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India’s Unincorporated Sector Data

September 14 , 2026 15 hrs 0 min 10 0

The National Statistics Office (NSO) released India’s first-ever district-level estimates for the unincorporated non-agricultural sector using Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2025.
The estimates cover 757 of 770 districts and include data on establishments, workers, women’s participation and Gross Value Added (GVA).
The top 50 districts account for nearly one-third of the sector’s establishments, workforce and GVA.
In 237 districts, women make up at least one-third of the workforce, while in 25 districts they form more than half.
In 280 districts, GVA per worker is higher than the all-India average of ₹1,56,539.
The survey covers Manufacturing, Trade and Other Services across rural and urban India.