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Table 1
05.03.2009

Social Inclusion in the NREGS
Table 1: Participation of women in NREGS work
  
Share of women
In total rural workforce
In NREGA
Difference
   Andhra Pradesh
44.1
58
13.9
   Assam
26.5
27.8
1.3
   Bihar
21.2
25.6
4.4
   Chhattisgarh
44.7
42.2
-2.5
   Gujarat
45.5
38.1
-7.4
   Haryana
34.4
32.2
-2.2
   Himachal Pradesh
47.4
43.2
-4.2
   Jammu & Kashmir
31.0
0.4
-30.6
   Jharkhand
36.0
30.3
-5.7
   Karnataka
41.9
51.6
9.7
   Kerala
32.6
66
33.4
   Madhya Pradesh
38.3
42.6
4.3
   Maharashtra
44.5
44.1
-0.4
   Orissa
35.2
35
-0.2
   Punjab
34.2
0.2
-34.0
   Rajasthan
42.6
69.6
27.0
   Tamil Nadu
43.4
79.1
35.7
   Uttaranchal
45.1
14.3
-30.8
   Uttar Pradesh
30.4
32.4
2.0
   West Bengal
22.8
21.3
-1.5
   India
36.2
48.9
12.7
     
Source: 1. Share of workforce calculated by applying NSS 2004-05 usual status work participation rates
               of rural men and women (PS+SS) to Census rural population projections for 2004.
           2. Share of NREGS work from www.nrega.nic.in, accessed on 11 January 2008
 
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