WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA (2006-07) 

Table No. 6(a)

Average Daily Wage Rates in  Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during

October,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 71.95 - - 60.93 45.33 @ 55.35 40.88 32.86
2 Assam 69.10 - - 69.24 @ @ 68.47 59.67 @
3 Bihar 70.48 - - 63.32 55.61 @ 49.23 46.50 @
4 Gujarat 78.77 - - 72.77 57.50 - 59.23 57.60 -
5 Haryana 100.00 - - 96.67 @ - 98.13 - -
6 Himachal Pradesh 149.00 - - @ @ - @ @ -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 120.71 - - 117.86 - - @ - -
8 Karnataka 61.18 @ @ 59.03 38.97 @ 56.51 38.54 25.31
9 Kerala 219.96 - - 222.03 @ - @ 110.31 -
10 Madhya Pradesh 50.00 - - 48.99 39.51 - 45.49 39.17 @
11 Maharashtra 73.05 @ - 68.88 43.75 - 59.64 39.94 30.00
12 Manipur 70.00 - - 60.00 @ - 60.00 55.00 -
13 Meghalaya 87.14 - - 80.00 57.14 @ 82.50 56.25 @
14 Orissa 58.33 - - 55.00 - - 60.22 54.55 -
15 Punjab @ - - 89.00 - - 97.33 - -
16 Rajasthan 87.50 - - 70.00 @ - 72.67 65.20 @
17 Tamil Nadu 117.89 - - 79.01 46.32 - 67.29 47.46 @
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 66.11 - - 63.38 55.53 @ 62.79 56.19 @
20 West Bengal 102.28 - @ 66.62 61.34 49.20 64.45 58.32 @
  All-India 78.52 37.86 @ 72.55 51.07 41.49 62.85 50.85 36.01

Table No. 6 (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 59.33 42.19 @ 63.08 46.03 @ 62.55 37.92 @
2 Assam 71.61 59.36 @ 69.27 66.80 @ @ - -
3 Bihar 55.68 52.23 42.67 58.23 54.80 38.84 55.91 48.89 @
4 Gujarat 56.11 54.38 - 62.35 60.00 - 60.83 @ -
5 Haryana 97.14 96.00 - 107.30 101.44 - 96.00 - -
6 Himachal Pradesh @ - - 114.33 @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 110.83 - - 129.17 - - @ - -
8 Karnataka 59.00 43.13 @ 55.68 39.71 @ 54.74 40.50 @
9 Kerala @ 107.47 - @ 107.10 - - @ -
10 Madhya Pradesh @ @ - 46.16 40.53 - 46.36 37.50 -
11 Maharashtra 69.87 49.88 @ 63.11 43.73 23.00 58.57 40.00 @
12 Manipur 60.00 55.56 - 60.56 56.11 - 57.14 52.14 -
13 Meghalaya @ @ - 90.00 58.00 - - - -
14 Orissa 55.00 45.00 @ 43.33 32.86 @ @ - -
15 Punjab 92.80 @ - 97.71 @ - @ - -
16 Rajasthan - - - 70.94 61.79 @ - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 77.75 46.04 @ 72.36 51.68 @ 72.92 54.19 -
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 62.12 53.67 45.00 63.96 55.45 51.00 62.58 53.21 -
20 West Bengal 68.61 62.38 @ 67.74 59.32 @ 67.30 61.59 @
  All-India 69.10 55.82 41.80 67.76 54.47 37.13 65.34 49.68 39.61

Table No. 6 (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 62.02 43.00 @ @ 40.29 33.00 41.68 @ 28.77
2 Assam @ - - - - - - - 46.67
3 Bihar 61.09 @ @ @ @ - 44.06 - 31.60
4 Gujarat 64.17 @ - 67.50 65.00 - 53.57 - -
5 Haryana 114.17 @ - 96.00 @ - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - @ @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 130.00 - - @ - - - - -
8 Karnataka 53.75 42.00 - @ 34.17 @ 55.71 @ 32.33
9 Kerala @ @ - - - - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 47.14 38.67 - 43.75 36.43 - 35.14 32.32 25.92
11 Maharashtra 67.20 39.63 - @ 39.00 @ 44.07 @ 26.28
12 Manipur - - - - - - 56.43 - -
13 Meghalaya - - - @ @ - @ - @
14 Orissa @ - - @ @ @ 39.62 22.14 20.00
15 Punjab @ - - @ @ @ - - -
16 Rajasthan @ @ - @ @ @ 50.00 @ @
17 Tamil Nadu 68.70 47.15 - @ @ - @ @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 67.64 @ - - @ - 36.25 - @
20 West Bengal 68.27 63.97 @ 85.82 @ - @ - 29.95
  All-India 67.78 53.24 41.81 68.57 50.97 32.08 42.15 33.45 29.06

Table No. 6 (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 73.64 @ - @ - -
4 Gujarat 79.38 @ - @ - -
5 Haryana @ - - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - - - -
8 Karnataka 85.56 @ - 62.44 44.40 -
9 Kerala 217.73 @ - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 57.05 42.50 - @ @ -
11 Maharashtra 83.00 45.00 - @ @ -
12 Manipur @ - - - - -
13 Meghalaya @ - - - - -
14 Orissa 92.38 - - @ - -
15 Punjab @ - - - - -
16 Rajasthan 103.33 - - - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 120.09 68.06 - 90.00 @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 91.67 - - 76.11 @ @
20 West Bengal @ - - - - -
  All-India 99.02 52.46 - 73.82 46.75 @

 -  =  Not reported

@  =  Number of quotations are less than five.

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