Write a note on occupational structure in India?

(i) Meaning: The distribution of the population on the basis of occupation is called occupational structure.
(ii) Types of occupation: There are three types of occupation-primary, secondary and tertiary.
(iii) Primary activities include agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, etc. Secondary activities include manufacturing industry, building and construction work, etc. and tertiary activities include transport, communications, commerce, etc.
(iv) In India, 64 per cent of the population is engaged only in agriculture.
(v) Only 13 and 20 per cent people are employed in secondary and tertiary sectors, respectively. However, there has been an ocupational shift to secondary and tertiary sectors due to growing industrialisation and urbanisation.