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 77th 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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