RURAL LABOUR ENQUIRY (61st Round of N.S.S.) 2004–05 REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT & UNEMPLOYMENT OF RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS ( MAIN REPORT)
WAGE-PAID EMPLOYMENT PER PERSON OF USUALLY OCCUPIED MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN BELONGING TO OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS IN DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS
All India (estimated number of full days in a year)
| Agricultural Labour Occupations | Non-Agricultural Labour Occupations | |||||||
| Agricultural | 2004-05 | 2004-05 | ||||||
| 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 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 17 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sowing | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Transplanting | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Weeding | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Harvesting | 49 | 41 | 51 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Others | 131 | 103 | 143 | 126 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| All agricultural operations | 237 | 192 | 250 | 225 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| WOMEN | ||||||||
| Ploughing | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Sowing | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Transplanting | 14 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Weeding | 42 | 41 | 62 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Harvesting | 48 | 31 | 51 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Others | 97 | 69 | 82 | 77 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| All agricultural operations | 213 | 159 | 218 | 195 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
| CHILDREN | ||||||||
| Ploughing | 1 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Sowing | 7 | 25 | 5 | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| Transplanting | 24 | 8 | 17 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Weeding | 35 | 54 | 60 | 58 | - | - | - | - |
| Harvesting | 39 | 39 | 40 | 39 | - | - | - | - |
| Others | 121 | 56 | 98 | 78 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 14 |
| All agricultural operations | 227 | 188 | 232 | 211 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 14 |
All India
| Other Occupations | All Occupations | |||||||
| Agricultural | 2004-05 | 2004-05 | ||||||
| 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 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 11 |
| Sowing | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Transplanting | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Weeding | 2 | 7 | - | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
| Harvesting | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 28 | 33 | 31 |
| Others | 23 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 93 | 68 | 91 | 82 |
| All agricultural operations | 36 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 167 | 127 | 159 | 146 |
| WOMEN | ||||||||
| Ploughing | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Sowing | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Transplanting | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 11 |
| Weeding | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 30 | 48 | 40 |
| Harvesting | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 24 | 39 | 33 |
| Others | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 78 | 50 | 63 | 58 |
| All agricultural operations | 24 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 172 | 117 | 167 | 147 |
| CHILDREN | ||||||||
| Ploughing | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Sowing | - | - | - | - | 4 | 15 | 3 | 9 |
| Transplanting | - | - | - | - | 15 | 5 | 12 | 8 |
| Weeding | 5 | - | - | - | 24 | 30 | 40 | 36 |
| Harvesting | - | - | - | - | 26 | 22 | 27 | 24 |
| Others | 26 | 1 | - | 1 | 87 | 33 | 68 | 50 |
| All agricultural operations | 31 | 1 | - | 1 | 157 | 109 | 158 | 133 |