WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA (2006-07) 

Table  No. 9(a)

Average Daily Wage Rates in Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during

January,2007  (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 79.90 - - 74.46 48.55 @ 60.19 43.67 37.81
2 Assam 72.47 - - 72.25 @ @ 74.13 68.38 @
3 Bihar 70.07 - - 63.06 56.20 @ 48.69 46.00 @
4 Gujarat 79.93 - - 74.43 57.67 - 61.22 59.15 -
5 Haryana 100.00 - - 99.38 @ - 99.38 @ -
6 Himachal Pradesh 152.50 - - @ @ - @ @ -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 121.25 - - 121.25 - - 113.00 - -
8 Karnataka 63.91 @ - 57.93 38.92 @ 55.71 39.04 25.31
9 Kerala 242.41 - - 212.21 @ - @ 113.50 -
10 Madhya Pradesh 54.63 - - 50.96 40.49 - 47.28 40.76 @
11 Maharashtra 74.45 @ - 68.13 43.26 - 60.98 40.57 @
12 Manipur 70.00 - - 60.00 @ - 60.00 55.00 -
13 Meghalaya 85.71 - - 82.00 58.00 - 80.00 58.75 @
14 Orissa 59.77 - - 58.00 - - @ - -
15 Punjab @ - - @ - - 96.75 - -
16 Rajasthan 92.86 - - 68.00 @ - 73.08 64.82 @
17 Tamil Nadu 119.82 - - 81.11 48.47 - @ 48.52 @
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 67.88 @ - 63.95 55.27 @ 63.97 55.48 @
20 West Bengal 103.55 - @ 69.59 62.01 @ 66.28 59.40 @
  All-India 82.20 41.67 @ 73.47 51.54 43.00 65.43 53.34 38.33

Table No. 9 (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 67.00 46.83 - 63.77 52.37 @ 67.89 49.57 @
2 Assam 74.93 63.80 @ 72.84 66.92 @ 66.00 @ -
3 Bihar 54.31 52.59 @ 58.70 55.13 38.95 56.56 54.33 @
4 Gujarat 55.91 54.00 - 63.75 60.56 - 62.69 @ -
5 Haryana 99.38 92.86 - 102.78 101.43 - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh @ - - @ @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir 115.00 - - 113.13 - - 115.00 - -
8 Karnataka 58.42 43.48 @ 56.60 40.13 @ 54.74 42.50 @
9 Kerala @ 110.35 - @ 105.60 - - @ -
10 Madhya Pradesh @ @ - 47.91 41.67 @ 46.94 39.67 @
11 Maharashtra 74.42 51.69 @ 66.41 44.88 @ 62.14 43.89 @
12 Manipur 60.00 55.56 - 60.56 56.11 - 57.14 52.14 -
13 Meghalaya - - - 86.25 60.00 @ @ @ -
14 Orissa 57.50 @ - 55.94 43.52 @ @ - -
15 Punjab 91.50 @ - 99.00 @ - @ - -
16 Rajasthan - - - 62.00 54.00 @ - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 70.65 46.62 @ 73.05 51.75 @ 72.27 54.19 -
18 Tripura 90.00 - - 90.00 - - 90.00 - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 60.98 51.26 51.00 65.21 55.19 @ 59.87 50.77 @
20 West Bengal 70.42 63.33 @ 67.36 61.72 @ 69.93 63.33 @
  All-India 69.83 57.51 44.63 66.99 54.20 38.58 64.95 51.43 38.46

Table No. 9 (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 67.80 51.70 - @ 43.28 36.64 44.80 @ 26.27
2 Assam @ @ - @ - - - - 49.72
3 Bihar 59.60 55.56 @ @ @ - 44.32 - 31.45
4 Gujarat 69.17 @ - 75.50 75.50 - 52.78 @ -
5 Haryana 110.00 @ - @ @ - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - @ @ - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir @ - - - - - - - -
8 Karnataka 55.00 48.00 - @ 34.17 @ 55.71 @ 34.00
9 Kerala @ @ - - - - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 46.30 38.61 - 39.29 35.71 - 36.47 31.87 27.73
11 Maharashtra 63.43 43.80 - 57.50 39.75 31.67 43.75 @ 27.44
12 Manipur - - - - - - 55.71 - -
13 Meghalaya @ - - @ @ - @ - @
14 Orissa 67.03 @ - @ @ - 37.31 23.57 23.00
15 Punjab @ - - - - - - - -
16 Rajasthan @ @ - @ @ @ 50.00 @ @
17 Tamil Nadu 70.23 47.15 - @ @ - @ @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 59.20 51.24 - - @ - 37.50 - 30.00
20 West Bengal 69.26 64.59 @ @ @ - @ - 31.76
  All-India 64.55 53.26 38.53 68.09 49.27 33.51 43.02 35.41 30.08

Table No. 9 (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 72.92 @ - 69.17 - -
4 Gujarat 79.38 @ - @ - -
5 Haryana @ - - @ - -
6 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - -
7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - - - -
8 Karnataka 85.56 @ - 62.44 44.40 -
9 Kerala 220.42 @ - - - -
10 Madhya Pradesh 62.11 46.43 - 56.88 42.00 @
11 Maharashtra 83.33 42.14 - @ @ -
12 Manipur @ - - - - -
13 Meghalaya @ - - - - -
14 Orissa 95.24 - - @ - -
15 Punjab @ - - - - -
16 Rajasthan 101.25 - - - - -
17 Tamil Nadu 123.54 80.67 - 90.00 @ -
18 Tripura - - - - - -
19 Uttar Pradesh 90.13 - - 69.68 60.71 -
20 West Bengal @ - - - - -
  All-India 98.60 54.59 - 71.74 48.30 @

  -  =  Not reported

@  =  Number of quotations are less than five.

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