There is no single official percentage labelled “migrated labour in Punjab” covering all migrant types (seasonal, long-term, interstate). Estimates and journalistic reports indicate that a large share of unskilled/temporary labour in Punjab’s industries and farm work is migrant — commonly cited in news reports as roughly 60–80% of unskilled workers in many districts, but this is an estimate from local industry groups and media rather than a single government statistic.
Caveat: National surveys (MOSPI/PLFS) record migration and employment but don’t publish a tidy, state-level “migrant labour % of labour force” figure for all categories combined. To produce an exact percentage you’d need to (a) pick a definition (seasonal vs long-term migrants), (b) select the source (PLFS / Census / state surveys) and (c) combine population/labour-force numbers.
2) Number of total labour (labour force) in Punjab
Official labour-force numbers for Punjab are published in MOSPI/PLFS publications and in state employment chapters. The PLFS and state labour reports give labour-force counts and participation/unemployment rates — but I couldn’t find a single recent figure in the public sources that says “total number of labourers in Punjab = X” in one line. Instead, PLFS/State reports provide labour force participation and employment rates from which counts can be derived (using population estimates). See the PLFS annual report and MOSPI migration report for the raw data you can convert to counts.
3) Number employed and unemployed
PLFS and other government bulletins publish unemployment rates and employment counts by state and urban/rural. Recent reporting shows youth unemployment rising in Punjab (e.g., higher joblessness in 15–29 age group across 2024 periods), but PLFS gives rates — not a ready single absolute number of employed/unemployed migrants specifically. Use PLFS state tables to convert rates into counts.
Quick example (illustrative): if Punjab’s working-age population is X and labour-force participation is Y%, then employed = labour force × (1 − UR), unemployed = labour force × UR (UR = unemployment rate).