The occupational structure of a region or a country refers to the division of its labour force engaged in different economic activities of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. It reflects to the development of people habited and is the mirror of economic status. As national income increases steadily from primary activities and the necessities of life are met, there is an occupational shift of labour and other resources into manufacturing or secondary production to tertiary activities, quaternary and quinary activities. The present paper aims to find out the regional disparities in work forces engaged in different economic activities. The work also find out the total working populations engaged in cultivators, agriculture, household industries and allied activities in urban centers of the region. The study of the present paper based on an outcome of in-exhaustive secondary sources of information/data available from census, e-resources and journals. Diagrams, figures and charts will be highlighted for more significance of the studies. The occupational structure of an economy plays a vital role in the overall economic scenario of the economy. The number of workers in the north-eastern region employed in different sectors of the economy is crucial to determine the level of development of the economy of a region or state. The region is still industrially backward despite of huge potentials and is predominantly agrarian occupational structure except some cities. Though the region has endowed with rich natural resources, the region is industrially very backward in compared with the rest of the country. Altogether, the scenario of occupational structure in the region of India is not very encouraging. The rate of growth of work force participation in the region is low (39.88%) as compare with India as a whole (39.80%). Among the North-Eastern States of India, the percentage of workers to the total population is highest in Sikkim with 50.47% while it is lowest in Assam with 38.36 percentages.
Economic Activities, Primary Activities, Regional Disparities, Industrially Backward, Agrarian
