Lok Sabha Question No. 2188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Child Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2188 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.12.2018

## CHILD LABOUR

†2188. SHRI HARI MANJHI:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether child labourers are reportedly being employed in particular parts of the country especially in Jharkhand;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  total  number  of  Child labourers in the country, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  collected  any  data  of  children  of Jharkhand being transported to other parts of the country; and (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) & (b): As per 2011 Census, the total number of main workers in the  age  group  of  5-14  years  in  the  country  and  in  the  State  of Jharkhand  are  43,53,247  and  90,996  respectively.  The  State-wise details  of  the  main  workers  in  the  age  group  of  5-14  years  in  the country including Jharkhand as per Census 2011, is given at Annexure.

- (c):         No, Madam.

- (d): Does not arise in view of (c) above.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2188 FOR 24.12.2018 BY SHRI HARI MANJHI, HON'BLE MP REGARDING CHILD LABOUR

## State wise details of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years as per Census 2011:

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT         |   No. of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Island |                                                  999 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh **        |                                               404851 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                                 5766 |
| 4.        | Assam                    |                                                99512 |
| 5.        | Bihar                    |                                               451590 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh U.T.          |                                                 3135 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh             |                                                63884 |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar H.         |                                                 1054 |
| 9.        | Daman & Diu U.T.         |                                                  774 |
| 10.       | Delhi U.T.               |                                                26473 |
| 11.       | Goa                      |                                                 6920 |
| 12.       | Gujarat                  |                                               250318 |
| 13.       | Haryana                  |                                                53492 |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh         |                                                15001 |
| 15.       | Jammu & Kashmir          |                                                25528 |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                |                                                90996 |
| 17.       | Karnataka                |                                               249432 |
| 18.       | Kerala                   |                                                21757 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep UT           |                                                   28 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh           |                                               286310 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra              |                                               496916 |
| 22.       | Manipur                  |                                                11805 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                |                                                18839 |
| 24.       | Mizoram                  |                                                 2793 |
| 25.       | Nagaland                 |                                                11062 |
| 26.       | Odisha                   |                                                92087 |
| 27.       | Puducherry U.T.          |                                                 1421 |
| 28.       | Punjab                   |                                                90353 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                |                                               252338 |
| 30.       | Sikkim                   |                                                 2704 |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu               |                                               151437 |
| 32.       | Tripura                  |                                                 4998 |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh            |                                               896301 |
| 34.       | Uttarakhand              |                                                28098 |
| 35.       | West Bengal              |                                               234275 |
|           | Total                    |                                              4353247 |

Including Telangana.