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Jobs in India: Top 5 states with the highest and lowest unemployment rate

For the August month series, north-eastern and southern states scored best, while the northern states suffer from double-digit unemployment rates, as per CMEI monthly data series (average)

Jocelyn Fernandes | September 28, 2019 / 08:10 IST
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Here is a look at the top five states that fared the best and the five that fared the poorest in August, as per CMEI monthly data series (average). Top 5 states with the highest unemployment rates in August 2019 (Image: wikimedia commons)
Here are the top 5 states with the highest unemployment rates in August 2019 (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
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Workers drill at an open cast coal field at Dhanbad district in Jharkhand (Image: Reuters)
5. Jharkhand – 14.3 percent unemployed (Image: Reuters)
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4. Himachal Pradesh - 19.2 percent (Image: Reuters)
4. Himachal Pradesh - 19.2 percent (Image: Reuters)
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3. Jammu & Kashmir - 22.4 percent (Image: PTI)
3. Jammu & Kashmir - 22.4 percent (Image: PTI)
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2. Tripura - 27.9 percent (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
2. Tripura - 27.9 percent (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
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1. Haryana - 28.7 percent (Image: Reuters)
1. Haryana - 28.7 percent (Image: Reuters)
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Here is a look at the bottom 5 states with the lowest unemployment rates in August 2019 (Image: PTI)
Here are the states that had the lowest unemployment rates as of August 2019 (Image: PTI)
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5. Odisha - 3.6 percent (Image: Reuters)
5. Odisha - 3.6 percent unemployed (Image: Reuters)
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4. Telangana - 2.4 percent (Image: IKEA)
4. Telangana - 2.4 percent (Image: IKEA)
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Answer: Sikkim. (Image: Reuters)
3. Sikkim - 2.1 percent (Image: Reuters)
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2. Meghalaya - 1.6 percent (Image: Reuters)
2. Meghalaya - 1.6 percent (Image: Reuters)
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1. Karnataka - 0.7 percent (Image: Reuters)
1. Karnataka - 0.7 percent (Image: Reuters)

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