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

REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT & UNEMPLOYMENT

OF RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS 

(APPENDICES)

APPENDIX - III 1.2.3

AVERAGE ANNUAL DAYS OF WAGE EMPLOYMENT OF USUALLY OCCUPIED MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN BELONGING TO SCHEDULED CASTES RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS IN DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS DURING 2004-05

Bihar                                                                                                (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 37 10 25 21 - - - -
Sowing 18 11 11 11 - - - -
Transplanting 10 14 3 5 - - - -
Weeding 41 16 29 26 - - 1 1
Harvesting 87 70 85 81 - - 5 4
Others 96 124 128 128 8 - 5 4
All agricultural operations 289 245 281 272 8 - 11 9
                 
WOMEN                
Ploughing 2 12 - 3 - - - -
Sowing 20 19 - 5 - - - -
Transplanting 34 - - - - - - -
Weeding 36 22 37 33 - - - -
Harvesting 92 73 86 83 - - - -
Others 64 96 96 96 5 - - -
All agricultural operations 248 222 219 220 5 - - -
                 
CHILDREN                
Ploughing 32 - - - - - - -
Sowing - - - - - - - -
Transplanting - - - - - - - -
Weeding 75 - 63 63 - - - -
Harvesting 89 - 46 46 - - - -
Others 48 - 231 231 - - - -
All agricultural operations 244 - 340 340 - - - -

Bihar

  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 30 11 - 5 35 10 22 19
Sowing 7 - - - 16 9 10 10
Transplanting - - - - 10 12 2 5
Weeding 12 - - - 38 14 26 23
Harvesting 8 1 33 18 81 61 77 73
Others 70 - 13 7 92 108 115 113
All agricultural operations 127 12 46 30 272 214 252 243
                 
WOMEN                
Ploughing - - - - 2 11 - 3
Sowing - - - - 19 17 - 4
Transplanting - - - - 32 - - -
Weeding - - - - 35 20 35 31
Harvesting 12 - - - 88 71 82 79
Others 73 - - - 63 90 91 91
All agricultural operations 85 - - - 239 209 208 208
                 
CHILDREN                
Ploughing - - - - 23 - - -
Sowing - - - - - - - -
Transplanting - - - - - - - -
Weeding - - - - 52 - 63 63
Harvesting - - - - 63 - 46 46
Others - - - - 34 - 231 231
All agricultural operations - - - - 172 - 340 340