census_2011_workers: Census 2011 workers (PCA)

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Census 2011 workers (PCA)

Description

Worker classification from the 2011 Primary Census Abstract at all geographic levels, split by total/rural/urban sector. Main and marginal workers are broken down by activity (cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry, other workers). Downloaded on first use; see census_cache_dir(). Use at_level() before summing.

Usage

census_2011_workers()

Value

A tibble with 751,594 rows and 42 columns:

state_code,district_code,subdistrict_code,town_village_code,ward_code

Geographic codes

level

Geographic level (india, state, district, subdistrict, town, village, ward)

name

Name of the geographic unit

state_name_harmonized

Harmonized state name for joining across datasets

sector

Sector: "total", "rural", or "urban"

total_workers_total,total_workers_male,total_workers_female

All workers

main_workers_total,main_workers_male,main_workers_female

Main workers

main_cultivators_total,main_cultivators_male,main_cultivators_female

Main cultivators

main_agri_labour_total,main_agri_labour_male,main_agri_labour_female

Main agricultural labourers

main_hh_industry_total,main_hh_industry_male,main_hh_industry_female

Main household industry workers

main_other_total,main_other_male,main_other_female

Main other workers

marginal_workers_total,marginal_workers_male,marginal_workers_female

Marginal workers

marginal_cultivators_total,marginal_cultivators_male,marginal_cultivators_female

Marginal cultivators

marginal_agri_labour_total,marginal_agri_labour_male,marginal_agri_labour_female

Marginal agricultural labourers

marginal_hh_industry_total,marginal_hh_industry_male,marginal_hh_industry_female

Marginal household industry workers

marginal_other_total,marginal_other_male,marginal_other_female

Marginal other workers

Source

Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract.

Examples

census_2011_workers() |> at_level("state")

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