In the state, services increased their share from 31per cent to 42 per cent, while the share of agriculture and allied sectors fell from 43 per cent to 30 per cent.
Punjab has also shown similar trends, though it is still more agrarian than its neighbouring state, Haryana, with nearly 40 per cent of GDP coming from the agriculture and allied sectors in 2003-04.
Himachal Pradesh too has begun to mature into an industrialised state, from being a predominantly agrarian one. The industrial sector has increased its share in the Himachal economy by nine percentage points (27 per cent to 36 per cent) over the period.
The study also revealed that the northern region's share of agriculture and allied sub-sectors of forestry and logging; mining and quarrying; and fishing, and service sub-sectors of banking and insurance, and communications had increased in the country's economy over the period.
In the state-level analysis, Delhi has increased its share in the region's GDP from 10.2 per cent to 14 per cent over the decade.
Chandigarh recorded the highest CAGR of 8.9 per cent per annum among the northern states over the period. Among other northern states, GDP in Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan has grown at a higher rate than the country's average over the decade.