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Table 1.16. Gross Area Under Major Crops
(Million Hectares)
Group/Commodity 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
Foodgrains a 126.7 124.8 120.8 125.0 124.3 123.2 129.2 127.5 124.8 127.6
Kharif 72.4 72.1 67.7 69.1 68.8 69.2 73.2 72.0 72.3 70.8
Rabi 54.3 52.7 53.1 56.0 55.5 54.0 56.0 55.5 52.5 56.8
Cereals b 100.3 100.3 97.5 99.8 100.7 98.3 99.8 97.7 99.6 99.3
Kharif 60.1 60.9 57.7 58.7 58.8 57.9 58.8 58.1 57.5 57.4
Rabi 40.2 39.4 39.8 41.1 42.0 40.4 40.9 39.6 38.1 41.9
Nutri / Coarse Cereals c 28.3 26.4 24.8 25.2 25.2 24.4 25.0 24.3 22.1 24.0
Kharif 22.1 20.8 18.8 19.3 18.9 18.2 19.0 18.7 17.5 18.4
Rabi 6.3 5.7 5.9 5.9 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.6 4.6 5.6
Pulses d 26.4 24.5 23.3 25.2 23.6 24.9 29.4 29.8 29.2 28.3
Kharif 12.3 11.2 10.0 10.3 10.0 11.3 14.4 13.9 14.8 13.4
Rabi 14.1 13.3 13.3 14.9 13.6 13.6 15.1 15.9 14.3 14.9
Rice 42.9 44.0 42.8 44.1 44.1 43.5 44.0 43.8 44.2 43.8
Kharif 38.0 40.1 38.9 39.4 39.8 39.7 39.8 39.4 40.0 39.0
Rabi 4.8 3.9 3.8 4.7 4.3 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.8
Wheat 29.1 29.9 30.0 30.5 31.5 30.4 30.8 29.7 29.3 31.5
Jowar 7.4 6.2 6.2 5.8 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.0 4.1 4.7
Kharif 3.1 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.7
Rabi 4.3 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.0 2.3 3.0
Bajra 9.6 8.8 7.3 7.8 7.3 7.1 7.5 7.5 7.1 7.5
Maize 8.6 8.8 8.7 9.1 9.2 8.8 9.6 9.4 9.0 9.7
Tur 4.4 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 5.3 4.4 4.6 4.5
Gram 9.2 8.3 8.5 9.9 8.3 8.4 9.6 10.6 9.6 10.2
Oilseeds e 27.2 26.3 26.5 28.1 25.6 26.1 26.2 24.5 24.8 27.0
Kharif 18.2 18.4 18.3 19.7 18.2 18.9 18.7 17.2 17.7 19.1
Rabi 9.0 7.9 8.2 8.4 7.4 7.2 7.5 7.3 7.1 7.9
Groundnut 5.9 5.3 4.7 5.5 4.8 4.6 5.3 4.9 4.7 4.9
Kharif 5.0 4.3 3.9 4.6 4.0 3.8 4.6 4.1 4.1 4.1
Rabi 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8
Rapeseed and Mustard 6.9 5.9 6.4 6.6 5.8 5.7 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.8
Sugarcane 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.1 4.9 4.4 4.7 5.1 4.6
Cotton 11.2 12.2 12.0 12.0 12.8 12.3 10.8 12.6 12.6 13.4
Jute and Mesta 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Jute 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
Mesta 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Plantation crops
Tea 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Coffee (Plucked area) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Rubber ^ 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Potato 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1
Source: Directorate of Economic & Statistics, Department of Agriculture, Coopertation and Farmers Welfare.
Notes:
a includes cereals and pulses;
b Inclues rice, wheat & nutri Coarse cereal;
c Includes maize, jowar, ragi, bajra, small millets and barley;
d Includes tur, urad, moong, gram, lentils and other pulses;
e Includes groundnut, rapeseed & mustard, sesamum, linseed, castorseed, nigerseed, safflower, sunflower and soyabean;
* Agricultural Crops as per 4 Advance estimates and Horticultural crops as per 3 Advance Estimates.
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