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Statewise irrigated area under select crops: 1992-93 (provisional) (thousand hectares)

Territory Rice Jawar Bajra Maize Fagi Wheat Barley Other cereals and millet Total cereals and Millet
(col 2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)		 Gram Total pulses Total foodgrains (col 10+12) Groundnut Rapeseed and mustard Cotton Sugarcane Tabacco All crops
Column Number 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
India 19,633 817 625 1,314 199 20,654 569 31 43,842 1,390 2,441 46,283 1,640 3,313 2,667 3,614 184 66,144
Andhra Pradesh 3,405 22 29 102 43 8 - - 3,609 1 9 3,618 429 - 103 275 54 5,085
Arunachal Pradesh 36 - - (a) - (a) - - 36 - - 36 - - - (a) - 36
Assam 532 - - - - - - - 532 - 6 538 - - - - - 572
Bihar 1,690 (a) (a) 293 1 1724 8 3 3,719 5 20 3,739 (a) 33 (a) 19 13 4,040
Goa 17 - - (a) - - - - 17 - 5 22 1 - - 2 - 35
Gujarat 352 34 207 31 - 522 13 3 1,162 32 86 1,248 176 349 391 180 88 3,227
Haryana 704 71 111 7 - 1,922 45 (a) 2,860 89 142 3,002 1 360 531 133 (a) 4,472
Himachal Pradesh 51 - (a) 24 (a) 67 4 2 148 (a) 5 153 (a) 1 (a) 1 (a) 174
Jammu and Kashmir 248 - (a) 18 - 60 1 10 337 (a) 4 341 (a) 50 (a) (a) (a) 437
Karnataka 855 155 46 205 78 80 - (a) 1,419 22 55 1,474 271 1 171 260 2 2,802
Kerala 212 - - - - - - - 212 - - 212 - - - 2 - 376
Madhya Pradesh 1,194 1 (a) 10 - 2,190 27 (a) 3,422 617 665 4,087 19 265 116 61 (a) 4,918
Maharashtra 406 481 77 37 - 490 - 5 1,496 156 202 1,698 142 1 91 584 (a) 3,235
Manipur 75 - - - - - - - 75 - - 75 - - - - - 75
Meghalaya 45 - - - - - - - 45 - - 45 - - - - - 45
Mizoram 8 - - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - - - - 8
Nagaland 60 - - - - 1 - - 61 - - 61 - - - - - 62
Orissa 1,540 - - 18 24 25 - - 1,607 - 128 1,735 139 40 - 41 2 2,471
Punjab 2,052 (a) 7 102 - 3,165 38 (a) 5,364 4 65 5,429 7 64 697 107 - 7,142
Rajasthan 51 3 82 85 - 2,067 207 1 2,496 249 283 2,779 71 1,368 465 24 1 5,486
Sikkim 16 - - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - - - - 16
Tamil Nadu 2,016 37 20 22 52 (a) - (a) 2,147 1 44 2,191 379 (a) 89 215 8 3,385
Tripura 40 - - - - (a) - - 40 (a) 1 41 (a) - - (a) - 50
Uttar Pradesh 2,747 7 45 360 (a) 8,084 225 7 11,475 212 713 12,188 2 655 12 1,704 16 15,996
West Bengal 1,251 - - (a) - 221 1 - 1,473 2 7 1,480 - 125 - 2 - 1,911
Union territory                                    
Andaman and Nicobar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chandigarh (a) - - (a) - 1 - - 1 (a) (a) 1 - (a) - (a) - 2
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 2 - - - - (a) - - 2 - (a) 2 - - - 1 - 4
Delhi 1 6 (a) (a) - 27 (a) - 34                  
Daman and Diu (a) (a) 1 - (a) - - - 1 - - 1 (a) - - (a) - 1
Lakshadweep - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pondicherry 27 (a) (a) - 1 - - (a) 28 - (a) 28 3 - 1 3 - 37
Notes:

a : Area below 500 hectares

Source: Anon 1996, Water and Related Statistics, Information System Directorate, Performance Overview and Management Improvement Organisation, Central Water Commission, Government of India, New Delhi, p 73.

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