WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA (2006-07) 

Table No. 11(a)

Average Daily Wage Rates in  Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during

 March,2007 (by States & Sex)

                                                                                                                              (In Rupees)

Sl. No. States Ploughing Sowing Weeding
Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 Andhra Pradesh 79.96 - - 68.33 45.63 @ 63.13 47.40 @
2 Assam 76.72 - - 77.40 @ @ 75.07 68.38 @
3 Bihar 71.14 - - 63.70 57.12 @ 49.82 46.87 @
4 Gujarat 80.64 - - 74.77 57.67 - 61.59 59.15 -
5 Haryana 100.00 - - 99.38 @ - 99.38 @ -
6 Himachal Pradesh 152.50 - - @ @ - @ @ -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 120.56 - - 121.25 - - 113.00 - -
8 Karnataka 64.86 @ - 58.10 39.42 @ 55.95 39.41 26.02
9 Kerala 248.17 - - 196.76 @ - @ 110.94 -
10 Madhya Pradesh 60.04 - - 53.85 43.07 - 47.92 42.02 -
11 Maharashtra 76.15 @ - 70.37 43.85 - 61.43 40.89 @
12 Manipur 70.00 - - 60.00 @ - 60.00 55.00 -
13 Meghalaya @ - - 78.33 56.67 @ 81.67 60.00 @
14 Orissa 61.99 - - 60.00 - - @ - -
15 Punjab @ - - @ - - 100.00 - -
16 Rajasthan 95.00 - - 95.00 @ - 71.11 65.56 @
17 Tamil Nadu 125.21 - - 83.61 48.60 - @ 48.20 @
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 67.99 - - 64.24 54.27 @ 64.57 55.35 @
20 West Bengal 103.57 - @ 68.97 62.30 @ 66.93 60.76 @
  All-India 84.54 @ @ 75.14 52.77 42.19 66.64 54.86 39.25

Table No. 11 (a) contd.

                                                                                                                                                            (In Rupees)

Sl. No. States Transplanting Harvesting Winnowing
Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children
1 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 Andhra Pradesh @ 44.43 @ 64.49 53.47 @ 75.17 52.44 -
2 Assam 75.21 64.89 @ 81.38 74.50 @ 70.00 @ -
3 Bihar 54.91 52.87 @ 59.10 54.65 37.72 56.43 51.48 @
4 Gujarat 55.91 54.00 - 64.25 61.11 - 62.69 @ -
5 Haryana 98.57 90.83 - 103.00 101.88 - 96.00 - -
6 Himachal Pradesh @ - - @ @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 115.00 - - 113.13 - - 115.00 - -
8 Karnataka 58.68 44.09 @ 56.80 40.32 @ 53.46 41.50 @
9 Kerala @ 110.35 - @ 107.10 - - @ -
10 Madhya Pradesh @ @ - 47.69 41.79 38.57 47.42 38.15 @
11 Maharashtra 74.87 53.05 @ 69.64 47.38 @ 62.14 43.89 @
12 Manipur 60.00 55.56 - 60.56 56.11 - 57.14 52.14 -
13 Meghalaya - - - 90.00 58.00 - @ @ -
14 Orissa 58.33 46.00 - 53.43 39.52 @ @ - -
15 Punjab 100.00 @ - 103.33 @ - @ - -
16 Rajasthan - - - 75.91 67.20 @ @ - -
17 Tamil Nadu 73.15 47.63 @ 79.00 56.22 @ 76.82 56.14 -
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 62.41 50.64 @ 65.74 55.92 48.33 60.90 49.18 @
20 West Bengal 71.09 62.68 @ 68.30 63.69 @ 68.32 60.93 @
  All-India 69.66 57.42 43.58 67.84 55.18 38.44 67.04 50.92 38.95

Table No. 11 (a) contd.

                                                                                                                                                               (In Rupees)

Sl. No. States Threshing Picking* Herdsman
Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children
1 2 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
1 Andhra Pradesh 76.00 56.69 - 74.44 44.97 39.35 45.82 @ 24.86
2 Assam @ @ - @ @ - - - @
3 Bihar 59.85 50.56 @ @ @ @ 44.84 - 31.29
4 Gujarat 83.57 80.83 - 75.50 73.75 - 52.78 @ -
5 Haryana @ @ - 96.00 @ - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - @ @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir @ - - - - - - - -
8 Karnataka 55.00 48.00 - @ 34.17 @ 55.71 @ 34.00
9 Kerala @ @ - - - - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 51.01 38.89 @ 40.71 35.00 - 36.83 31.18 28.06
11 Maharashtra 65.89 40.92 - @ 42.14 @ 47.32 @ 27.44
12 Manipur - - - - - - 55.71 - -
13 Meghalaya @ @ - @ @ - @ - @
14 Orissa 59.09 @ - @ - - 37.31 23.57 23.57
15 Punjab @ - - - - - - - -
16 Rajasthan @ @ - @ @ @ 61.25 @ @
17 Tamil Nadu 78.09 57.15 - @ @ - @ @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 66.76 55.49 - - @ - 37.50 - 30.00
20 West Bengal 69.69 66.25 @ @ @ - @ - 32.58
  All-India 67.22 55.18 36.10 68.97 51.72 36.47 44.30 34.59 29.74

Table No. 11 (a) concld.

                                                                                                                                                                   (In Rupees)

Sl. No. States Well digging Cane crushing
Men Women Children Men Women Children
1 2 30 31 32 33 34 35
1 Andhra Pradesh 87.90 - - @ @ -
2 Assam - - - - - -
3 Bihar 75.38 @ - 61.00 - -
4 Gujarat 79.38 @ - @ - -
5 Haryana @ - - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - - - -
8 Karnataka 85.56 @ - 62.44 44.40 -
9 Kerala 218.85 @ - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 63.23 47.35 @ 54.00 @ @
11 Maharashtra 81.88 42.14 - @ @ -
12 Manipur @ - - - - -
13 Meghalaya @ - - - - -
14 Orissa 90.83 - - @ - -
15 Punjab @ - - - - -
16 Rajasthan 101.11 - - - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 126.04 @ - 90.00 @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 94.29 - - 68.43 58.57 -
20 West Bengal @ - - - - -
  All-India 99.25 53.04 @ 71.47 48.35 @

  -  =  Not reported

@  =  Number of quotations are less than five.

 * = Picking includes picking of cotton bolls/seed pods , jute stalks and tea leaves etc.