WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA (2006-07) 

Table No. 7(a)

Average Daily Wage Rates in  Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during

 November, 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 72.91 - - 63.31 43.83 @ 55.55 40.90 @
2 Assam 69.58 - - 71.13 @ @ 69.07 59.63 @
3 Bihar 70.48 - - 63.32 55.61 @ 49.60 46.50 @
4 Gujarat 78.60 - - 72.93 57.81 - 59.42 57.80 -
5 Haryana 100.00 - - 96.67 @ - 98.13 - -
6 Himachal Pradesh 149.00 - - @ @ - @ @ -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 120.71 - - 118.13 - - 110.00 - -
8 Karnataka 62.10 @ - 58.97 38.92 @ 56.51 38.19 25.31
9 Kerala 228.71 - - 210.39 @ - @ 110.29 -
10 Madhya Pradesh 51.94 @ - 49.20 39.94 @ 47.79 40.54 -
11 Maharashtra 73.01 @ - 65.41 42.20 - 58.83 39.76 30.00
12 Manipur 70.00 - - 60.00 @ - 60.00 55.00 -
13 Meghalaya 86.67 - - 85.00 56.67 - 80.00 58.75 @
14 Orissa 58.25 - - 56.67 - - 61.22 55.89 -
15 Punjab @ - - 92.70 - - 97.33 - -
16 Rajasthan 93.33 @ - 70.00 @ - 69.43 62.67 @
17 Tamil Nadu 119.83 - - 80.51 47.57 - @ 45.33 @
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 67.45 - - 64.21 56.49 @ 63.66 55.72 @
20 West Bengal 101.96 - @ 67.83 60.75 @ 65.27 58.71 @
  All-India 79.39 43.13 @ 71.99 50.75 40.21 64.02 51.72 37.42

Table No. 7 (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 64.32 44.99 - 64.88 47.78 @ 69.69 41.25 -
2 Assam 70.14 59.60 @ 70.41 72.82 @ @ - -
3 Bihar 55.31 51.47 44.67 59.78 55.29 38.84 55.91 48.89 @
4 Gujarat 56.50 55.00 - 60.79 58.24 - 60.83 @ -
5 Haryana 98.13 97.50 - 107.30 101.44 - 96.00 - -
6 Himachal Pradesh @ - - 116.00 @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 110.83 - - 116.88 - - @ - -
8 Karnataka 58.42 42.83 @ 56.67 40.13 @ 54.74 40.50 @
9 Kerala @ 109.97 - @ 105.67 - - @ -
10 Madhya Pradesh @ - - 46.84 41.04 @ 48.55 40.46 -
11 Maharashtra 68.21 47.80 @ 63.84 45.71 @ 59.38 38.50 @
12 Manipur 60.00 55.56 - 60.56 56.11 - 57.14 52.14 -
13 Meghalaya @ @ - 85.00 60.00 @ @ @ -
14 Orissa 56.00 45.00 @ 52.14 39.05 @ @ @ -
15 Punjab 92.80 @ - 97.71 @ - @ - -
16 Rajasthan - - - 70.77 60.42 @ - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 74.10 48.55 @ 73.51 54.15 @ 72.92 56.18 -
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 60.29 51.98 51.00 62.44 54.85 47.57 58.41 51.48 @
20 West Bengal 70.66 62.61 @ 65.93 60.88 @ 67.40 61.53 @
  All-India 68.97 56.42 44.47 65.74 53.99 38.99 63.96 50.24 41.28

Table No. 7 (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 67.50 46.75 - @ 40.30 37.29 41.12 @ 26.27
2 Assam @ - - - - - - - 46.67
3 Bihar 60.13 52.22 @ @ @ - 44.06 - 31.18
4 Gujarat 64.17 @ - 68.00 65.56 - 53.13 @ -
5 Haryana 114.17 @ - 96.00 @ - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - @ @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir @ - - - - - - - -
8 Karnataka 53.75 42.00 - @ 34.17 @ 55.71 @ 32.33
9 Kerala @ @ - - - - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 46.62 38.33 - 38.57 35.00 - 36.37 32.32 26.92
11 Maharashtra 64.80 40.54 - 56.11 42.50 31.00 44.62 @ 27.27
12 Manipur - - - - - - 55.71 - -
13 Meghalaya - - - @ @ - @ - @
14 Orissa @ - - @ @ @ 40.38 23.57 21.00
15 Punjab @ - - @ @ @ - - -
16 Rajasthan @ @ - @ @ @ 50.00 @ @
17 Tamil Nadu 73.53 49.89 - @ @ - @ @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 64.42 54.63 @ - @ - 36.25 - @
20 West Bengal 69.06 63.88 @ @ @ - @ - 33.00
  All-India 64.74 51.31 44.67 65.95 49.29 33.84 42.74 34.21 29.76

Table No. 7 (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 61.27 48.46 - @ @ -
11 Maharashtra 82.86 42.14 - @ @ -
12 Manipur @ - - - - -
13 Meghalaya @ - - - - -
14 Orissa 92.38 - - @ - -
15 Punjab @ - - - - -
16 Rajasthan 101.25 - - - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 123.92 74.72 - 90.00 @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 90.00 - - 73.75 @ @
20 West Bengal @ - - - - -
  All-India 98.90 54.74 - 74.13 46.50 @

 -  =  Not reported

@  =  Number of quotations are less than five.

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