• The proportion of boy and girl child workers, in the age group of 5-17 years, is 73.5 per cent and 26.5 per cent, respectively.• The total number of working children aged 5-17 years in rural areas is estimated at 6.4 million as against 1.5 million in urban areas.
• As many as 93.3 per cent of all working children in the age group of 5-17 years operate in the informal sector
• Agriculture engages 4.5 million (56.4 per cent children), while the services sector engages 2 million (25.9 per cent), and industry, 1.4 million (17.7 per cent).
• A total of 1.3 million children are estimated to be working 43 hours or more per week. More boys than girls are engaged in this form of child labor across all age groups.
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