WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA (2006-07) 

Table No.5(a)

Average Daily Wage Rates in  Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during

 September,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 70.93 - - 59.13 44.49 32.00 60.44 40.84 32.48
2 Assam 70.08 - - 69.85 @ @ 68.47 59.67 @
3 Bihar 70.01 - - 63.56 53.15 @ 49.20 46.13 @
4 Gujarat 78.77 - - 72.77 57.50 - 59.23 57.60 -
5 Haryana 100.00 - - 95.56 @ - 98.13 - -
6 Himachal Pradesh 134.17 - - @ @ - @ @ -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 120.71 - - 117.86 - - @ - -
8 Karnataka 63.47 @ @ 59.03 38.97 @ 56.83 38.49 26.19
9 Kerala 244.14 - - 213.41 @ - @ 107.79 -
10 Madhya Pradesh 52.01 - - 51.01 41.52 - 43.84 38.27 27.86
11 Maharashtra 73.95 @ - 69.59 45.50 - 58.71 39.08 28.33
12 Manipur 70.00 - - 60.00 @ - 60.00 55.00 -
13 Meghalaya 84.44 - - 81.11 57.50 @ 83.75 58.50 @
14 Orissa 56.90 - - 52.50 - - 57.86 50.84 -
15 Punjab @ - - 89.00 - - 92.71 - -
16 Rajasthan 93.33 - - 98.33 @ - 73.27 66.00 @
17 Tamil Nadu 116.57 - - 81.94 46.87 - 67.29 47.49 @
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 65.22 - - 63.04 53.86 @ 61.86 54.46 @
20 West Bengal 98.63 @ @ 66.17 61.20 49.20 63.46 57.92 @
  All-India 79.93 42.78 @ 73.20 51.36 40.14 61.96 49.96 35.93

Table No. 5 (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 67.42 44.09 @ 58.18 46.97 @ 55.49 36.88 -
2 Assam 70.20 59.09 @ 68.93 66.50 @ @ - -
3 Bihar 56.40 52.99 42.67 58.29 54.44 38.84 55.50 46.67 @
4 Gujarat 56.50 55.00 - 62.35 60.00 - 60.83 @ -
5 Haryana 97.14 96.00 - 107.30 101.44 - 96.00 - -
6 Himachal Pradesh @ - - @ @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 109.00 - - 121.00 - - @ - -
8 Karnataka 59.00 42.40 @ 56.25 40.63 @ 54.40 39.55 @
9 Kerala @ 109.97 - @ 101.60 - - @ -
10 Madhya Pradesh 45.00 36.43 @ 49.21 41.94 - @ @ -
11 Maharashtra 65.24 47.41 @ 64.88 44.02 @ @ 38.13 @
12 Manipur 60.00 55.56 - 60.56 56.11 - 57.14 52.14 -
13 Meghalaya 82.00 62.00 - @ @ - @ - -
14 Orissa 55.83 46.82 @ @ @ @ @ - -
15 Punjab 92.80 @ - 97.71 @ - @ - -
16 Rajasthan - - - 65.00 57.86 @ - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 77.75 45.78 @ 74.11 51.68 @ 72.92 54.19 -
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 63.02 54.44 45.00 62.27 54.54 @ 57.06 @ -
20 West Bengal 68.38 61.58 @ 64.30 58.55 @ 65.90 59.39 @
  All-India 66.98 54.37 39.86 69.49 56.22 38.22 66.32 49.64 41.53

Table No. 5 (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 58.53 @ - @ 38.99 33.31 40.77 @ 26.27
2 Assam @ - - - - - - - 45.83
3 Bihar 61.49 @ @ @ @ - 44.06 - 31.60
4 Gujarat 64.17 @ - 67.50 65.00 - 53.57 - -
5 Haryana 111.00 - - @ @ - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - @ @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir @ - - @ - - - - -
8 Karnataka 53.75 42.00 - @ 36.00 @ 55.71 @ 32.33
9 Kerala @ @ - - - - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 47.50 40.00 - 43.75 36.43 - 34.67 31.96 25.25
11 Maharashtra 67.75 39.63 - @ @ @ 44.07 @ 25.88
12 Manipur - - - - - - 56.43 - -
13 Meghalaya - - - @ - - @ - @
14 Orissa @ - - @ 38.00 30.00 39.62 22.14 20.00
15 Punjab @ - - @ @ @ - - -
16 Rajasthan @ @ - @ @ @ 58.75 @ @
17 Tamil Nadu 69.61 49.88 - @ @ - @ @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 63.14 @ - - @ - 38.33 - @
20 West Bengal 68.28 63.07 @ 80.16 @ - @ - 29.94
  All-India 66.97 53.59 43.78 67.60 49.25 31.44 42.51 33.01 28.63

Table No. 5 (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 72.50 @ - @ - -
4 Gujarat 79.38 @ - @ @ -
5 Haryana @ - - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - - - -
8 Karnataka 85.56 @ - 62.44 44.40 -
9 Kerala 215.45 @ - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 56.76 42.50 - @ @ -
11 Maharashtra 77.85 45.00 - @ @ -
12 Manipur @ - - - - -
13 Meghalaya @ - - - - -
14 Orissa 92.38 - - @ - -
15 Punjab @ - - - - -
16 Rajasthan 111.43 - - - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 118.43 64.72 - 90.00 @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 90.00 - - 66.43 - @
20 West Bengal @ - - - - -
  All-India 99.66 51.82 - 72.79 43.00 @

 -  =  Not reported

@  =  Number of quotations are less than five.

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