Average monthly income of agricultural households in India; Meghalaya leads

19 December 2022, New Delhi: The National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) conducted Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Agricultural Households in the rural areas of the country. This was the 77^th round (January 2019- December 2019) with reference to the agricultural year July 2018- June 2019.

Jharkhand has reported the lowest monthly income in agriculture households of Rs. 4,895 followed by Odisha with Rs. 5,112 and West Bengal with Rs. 6,762. The top three states are Meghalaya with a monthly agriculture household income of Rs. 29,348 followed by Punjab with Rs. 26,701 and Haryana with Rs. 22,841.

Income includes income from wages, income from leasing out of land, net receipt from crop production, net receipt from farming of animals and net receipt from non-farm business.

State-wise/UT-wise Average monthly income per agricultural household (Considering paid out expenses only) during the agricultural year July 2018 June 2019

State/ Group of UTs	Average monthly income  per agricultural household (₹)
Andhra Pradesh	10,480
Arunachal Pradesh	19,225
Assam	10,675
Bihar	7,542
Chhattisgarh	9,677
Gujarat	12,631
Haryana	22,841
Himachal Pradesh	12,153
Jammu & Kashmir	18,918
Jharkhand	4,895
Karnataka	13,441
Kerala	17,915
Madhya Pradesh	8,339
Maharashtra	11,492
Manipur	11,227
Meghalaya	29,348
Mizoram	17,964
Nagaland	9,877
Odisha	5,112
Punjab	26,701
Rajasthan	12,520
Sikkim	12,447
Tamil Nadu	11,924
Telangana	9,403
Tripura	9,918
Uttarakhand	13,552
Uttar Pradesh	8,061
West Bengal	6,762
Group of N E States	16,863
Group of UTs	18,511
All India	10,218

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