Child Labour Statistics
CHILD LABOUR SURVEY 1997
A state-wide survey was conducted in the year 1997 under the direction of Hon’ble Supreme Court in MC Mehta v. State of Tamil Nadu & Others (WP 465/1986). The survey was based on complete enumeration of child labourers found in both hazardous as well as non-hazardous occupations and processes. The result of the survey is as follows:
Sl. No. |
District |
No. of child labour identified |
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Hazardous (H) |
Non Hazardous (NH) |
Total (H + NH) |
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M |
F |
T |
M |
F |
T |
M |
F |
T |
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01 |
Nayagarh |
72 |
65 |
137 |
1692 |
417 |
2109 |
1764 |
482 |
2246 |
02 |
Bargarh |
70 |
39 |
109 |
1338 |
641 |
1979 |
1408 |
680 |
2088 |
03 |
Boudh |
10 |
19 |
29 |
3601 |
2770 |
6371 |
3611 |
2789 |
6400 |
04 |
Khurda |
35 |
34 |
69 |
1221 |
576 |
1797 |
1256 |
610 |
1866 |
05 |
Balasore |
271 |
166 |
437 |
6276 |
5306 |
11582 |
6547 |
5472 |
12019 |
06 |
Rayagada |
2 |
0 |
2 |
7455 |
4785 |
12240 |
7457 |
4785 |
12242 |
07 |
Sambalpur |
1248 |
3563 |
4811 |
487 |
341 |
828 |
1735 |
3904 |
5639 |
08 |
Jajpur |
22 |
15 |
37 |
1550 |
470 |
2020 |
1572 |
485 |
2057 |
09 |
Bhadrak |
8 |
2 |
10 |
3364 |
2023 |
5387 |
3372 |
2025 |
5397 |
10 |
Malkangiri |
1074 |
999 |
2073 |
5236 |
2981 |
8217 |
6310 |
3980 |
10290 |
11 |
Angul |
991 |
1784 |
2775 |
178 |
74 |
252 |
1169 |
1858 |
3027 |
12 |
Kandhamal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3376 |
3080 |
6456 |
3376 |
3080 |
6456 |
13 |
Ganjam |
296 |
564 |
860 |
700 |
312 |
1012 |
996 |
876 |
1872 |
14 |
Kalahandi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8613 |
6097 |
14710 |
8613 |
6097 |
14710 |
15 |
Sundergarh |
16 |
47 |
63 |
634 |
174 |
808 |
650 |
221 |
871 |
16 |
Nabrangpur |
635 |
532 |
1167 |
17963 |
13554 |
31517 |
18598 |
14086 |
32684 |
17 |
Koraput |
78 |
156 |
234 |
7040 |
6284 |
13324 |
7118 |
6440 |
13558 |
18 |
Jharsuguda |
560 |
1255 |
1815 |
2250 |
2619 |
4869 |
2810 |
3874 |
6684 |
19 |
Dhenkanal |
24 |
9 |
33 |
1183 |
686 |
1869 |
1207 |
695 |
1902 |
20 |
Jagatsinghpur |
3 |
5 |
8 |
281 |
123 |
404 |
284 |
128 |
412 |
21 |
Gajapati |
905 |
1123 |
2028 |
4330 |
3867 |
8197 |
5235 |
4990 |
10225 |
22 |
Nuapada |
737 |
260 |
997 |
1106 |
114 |
1220 |
1843 |
374 |
2217 |
23 |
Cuttack |
726 |
805 |
1531 |
3772 |
2124 |
5896 |
4498 |
2929 |
7427 |
24 |
Mayurbhanj |
602 |
472 |
1074 |
11072 |
9609 |
20681 |
11674 |
10081 |
21755 |
25 |
Bolangir |
972 |
732 |
1704 |
6403 |
4168 |
10571 |
7375 |
4900 |
12275 |
26 |
Deogarh |
159 |
269 |
428 |
2185 |
2297 |
4482 |
2344 |
2566 |
4910 |
27 |
Sonepur |
621 |
394 |
1015 |
1293 |
329 |
1622 |
1914 |
723 |
2637 |
28 |
Puri |
15 |
10 |
25 |
730 |
182 |
912 |
745 |
192 |
937 |
29 |
Kendrapara |
76 |
101 |
177 |
4130 |
1932 |
6062 |
4206 |
2033 |
6239 |
30 |
Keonjhar |
66 |
47 |
113 |
1773 |
2294 |
4067 |
1839 |
2341 |
4180 |
TOTAL |
10294 |
13467 |
23761 |
111232 |
80229 |
191461 |
121526 |
93696 |
215222 |