Table 1 Description of sample population of households in India by occupational classification, National Sample Survey, 2011–2012

Legislators & senior officials

132

0.2

217

0.6

349

0.4

Corporate managers

4144

7.3

5538

14.7

9682

10.3

General managers

40

0.1

122

0.3

162

0.2

Science professionals

137

0.2

708

1.9

845

0.9

Life science & health professionals

310

0.5

371

1.0

681

0.7

Teaching professionals

1116

2.0

1088

2.9

2204

2.3

Other professionals

1142

2.0

1536

4.1

2678

2.8

Science associate professionals

139

0.2

402

1.1

541

0.6

Life science & health associate professionals

255

0.5

351

0.9

606

0.6

Teaching associate professionals

2051

3.6

972

2.6

3023

3.2

Other associate professionals

787

1.4

1433

3.8

2220

2.4

Office clerks

1076

1.9

1746

4.6

2822

3.0

Customer services clerks

133

0.2

299

0.8

432

0.5

Personal & protective service workers

2044

3.6

2330

6.2

4374

4.6

Models, sales persons & demonstrators

3655

6.5

3906

10.4

7561

8.0

Market oriented skilled agricultural & fishery workers

15,971

28.2

1854

4.9

17,825

18.9

Subsistence agricultural & fishery workers

571

1.0

75

0.2

646

0.7

Extraction & building trades workers

4566

8.1

2608

6.9

7174

7.6

Metal, machinery & related trades workers

910

1.6

1379

3.7

2289

2.4

Precision, handicraft, printing & related trades workers

358

0.6

423

1.1

781

0.8

Other craft & related trades workers

1666

2.9

1604

4.3

3270

3.5

Stationary plant & related operators

295

0.5

332

0.9

627

0.7

Machine operators & assemblers

633

1.1

931

2.5

1564

1.7

Drivers & mobile-plant operators

2137

3.8

1950

5.2

4087

4.3

Sales & services elementary occupations

1235

2.2

1904

5.1

3139

3.3

Agricultural, fishery & related laborers

5571

9.9

820

2.2

6391

6.8

Mining, construction, manufacturing & transport laborers

5462

9.7

2722

7.2

8184

8.7

All households

56,536

100

37,621

100

94,157

100