PLFS (Periodic Labour Force Survey)

MH Specific

Maharashtra — Quarterly and annual employment and unemployment indicators including LFPR, WPR, and unemployment rates with state-level Maharashtra tabulations

Build a Maharashtra employment tracker showing labor market trends by sector, gender, and urban/rural split.

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Quick Start

# Download from https://mospi.gov.in/
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv('plfs_data.csv')
mh = df[df['State'] == 'Maharashtra']
print(mh[['Quarter', 'Employment_Rate', 'LFPR']].tail())

Modality

Tabular (unit-level data, reports)

Size

~1 lakh+ households nationally, quarterly

License

Open (microdata access)

Format

CSV

Language

Update Frequency

static

Organization

National Statistical Office, Government of India

Schema

Field	Type	Description
state	string	State name
sector	string	Rural or urban
employment_rate	float	Employment rate percentage
lfpr	float	Labour force participation rate
quarter	string	Survey quarter

Build With This

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AI Use Cases

Labour market analyticsunemployment predictioninformal sector modelling

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Last verified: 2026-03-07