Dataset · Employment
Number of persons employed in the organised sector in each district of Kerala on 31 March of each year, split into public and private sector, as printed in the appendix 'District-wise Employment in (under) Organised Sector in Kerala' of the Kerala Economic Review, editions 2016 (years 2000, 2005 and 2010-2016, with the total), 2017 (2000, 2005, 2010-2017) and 2021 (2011-2021). The Economic Review cites the Directorate of Employment for these figures. Each row is one district (or the Kerala total), edition, year and measure; the table, page and file of each edition are listed under Source documents. On 31 March 2021 the organised sector employed 556,634 persons in the public and 691,134 in the private sector. Use it to compare formal employment across districts and over two decades.
The first 5 of 1,035 rows
| period | period_type | geo_level | geo_code | geo_name | indicator | measure | region | ref_period | ref_period_type | is_partial_period | value | unit | qa_flag | notes | district_as_per_source |
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| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | organised_sector_employment | private_sector | State | 2000 | as_on_31_march | False | 582000.0 | persons | source in lakh; converted to persons | Total | |
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | organised_sector_employment | private_sector | State | 2005 | as_on_31_march | False | 523000.00000000006 | persons | source in lakh; converted to persons | Total | |
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | organised_sector_employment | private_sector | State | 2010 | as_on_31_march | False | 501999.99999999994 | persons | source in lakh; converted to persons | Total | |
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | organised_sector_employment | private_sector | State | 2011 | as_on_31_march | False | 499000.0 | persons | source in lakh; converted to persons | Total | |
| 2016 | year | state | 32 | Kerala | organised_sector_employment | private_sector | State | 2012 | as_on_31_march | False | 512000.0 | persons | source in lakh; converted to persons | Total |
16 columns, in file order.
periodperiod_typegeo_levelgeo_codegeo_nameindicatormeasureregionref_periodref_period_typeis_partial_periodvalueunitqa_flagnotesdistrict_as_per_sourcePlease cite this dataset when you use it:
Policy and Research Initiative (2026). District-wise employment in the organised sector (public and private) in Kerala, 2000-2021 [Dataset]. PRI Data Repository. /data/organised-sector-employment-kerala