Women farmers in India

13 December 2021, New Delhi: As per the information collected in Agriculture Census 2015-16, about 11.72% of the total operated area in the country was operated by female operational holders.

As per the results of the Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Agricultural Households
and Land and Livestock Holdings of Households in Rural India- 2019 conducted by National Statistical Office(NSO) for the agriculture year July 2018-June 2019.

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs compiles and disseminates information on suicides in its publication titled ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India’. As per the publication, the term ‘Farmer’ is defined as “the Person whose profession is farming and includes those who cultivate on their own land as well as those who cultivate on leased land/other’s land with or without the assistance of agricultural labourers”.

State-wise number of female and male operational holders is given in Annexure-I.

State-wise estimated number of female and male operational holders as per Agriculture Census 2015-16

Sl. No.	States/Uts	Female – Number (in ‘000)	Male – Number(in ‘000)
1	A & N Islands	4	8
2	Andhra Pradesh	2565	5955
3	Arunachal Pradesh	14	97
4	Assam	46	2691
5	Bihar	2297	14090
6	Chandigarh	Neg	1
7	Chhattisgarh	553	3457
8	D & N Haveli	3	12
9	Daman & Diu	2	6
10	Delhi	3	17
11	Goa	19	55
12	Gujarat	877	4440
13	Haryana	240	1371
14	Himachal Pradesh	74	922
15	Jammu & Kashmir	108	1307
16	Jharkhand	316	2483
17	Karnataka	1743	6919
18	Kerala	1742	5778
19	Lakshadweep	4	5
20	Madhya Pradesh	1189	8808
21	Maharashtra	2364	12894
22	Manipur	10	140
23	Meghalaya	80	152
24	Mizoram	11	79
25	Nagaland	19	177
26	Odisha	198	4667
27	Puducherry	8	26
28	Punjab	17	1074
29	Rajasthan	775	6866
30	Sikkim	5	66
31	Tamil Nadu	1560	6350
32	Telangana	1368	4579
33	Tripura	71	502
34	Uttar Pradesh	1824	21972
35	Uttarakhand	105	775
36	West Bengal	230	7008
	All India	20439	125751

Note:  Neg= Negligible(i.e. less than 500)

State-wise percentage of female farmers enrolled under PMFBY in 2020-21 and percentage of female beneficiaries under PM-KISAN is given in Annexure-II. Gender-wise data on KCC is not maintained.

Sl. No.	State/UT	Percentage of female farmers enrolled under PMFBY during 2020-21	Percentage  of female beneficiaries under PM-KISAN
1	A & N Islands	11.8	37.9
2	Andhra Pradesh	–	35.3
3	Arunachal Pradesh	–	51.9
4	Assam	30.0	31.1
5	Bihar	–	30.6
6	Chandigarh	–	11.4
7	Chhattisgarh	10.4	25.6
8	D & N Haveli	–	21.9
9	Daman & Diu
10	Delhi	–	18.0
11	Goa	23.3	13.8
12	Gujarat	**	26.9
13	Haryana	8.1	17.2
14	Himachal Pradesh	8.0	17.8
15	Jammu & Kashmir	2.0	11.2
16	Jharkhand	–	25.5
17	Karnataka	22.6	24.4
18	Kerala	31.8	44.3
19	Lakshadweep	–	49.4
20	Madhya Pradesh	12.6	21.3
21	Maharashtra	18.7	20.6
22	Manipur	–	54.2
23	Meghalaya	76.9	4.0
24	Mizoram	–	43.3
25	Nagaland	–	52.7
26	Odisha	14.1	24.3
27	Puducherry	32.7	38.9
28	Punjab	–	0.1
29	Rajasthan	11.8	36.3
30	Sikkim	35.7	16.8
31	Tamil Nadu	29.0	31.2
32	Telangana	–	28.6
33	Tripura	18.1	21.8
34	Uttar Pradesh	8.4	19.5
35	Uttarakhand	7.3	17.7
36	West Bengal	–	18.7
	All India	15.6	25.1

Note-   (1) Kharif 2021 enrolment under finalization; Rabi 2021-22 enrolment undergoing

(2) ** Gujarat and Karnataka State Government have their own Portal

(3)  – Data not available

State-wise average monthly income earned by agricultural households in the country is given in Annexure-III. Gender-wise data on farmers income was not collected in the survey.

State /UTs wise Average monthly income per agricultural household during agricultural year July 2018 – June 2019

Sl. No.	State/GroupofUTs	Average monthly income(₹)
1	Andhra Pradesh	10,480
2	Arunachal Pradesh	19,225
3	Assam	10,675
4	Bihar	7,542
5	Chhattisgarh	9,677
6	Gujarat	12,631
7	Haryana	22,841
8	Himachal Pradesh	12,153
9	Jammu & Kashmir	18,918
10	Jharkhand	4,895
11	Karnataka	13,441
12	Kerala	17,915
131	Madhya Pradesh	8,339
14	Maharashtra	11,492
15	Manipur	11,227
16	Meghalaya	29,348
17	Mizoram	17,964
18	Nagaland	9,877
19	Odisha	5,112
20	Punjab	26,701
21	Rajasthan	12,520
22	Sikkim	12,447
23	Tamil Nadu	11,924
24	Telangana	9,403
25	Tripura	9,918
26	Uttarakhand	13,552
27	Uttar Pradesh	8,061
28	West Bengal	6,762
29	Group of N E States	16,863
30	Group of UTs	18,511
All India	10,218

Year-wise number of farmers including female farmers availing the Minimum Support Price(MSP) for paddy and Wheat  during the last five years in different States is given in Annexure-IV

No. of farmers benefitted, State-wise, Marketing Season-wise (Paddy and Wheat)

S.No	STATES/ UTs	KMS 2018-19	KMS 2019-20	KMS 2020-21	KMS 2021-22*	RMS 2018-19	RMS 2019-20	RMS 2020-21	RMS 2021-22
1	Andhra Pradesh	581839	679789	803945	11322	–	–	–	–
2	Telangana	1474828	1988630	2164354	396991	–	–	–	–
3	Assam	12921	26537	20401	–	–	–	–	–
4	Bihar	210028	279402	497097	19024	3128	554	1002	96701
5	Chandigarh	3028	1537	1575	1781	1557	1691	1410	2039
6	Chhattisgarh	1571414	1838593	2053490	185914	–	–	–	–

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