The statistic displays the value of average daily salary of rural salaried workers across India in 2011-12, broken down by industry sectors and gender. In 2011-12, a male working in the construction sector earned on average 279 Indian rupees per day, while a female worker in the agriculture sector earned just over 101 Indian rupees on average per day.
Value of daily average salary of rural Indian worker in 2011-12, by sector and gender
(in Indian rupees)
Among salaried workers between 15 and 59 years old
Supplementary notes
Note: The next Indian census report is due in 2021.
One Indian rupee is equal to 0.015 U.S. dollars and 0.013 euros (as of December 2017).
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MOSPI. (February 1, 2017). Value of daily average salary of rural Indian worker in 2011-12, by sector and gender (in Indian rupees) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/642869/rural-work-sectors-average-salary-per-day-india/
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MOSPI. "Value of Daily Average Salary of Rural Indian Worker in 2011-12, by Sector and Gender (in Indian Rupees)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/642869/rural-work-sectors-average-salary-per-day-india/
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