WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA (2006-07) 

Table No.3 (a)

Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during July, 2006

( States and 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 69.29 - - 62.06 41.74 33.86 @ 37.87 33.18
2 Assam 70.48 - - 67.47 @ @ 68.36 59.63 @
3 Bihar 68.75 - - 62.59 53.55 @ 48.01 45.50 @
4 Gujarat 78.77 - - 72.77 57.50 - 59.04 57.40 -
5 Haryana 95.71 - - 99.29 @ - 97.78 - -
6 Himachal Pradesh 134.17 - - @ @ - @ @ -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 123.13 - - 117.86 - - 122.00 - -
8 Karnataka 63.00 @ @ 57.19 37.54 @ 55.09 37.92 28.43
9 Kerala 185.39 - - 179.87 @ - @ 107.07 -
10 Madhya Pradesh 53.13 @ @ 49.24 39.54 @ 47.36 39.52 @
11 Maharashtra 68.87 37.00 - 61.80 38.29 @ 57.65 36.29 27.00
12 Manipur 72.22 - - 60.00 @ - 60.00 55.00 -
13 Meghalaya 83.33 - - 78.75 57.50 @ 78.33 53.33 @
14 Orissa 59.53 - - 56.11 - - - - -
15 Punjab @ - - 85.00 - - 91.12 - -
16 Rajasthan 86.15 @ - 88.18 @ - 72.00 61.00 @
17 Tamil Nadu 115.03 - - 81.94 46.87 - 67.29 46.33 @
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 65.80 - - 61.37 53.31 @ 61.54 52.49 @
20 West Bengal 95.44 - @ 66.04 60.88 49.20 63.40 55.32 @
  All-India 76.15 40.45 @ 68.40 47.86 39.12 63.98 50.29 36.83

Table No. 3 (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 55.35 42.08 @ 62.42 50.21 - 56.01 39.65 -
2 Assam 68.40 59.33 @ 67.38 64.70 @ @ - -
3 Bihar 59.12 52.92 42.67 58.87 54.80 41.61 57.31 50.48 @
4 Gujarat 57.00 56.67 - 62.35 60.00 - 60.83 @ -
5 Haryana 99.29 97.50 - 108.00 101.50 - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh @ - - @ - - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 110.83 - - 108.57 - - @ - -
8 Karnataka 58.00 42.85 @ 53.83 39.21 @ 51.15 38.50 @
9 Kerala @ 106.76 - @ 104.18 - - @ -
10 Madhya Pradesh 50.37 41.57 @ 48.86 41.90 - @ @ -
11 Maharashtra 66.83 47.26 @ 66.13 41.29 @ @ 40.00 -
12 Manipur 60.00 55.56 - 60.56 56.11 - 57.14 52.14 -
13 Meghalaya 78.00 54.00 @ @ @ - @ @ -
14 Orissa 58.62 45.13 @ @ @ @ @ - -
15 Punjab 92.80 @ - 94.00 @ - @ - -
16 Rajasthan - - - 80.00 69.17 @ - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 77.14 45.31 @ 73.34 50.01 @ 70.50 50.94 -
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 61.21 53.60 40.00 61.07 52.48 @ 58.86 @ @
20 West Bengal 66.55 59.41 @ 63.56 56.92 @ 63.90 56.31 @
  All-India 66.50 54.47 39.13 68.32 55.84 40.17 65.74 49.74 45.75

Table No. 3 (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 59.24 @ - @ 41.69 @ 40.20 @ 26.27
2 Assam @ - - - - - - - 44.76
3 Bihar 59.22 53.67 45.83 @ @ - 43.53 - 31.88
4 Gujarat 63.75 @ - 68.50 68.50 - 53.57 - -
5 Haryana @ - - @ @ - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir @ - - - - - - - -
8 Karnataka 53.75 42.00 - @ 37.00 @ 55.71 @ 36.33
9 Kerala @ @ - - - - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 46.54 38.64 - 40.00 36.43 @ 35.34 34.22 25.07
11 Maharashtra 69.11 38.56 - @ @ - 41.92 @ 24.32
12 Manipur - - - - - - 56.43 - -
13 Meghalaya @ @ - @ - - @ - @
14 Orissa - - - @ @ @ 38.75 22.86 20.83
15 Punjab @ - - - @ - - - -
16 Rajasthan @ @ - @ @ @ 58.89 @ @
17 Tamil Nadu 66.19 45.87 - @ 42.07 - @ @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 62.83 @ - - @ - 37.14 - @
20 West Bengal 66.40 59.06 @ 80.11 @ - @ - 31.17
  All-India 66.05 51.82 46.58 61.47 49.96 32.01 42.38 33.31 28.58

Table No. 3 (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 @ - - @ @ -
2 Assam - - - - - -
3 Bihar 72.92 @ - @ - -
4 Gujarat 79.38 @ - @ @ -
5 Haryana @ - - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - - - -
8 Karnataka 75.00 @ - 62.44 44.40 -
9 Kerala 210.83 @ - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 55.68 49.00 @ @ @ -
11 Maharashtra 83.57 43.33 - @ @ -
12 Manipur @ - - - - -
13 Meghalaya @ - - - - -
14 Orissa 84.58 - - @ - -
15 Punjab @ - - - - -
16 Rajasthan 90.63 - - - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 117.87 63.06 - 90.00 @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 90.83 - - 64.38 @ @
20 West Bengal @ - - - - -
  All-India 96.59 54.04 @ 67.88 44.75 @

 -  =  Not reported

@  =  Number of quotations are less than five.

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