WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA (2006-07) 

Table No.4 (a)

Average Daily Wage Rates in  Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during

August,2006 (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 74.66 - - 62.76 44.26 @ 55.02 40.55 33.18
2 Assam 70.68 - - 68.73 @ @ 67.31 59.63 @
3 Bihar 70.27 - - 63.09 53.15 @ 47.54 44.81 @
4 Gujarat 78.77 - - 72.77 57.50 - 59.04 57.40 -
5 Haryana 96.88 - - 95.56 @ - 95.56 - -
6 Himachal Pradesh 134.17 - - @ @ - @ @ -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 123.13 - - 117.86 - - 122.00 - -
8 Karnataka 65.00 @ @ 60.31 37.97 @ 56.83 39.23 28.69
9 Kerala 233.42 - - 202.20 @ - @ 107.62 -
10 Madhya Pradesh 51.19 @ - 49.86 40.58 - 43.93 38.40 28.13
11 Maharashtra 71.66 37.00 - 63.39 41.67 @ 57.40 38.19 26.88
12 Manipur 72.22 - - 60.00 @ - 60.00 55.00 -
13 Meghalaya 82.22 - - 78.75 58.57 @ 77.50 56.86 @
14 Orissa 61.24 - - 54.41 - - 55.63 46.00 @
15 Punjab @ - - 85.00 - - 91.13 - -
16 Rajasthan 89.09 - - 87.27 @ - 69.69 59.64 @
17 Tamil Nadu 116.57 - - 81.26 46.87 - 67.29 47.34 @
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 64.48 - - 60.97 52.40 @ 61.88 53.32 @
20 West Bengal 97.24 @ @ 65.60 60.86 49.20 63.19 57.04 @
  All-India 79.21 43.00 @ 71.28 49.95 40.96 62.33 49.77 35.36

Table No. 4 (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 66.59 45.90 @ 59.74 50.21 - 55.83 40.55 -
2 Assam 68.29 59.33 @ 67.73 64.70 @ @ - -
3 Bihar 55.78 51.99 42.67 58.83 54.62 39.32 56.82 48.89 @
4 Gujarat 57.27 57.00 - 62.35 60.00 - 60.83 @ -
5 Haryana 94.38 94.29 - 108.00 101.50 - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh @ - - @ @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 110.83 - - 108.57 - - @ - -
8 Karnataka 58.10 42.05 @ 56.05 40.67 @ 57.98 41.36 @
9 Kerala @ 106.76 - @ 103.83 - - @ -
10 Madhya Pradesh 44.89 38.83 @ 49.74 42.22 - @ @ -
11 Maharashtra 62.93 44.46 @ 68.23 43.61 - @ 39.29 -
12 Manipur 60.00 55.56 - 60.56 56.11 - 57.14 52.14 -
13 Meghalaya 81.67 60.00 @ @ @ - @ @ -
14 Orissa 56.36 46.62 31.00 @ @ @ @ - -
15 Punjab 92.80 @ - 94.00 @ - @ - -
16 Rajasthan - - - @ @ @ - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 76.45 44.10 @ 73.42 50.01 @ 71.36 50.94 -
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 61.78 52.65 41.43 62.23 52.45 @ 57.36 46.14 @
20 West Bengal 68.07 61.59 @ 63.76 58.04 @ 64.40 59.09 @
  All-India 64.82 53.20 40.17 68.74 56.79 39.69 65.72 50.17 45.14

Table No. 4 (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 59.48 @ - @ 41.69 @ 40.77 @ 26.27
2 Assam @ - - - - - - - 45.83
3 Bihar 59.17 53.67 43.00 @ @ - 44.29 - 31.51
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 @ 32.33
9 Kerala @ @ - - - - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 47.50 40.00 - 40.00 36.25 @ 34.97 31.73 25.40
11 Maharashtra 74.57 39.00 @ @ @ - 43.33 @ 25.54
12 Manipur - - - - - - 56.43 - -
13 Meghalaya @ @ - - - - @ - @
14 Orissa @ - - 56.67 38.00 @ 39.62 22.86 20.83
15 Punjab @ - - - - - - - -
16 Rajasthan @ @ - @ @ @ 58.75 @ @
17 Tamil Nadu 67.57 45.87 - @ 42.07 - @ @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 65.46 @ - - @ - 38.33 - @
20 West Bengal 66.89 61.19 @ 75.28 60.47 - @ - 29.94
  All-India 67.11 53.18 42.21 62.65 50.81 32.51 42.59 32.72 28.61

Table No. 4 (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 75.00 @ - @ - -
4 Gujarat 79.38 @ - @ @ -
5 Haryana @ - - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - - - -
8 Karnataka 75.00 @ - 62.44 44.40 -
9 Kerala 225.38 @ - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 56.76 42.73 - @ @ -
11 Maharashtra 83.57 43.33 - @ @ -
12 Manipur @ - - - - -
13 Meghalaya @ - - - - -
14 Orissa 92.38 - - @ - -
15 Punjab @ - - - - -
16 Rajasthan 108.57 - - - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 117.87 63.06 - 90.00 @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 90.00 - - 66.43 - @
20 West Bengal @ - - - - -
  All-India 102.61 52.46 - 70.49 43.15 @

-  =  Not reported

@  =  Number of quotations are less than five.

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