Gender Statistcics - Government of Himachal Pradesh

Gender Statistics 32
The female workforce participation rate (WPR) on an average in 1991
was 38.75 per cent which has increased to 46.34 per cent in 2001. There has
been remarkable improvement in the work force participation rate of women
as evident from various censuses. Similarly the male workforce participation
rate (WPR) on an average in 1991 was 53.20 per cent which has increased to
56.95 per cent in 2001 (Fig-11).
Fig-11
In respect of women employment in the government services it reveals
from the Census of Himachal Pradesh Government Employees-2009-10 that
only 19.7 (Fig-12) percent of total government employees were women.
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