OREANDA-NEWS. The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India today released the Census 2011 data on Age at Marriage by Category of Economic Activities..  Table C-7 presents data on number of ever married and currently married population by age at marriage, duration of marriage and economic activity at India/State/District level. The mean age at marriage, as calculated from the table, for both males and females for all the categories of economic activities has improved during the last decade of 2001-2011. The comparative position for census 2001 and 2011 for various economic activities is given below:

Mean Age at Marriage by category of economic activity, India 2001-11

Category of Economic Activity

Males

Females

2001

2011

2001

2011

Main Workers

22.6

23.5

18.2

19.2

Cultivators

21.5

22.5

17.6

18.6

Agricultural labourers

21.8

22.5

17.7

18.5

Workers in household industry

23.7

23.4

19.5

19.1

Other workers

24.4

20.8

Marginal Workers

21.8

22.5

17.6

18.7

Non-Workers

22.8

23.5

18.5

19.4