RURAL LABOUR ENQUIRY (61st Round of N.S.S.) 2004–05

REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT & UNEMPLOYMENT

OF RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS 

(APPENDICES)

APPENDIX - III 2.1.4

AVERAGE ANNUAL DAYS OF WAGE EMPLOYMENT OF USUALLY OCCUPIED AVERAGE ANNUAL DAYS OF WAGE EMPLOYMENT OF USUALLY OCCUPIED MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN  BELONGING TO  AGRICULTURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS IN DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS DURING 2004-05

Gujarat                                                                                          (estimated number of full days in a year)

  Agricultural Labour Occupations Non-Agricultural Labour Occupations
Agricultural   2004 - 2005   2004 - 2005
Operations 1999- With Without   1999- With Without  
2000 cultivated cultivated All 2000 cultivated cultivated All
  land land     land land  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
MEN                
Ploughing 8 - 8 7 - 1 - -
Sowing 9 180 10 29 - - - -
Transplanting 10 - - - - - 1 1
Weeding 20 29 126 115 - - 4 2
Harvesting 42 34 - 4 17 1 1 1
Others 165 43 125 116 3 3 1 2
All agricultural operations 254 286 269 271 20 5 7 6
                 
WOMEN                
Ploughing 1 - - - - - - -
Sowing 4 5 5 5 - - - -
Transplanting 4 - 4 2 - - - -
Weeding 26 38 80 61 - - 24 15
Harvesting 29 106 84 95 32 18 2 8
Others 141 26 98 65 7 6 - 2
All agricultural operations 205 175 271 228 39 24 26 25
                 
CHILDREN                
Ploughing 25 - - - - - - -
Sowing - - - - - - - -
Transplanting 12 - - - - - - -
Weeding 6 288 - 288 - - - -
Harvesting 57 - - - - - - -
Others 128 - - - - - - -
All agricultural operations 228 288 - 288 - - - -

Gujarat

  Other Occupations All Occupations
Agricultural   2004 - 2005   2004 - 2005
Operations 1999- With Without   1999- With Without  
2000 cultivated cultivated All 2000 cultivated cultivated All
  land land     land land  
1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
MEN                
Ploughing - - - - 7 - - -
Sowing - - - - 7 2 1 1
Transplanting - - - - 9 - 1 1
Weeding 7 - - - 17 - 9 6
Harvesting 1 2 - 1 36 1 - 1
Others 23 - - - 139 3 7 5
All agricultural operations 31 2 - 1 215 6 18 14
                 
WOMEN                
Ploughing - - - - 1 - - -
Sowing - - - - 3 1 1 1
Transplanting - - - - 3 - 1 -
Weeding 3 1 - 1 21 7 32 19
Harvesting - - - - 25 24 19 22
Others 29 5 - 3 119 9 21 15
All agricultural operations 32 6 - 4 172 41 74 57
                 
CHILDREN                
Ploughing - - - - 15 - - -
Sowing - - - - - - - -
Transplanting - - - - 7 - - -
Weeding - - - - 4 174 - 93
Harvesting - - - - 33 - - -
Others - - - - 74 - - -
All agricultural operations - - - - 133 174 - 93