupation of country’s male and female population is concerned, male workers outnumber female workers in  all the three sectors.
(iv)The number of female workers is relatively high in primary sector, though in recent years there has been some improvement in work participation of women in secondary and tertiary sectors.
(v)It is important to note that the proportion of workers in agricultural sector in India has shown a decline over the last few decades. Consequently, the participation rate in secondary and tertiary sector has registered an increase. This indicates a shift of dependence of workers from farm-based occupations to nonfarm based ones, indicating.