Rajkot Posts 50.4% Self-Employment Rate as Gujarat Cities Beat India’s 35.1% Average
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Updated · vibesofindia.com · Jul 4
Rajkot Posts 50.4% Self-Employment Rate as Gujarat Cities Beat India’s 35.1% Average
1 articles · Updated · vibesofindia.com · Jul 4
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Rajkot recorded a 50.4% self-employment rate in MoSPI’s survey of 46 Indian million-plus cities, with Surat at 42.4% and Ahmedabad at 41.4%, all above the national 35.1% average.
Nearly 60,000 people were surveyed nationwide, including more than 8,000 in Gujarat, and the report linked the state’s stronger self-employment profile to its entrenched business culture, MSME base and startup-friendly environment.
Surat and Rajkot also stood out for jobs in proprietorship and partnership firms, at 83.2% and 78.3% respectively, placing Surat fifth nationally and both cities ahead of 36 surveyed peers.
Manufacturing remained the biggest employer in Gujarat’s major cities—51% of jobs in Surat, 42.5% in Rajkot and 31% in Ahmedabad—while wholesale and retail trade ranked second, reinforcing the state’s entrepreneurship-led growth model.