RURAL LABOUR ENQUIRY (61st Round of N.S.S.) 2004–05

REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT & UNEMPLOYMENT

OF RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS 

(APPENDICES)

APPENDIX - III 1.1.4

AVERAGE ANNUAL DAYS OF WAGE EMPLOYMENT OF USUALLY OCCUPIED AVERAGE ANNUAL DAYS OF WAGE EMPLOYMENT OF USUALLY OCCUPIED MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN BELONGING TO RURAL LABOUR  HOUSEHOLDS  IN DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS  IN DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS DURING 2004 - 2005

Gujarat                                                                                              (estimated number of full days in a year)

  Agricultural Labour Occupations Non-Agricultural Labour Occupations
Agricultural   2004 - 2005   2004 - 2005
Operations 1999- With Without   1999- With Without  
2000 cultivated cultivated All 2000 cultivated cultivated All
  land land     land land  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
MEN                
Ploughing 8 1 15 10 - 5 - 2
Sowing 9 22 11 15 - - - -
Transplanting 11 21 11 15 4 2 1 2
Weeding 19 37 52 46 1 - 5 3
Harvesting 40 70 66 67 10 - - -
Others 166 74 109 97 3 3 - 1
All agricultural operations 253 225 264 250 18 10 6 8
                 
WOMEN                
Ploughing 1 - 2 1 - - - -
Sowing 4 19 6 11 - - - -
Transplanting 5 12 12 12 - - - -
Weeding 26 31 64 51 1 - 22 13
Harvesting 29 45 65 57 26 14 2 7
Others 140 64 97 85 3 5 - 2
All agricultural operations 205 171 246 217 30 19 24 22
                 
CHILDREN                
Ploughing 23 - 52 28 - - - -
Sowing - - - - - - - -
Transplanting 11 - - - - - - -
Weeding 5 162 16 84 - - - -
Harvesting 52 67 28 46 - - - -
Others 124 62 93 78 - - - -
All agricultural operations 215 291 189 236 - - - -

Gujarat

  Other Occupations All Occupations
Agricultural   2004 - 2005   2004 - 2005
Operations 1999- With Without   1999- With Without  
2000 cultivated cultivated All 2000 cultivated cultivated All
  land land     land land  
1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
MEN                
Ploughing - - 13 6 5 1 12 8
Sowing - 1 - 1 6 14 8 10
Transplanting - - - - 8 14 8 10
Weeding 6 5 - 3 14 24 38 33
Harvesting 1 7 - 4 30 45 48 47
Others 16 18 19 18 116 51 80 69
All agricultural operations 23 31 32 32 179 149 194 177
                 
WOMEN                
Ploughing - - - - 1 - 2 1
Sowing - - - - 3 12 5 8
Transplanting 2 - - - 4 8 10 9
Weeding 4 7 8 7 19 23 56 41
Harvesting - - 44 11 24 31 56 46
Others 29 16 20 17 107 47 82 67
All agricultural operations 35 23 72 35 158 121 211 172
                 
CHILDREN                
Ploughing - - - - 11 - 43 25
Sowing - - - - - - - -
Transplanting - - - - 6 - - -
Weeding - - - - 3 157 13 74
Harvesting - - - - 26 64 23 40
Others 9 - - - 64 59 76 69
All agricultural operations 9 - - - 110 280 155 208