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(a) The distribution of the population according to different types of occupation is referred to as the occupational structure. (b) Occupations are generally classified as primary, secondary and tertiary. (c) Primary occupations include agriculture, fishing, mining, forestry and animal husbandry. (d) Secondary activities include manufacturing industry, building and constructive work etc. (e) Tertiary activities include services like transport, communications, commerce and administration etc. (f) The percentage of population that is economically active is an important index of development. Developed nations have high proportion of people in secondary and tertiary activities. (g) In India, about 64% of population is engaged in agriculture, 13% in secondary activities and 20% in tertiary. Thus India therefore is a developing country, though there is a slight shift in favour of secondary and tertiary sectors due to growing industrialisation and urbanisation.
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