The following table shows distribution of workforce in India for the year 1972-73. Analyse it and give reasons for the nature of workforce distribution. You will notice that the data is pertaining to the situation
in India 30 years ago!

Place of Residence	Workforce (in millions)
	Male	Female	Total
Rural	125	69	195
Urban	32	7	39

It is clear from the above table that workforce in rural area was 125 million males and 69 million females.

In urban areas 32 million males and 7 million females were working.

The ratio of workforce into male and female was 157:77.

In rural areas, more people are included in workforce than in urban areas. The reason is most of the people living in rural areas are engaged in agricultural sector.