Cultivation Practices
Cultivation Practices
Cultivation Practices
451(54/31/3)
August 1999
PREFACE
The field work of the survey was conducted by the Field Operation Division.
Data scrutiny and tabulation were done by the Data Processing Division. The
Survey Design & Research Division was responsible for designing of the
survey and preparation of the report.
Comments and suggestions for the improvement of the report are most
welcome.
Contents
Highlights
Chapter I Introduction 1
Appendix II A Note on Editing and Imputation of Survey Data of the Enquiry A-243
on Cultivation Practices
Highlights
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reporting the facilities remaining ‘out of use’ due to shortage of fuel or power or low
water level:
dugwell / electric Oil
tubewell pump pump
percentage owning 29 13 13
percentage reporting ‘out of use’ 26 48 14
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Table (1) Average area owned, net sown area (NSA), area cropped more
than once and irrigated & unirrigated gross cropped area (GCA)
under five major crops sown by households by size-class of
ownership holding, 1997-98 A-1
Table (2) Proportion of households and net sown area (NSA) accounted by
villages with government canal and differential between villages
with government canal and other villages in respect of extent of
irrigation (irrigated area per 1000 hectares of land under five
major crops sown by households) A-10
Table (3) Differential between villages with government canal and other
villages in respect of average area (0.00ha) under five crops sown
by households, by season and size- class of household ownership A-11
holding
Table (4) Per 1000 distribution of field -crop cultivator households by status
of irrigation of area under five major crops, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages
with government canals and other villages A-20
Table (5) Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops by use of
tractor and size –class of household ownership holding A-45
Table (5.1) Cropwise per 1000 distribution of under five major crops by mode
of use of tractor, separately for different size-classes of
household ownership holding A-54
Table (6) Cropwise break-up of average area under five major crops sown
by a field -crop cultivator household, by size -classes of household
ownership holding A-152
Table (7) Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops
sown by households by use of improved seeds A-161
Table (7.1) Percentage of area under a crop sown with any kind of improved
seeds by size-class of household ownership holding A-174
Table (8) Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops by
use of fertiliser and manure A-183
Table (8.1) Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure treated area under five
major crops sown by households by type of manure A-196
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Table (9) Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops
sown by households by use of pesticides, etc., and weedicides A-209
Table (10) Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by mode
of harvesting for each size–class of household ownership holding A-222
Table (10.1) Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops by mode of
harvesting for each size-class of ownership holding A-231
Table (11) Number of households (H) reporting testing of soil of their fields
per 1000 cultivator households and number of cultivator households
(P) reporting having followed the recommendations per 1000
households reporting soil test A-240
Table (12) Number of cultivator households (H) reporting ownership of well/
tubewell per 1000 cultivator households and number of households
(P) reporting well/tubewell remaining unused for sometime due to
inadequacy of ground water per 1000 households owning A-241
well/tub ewell
Table (13) Number of cultivator households (H) reporting ownership of
irrigation pumps per 1000 cultivator households and number of
households (P) reporting irrigation pumps remaining unused for
some time due to unavailability of diesel or irregular supply of
electricity per 1000 households owning pumps A-242
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Chapter I
Introduction
1.1.1 An enquiry on cultivation practices was conducted as a part of the 54th round survey of
the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) during January to June 1998. The enquiry
was carried out in the rural areas of the entire country through a household survey based on
random sampling. In the past, the NSSO had conducted similar enquiries, either on the same
topic or on those which are closely related to it, like land and livestock holdings, sources of
irrigation and agricultural implements. The present enquiry, on which this report is based, is
essentially designed to generate information only on the spread of improved agricultural
technology, embodying the use of improved high-yielding seeds, fertilisers and irrigation on the
one hand and mechanisation of agricultural operations on the other.
1.1.2 Objective: The technological change in agriculture that is currently under way in India was
initiated in the 1960s when the Government introduced and popularised in certain regions of the
country the high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of wheat and rice developed in Mexico and
Philippines respectively. Over the last three decades, there has been a marked increase in the
use of HYVs and hybrid seeds, and of the inputs like fertilisers, pesticides and irrigation which
are essential for raising them and mechanisation of agriculture throughout the country.
Nevertheless, it is widely held that not only has the geographical spread of the improved
technology been uneven, but the sharing of the benefits of technology by different sections of the
farmers has also been extremely unequal. Though the available macro-level data on the
consumption of fertilisers and pesticides, irrigated area and area under HYVs of the main cereal
crops like wheat, rice, maize, jowar and bajra do provide a fair idea of the geographical
spread, the data on the level of adoption of improved technology on farms of different sizes or
those on area treated with fertilisers or pesticides or tilled by tractors and power tillers are
virtually absent. The present enquiry aims at providing certain basic State-level statistics on farm
mechanisation and use of the improved ‘seed-fertiliser-water’ technology by farmers of varying
ownership holding of land. The enquiry is, however, confined to the study of field-crop
cultivation. Thus the aspects of technological change in plantation and horticulture, or in the
other sub-sectors of agriculture, are beyond the purview of this report.
1.2.1 This report pertains to the use of advanced technology for the cultivation of field crops
based on data collected on crops cultivated, season of cultivation, area under each crop, use of
irrigation facility and other inputs and use of machinery, in the 54th round of the NSSO. Data
collected and used in this report can be briefly described as follows:
1. Data on crops cultivated, season of cultivation and area sown with it.
2. For each crop reported, data on use of machinery, such as tractors/power tillers, irrigation
pump sets and harvestors. For crops for which the soil was tilled with tractors/power tillers,
it was enquired whether they were taken on hire.
3. For each crop reported, data on use of inputs, viz., manure and its type, fertilisers, improved
seeds and its type, irrigation and whether irrigation services hired and weedicide and
pesticides, etc.
1.2.2 Layout of the report: The report contains four chapters, including the present one, and
two appendices. Chapter II provides a brief discussion on the definitions and concepts used for
the enquiry. Chapter III gives a fairly detailed description of the sample design and the
estimation procedure used for the survey. Chapter IV discusses the summary results of the
survey and attempts to provide a perspective for proper interpretation of the results. Appendix
I, which, in fact, forms the main body of the report, presents the detailed survey results on
cultivation practices in the form of tables. A brief note on the editing and imputation procedures
adopted for the survey data of the present enquiry is given in Appendix II. Appendix III is a
facsimile of blocks 0, 1, 2, 13 and 14 of schedule 31 which are relevant for this report.
1.2.3 The estimates presented in the report are based on the pooled data of the two sub-
samples of only the Central sample. (See the section “Method of Data Collection” for
discussion on sub-sample and Central sample.) The survey results presented in the report are
mostly in the form of ratios. The basic aggregate estimates and number of households, given in
the detailed tables of Appendix I, generally as marginal column totals, may be used for working
out rates and ratios for domains not presented in the report.
1.3.1 Four main topics were covered in the 54th Round, namely,
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1.3.2 The main schedules used in the 54th round, apart from Schedule 1.0 on consumer
expenditure and employment-unemployment, were: Schedule 3.3 on village facilities and
common property resources; and Schedule 31 on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene,
Travel and Use of Mass Media and Financial Services, Cultivation Practices and Common
Property Resources. The relevant portion of Schedule 31 has been provided in Appendix III.
1.3.3 For the enquiry on cultivation practices, the rural areas of the entire country, were
covered, with the exception of some interior areas of Nagaland and Andaman & Nicobar
Islands and the Ladakh and Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir.
1.4.1 The present report is based mainly on the information on cultivation practices collected in
a part of Schedule 31. The data were collected from a sample of households by interview
method. The survey period for the 54 th Round was January to June 1998.
1.4.2 Reference period: The enquiry on cultivation practices was conducted generally with the
reference period of the agricultural year 1997-98. The survey period being a part of the
reference period in many cases, complete information on crops cultivated during the agricultural
year was not available when the household was surveyed. The additional information on
cultivation of crops that were to be undertaken during the remaining part of the agricultural year
was ascertained by asking the informant certain additional probing questions regarding his plans
for the rabi season. Similarly, the net sown area was worked out on the basis of actual area
sown in kharif and the additional area planned to be sown during the rabi season. For
questions like ‘whether well/tubewell remained unused’ and ‘whether pump sets remained
unused’, a reference period of 365 days preceding the date of survey was used.
1.4.3 Sample design: The sample design adopted for the survey was essentially a two-stage
stratified design, with census villages as the first-stage units (FSUs) and households as the
second-stage units (SSUs). The survey period was January - June 1998. The sample of FSUs
was drawn independently in the form of two sub-samples and an equal number of FSUs was
allocated to each sub-sample. (For a detailed discussion on sample design, see Chapter III.)
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1.4.4 Sample size – first-stage units: In all, 10,978 villages were planned to be surveyed in
this round. Of these, 5,242 were allocated to the Central sample - the part surveyed mainly by
the NSSO field staff - and the rest to the State sample - the part surveyed by the State
agencies. In the urban sector, the allocations for the Central and State samples were 1,788 and
2,256 blocks respectively. This report, however, pertains to rural areas and thus is based on the
data collected from the villages in the Central sample alone.
1.4.5 Sample size – second-stage units: For Schedule 31, 16 households were planned to be
surveyed in each selected village. In all, 78,990 rural households were surveyed in the present
survey.
1.5.1 As early as in 1951-52 and 1952-53, NSS, in its 5th to 7th rounds conducted a survey
on some aspects of the cost of cultivation of minor cereals, pulses, sugarcane, oilseeds, potato,
spices and tobacco. In those surveys, detailed data were collected on periods of sowing and
harvesting by crops, area under crops, sources of seeds used, quantity and value of seeds used,
quantity and value of manure used, water charges per acre, human and animal labour days
utilised per acre and value of production per acre, etc. In the 8th round of the NSS (July 1953 -
June 1954), for the first time, information was collected on agricultural implements - whether
owned/hired mechanised agricultural operation in cultivation - whether used/not used, types of
seeds and manure used and sources of irrigation. Information was collected on farming
conditions and practices of agricultural operations, on adequacy of available human and animal
labour, source of human and animal labour and implements and their utilisation, area of plots
under sowing types: drilling, transplanting, etc., for different crops, area under manure by type of
manure and area under different sources of irrigation. The 11 th round of the NSS, conducted
during August 1956 - February 1957, covered aspects of agriculture in India. In this survey
detailed information on values of various inputs and outputs and yield per unit input was
collected. Again, in the 22nd round of the NSS conducted during July 1967 - June 1968, a
survey on farm practices was carried out. In this survey details of households using various
improved agricultural practices with reasons for non-use and availability of irrigation, improved
seeds and fertilisers was collected. Information on available animal labour and agricultural
implements, and the extent to which they were used, was collected in the 26th round of the
NSS, conducted during July 1971 - Sept. 1972. Lastly, in the 31st round of the NSS, a detailed
enquiry on irrigation was taken up during July 1976 - June 1977. In this survey too, information
on the use of improved seeds, chemical fertilisers, pesticides, etc. was collected, besides data
on irrigation.
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Chapter II
2.1.1 The concepts and definitions of the terms used in this report are briefly discussed in this
chapter.
2.2.1 Household: A group of persons normally living together and taking food from a common
kitchen constitutes a household. The word “normally” means that temporary visitors are excluded
but temporary stay-aways are included. Thus a son or a daughter residing in a hostel for studies is
excluded from the household of his/her parents, but a resident employee or a resident domestic
servant or paying guest (but not just a tenant in the house) is included in the employer/host’s
household. “Living together” is usually given more importance than “sharing food from a common
kitchen” in drawing the boundaries of a household in case the two criteria are in conflict; however,
in the special case of a person taking food with his family but sleeping elsewhere (say, in a shop
or a different house) due to space shortage, the household formed by such a person’s family
members is taken to include the person also. Each inmate of a hotel, mess, boarding lodging
house, hostel, etc., is considered a single-member household except that a family living in a hotel
(say) is considered to be one household only; the same applies to residential staff of such
establishments.
2.3.1 Land owned: A plot of land is considered to be owned by the household if permanent
heritable possession, with or without right to transfer (sell) the title, is vested in a member or
members of the household.
2.3.2 Land possessed: Land possessed is given by land owned (including land held under long
term lease of 30 years or more) + land leased-in - land leased-out + otherwise possessed land.
The last class of land, i.e. otherwise possessed land, is understood to mean all public/institutional
land possessed by the household without title of ownership or occupancy right.
2.3.3 Net area sown: It consists of area sown with field crops and area under orchards and
plantations, counting only once the area sown more than once during the same year. [Area under
the 5 major crops consists of net area sown under the 5 most important field crops among the 12
crop-groups as defined below in para 2.4.1.]
2.3.4 Area sown more than once: It is the area sown more than once, or planned to be sown
more than once, during the same agricultural year. If the area is sown under 5 most important field
crops among 12 crop-groups more than once the area is taken as the product of net area sown
and number of times sown less one. Thus if 1 hectare of land is sown thrice in the agricultural year
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1997-98 under a major field crop among 12 crop-groups, the area sown more than once will be
taken as 2 hectares.
2.4.1 Five major crops: These are five most important field crops identified on the basis of value
of production of the crops. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household
to household. For any particular household it is understood as the 5 most important field crops
cultivated by the household in the agricultural year 1997-98 in terms of value of production of the
crops (field-crops excluding plantation-crops and orchards) from among a list of crop-season
combinations involving 12 crop-groups. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated
as different “crops” for this purpose. The 12 crop-groups are as follows:
1. paddy 5. oil seeds 9. fodder
2. wheat 6. mixed crop 10. fruits and nuts
3. other cereals 7. sugar cane 11. other cash crops
4. pulses 8. vegetables 12. others
2.4.2 Season: The season of a crop is determined by the time of the year it is harvested. All crops
harvested during July to December are called kharif crops and those harvested during January to
June are called rabi crops.
2.4.3 Classification of field crop cultivators by ownership of holding: In the detailed tables,
given in Appendix I, 8 size classes have been used, which are as follows:
2.5.1 Improved seeds: Nucleus was the one freshly released by Government research stations
for multiplication in agricultural department farms or to some registered seed growers. From this
nucleus seed parent/foundation seeds were obtained for general distribution to cultivators. Thus
the parent seed certified as better yielding varieties and released for improved seeds by
Government agricultural departments were considered as certified seeds. Seeds obtained by
multiplication of these parent seeds were taken as uncertified improved seeds.
2.5.2 Fertilisers and manure: The pure compounds of N, P & K manufactured in factories that
are used as nutrients of plants are fertilisers whereas all other nutrients of plants are manures.
2.6.1 Cultivator households: A household was considered a cultivator household, for this
report, if it had reported some net sown area during the agricultural year 1997-98.
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2.6.2 Field crop cultivator household: A household was taken a field crop cultivator household,
for this report, if it had sown any field crop during the agricultural year 1997-98.
2.6.3 Some abbreviations commonly used in the Report are given below:
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Chapter III
3.0 Since in the 54th round of the NSS the survey on Cultivation Practices was conducted in the
rural areas only, the sample design and estimation procedure, too, have been stated below only
for the rural areas.
3.1.1 A stratified multi-stage sampling design was adopted for the survey. The first stage units
were census villages (panchayat wards in the case of Kerala). Households formed the
ultimate-stage units.
3.1.2 Sampling frame for first-stage units (FSUs): The list of census villages of the 1991
population census (the 1981 census list for J & K) constituted the sampling frame for most of the
States. For Kerala, however, the list of panchayat wards was used as the sampling frame for
selection of panchayat wards. For Nagaland, the villages located within 5 km of a bus route
constituted the sampling frame, whereas for Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the list of accessible
villages constituted the sampling frame.
3.1.3 Stratification: From the list of villages of each State/Union Territory (UT), initially three
separate strata were formed by considering villages (a) with very small population (b) with no
population and (c) with very high population. These are formally stated below:
Each of the above three strata was formed only when there were at least 10 villages of the
specified population in the State/UT as per the 1991 population census. Otherwise, these villages
were included in the general strata as described below.
3.1.4 After formation of the strata 1, 2 and 3 (wherever applicable), the remaining villages of the
State/UT were consid ered for formation of the general strata. Each district with a population of
less than 2 million as per the 1991 census formed a separate stratum. A district having a
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population of 2 million or more was divided into two or more strata, depending on its population,
as per the usual procedure followed in the NSS. For Gujarat, some districts cut across NSS
regions. In such cases, the part of a district falling in an NSS region formed a separate stratum.
3.1.5 Allocation of first -stage units (FSUs): A total all-India sample of 5242 villages for the
Central sample were allocated to the States/UTs in proportion to their investigator strength.
3.1.6 Next a suitable sample size – minimum 2 and maximum 6 villages; the exact number
depending on the total number of villages in the frame - was allocated to stratum type 1 of rural
areas of each State and UT. In all, 68 sample villages were allocated to stratum 1 of the rural
areas, considering all those States/UTs where stratum type 1 was formed. From stratum 2, a
sample of a maximum of 6 villages was selected from each State and UT. The number of sample
villages from stratum 3 was either 2 or 4 depending upon whether the number of villages in the
frame of stratum type 3 was less than 20 or more. The remaining sample size (i.e. total allocation
for the rural areas less the allocations for strata 1,2 and 3) of rural areas of each State and UT
was allocated to the general strata (i.e. the strata other than strata 1, 2 and 3) in proportion to
their populations.
3.1.7 Selection of first-stage units : The selection of the sample FSUs was done in the form
of two independent sub-samples as follows :
3.1.8 Selection of hamlet -groups in rural areas: There are villages in India which contain large
population. Listing all the households of such a village requires considerable amounts of time and
effort of field officials. To limit their work-load at this stage of the survey operation, the large
villages were further subdivided into a specified number of parts, by grouping contiguous natural
hamlets, in such a way that each group contained natural hamlets, approximately with an equal
fraction of the village population. These groups of hamlets were called hamlet-groups (hgs).
From the specified number of hamlet groups (depending upon the approximate present
population) thus formed, a random sample of the hamlet-groups was drawn for the subsequent
stages of the survey. The number of hamlet-groups formed and selected for the survey were as
follows:
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However, for the rural areas of Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Punch, Rajouri, Udhampur and
Doda districts of Jammu & Kashmir, the limit was D=1 for a population of less than 600, D=4
for a population of 600 - 1199; D=5 for a population of 1200 - 1499; D=6 for a population of
1500 - 1799 and so on. The number of hgs selected for the survey was d=2 for D=4 to 10, d=3
for D=11 to 20, d=4 for D=21 to 30 and d=5 for D>30.
3.1.9 Second-stage stratification (for selection of households): In rural areas, all the
households of a sample village, or the selected hamlet groups of it, were classified into 3
second-stage strata. The households engaged in free collection (other than fuelwood and marine
fishing) formed second-stage stratum 1. Other rural households were grouped into two second-
stage strata - those with wage/salary earning but possessing land less than 0.40 hectare formed
second-stage stratum 2 while the rest of the households formed second-stage stratum 3. The
households of second-stage stratum 3 in rural areas were arranged by area of land possessed
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before sample selection. In urban areas also, the households were grouped into three second -
stage strata, but by following a procedure different from that followed for rural areas.
3.1.10 Selection of households : For schedule 31, a sample of 16 households from each
selected village (or selected hamlet-groups) was selected for the survey.
3.1.11 The 16 households selected from each selected village (or selected hamlet-groups) were
allocated among the three second-stage strata in proportion to the number of households in the
respective frames with a minimum allocation of 4, 2 and 2 households, respectively, to second-
stage strata 1, 2 and 3.
3.1.12 While allocating the above total number of sample households among the three second-
stage strata, if allocation for one particular second-stage stratum was less than the minimum
allocation specified for the second-stage stratum, its quota was increased to the said minimum
number and the residual total allocation was allocated between the other two second-stage strata
in proportion to the total number of households in the respective frames. The sample households
were selected circular systematically with independent random starts from the respective frame of
households in each second-stage stratum.
3.2.1 The estimation procedure adopted in the 54th round for schedule 31 is briefly indicated
here.
3.2.2 Notation: The notation used for describing the estimation procedure is as given below:
s = subscript for stratum
i = subscript for sample village
j = subscript for second-stage stratum of a sample village
k = subscript for sample household
b = subscript for sub-sample (b=1, 2)
z = size of the sample village used for selection
Z = total size for a stratum as per the frame
n = number of sample villages (i.e. no. used for tabulation) surveyed including
uninhabited and zero cases and excluding casualty and other not received cases
D = number of hamlet-groups formed in the sample village
d = number of hamlet-groups selected for survey
H = total number of households listed in the frame
h = number of sample households available for tabulation
y = value of any characteristic under estimation in a sample village/household
Y∃ = estimate of population total of the characteristic y
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For schedule 31, the formula used for the estimation of the aggregates of the s-th stratum and b-
th sub-sample is as specified below:
Z n D 1 H
Y∃ = n ∑ d z ∑ h ∑ y
sb 3
s sbi sbij
sb sbijk
sb i =1 sbi sbi j=1 sbij k
Note: (i) For strata 1,2 and 3 in the rural sector, z=1 and Z= total number of villages in the
frame of the respective strata whereas for other strata in the rural sector, z= population of the
sample village as per the frame used for selection and Z= total population of the stratum.
(iii) When H>0 but h=0 for any second-stage stratum, that second-stage stratum was
merged with any of the other two second-stage strata. In particular, if h=0 for H>0 for the 1st
second-stage stratum, it was merged with the 3rd second-stage stratum. If second-stage stratum
2 became a casualty, it was merged with second-stage stratum 3. Lastly, if second-stage stratum
3 became a casualty, it was merged with second-stage stratum 1.
The pooled estimate of the s-th stratum based on two sub-samples has been obtained as
Y∃ ∑ Y∃
2
1
=
s 2 b=1
sb
The pooled estimate Y∃ at the region/State/UT/all-India has been obtained by summing the
stratum estimates Y∃s over all the strata of the region/State/UT/all-India.
Y
3.2.4 Estimates of ratios: The estimate of the ratio R = (where X and Y are the
X
Y∃
population totals of the two characters) was obtained as R∃ = .
X∃
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Lakshadweep 6 6 4 4 64 72
Pondicherry 4 4 12 12 64 216
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Chapter IV
Summary of Findings
4.1.1 The present enquiry on cultivation practices aims at assessing the level of adoption of
advanced agricultural technology by farmers of varying ownership holdings of land in different
parts of the country. The strategy of introducing high-yielding and short-duration varieties of
exotic seeds adopted during the Fourth Plan has brought about a lasting technological change in
Indian agriculture. In this report the term ‘advanced agricultural technology’ refers to the
cultivation practices consisting of all operations of crop production that are required for high-
yielding variety (HYV) and hybrid seeds.
4.1.2 The advanced technology has two specific components. First, the advanced ‘seed-
fertilizer-water’ technology is based on use of improved seeds, which are responsive to ample
doses of fertilizers and require an assured supply of water. This directly affects the agricultural
production by raising the productivity of land. The second component, ‘mechanised
technology’, i.e. use of capital-intensive farm machinery like tractors, power-tillers and
harvesters, plays a complementary role leading to faster turnout of operations like ploughing,
weeding and harvesting, with a substantial reduction in costs. This report attempts to present an
overview of the spread and progress of the advanced ‘seed-fertiliser-water’ technology on the
one hand and of the mechanisation in agricultural operations on the other.
4.1.3 The major findings of the enquiry on cultivation practices are summarised in this chapter.
It starts with a brief discussion on size of ownership holdings of the field-crop cultivator
households, i.e. those engaged in raising field crops. This is followed by an overview of the
crop composition in terms of area devoted to different groups of crops. The spread of ‘seed-
fertiliser-water’ technology is then discussed in some detail. Finally, the survey results indicating
the extent of mechanisation of cultivation are discussed in terms of use of tractors, power tillers
and harvesters.
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4.2.2 In recent times, farmers, especially those with a fair amount of land, have shown an
increasing tendency to raise a number of different crops in an agricultural year. Collection of
data separately on all the crops raised by such farmers during an agricultural year demands
considerable amounts of time and resources which can be afforded only in surveys devoted
entirely to cultivation practices. The present enquiry being just a small component of the survey
conducted in the NSS 54th round, it was decided to restrict the collection of crop-level details
to only the five most important of all the field-crops cultivated by a sample household during the
agricultural year. When a sample household was found to have grown more than five field
crops, the field staff was required to record the details of only the five major crops, identified
on the basis of value of produces. Thus, all the estimates on cultivation of field-crops presented
in this report are based on data recorded on at most five field-crops for each sample
household. The estimates of cropped area based on these data are called ‘area under 5 major
crops’ through out this report. Besides the details of field -crops cultivated by a household, data
on the total net sown area (NSA) and area sown more than once during the agricultural year
were also collected from each household. For this report, the households reporting some
amount of NSA during the agricultural year are treated as cultivator households. Thus, the
category ‘cultivator households’ includes also those households who were reported to have
some area under orchards or plantations but none devoted to cultivation of seasonal crops. As
distinct from a cultivator household, a field-crop cultivator (FCC) household is defined as
one which reported cultivation of at least one field crop during the agricultural year.
Table T1: Cultivator and Field-crop cultivator household and average area cultivated
India
Item estimate
1. Estimated number of cultivator households (00) 825,058
2. Estimated number of FCC households (00) 821,388
3. Percentage of cultivator households to all households 61.2
4. Percentage of FCC households to all households 60.9
5. Average NSA per FCC household (ha) 1.25
6. Average area sown more than once per FCC household (ha) 0.57
7. Gross cropped area (GCA) per FCC household (ha) 1.82
8. Area under 5 major crops per FCC household (ha) 1.75
9. Percentage of area under 5 major crops to GCA 96%
4.2.3 The national-level estimates relating to NSA and area under field-crops recorded in the
survey are given in Table T1. It reveals that almost all the cultivator households had raised some
field-crops during the agricultural year 1997-98. The percentage of cultivator households
(61.2%) was marginally higher than that of FCC households (60.9%).
4.2.4 The percentage of cultivator households, estimated from the present survey, however,
appears to be some what on the lower side when compared to the estimated percentage of
operating households (80%) based on the Land And Livestock Holdings Survey (LHS) of the
NSS 48th round (1991-92). In the LHSs of the NSSO, the category ‘operating households’
includes all those households which carry out any kind of agricultural production during the
reference agricultural year. Besides those raising any kind of crop, it included the households
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engaged solely in other agricultural activities like animal husbandry, pisciculture, etc. From the
estimates of LHS 1991-92, given in Table T2, it appears that field -crops were raised outside
homestead in about three-fourths of the operational holdings. Since, 80% of the households
were operating households1, the percentage of households raising field-crops outside homestead
works out to about 60% – a figure close enough to the percentage of cultivator households
estimated in the present survey. Thus, it appears like that in the present survey, raising of
seasonal or field-crops in kitchen gardens or in any other part of the homestead was not
considered while recording cultivation of field-crops. There was no clear guidelines in this
respect in the instructions manual for the field staff.
4.2.5 Table T1 also shows that, on an average, a FCC household had a NSA of 1.25 ha,
GCA of 1.82 ha and area under 5 major crops of 1.75 ha Significantly, it is seen that the share
of area under 5 major crops (henceforth called AFMC) in the GCA is as high as 96%. Besides
the area under crops other than the five most important ones recorded in the present survey, the
GCA includes area under orchards and plantations of the households. Thus, it appears that the
restriction of recording details of at the most five crops for a sample household has lead to an
under-coverage, only a small part of the total cropped area under field crops.
4.2.6 The percentages of cultivator and field -crop cultivator households, given in Table T3,
show that field crops were raised by virtually every cultivator household in all the States, except
Kerala. A perceptible difference between the percentages of cultivator households (79%) and
FCC households (76%) was found only in Kerala, which has about two-thirds of its NSA
under plantation crops like rubber, black pepper and coconut2.
1
Source: NSS Report No. 408: Livestock and Agricultural Implements in Household Operational Holdings, NSS 48th Round,
1992
2
Reference: Area, Production and Yield of Principal Crops, 1993-94, DES, M/o Agriculture.
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Percentage of FCC households using improved seeds
percentage of FCC households by
and
State
India
% of FCC hhs using improved seeds
TPR
% of FCC hhs
SKM
NAG
MIZ
MEG
MNP
ArP
WB
ORS
BHR
ASM
TN
KRL
KTK
AP
MAH
MP
RAJ
GUJ
UP
PJB
HAR
J&K
HP
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
4.2.7 Table T3 also gives the percentage of AFMC in GCA for each State. It is seen that the
share of AFMC in GCA was about 90% or more in all the States, except for some of the
North-eastern hill States and Kerala. Relatively high shares of AFMC in GCA were found in
Himachal Pradesh (98%), Rajasthan (96%), Madhya Pradesh(96%) and Mizoram (96%).
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4.2.8 Another feature of significance revealed by the table is that the five lowest percentages of
FCC households were observed in Tamil Nadu (35%), Punjab (36%), Tripura (43%), Andhra
Pradesh (44%) and Haryana (45%). The estimates relating to use of improved cultivation
practices, discussed later in this chapter, indicate more extensive spread of advanced
agricultural technology in all these States, except Tripura, than in the rest of the country. In fact,
the percentage of FCC households and the percentage of households using improved variety of
seeds for cultivation appear to be negatively related, as indicated by Figure 1.
Percentage of percentage of
state FCC cultivator AFMC to GCA
North Himalyan
Himachal Pradesh 86 86 98
Jammu & Kashmir 92 92 93
North
Haryana 45 45 93
Punjab 36 36 95
Uttar Pradesh 75 75 92
North-West
Gujarat 57 57 91
Rajashthan 79 79 96
West & Central
Madhya Pradesh 72 72 96
Maharashtra 53 53 92
South
Andhra Pradesh 44 44 91
Karnataka 64 64 93
Kerala 76 79 78
Tamil Nadu 35 35 88
East & North-East Plains
Assam 70 71 91
Bihar 62 62 91
Orissa 63 64 95
West Bengal 55 56 94
North-East Hills
Arunachal Pradesh 81 81 63
Manipur 85 85 79
Meghalaya 90 90 88
Mizoram 87 87 96
Nagaland 93 93 80
Sikkim 69 69 87
Tripura 43 44 76
India 61 61 93
Note: AFMC stands for the area under five major crops as described in para 4.2.5.
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holding of land
4.3.1 A characteristic feature of the Indian agricultural sector is the high inequality in the
distribution of land and material assets. The persistent nature of the unequal distribution of land
is borne out by the results of the decennial Land and Livestock Holdings Surveys of the NSSO
as well as the quinquennial Agricultural Census organised by the Ministry of Agriculture. The
results of the present survey too reflect this feature of the agrarian structure.
4.3.2 In Appendix I, a classification of households based on eight size classes of household
ownership holding of land has been used for the tables presenting survey results by ownership of
land. Here, in order to explore the determining role of farm size in adoption of improved
techniques of cultivation in different States, the eight size classes are merged into five broader
size-groups along the lines adopted in the Agricultural Census of India. The five size groups are
follows :
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Table T4: Percentage distribution of FCC households and of the AFMC by size
class of ownership holding
India
cumulative percentage
size -class percentage distribution of distribution of
(ha) FCC AFMC FCC AFMC
households households
Table T5: Percentage distribution of AFMC and FCC households by size category of
nil ( <ownership
0.01) holding 1.3 0.8 1.3 0.8
0.01 - 0.20 15.0 1.9 16.3 2.7
state 0.21 - 0.50 esti- 23.3
Marginal 7.2 small 39.6 medium
semi- 9.9
large all sizes
0.51 - 1.00 mate 22.0 13.4 61.6
medium 23.3
Himachal
1.01Pradesh
- 2.00 H 19.8 78 21.6 15 6
81.4 1 44.90 100
2.01 - 2.00 R 11.9 49 23.9 26 17
93.3 6 68.81 100
Jammu4.01& Kashmir
- 10.00 H 5.8 81 22.9 14 5
99.1 1 91.70 100
10.01 & above R 0.9 51 8.3 27 18
100.0 5 100.0 0 100
Haryana all sizes H 100.0 38100.0 26 21 - 14 2
- 100
R 15 18 25 30 11 100
Punjab H 31 29 22 16 4 100
4.3.6 Table T5 gives the percentage R 8
distribution of17FCC households
24 33 18
and the percentage 100of
Uttar Pradesh H 71 17 8 3 0 100
area under 5 major crops in different R
categories
35
of holdings
25
for
22
different
15
States. 2Besides100the
predominant
Gujarat proportion of marginal H farmers,47the general 21 feature 18 that emerges
12 from2 the table
100 is
that the distribution of AFMC is highly R unequal 15 in all the
17 States.26 33 10 100
Rajasthan H 38 22 20 16 4 100
R 11 13 22 34 19 100
4.3.7 High percentages of marginal
Madhya Pradesh H
farmers36 are a common
28
feature
24
of most
11
of the Indian
1
States.
100
As a result a growing pressuresR of population 10 on the
20 limited 31 land base,30 the percentage
9 100of
farmersMaharashtra
in this category has swelled H progressively42 over
27 the years.
19 Now,11apart from 2 the North-
100
Himalayan States and most of the North-East hill States, where the holdings are small100for
R 13 21 27 30 10
Andhra Pradesh H 59 21 13 7 1 100
topographical reasons, the percentage R
of marginal
24
farmers
21
exceeded
23
70 in
23
all the three
8
States
100
of
the East, in Kerala & Tamil Nadu
Karnataka H in the South 45 and Uttar28 Pradesh 16 in the10 north. In fact,2 as Table
100
T5 shows it to be as high as 92 in R Kerala and 14 85 in West
23 Bengal. 24 28 12 100
Kerala H 92 6 1 1 0 100
4.3.8 The two agriculturally developed R States56 of Punjab22 and Haryana
11 in 8the North4 stand out 100as
exceptions
Tamilin respect of percentage
Nadu H of marginal 72 as well
18 as large 8 farmers. 3 In these0 two States,
100
while the percentage of FCC households in the ‘marginal’ category was much lower than 100
R 38 27 20 14 2 most
Assam H 59 28 10 2 0 100
of the other States, the percentages R
of ‘large’28
farmers36
were among
26
the10
highest three.
0
Only
100
in
Rajasthan,
Biharwas the percentage ofHAFMC accounted 73 for
17 large farmers
7 higher
3 than in0 Punjab100 and
Haryana. R 35 25 21 13 6 100
Orissa H 73 18 7 2 0 100
R 39 27 20 9 4 100
4.3.9 West
In many
Bengal
States, the percentage
H
of85FCC households.
11 4
in the ‘large’
0
category
0
being
100
negligible, the number of such households
R in58 the sample
25 was less15 than adequate
3 for0 estimating
100
parameters relating
Arunachal to the use of H
Pradesh improved techniques
53 by them.13Table T612 gives the1 sample100
22 size
R 26 23 24 22
by category of holding for each State separately. The estimate for any category of holding for a 5 100
Manipur H 80 17 4 1 0 100
State based on a sample of fewer R
than 2561 households 26
is excluded
11
from
2
the discussion
0
on
100
cultivating practices that follows. H
Meghalaya 64 20 14 3 0 100
R 34 25 30 12 0 100
Mizoram H 87 11 2 1 0 100
R 80 14 5 1 0 100
Nagaland H 19 20 24 41 16 1 100
R 5 14 37 41 4 100
Sikkim H 78 15 7 1 0 100
R 50 26 20 3 1 100
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4.4.3 Based on the data on five major crops reported by the sample households, the
percentage distribution of the AFMC by crop-group and number of households cultivating a
crop in the crop-group FCC household are given in Table T7. It may be observed that
(1) 72% of the AFMC was under foodgrains alone, with the cereal crop-groups accounting for
64%.
(2) Kharif paddy and wheat were sown in 25% and 21% of the AFMC, respectively, while
other cereals covered 16% . Percentage share of rabi paddy was, however, low (3%).
(3) Among other crops, pulses and oilseeds covered 8% and 9% of AFMC, respectively.
(4) About 57%, 44% and 34% of FCC households reported cultivation of kharif paddy, wheat
and ‘other cereals’, respectively, indicating that quite a sizeable percentage of FCC
households were engaged in cereal production. As for the other crop-groups, about 25%
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of the FCC households reported cultivation of pulses, 18% cultivation of reported oilseeds
and 16% reported cultivation of vegetables.
4.4.4 Table T8 gives the percentage distribution of AFMC by crop-group separately for each
size-class of ownership holding. The table reveals the following features of crop cultivation in
farms of varying sizes:
1. In all size classes, foodgrains have a predominant share (60% or more) in AFMC.
2. The higher the size-class the lower had the percentage of AFMC under foodgrains – a
phenomenon found to be generally true, leaving apart only the ‘virtually landless’ class of
“0.01 ha or less”. kharif paddy and wheat together played a determining role in this respect,
particularly for their dominant share in the AFMC under foodgrains.
3. Contrary to the pattern observed for foodgrains, pulses were cultivated by larger percentages
of FCC households in the higher size-classes. For “other cereals’ and oilseeds, the table
reveals similar patterns. However, for all these crop-groups, the percentages of AFMC in
‘virtually landless’ class did not conform to these patterns.
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Table T9: Percentage of FCC households reporting cultivation of crops in different crop-groups for each
size -class
size class paddy paddy wheat other pulses oil mixed sugar vege- fodder fruits other other
(ha) kharif rabi cereals seeds crop cane tables & cash
nuts
nil (<0.01) 69 8 25 26 13 7 6 2 30 4 5 4 4
0.01 - 0.20 54 7 36 16 8 6 4 1 18 3 13 10 5
0.21 - 0.50 65 9 44 28 19 12 4 4 14 7 4 7 3
0.51 - 1.00 63 9 44 32 25 16 6 7 17 11 4 10 4
1.01 - 2.00 56 7 46 40 31 23 8 8 16 15 3 14 4
2.01 - 4.00 48 6 49 48 37 31 10 9 15 19 3 17 5
4.01 - 10.00 35 4 50 56 43 38 14 9 10 24 3 26 6
10.01 & 29 2 49 68 48 47 13 6 11 32 6 35 8
above
all sizes 57 7 44 34 25 18 7 6 16 12 5 12 4
households cultivating crops in different crop-groups are shown in Table T9 for each size-class
of holding. The following features of the table deserve to be noted:
2. The higher the size of holding, the higher was the percentage of FCC households
cultivating wheat, ‘other cereals’, pulses, oilseeds, ‘mixed crop’, sugarcane, ‘fodder’
‘other cash crops’ and ‘other crops,’ except for the ‘nil’ class in a few cases . However,
for both kharif paddy and rabi paddy, the pattern was the opposite, i.e., the higher the
size-class the lower was the percentage of FCC households cultivating paddy.
3. There was no strong evidence of any clear association between the size-class and the
percentage of FCC households growing vegetables and ‘fruits & nuts’.
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4.4.8 InterState variation in share of foodgrains in AFMC & size of holdings: The
percentage of AFMC by category of holdings for all the States and for all India is shown in
Table T12. The following observations emerge from the table:
1. The north-western States, viz. Gujarat & Rajasthan, reveal a strong negative association
between percentage of AFMC under foodgrains and size-class – the decline being much
sharper in Gujarat than in Rajasthan. In fact, the declining trend is the sharpest in Gujarat
among all the States. For the States like Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh
also show such a declining trend.
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2. For States of the northern region, viz. Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, no definite pattern
is visible in the percentage of AFMC under foodgrains against different size classes. For
Punjab and Haryana, in particular, a rising pattern is observed for marginal, small and semi-
medium categories, which slopes downward for medium and large categories. For Uttar
Pradesh, the pattern observed is different from that observed for Punjab and Haryana.
Table T11: Percentage distribution of AFMC by crop group for each state
paddy other pul- food oil mixed sugar Vege- fruit other all
state khari rabi wheat cereals ses grain seeds crop cane Table fod & cash other crops
f s s -der nuts crop
North Himalayan
Himachal Pr. 8 0 42 34 2 85 1 0 0 2 1 5 4 1 100
J&K 29 1 27 13 3 72 9 0 0 6 5 7 1 2 100
North
Haryana 19 0 38 9 5 71 7 0 1 1 9 0 6 4 100
Punjab 28 1 44 2 0 75 0 0 0 1 10 0 13 1 100
Uttar 24 1 38 11 8 81 3 2 6 2 4 0 1 1 100
Pradesh
North-West
Gujarat 8 1 12 22 5 48 18 6 3 2 4 1 19 1 100
Rajasthan 1 0 20 33 12 66 12 8 0 0 3 0 7 3 100
West & Central
Madhya Pr. 24 1 26 10 11 71 19 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 100
Maharashtra 10 0 7 38 10 65 6 4 3 2 1 2 17 1 100
South
Andhra Pr. 31 10 0 11 9 60 16 5 2 1 1 2 10 2 100
Karnataka 10 2 2 38 12 64 15 6 2 2 1 2 8 1 100
Kerala 14 5 0 2 0 22 5 5 0 3 0 17 44 4 100
Tamil Nadu 28 17 0 15 6 66 7 2 5 3 1 5 9 3 100
East & North-East Plains
Assam 60 13 3 1 4 81 2 0 1 12 0 0 0 3 100
Bihar 49 1 29 6 7 92 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 100
Orissa 80 3 0 3 9 96 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 100
West Bengal 56 15 6 1 1 79 4 0 0 8 0 1 8 2 100
North-East Hills
Arunachal Pr. 50 10 3 10 2 75 1 11 0 7 0 1 3 3 100
Manipur 67 18 0 1 1 87 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 2 100
Meghalaya 41 3 0 5 0 50 0 7 0 28 0 7 3 4 100
Mizoram 43 6 0 2 3 54 0 25 1 9 0 2 6 4 100
Nagaland 45 17 0 7 2 71 1 7 0 12 0 0 5 5 100
Sikkim 14 1 2 43 2 62 1 0 0 15 3 1 18 1 100
Tripura 54 29 4 0 0 87 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 100
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3. In the States of the east and north-east plains, the percentage of AFMC under foodgrains
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certain areas of the country for more than a decade. Moreover, apart from wheat, rice, and
some improved varieties of hybrid maize, there was hardly any improved variety of seeds for
other crops till the 1980s. Since then, the use of improved seeds has progressed at a fairly rapid
pace covering a large part of the country as well as for a larger number of crops. But the
available data on spread of improved seeds have so far been limited to HYV rice, jowar,
bajra, maize, wheat and cotton. There are no data on the extent to which improved seeds for
different crops are being used and by which section of farmers. The present survey provides
some basic data on the extent and effectiveness of use of improved seeds by cultivators with
varying holding sizes.
4.5.2 For each field crop cultivated by a sample household, the survey investigator inquired
whether the seeds used were of an improved variety and if so, whether the entire crop or part of
it was raised from improved seeds. Improved seeds bought from authorized seed farms are
usually certified, while those bought from other sources are usually uncertified. The field officials
were required to ascertain whether the improved seeds used were certified or uncertified, if
purchased. In many cases, the farmers buy certified seeds once and to use the seeds grown out
of them for some generations of cultivation. In all such cases, the improved seeds were treated
as ‘home-grown’. Table T13 gives the percentage distribution of area under different crop
groups by use of improved seeds. The table provides separate estimates for use of ‘cultivate’,
‘uncertified’, ‘home-grown’ and ‘other’ kinds of improved seeds.
Table T13: Percentage distribution of area under improved seeds of crop group by type
of seeds
India
percentage distribution of area under percentage
improved seeds by type of seeds of area percentage
crop group certi- uncer- home- other all under impro- share of crop
fied fied grown types ved seeds in AFMC
paddy (kharif) 39 15 43 4 100 51 25
paddy (rabi) 39 16 39 6 100 66 3
wheat 46 13 38 2 100 63 21
other cereals 61 9 28 1 100 64 16
pulses 47 11 41 2 100 47 8
oil seeds 59 12 27 2 100 59 9
mixed crop 72 5 22 1 100 51 4
sugar cane 44 14 38 4 100 61 2
vegetables 63 20 26 4 100 53 2
fodder 35 17 43 5 100 54 2
fruits & nuts 49 20 24 8 100 48 1
other cash 76 12 11 2 100 82 7
crops
others 47 29 19 5 100 45 1
all crops 52 13 33 2 100 59 100
4.5.3 From Table T13, which presents the percentage of area under improved seeds and
percentage distribution of area under improved seeds by type of seeds, the following points
attract attention
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1. About 59% of the AFMC was cultivated with improved varieties of seeds. The range of
variation between crops in area under improved seeds was small - from 47% to 66%
except for ‘other cash crops’.
2. Till the mid -eighties, efforts to extend the improved practices of cultivation were largely
focussed on cereal crops. Thus, as expected, the percentage of AFMC under improved
seeds was found to be the highest in cereal group. Except for kharif paddy, improved seeds
were used for almost two-thirds of the area under cereal crops.
3. The share of cereal crops in the AFMC was about 65%. It is seen that kharif paddy had the
largest share (about 38%) in the AFMC under the ‘cereals’ group (see Figure 2). However,
as far as the use of improved seeds was concerned, kharif paddy showed the least
percentage of area (51%) under its coverage. For kharif paddy, the main crop of the rain-
fed agriculture of the east and north-east plains and the coastal south, the adoption of
improved seeds had been less wide-spread. Besides, of the area under improved seeds, as
high as 43% was cultivated with home-grown seeds, while certified seeds were used in 39%
of the area.
Figure 2
Percentage share of different cereal crop-groups
in AFMC under cereals
40
percentage share in AFMC under cereals
35
30
25
20
15
10
0
Paddy: kharif Paddy: rabi wheat other cereals
4 As for kharif paddy, certified seeds were used only in 46% and 39% of area under
improved seeds for wheat and rabi paddy, respectively. For the crop group, ‘other
cereals’, viz. jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, small millets and barley, area under certified seeds
constituted 61% of the area under improved seeds.
5. Among foodgrains, the use of improved seeds was the least for pulses: only 47% of the area
under pulses was cultivated with improved seeds. Moreover, a fairly large part (41%) of this
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6. Among the other crop-groups, oilseeds, with a share of about 9% in the total AFMC, had
about 59% of its area under improved seeds. The use of certified seed was also fairly high
(59% of the area under improved seeds).
7. The group ‘other cash crops’ consists of cotton, jute, mesta and tobacco in this survey. Of
these, cotton is undoubtedly the main. The rapid rise in cotton production in recent years 3
perhaps in due to increased use of improved seeds besides the incease in acreage under
cotton cultivation. This is evident from relatively high shares of ‘other cash crop’ in total
AFMC in the States like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana,
Karnataka and Rajasthan, as reflected in Table T11. Here also, it is worth mentioning that
about 76% of the area under improved seeds was cultivated with certified seeds.
Table T14: Percentage of area under improved seeds by crop-group and size class of holding
India
size class paddy paddy wheat other pulses oil seeds fodder others all
(ha) kharif rabi cereals crops
nil (< 0.01 ) 27 60 54 35 31 60 45 44 38
00.01 - 00.20 45 68 47 46 22 57 59 52 47
00.21 - 00.50 48 69 51 51 37 54 50 52 50
00.51 - 01.00 49 67 54 58 40 55 51 58 53
01.01 - 02.00 49 60 59 60 44 57 53 61 55
02.01 - 04.00 50 65 65 65 45 58 58 68 60
04.01 - 10.00 58 69 71 69 51 61 57 70 65
10.01 & above 71 81 79 70 56 61 63 74 70
all 51 66 63 64 47 59 56 65 59
4.5.4 Use of improved seeds and size of holding: Percentage area under improved seeds
by crop group is presented in Table T14. The estimates for ‘all crops’ clearly display a positive
relationship between area under improved seeds and size of holding. Modern farming based
largely on the use of HYV seeds, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, with as assured supply of
water for irrigation, demands high investment which the smaller farmers cannot afford. The
positive relationship between area under improved seeds and size of holding, therefore, reflects
the relative advantage of the bigger farmers over the smaller ones.
4.5.5 The table also reveals that, in about two-thirds of the area under rabi paddy, improved
variety of seeds was used uniformly across all size classes. On the other hand, area under
improved seeds for kharif paddy increased progressively with the rise of holding size. Similar
patterns were also observed for crop-groups like wheat, ‘other cereals’, pulses and fodder.
3
The cotton production has risen from 9.7 mill. bales in 1991-92 to 14.3 mill. bales in 1996-97.
Source: Agricultural Statistics at a glance, 1997, Ministry of Agriculture
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4.5.6 Crop-groupwise use of improved seeds: The percentage areas under improved seeds
by crop-group in different States are presented in Table T15.
1. For kharif paddy, the most important single crop-group in the country by its share in the total
cropped area, the use of improved seeds varies widely from 4% to 90% of the area. The
major rice-growing States of the south, north-west and north, each having about 20% or
more of their total cropped area under kharif paddy, are Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,
Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana [see Table T11]. The use of improved
seeds in all these States was found to be more extensive than in the States of the east and
north-east in general. Only the state of West Bengal, in the east, came closer to these States
in this respect. Madhya Pradesh, another major rice-growing state, had a very restricted use
of improved seeds for cultivation of kharif paddy. Significantly, Manipur, Meghalaya and
Tripura of the north-east hills had a moderately high percentages of area under kharif paddy
under improved seeds.
Table T15: Percentage of area under improved seeds by crop-group and state
state paddy paddy wheat other pulses oil fodder other all
kharif rabi cereals seeds crops
Himachal Pradesh 36 31 33 27 26 8 27 42 32
Jammu & Kashmir 69 92 72 51 60 54 63 69 66
Haryana 87 76 84 82 27 80 52 82 78
Punjab 90 51 87 54 43 73 71 79 84
Uttar Pradesh 51 64 58 44 34 47 63 52 52
Gujarat 77 79 90 86 81 71 50 95 84
Rajasthan 31 85 78 67 62 76 52 61 68
Karnataka 76 67 43 68 51 69 39 60 65
Kerala 77 72 100 23 29 14 0 28 37
Madhya Pradesh 21 69 46 51 31 52 26 49 40
Maharashtra 39 82 60 72 50 60 43 88 69
Andhra Pradesh 79 72 66 69 71 40 46 59 65
Tamil Nadu 72 70 89 64 73 71 38 64 68
Assam 41 38 80 50 25 34 40 52 43
Bihar 43 72 62 46 33 38 27 50 49
Orissa 36 55 54 38 59 33 0 60 40
West Bengal 73 72 70 81 69 68 2 71 72
Arunachal Pradesh 21 36 93 28 45 19 0 16 24
Manipur 65 66 100 58 68 4 44 35 61
Meghalaya 64 55 80 59 40 100 42 52 57
Mizoram 37 0 0 2 3 0 5 21 26
Nagaland 4 2 0 10 0 11 0 2 3
Sikkim 14 4 18 3 0 0 0 0 4
Tripura 61 66 91 0 0 0 0 58 63
India 51 66 63 64 47 59 56 65 59
Note: The ‘*’ mark given in cell in case the number of FCC households in the sample falls below 25.
2. The States of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Assam, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura, each of which had about 10% or more of its area under
rabi paddy [see Table T11], had more than 60% of their area under improved seeds Assam
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Figure 3
Statewise percentage of AFMC cultivated with improved seeds
and AFMC irrigated
90
% AFMC under improved seeds
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
% AFMC irrigated
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of chemical fertilisers and pesticides. This has resulted in a rapid growth in foodgrain production
during the last three decades. Today, improved cultivation practices are followed for a wide
variety of crops over a large part of the country. But, while use of fertilisers and pesticides has
played a vital role in agricultural growth, it has also raised issues of grave concern to the
environmentalists and social scientists. Besides their impact on production, little is known of their
effect on the other spheres. The data required to assess the extent of their use are either not
available or scanty. The annual data on aggregate consumption of fertilisers, pesticides,
weedicides and high quality seeds that are available do not reflect the extent of their use for
different crops or by different sections of farmers. The present survey attempts to generate
estimates of certain basic parameters relating to the use of these inputs.
4.6.2 In the present survey, some categorical data on the use of these inputs were collected for
each of the major crops (a maximum of five) reported by a sample household. The estimates
presented in this report being based on these data do not represent rates like quantity per unit
area, etc.. They simply indicate broad features of their use, like proportions of area on which
fertilisers, pesticides and weedicides were used entirely or partly or were not at all.
Table T16: Percentages of area under a crop group reporting use of improved seeds, chemical
fertilisers, manure, weedicides and pesticides
India
crop improved fertilisers manure either weedicides pesticides
seeds or
both*
paddy (kharif) 51 83 77 94 26 52
paddy (rabi) 66 89 73 94 35 74
wheat 63 93 72 98 28 44
other cereals 64 71 79 91 14 32
pulses 47 65 67 84 12 39
oil seeds 59 82 71 93 23 52
mixed crop 51 60 67 81 31 38
sugar cane 61 96 86 99 30 51
vegetables 59 77 76 92 21 59
fodder 56 73 67 86 16 29
fruits & nuts 48 71 73 84 23 56
other cash crops 82 91 78 97 24 76
others 45 66 59 74 24 41
all crops 59 81 74 93 22 47
* “either or both’ means ‘either of manures and fertilisers or both’
4.6.3 For modern cultivation, it is necessary to test the soil of cultivation fields so that
appropriate manures and\or fertilisers could be used. But at national level, only 3.4% of
cultivator households reported that they have tested soil of their fields in a soil testing laboratory.
Again, half of the households reported testing of soil have followed the recommendations of the
testing. [See Appendix Table (11).] Thus, the extent of soil testing is quite negligible. The need
for testing of soil of cultivation fields is yet to gain ground in the country.
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4.6.4 Table T16 gives the percentages of area under a crop group reported use of improved
seeds, chemical fertilisers etc. The percentages shown against ‘all crops’, evidently, represent
the percentages of AFMC. It is seen that the soil of over four-fifths of the AFMC was treated
with fertilisers and about three-fourths with manure. Either fertilisers or manure were applied on
93%, pesticides on about half and weedicides on almost a fourth of the AFMC. It is evident
from the percentages of area under improved seeds (59%) and area treated with chemical
fertilisers (81%) that use of chemical fertilisers was not restricted to crops raised from improved
seeds alone. The estimates indicate that there was at least 22% of the cropped area on which
the traditional variety of crops was raised with use of fertilisers. In other words, of the cropped
area sown with the traditional variety (41%), at least over half was treated with fertilisers.
4.6.5 This appears to be true not only in aggregate but also for each individual crop-group, as
the percentage of area treated with fertilisers invariably exceeds that under improved seeds.
This phenomenon is most pronounced for the crop-groups sugar cane, wheat and ‘other cash
crops’. It is seen that fertilisers were used on the area under each of them irrespective of the
variety of seeds used.
4.6.6 With the growing awareness of the adverse effects of chemical fertilisers, the need for
greater use of organic manures to substitute chemical fertilisers has been recognised in recent
years. The estimates given in the table reflect the present practice of nutrient management by
the farmers. It is seen that, in general, chemical fertilisers were used more extensively than
organic manures. The difference between the percentages of area treated with chemical
fertilisers and organic manures was most pronounced for the crop-groups wheat, rabi paddy
and ‘other cash crops’. Perceptibly wider use of manure than fertilisers was found only for the
crop-groups ‘mixed crop’ and ‘other cereals’.
4.6.7 The percentages of area under crops on which pesticides were applied reflect a fair
degree of dependence of the improved varieties of crops on pesticides. However, the use of
pesticides is found to have been, in general, less extensive than the use of improved seeds, with
rabi paddy standing out as a clear exception. For rabi paddy, it appears, the use of pesticides
was not restricted only to improved varieties.
4.6.8 As distinct from pesticides, which are applied to ward off pests and plant diseases,
weedicides are used to suppress weeds that use up the nutrients from the soil leaving the crop
undernourished. Moreover, unlike the use of pesticides, the use of weedicides replaces the
weeding operations dependent on human labour. The most extensive use of weedicides was
found in the cultivation of rabi paddy. Table T16 shows that 35% of the area under rabi paddy
was treated with weedicides and herbicides. The use of weedicides was also found to be as
high for the crop-groups ‘mixed crops’ and sugarcane. Among the crop-groups with relatively
high shares in AFMC, viz. the cereal crop-groups other than rabi paddy, pulses and oilseeds,
weedicides were most widely used for wheat cultivation, followed by cultivation of kharif
paddy. For the crop-groups ‘other cereals’ and pulses, weedicides were used in a small
percentage of area under them.
4.6.9 Spread of modern farming: Table T17 presents state-specific percentages of area
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under five major crops reporting the use of improved seeds, chemical fertilisers, etc.
1. The estimates corroborate the widely held view that the progress of adoption of improved
technology in agriculture has been uneven in different parts of the country. The table
indicates that the States of Punjab and Haryana in the north and Gujarat in the north-west
have progressed better than the rest of the country in this respect. At the other end, all the
States of the east and north-east, except West Bengal, Tripura and Bihar, are lagging far
behind.
Table T17: Percentage of area under five major crops in different States reporting use of improved seeds,
chemical fertilisers, manure, weedicides, pesticides and irrigation
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India 59 81 74 93 22 47 66
Note: * “either or both’ means ‘either of manures and fertilisers or both’
2. Punjab and Haryana demonstrated a close association between the use of improved
practices and the development of modern irrigation system. The use of seeds, fertilisers,
weedicides, pesticides and irrigation facilities were all very high or moderately high. In Uttar
Pradesh, the other State of this region, the level of adoption was as high, in terms of the
percentages of AFMC reporting use of these inputs, but for some of the inputs, the
percentages were clearly lower than even the national average.
3. In the north-west, the adoption of improved technology in Gujarat resembled closely that in
Punjab and Haryana, while Rajasthan’s performance was not really impressive.
4. The southern States, except Kerala, are characterised by a moderately high use of improved
seeds, and a moderate to high use of pesticides and irrigation.
5. Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh have shown close resemblance in the use of these inputs,
except that improved seeds were more extensively used in Maharashtra. In all other
respects, these two States appeared to fall below the natio nal average.
6. Wider use of fertilisers than manures, indicated by the difference in percentages of AFMC
reporting their use, was observed to be the most pronounced in the three States of the north
and the States of Bihar and West Bengal in the East. In contrast, manure was used more
extensively than fertilisres in Orissa and Rajasthan.
7. The AFMC under irrigation seemed to have a bearing on the area under improved seeds
almost in all the States. The more (less) the percentage of AFMC under irrigation, the more
(less) was the percentage of AFMC under improved seeds barring a few exceptions. (See
Figure 3)
4.7.2 For each of the five major crops reported by a household, the use of irrigation was
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ascertained and when the response was found to be in the affirmative, it was enquired whether
or not any irrigation services were hired from other households. The estimates on theuse of
irrigation presented in the report are based mainly on the responses to these two questions,
along with the area under the crop. In addition, a village-level item of information pertaining to
availability of water from government irrigation canals has also been used for this report. It also
contains estimates on ownership of irrigation facilities like dugwell, tubewell and pump sets and
their remaining idle due to low water level or lack of fuel or lack of electricity.
4.7.3 Table T18 gives certain estimates indicating the extent of use of irrigation and availability
of public and private irrigation facilities. Besides the estimates from the present surveys, the
table also includes some comparable estimates obtained from other sources.
4.7.4 The estimated percentage of irrigated area in AFMC is 65% according to the present
survey. But it is seen that this estimate diverges considerably from the percentage of total
irrigated area to total cropped area (37%) for the agricultural year 1993-94, as given by the
Ministry of Agriculture. It is indeed unacceptable that the spread of irrigation has progressed at
such a pace as these two estimates suggest. One can identify the following plausible reasons for
this divergence:
Table T18: Percentage of total cropped area irrigated and availability of irrigation facilities
India
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(a) Over-representation of irrigated area in the coverage of AFMC in the present survey
seems likely. Most of the crops which were reported but not recorded owing to the
restriction on the number of crops to be recorded, must have been relatively less important.
Thus it is likely that the crops grown on area not covered in AFMC were more often
unirrigated than irrigated.
(b) Orchards and plantation areas were excluded from the coverage of the present enquiry as it
pertains only to field-crop cultivation.
(c) The field-staff was required to record the area under a crop reported by the household as
‘irrigated’ even when only a part of it was actually irrigated.
4.7.5 The first two reasons can easily be ignored as the coverage of the AFMC, in the
present survey, falls short the of the GCA by only about 7% [see Table T3], which is far too
small to explain the divergence. There is, however, the possibility of under-reporting of cropped
area, particularly of the less important unirrigated plots, by the respondents. There are reasons
to believe that the respondents tend to under-report area of land in NSSO surveys, as these are
carried out through personal interviews without making any use of the official records. The GCA
estimated in the present survey is found to be less than the corresponding figure of the Ministry
of Agriculture for 1993-94 by about 22%. 4
Table T19: Estimates of LHS 1991-92 (NSS, 48th Round) used for deriving percentage of
GCA irrigated in rural areas
India
item estimate
1. area operated (mha) 125.10
2. percentage of operated area:
(a) unirrigated & cropped once 35.31
(b) unirrigated & cropped more than once 11.59
(c) irrigated & cropped once 10.93
(d) irrigated & cropped twice 22.97
(e) irrigated & cropped more than twice 1.49
3. NSA (mha) unirrigated and cropped
(a) once 44.17
(b) more than once 14.50
4. NSA (mha) irrigated and cropped
(a) once 13.67
(b) twice 28.74
(c) more than twice 1.86
5. GCA (mha) unirrigated (approx.) 73.17
[ 3(a) + twice 3(b) ]
6. GCA (mha) irrigated (approx.) 76.73
[ 4(a) + twice 4(b) + thrice 4(c) ]
7. GCA (approx.) 149.90
[ (5) + (6) ]
4
The GCA estimates in the present survey is only about 144 mha, whereas that given by the Ministry of Agriculture is
about 184 mha for 1993-94.
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percentage of
cultivator households owning
State irrigated NSA in households pumps
AFMC canal owning well/
areas Tubewell electric oil
North Himalayan
Himachal Pradesh 17 3 3 1 1
Jammu & Kashmir 48 42 5 1 1
North
Haryana 90 58 52 28 30
Punjab 97 60 73 38 51
Uttar Pradesh 91 30 23 21 5
North-West
Gujarat 73 19 42 24 21
Rajasthan 61 16 50 24 20
South
Andhra Pradesh 72 32 36 6 30
Karnataka 41 25 23 2 19
Kerala 46 31 61 2 14
Tamil Nadu 84 31 49 15 33
North-East Hills
Arunachal Pradesh 22 17 7 4 3
Manipur 37 23 11 10 4
Meghalaya 6 0 3 0 1
Mizoram 1 0 0 1 0
Nagaland 24 0 7 1 0
Sikkim 26 10 0 1 0
Tripura 60 13 19 4 2
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4.7.13 All the three northern States reported more than 90% of their AFMC irrigated, but the
available irrigation facilities, whether public or privately owned, varied considerably. In Punjab
and Haryana, the two agriculturally most developed States of the country, about 60% of the
NSA was in the canal areas, while the figure for Uttar Pradesh was just 30%. In respect of
percentages of cultivator households owning pump sets, wells and tubewells too, the difference
between Uttar Pradesh and the other two States was quite pronounced.
4.7.14 Relatively high percentages of the irrigated AFMC were observed also in two southern
States, viz. Tamil Nadu(84%) and Andhra Pradesh(72%). In both these States, nearly a third of
the NSA was in canal areas. In Tamil Nadu, relatively large percentages of cultivator
households owned electric and oil pump sets. In the other two States of the south, percentages
of irrigated AFMC as well as percentages of cultivator households owning pump sets were
much lower the national average.
4.7.15 In the east, West Bengal and Bihar had moderately high percentages of irrigated AFMC
while Assam and Orissa were much worse off in this respect. Significantly, the share of canal
areas in the total NSA of Orissa(30%) was higher than that in West Bengal(26%) and
Bihar(26%), but the percentages of households owning electric and oil pump sets in Orissa
were among the lowest in the country. It appears that the cultivators of Orissa were more
dependent on government canals than on privately owned facilities for irrigation. On the other
hand, it appears that for the small proportion of the AFMC that was irrigated in Assam, the
main source was manually operated dugwells.
4.7.16 In the north-western States of Gujarat and Rajasthan, with relatively high percentages of
AFMC irrigated, the dependence was more on privately owned tubewells and pump sets than
on government irrigation canals. In Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh also, the dependence
was more on privately owned facilities, though much lower percentage of the AFMC was
irrigated. In general, it is seen that the use of modern irrigation systems was much less common
in the other regions.
4.7.17 Hiring of irrigation services in canal and non-canal areas: There are, at present, no
data reflecting the role of private investment in supplementing the public efforts in irrigating the
cultivable land in the country. The data on sources of irrigation and ownership of pumps and
tubewells, available from the LHSs of the NSSO as well as the Agricultural and Livestock
Censuses of the Ministry of Agriculture, provide only a partial picture. A large part of the
cultivated land today is irrigated by hiring services from private sources, either in the form of
water purchased or pump sets taken on hire. In the present enquiry, data on hiring of irrigation
services from other households were collected from all the FCC households in the sample. The
estimated percentages of the AFMC irrigated by hiring services from other households are given
in Table T21 separately for canal and non-canal areas of all the States. However, Meghalaya
and Mizoram are omitted from the table, as only very small parts of their AFMC was reported
to have been irrigated. Again, the table does not include separate estimates for canal and non-
canal areas of Himachal Pradesh, Assam and Nagaland, as the proportion of NSA in canal
areas was 3% or less in these States. These estimates are excluded from the table, because they
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Table T21: Percentage of AFMC irrigated using services hired from other households
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the national average. Among these three States, the percentage was perceptibly higher in the
non-canal areas than in the canal areas, the difference being the most pronounced in West
Bengal. Among other States, a considerably higher percentages of AFMC irrigated by hiring
services in the canal areas than in the non-canal areas were observed in Orissa, Karnataka,
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. In contrast, the percentages were found to be
higher in the canal areas of Manipur, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh and Haryana than in the non-
canal areas.
Table T22: Estimated number of tractors, power tillers and pumps in different NSS
rounds
India
farm equipment 71-72 81-82 91-92
(26th) (37th) (48th)
tractor (000) 75 486 1,363
estimates, indicate a rapidly rising trend in the number of modern farm equipment owned but, do
not provide a good measure of their actual use. A large number of farmers hire in the services of
tractors, power tillers and harvesters from those who own them. Thus, the actual use of modern
farm machinery is much wider than what the data on ownership of equipment suggest. The
present survey provides some data on actual use of modern farm machinery, either hired or
owned. The percentage of rural households reporting use of a tractor or power tiller was 25%
in the present survey. This reflects a phenomenal rise in the use of tractors and power tillers
during the last three decades, since the percentage of households using tractors or power tillers
estimated in the NSS 22nd Round (1967-68) was merely 1.17%.6
5
These estimates are quoted from NSS Report No. 408, ‘Livestock and Agricultural Implements in
Household Operational Holdings’, NSS 48th Round, 1992 .
6
Note: This estimate is taken from NSS Report No. 202, based on the survey on cultivation practices
conducted in the 22nd Round of NSS with agricultural year 1967-68 as the reference period.
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4.8.2 For each of the five important crops cultivated by a sample household, it was enquired
whether the household had used any tractor or power-tiller, and if so whether it had been taken
on hire. The estimates on use of tractors and power tillers given in these reports are all based on
responses to these two questions. Table T23 gives the percentage of AFMC tilled with tractors
or power tillers and indicates what part of it was taken on hire separately for each size-class of
holdings. It is important to note that the estimates presented in this table represent the
percentage of the AFMC entirely or partly tilled with tractors or power tillers. It is seen from
Table (5) of Appendix I that about a third of the AFMC tilled with hired tractors or power
tillers was actually tilled partially with machines. Of the mechanically-tilled AFMC without using
hired services, partial tilling with tractor or power tiller was reported in only about 10%. Though
the distinction between ‘partly used’ and ‘entirely used’ is important, only the percentages of
mechanically-tilled AFMC, whether partly or entirely, are discussed in this chapter.
Table T23 : Percentage of AFMC tilled with tractor / power tiller and use of hired
tractors and power tillers
India
percentage of AFMC tilled with tractors p.c. of tractor-
/power tillers tilled AFMC
size-class (ha) hired others all tilled with hired
tractors*
nil ( < 0.01) 42 8 50 84
0.01 - 0.20 44 3 47 94
0.21 - 0.50 44 3 46 96
0.51 - 1.00 41 3 44 93
1.01 - 2.00 41 5 46 90
2.01 - 4.00 40 12 52 77
4.01 -10.00 37 26 63 59
10.01 &above 29 52 81 36
all sizes 39 15 54 72
* ‘Tractors’ stand for ‘tractors & power tillers’
4.8.3 It is seen that about 54% of the AFMC was tilled mechanically, either with tractors or
power tillers. Significantly, hired tractors and power tillers were used in about three-fourths of
the mechanically-tilled AFMC. Tilling land with hired equipment was extensive in all the size-
classes, including the ‘large’ category, with over 90% of the mechanically-tilled AFMC in the
‘marginal’ and ‘small’ holding categories. A sizeable part of the AFMC, ranging from 44% to
50%, in the ‘small’ and ‘marginal’ holdings, was mechanically tilled.
4.8.4 Inter-state variation in the use of tractors and power tillers: The percentages of
AFMC tilled with tractors or power tillers and the proportion of it tilled with hired services are
given in Table T24 separately for each State. It also shows the estimated number of tractors and
power tillers per 10,000 households obtained from the LHS, NSS 48th Round. However, the
States of Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim are excluded from the table, as
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TableT24: Percentage of mechanically-tilled AFMC and use of hired tractors and power tillers
Himachal Pradesh 15 93 53 3
Jammu & Kashmir 36 89 27 6
Gujarat 67 72 103 0
Rajasthan 89 79 91 10
Madhya Pradesh 36 63 73 12
Maharashtra 16 75 34 2
Andhra Pradesh 51 75 48 1
Karnataka 27 74 50 11
Kerala 15 73 3 15
Tamil Nadu 59 80 66 18
Assam 11 64 0 23
Bihar 48 75 59 25
Orissa 12 75 5 2
West Bengal 47 92 37 86
Arunachal Pradesh 9 44 3 0
Manipur 48 94 6 6
Tripura 37 76 9 18
India 54 72 109 41
Source: NSS Report No. 408, Livestock and Agricultural Implements in Household Operational Holdings,
48th Round, 1992.
mechanical tilling was reported on only an insignificant part of the cultivated area in these States.
4.8.5 The estimates of percentage of mechanically-tilled AFMC for different States clearly
show that the mechanisation of Indian agriculture is largely concentrated in the States of the
north and those of the north-west. In Punjab and Haryana, about 97% and 94% of the
respective AFMCs were tilled entirely or partly with tractors and power tillers. Relatively high
percentages of mechanically-tilled AFMC were also reported in all the other States of the north
and north-west. In fact, only in these States were the estimates higher than the national-level
estimate. Besides these States, large proportions of mechanically-tilled AFMC were reported
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4.8.8 It is seen that mechanical harvesting was reported in only 6% of the AFMC of the
country. Only in 1% of the AFMC, crops were harvested using owned machines and about 5%
using hired machines. What clearly emerges from the table that the use of machines for
harvesting of crops is concentrated mainly in the States of Punjab and Karnataka. In all,
mechanical harvesting was done in about 41% and 24% of the AFMC in Punjab and
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Appendix I
Detailed Tables
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Cultivation Practices in India
Table (1) Average area owned, net sown area (NSA), area cropped more than once and irrigated & unirrigated gross cropped area
(GCA) under five major crops sown by households by size-class of ownership holding, 1997-98
Andhra Pradesh
nil (< 0.01) - 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.03 42804 1998
00.01 - 00.20 0.04 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.04 24697 1257
00.21 - 00.50 0.36 0.33 0.11 0.31 0.11 0.42 15328 744
00.51 - 01.00 0.76 0.66 0.22 0.59 0.22 0.81 13766 639
01.01 - 02.00 1.41 1.26 0.42 1.17 0.37 1.53 11497 532
02.01 - 04.00 2.65 2.31 0.64 1.87 0.78 2.65 7233 358
04.01 - 10.00 5.40 4.68 1.33 3.91 1.52 5.43 3513 168
10.01 & above 16.99 13.19 1.98 8.34 5.20 13.54 495 25
all 0.67 0.59 0.17 0.50 0.19 0.69 119333 5721
Arunachal Pradesh
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.39 0.16 0.01 0.36 0.37 387 145
00.01 - 00.20 0.10 0.05 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.05 179 70
00.21 - 00.50 0.36 0.29 0.09 0.09 0.21 0.30 202 83
00.51 - 01.00 0.84 0.53 0.11 0.16 0.36 0.52 225 110
01.01 - 02.00 1.66 0.97 0.31 0.31 0.67 0.97 295 126
02.01 - 04.00 3.03 2.08 0.92 0.50 1.37 1.86 165 90
04.01 - 10.00 6.24 2.26 1.16 0.26 1.48 1.74 162 87
10.01 & above 17.68 8.24 4.27 - 5.60 5.60 11 8
all 1.52 0.87 0.36 0.17 0.61 0.78 1625 719
Assam
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.07 0.05 0.02 0.09 0.10 1965 194
00.01 - 00.20 0.09 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.03 0.04 10457 1013
00.21 - 00.50 0.34 0.23 0.11 0.06 0.25 0.31 5298 560
00.51 - 01.00 0.76 0.64 0.29 0.17 0.69 0.86 7270 636
01.01 - 02.00 1.44 1.26 0.47 0.27 1.31 1.58 7034 590
02.01 - 04.00 2.63 2.33 1.09 0.67 2.38 3.05 2570 208
04.01 - 10.00 4.87 4.45 2.28 1.27 4.81 6.09 520 42
10.01 & above - - - - - - - -
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (1) Average area owned, net sown area (NSA), area cropped more than once and irrigated & unirrigated gross cropped area
(GCA) under five major crops sown by households by size-class of ownership holding, 1997-98
Bihar
nil (< 0.01) - 0.13 0.07 0.10 0.08 0.18 20316 988
00.01 - 00.20 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.02 0.07 59569 2976
00.21 - 00.50 0.37 0.38 0.26 0.43 0.16 0.59 24233 1268
00.51 - 01.00 0.78 0.78 0.52 0.87 0.34 1.21 20336 983
01.01 - 02.00 1.43 1.39 0.95 1.53 0.58 2.11 16094 790
02.01 - 04.00 2.71 2.67 1.89 3.31 0.77 4.08 6889 334
04.01 - 10.00 5.64 5.43 3.53 6.18 1.31 7.49 2313 111
10.01 & above 19.04 18.07 12.93 26.08 3.24 29.32 278 14
all 0.59 0.59 0.40 0.68 0.21 0.90 150028 7464
Gujarat
nil (< 0.01) - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 20034 1136
00.01 - 00.20 0.06 0.10 0.03 0.10 0.01 0.11 4159 246
00.21 - 00.50 0.38 0.39 0.25 0.38 0.18 0.56 7672 398
00.51 - 01.00 0.79 0.76 0.44 0.79 0.29 1.08 5928 290
01.01 - 02.00 1.44 1.37 0.71 1.29 0.55 1.85 6666 344
02.01 - 04.00 2.86 2.63 0.99 2.29 1.09 3.38 5688 292
04.01 - 10.00 5.94 5.39 1.46 4.95 1.36 6.32 3793 203
10.01 & above 14.66 12.21 2.70 9.96 3.33 13.29 529 30
all 1.17 1.08 0.40 0.99 0.37 1.35 54468 2939
Haryana
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02.01 - 04.00 2.78 2.75 2.01 3.98 0.48 4.46 2362 116
04.01 - 10.00 5.64 5.25 3.74 6.94 0.93 7.87 1613 77
10.01 & above 11.98 10.85 9.09 18.66 - 18.66 248 14
all 1.00 1.02 0.77 1.49 0.16 1.66 25388 1222
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (1) Average area owned, net sown area (NSA), area cropped more than once and irrigated & unirrigated gross cropped area
(GCA) under five major crops sown by households by size-class of ownership holding, 1997-98
Himachal Pradesh
Karnataka
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10.01 & above 16.00 14.55 2.62 5.67 10.19 15.85 656 28
all 1.23 1.14 0.26 0.53 0.77 1.30 69692 3152
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (1) Average area owned, net sown area (NSA), area cropped more than once and irrigated & unirrigated gross cropped area
(GCA) under five major crops sown by households by size-class of ownership holding, 1997-98
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.05 15259 927
00.01 - 00.20 0.06 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.03 16226 902
00.21 - 00.50 0.38 0.34 0.13 0.18 0.28 0.46 10601 593
00.51 - 01.00 0.79 0.85 0.32 0.45 0.58 1.03 15480 800
01.01 - 02.00 1.48 1.37 0.64 0.92 1.04 1.95 21789 1122
02.01 - 04.00 2.74 2.52 1.08 1.77 1.73 3.50 18907 959
04.01 - 10.00 5.78 5.22 2.69 5.03 2.69 7.71 8193 437
10.01 & above 14.79 12.99 7.58 15.51 3.78 19.29 1028 62
all 1.52 1.41 0.66 1.12 0.87 1.99 107483 5802
Maharashtra
nil (< 0.01) - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 34047 1630
00.01 - 00.20 0.04 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.04 20421 1074
00.21 - 00.50 0.36 0.31 0.08 0.11 0.26 0.36 9080 433
00.51 - 01.00 0.77 0.69 0.16 0.29 0.50 0.79 12672 586
01.01 - 02.00 1.47 1.29 0.27 0.60 0.88 1.48 16246 762
02.01 - 04.00 2.74 2.34 0.47 1.14 1.50 2.64 11577 543
04.01 - 10.00 5.66 4.73 1.02 2.44 2.91 5.35 6321 291
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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10.01 & above 16.81 11.79 2.78 8.20 4.43 12.64 883 40
all 1.08 0.91 0.20 0.45 0.57 1.02 111247 5359
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (1) Average area owned, net sown area (NSA), area cropped more than once and irrigated & unirrigated gross cropped area
(GCA) under five major crops sown by households by size-class of ownership holding, 1997-98
Manipur
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.47 0.12 0.06 0.81 0.86 259 105
00.01 - 00.20 0.08 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.03 0.04 405 129
00.21 - 00.50 0.37 0.30 0.09 0.12 0.19 0.31 507 181
00.51 - 01.00 0.77 0.66 0.18 0.27 0.40 0.67 844 261
01.01 - 02.00 1.34 1.01 0.43 0.47 0.59 1.06 391 153
02.01 - 04.00 2.33 1.77 0.82 0.98 0.85 1.83 89 38
04.01 - 10.00 5.74 4.74 2.31 0.07 2.72 2.79 10 6
10.01 & above - - - - - - - -
all 0.66 0.58 0.20 0.23 0.39 0.62 2505 873
Meghalaya
Mizoram
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (1) Average area owned, net sown area (NSA), area cropped more than once and irrigated & unirrigated gross cropped area
(GCA) under five major crops sown by households by size-class of ownership holding, 1997-98
Nagaland
Orissa
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 6215 341
00.01 - 00.20 0.06 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.05 22120 1211
00.21 - 00.50 0.36 0.34 0.06 0.09 0.30 0.38 12884 698
00.51 - 01.00 0.76 0.72 0.13 0.20 0.60 0.80 11131 575
01.01 - 02.00 1.39 1.25 0.22 0.45 0.97 1.41 7419 391
02.01 - 04.00 2.51 2.27 0.48 0.72 1.93 2.65 2936 149
04.01 - 10.00 5.35 4.88 0.90 2.45 3.31 5.76 624 33
10.01 & above 13.15 10.28 1.22 6.31 5.20 11.50 122 3
all 0.58 0.53 0.10 0.18 0.42 0.60 63451 3401
Punjab
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 17638 1639
00.01 - 00.20 0.11 0.22 0.21 0.38 0.03 0.41 570 55
00.21 - 00.50 0.37 0.34 0.36 0.59 0.07 0.66 1181 103
00.51 - 01.00 0.77 1.01 1.04 1.95 0.02 1.97 1462 122
01.01 - 02.00 1.45 1.54 1.46 2.79 0.05 2.84 2952 257
02.01 - 04.00 2.70 2.79 2.80 5.15 0.17 5.32 2202 190
04.01 - 10.00 5.94 5.53 5.43 9.87 0.52 10.39 1588 134
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (1) Average area owned, net sown area (NSA), area cropped more than once and irrigated & unirrigated gross cropped area
(GCA) under five major crops sown by households by size-class of ownership holding, 1997-98
Rajasthan
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.13 0.08 0.12 0.09 0.20 4836 323
00.01 - 00.20 0.06 0.11 0.07 0.13 0.04 0.17 8536 497
00.21 - 00.50 0.38 0.40 0.27 0.47 0.18 0.65 8354 451
00.51 - 01.00 0.76 0.68 0.42 0.69 0.39 1.07 8870 461
01.01 - 02.00 1.45 1.29 0.70 1.30 0.61 1.91 11588 618
02.01 - 04.00 2.88 2.52 1.27 2.44 1.22 3.66 10029 561
04.01 - 10.00 6.09 5.11 2.13 3.98 3.03 7.01 8119 464
10.01 & above 15.68 12.45 4.76 8.07 7.65 15.71 2046 126
all 2.21 1.89 0.88 1.60 1.05 2.65 62377 3501
Sikkim
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.09 0.05 0.02 0.10 0.13 254 257
00.01 - 00.20 0.10 0.10 0.06 0.03 0.12 0.15 151 174
00.21 - 00.50 0.37 0.30 0.13 0.08 0.29 0.37 191 227
00.51 - 01.00 0.75 0.59 0.25 0.18 0.55 0.73 125 138
01.01 - 02.00 1.34 1.07 0.50 0.31 1.03 1.34 85 92
02.01 - 04.00 2.53 2.01 0.71 0.74 1.54 2.28 39 43
04.01 - 10.00 4.11 3.93 1.76 2.50 1.39 3.89 3 4
10.01 & above 12.35 8.10 2.03 3.89 1.22 5.11 1 1
all 0.49 0.42 0.18 0.14 0.38 0.52 849 936
Tamil Nadu
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 35242 1887
00.01 - 00.20 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.02 30168 1730
00.21 - 00.50 0.35 0.31 0.12 0.32 0.06 0.39 11556 677
00.51 - 01.00 0.75 0.68 0.26 0.66 0.16 0.82 9363 508
01.01 - 02.00 1.37 1.22 0.43 1.21 0.29 1.50 6181 335
02.01 - 04.00 2.53 2.15 0.93 2.32 0.27 2.58 2712 138
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (1) Average area owned, net sown area (NSA), area cropped more than once and irrigated & unirrigated gross cropped area
(GCA) under five major crops sown by households by size-class of ownership holding, 1997-98
Tripura
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 1547 306
00.01 - 00.20 0.08 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.03 2052 492
00.21 - 00.50 0.37 0.29 0.16 0.18 0.13 0.32 1021 218
00.51 - 01.00 0.74 0.58 0.35 0.49 0.27 0.76 678 140
01.01 - 02.00 1.45 1.08 0.80 0.75 0.67 1.42 223 41
02.01 - 04.00 2.90 1.74 0.88 1.30 0.63 1.93 76 17
04.01 - 10.00 7.85 4.31 1.38 1.14 2.90 4.04 8 2
10.01 & above - - - - - - - -
all 0.30 0.21 0.12 0.15 0.10 0.25 5606 1216
Uttar Pradesh
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.04 23667 1052
00.01 - 00.20 0.07 0.08 0.06 0.11 0.02 0.13 62366 2978
00.21 - 00.50 0.36 0.34 0.26 0.50 0.08 0.57 52259 2153
00.51 - 01.00 0.74 0.69 0.56 1.06 0.13 1.18 41524 1713
01.01 - 02.00 1.40 1.28 0.98 1.90 0.18 2.08 30206 1236
02.01 - 04.00 2.68 2.50 1.76 3.65 0.21 3.86 14409 620
04.01 - 10.00 5.58 5.08 3.23 7.03 0.41 7.44 5159 231
10.01 & above 13.35 10.19 7.21 12.67 0.72 13.38 417 20
all 0.74 0.68 0.50 1.00 0.09 1.09 230008 10003
West Bengal
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.06 0.02 0.06 0.02 0.08 23373 1141
00.01 - 00.20 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.05 0.02 0.07 42971 2105
00.21 - 00.50 0.35 0.30 0.18 0.32 0.14 0.46 20270 1002
00.51 - 01.00 0.74 0.67 0.42 0.73 0.31 1.04 14792 654
01.01 - 02.00 1.39 1.25 0.73 1.30 0.54 1.84 6767 303
02.01 - 04.00 2.64 2.41 1.23 2.54 0.89 3.43 2164 97
04.01 - 10.00 4.21 3.85 3.12 5.42 1.36 6.78 191 9
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (1) Average area owned, net sown area (NSA), area cropped more than once and irrigated & unirrigated gross cropped area
(GCA) under five major crops sown by households by size-class of ownership holding, 1997-98
A. & N. Islands
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.11 0.01 0.06 0.06 0.12 322 349
00.01 - 00.20 0.07 0.01 - 0.00 0.01 0.01 22 28
00.21 - 00.50 0.37 0.16 0.08 0.18 0.06 0.24 8 15
00.51 - 01.00 0.79 0.29 0.03 0.19 0.13 0.32 29 37
01.01 - 02.00 1.56 0.67 0.04 0.16 0.54 0.70 32 37
02.01 - 04.00 2.85 1.59 0.35 0.73 1.16 1.89 25 26
04.01 - 10.00 4.51 2.00 0.36 1.16 1.14 2.30 8 8
10.01 & above 14.15 - - - - - 1 2
all 0.43 0.28 0.04 0.13 0.18 0.31 447 502
India
nil (< 0.01 ) - 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.04 283269 16571
00.01 - 00.20 0.06 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.02 0.08 354011 21047
00.21 - 00.50 0.36 0.34 0.19 0.33 0.16 0.49 204157 12280
00.51 - 01.00 0.76 0.71 0.38 0.66 0.35 1.01 186059 10616
01.01 - 02.00 1.44 1.31 0.65 1.18 0.65 1.83 166322 9465
02.01 - 04.00 2.73 2.48 1.15 2.23 1.15 3.38 99607 5824
04.01 - 10.00 5.73 5.04 2.20 4.54 2.19 6.73 48023 2759
10.01 & above 15.38 12.58 5.35 11.18 5.05 16.23 7246 428
all 0.84 0.76 0.36 0.69 0.35 1.04 1348695 78990
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (2): Proportion of households and net sown area (NSA) accounted by villages with government canal and differential
between villages with government canal and other villages in respect of extent of irrigation (irrigated area per 1000
hectares of land under five major crops sown by households)
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Table (3): Differential between villages with government canal and other villages in respect of average area (0.00 ha)
under five major crops* sown by households, by season and size-class of household ownership holding
est. area
size-class of in villages with govt. canal in villages without govt. canal under major
crops
ownership holding (ha) kharif rabi all kharif rabi all (00 ha)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Andhra Pradesh
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.52 0.32 0.84 1.52 1.01 2.52 1109
00.01 - 00.20 0.20 0.10 0.30 0.13 0.05 0.19 1077
00.21 - 00.50 0.39 0.23 0.61 0.33 0.09 0.42 6374
00.51 - 01.00 0.65 0.34 0.99 0.61 0.20 0.81 11125
01.01 - 02.00 1.34 0.67 2.01 1.12 0.34 1.46 17640
02.01 - 04.00 2.22 0.79 3.02 1.94 0.68 2.62 19148
04.01 - 10.00 3.79 2.01 5.80 3.98 1.38 5.40 19089
10.01 & above 7.29 5.53 12.82 13.12 0.81 13.93 6700
all 1.05 0.53 1.58 1.18 0.36 1.54 82260
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (3): Differential between villages with government canal and other villages in respect of average area (0.00 ha)
under five major crops* sown by households, by season and size-class of household ownership holding
est. area
size-class of in villages with govt. canal in villages without govt. canal under major
crops
ownership holding (ha) kharif rabi all kharif rabi all (00 ha)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Bihar
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.49 0.22 0.71 0.65 0.41 1.06 3740
00.01 - 00.20 0.14 0.12 0.26 0.11 0.11 0.21 4376
00.21 - 00.50 0.40 0.37 0.77 0.31 0.25 0.57 14383
00.51 - 01.00 0.76 0.76 1.52 0.65 0.49 1.15 24522
01.01 - 02.00 1.19 1.23 2.43 1.17 0.89 2.06 33955
02.01 - 04.00 2.40 2.39 4.78 2.16 1.70 3.85 28125
04.01 - 10.00 4.47 4.09 8.56 3.80 3.19 7.00 17326
10.01 & above 13.27 13.12 26.38 15.93 15.23 31.17 8158
all 0.95 0.92 1.87 0.75 0.59 1.34 134585
Gujarat
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.46 0.13 0.58 0.73 0.10 0.83 113
00.01 - 00.20 0.10 0.06 0.17 0.64 0.07 0.71 467
00.21 - 00.50 0.35 0.30 0.65 0.35 0.19 0.54 4301
00.51 - 01.00 0.72 0.52 1.24 0.68 0.35 1.02 6386
01.01 - 02.00 1.27 0.83 2.11 1.18 0.63 1.82 12302
02.01 - 04.00 2.13 1.43 3.56 2.39 1.07 3.45 19218
04.01 - 10.00 4.25 3.04 7.29 4.76 1.44 6.21 23963
10.01 & above 2.68 4.85 7.52 9.86 4.08 13.94 7030
all 1.09 0.79 1.88 1.82 0.75 2.57 73780
Haryana
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (3): Differential between villages with government canal and other villages in respect of average area (0.00 ha)
under five major crops* sown by households, by season and size-class of household ownership holding
est. area
size-class of in villages with govt. canal in villages without govt. canal under major
crops
ownership holding (ha) kharif rabi all kharif rabi all (00 ha)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Himachal Pradesh
Karnataka
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (3): Differential between villages with government canal and other villages in respect of average area (0.00 ha)
under five major crops* sown by households, by season and size-class of household ownership holding
est. area
size-class of in villages with govt. canal in villages without govt. canal under major
crops
ownership holding (ha) kharif rabi all kharif rabi all (00 ha)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (3): Differential between villages with government canal and other villages in respect of average area (0.00 ha)
under five major crops* sown by households, by season and size-class of household ownership holding
est. area
size-class of in villages with govt. canal in villages without govt. canal under major
crops
ownership holding (ha) kharif rabi all kharif rabi all (00 ha)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Manipur
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.80 0.05 0.85 0.49 0.66 1.15 224
00.01 - 00.20 0.02 0.05 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.08 15
00.21 - 00.50 0.26 0.10 0.36 0.21 0.11 0.32 159
00.51 - 01.00 0.66 0.07 0.73 0.51 0.16 0.66 564
01.01 - 02.00 1.22 0.07 1.29 0.86 0.25 1.13 414
02.01 - 04.00 2.08 0.04 2.12 1.61 0.56 2.18 164
04.01 - 10.00 - - - 2.39 0.40 2.79 28
10.01 & above - - - - - - -
all 0.63 0.07 0.70 0.51 0.22 0.74 1566
Meghalaya
Mizoram
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (3): Differential between villages with government canal and other villages in respect of average area (0.00 ha)
under five major crops* sown by households, by seas on and size-class of household ownership holding
est. area
size-class of in villages with govt. canal in villages without govt. canal under major
crops
ownership holding (ha) kharif rabi all kharif rabi all (00 ha)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
nil (< 0.01 ) 4.00 3.10 7.10 2.11 2.11 4.22 257
00.01 - 00.20 0.38 0.37 0.75 0.17 0.21 0.39 234
00.21 - 00.50 0.34 0.36 0.69 0.32 0.37 0.69 781
00.51 - 01.00 0.98 0.99 1.97 0.95 1.02 1.97 2881
01.01 - 02.00 1.57 1.68 3.25 1.19 1.29 2.49 8373
02.01 - 04.00 2.92 2.87 5.79 2.37 2.46 4.83 11713
04.01 - 10.00 5.65 5.45 11.10 4.67 4.81 9.48 16504
10.01 & above 12.39 12.60 24.99 11.07 12.09 23.16 9200
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (3): Differential between villages with government canal and other villages in respect of average area (0.00 ha)
under five major crops* sown by households, by season and size-class of household ownership holding
est. area
size-class of in villages with govt. canal in villages without govt. canal under major
crops
ownership holding (ha) kharif rabi all kharif rabi all (00 ha)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.42 0.10 0.52 0.21 0.19 0.40 299
00.01 - 00.20 0.10 0.06 0.15 0.10 0.07 0.17 690
00.21 - 00.50 0.26 0.18 0.44 0.25 0.17 0.42 4450
00.51 - 01.00 0.54 0.37 0.91 0.47 0.37 0.84 7714
01.01 - 02.00 1.00 0.70 1.69 0.91 0.59 1.50 9283
02.01 - 04.00 1.64 1.27 2.90 1.53 0.92 2.45 7008
04.01 - 10.00 2.98 2.48 5.46 3.30 1.47 4.77 4817
10.01 & above 10.00 2.00 12.00 6.21 6.21 12.43 603
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (3): Differential between villages with government canal and other villages in respect of average area (0.00 ha)
under five major crops* sown by households, by season and size-class of household ownership holding
est. area
size-class of in villages with govt. canal in villages without govt. canal under major
crops
ownership holding (ha) kharif rabi all kharif rabi all (00 ha)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.68 0.53 1.21 0.62 1.02 1.64 942
00.01 - 00.20 0.13 0.13 0.26 0.13 0.14 0.27 8230
00.21 - 00.50 0.31 0.32 0.63 0.27 0.30 0.58 29992
00.51 - 01.00 0.62 0.65 1.27 0.58 0.61 1.19 49080
01.01 - 02.00 1.05 1.12 2.17 1.01 1.09 2.10 62695
02.01 - 04.00 1.81 2.05 3.88 1.94 2.03 3.97 55575
04.01 - 10.00 3.36 4.78 8.14 3.44 3.93 7.37 38392
10.01 & above 5.39 8.84 14.24 6.95 7.11 14.06 5587
all 0.73 0.83 1.56 0.68 0.74 1.42 250492
West Bengal
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.28 0.08 0.36 0.72 0.27 0.99 1795
00.01 - 00.20 0.13 0.10 0.22 0.11 0.07 0.18 2917
00.21 - 00.50 0.29 0.20 0.49 0.29 0.18 0.47 9347
00.51 - 01.00 0.67 0.42 1.09 0.67 0.37 1.04 15448
01.01 - 02.00 1.29 0.60 1.89 1.21 0.64 1.85 12485
02.01 - 04.00 2.56 0.97 3.53 2.29 1.11 3.40 7423
04.01 - 10.00 2.44 1.90 4.34 4.22 3.50 7.73 1293
10.01 & above - - - 0.60 2.86 3.46 83
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (3): Differential between villages with government canal and other villages in respect of average area (0.00 ha)
under five major crops* sown by households, by season and size-class of household ownership holding
est. area
size-class of in villages with govt. canal in villages without govt. canal under major
crops
ownership holding (ha) kharif rabi all kharif rabi all (00 ha)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
A. & N. Islands
India
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.50 0.32 0.82 0.66 0.46 1.13 11503
00.01 - 00.20 0.15 0.12 0.26 0.12 0.08 0.20 26575
00.21 - 00.50 0.33 0.24 0.57 0.30 0.21 0.51 100803
00.51 - 01.00 0.65 0.48 1.13 0.62 0.39 1.02 188584
01.01 - 02.00 1.18 0.85 2.03 1.13 0.69 1.82 304245
02.01 - 04.00 2.07 1.67 3.75 2.10 1.25 3.34 336368
04.01 - 10.00 4.08 3.56 7.64 4.16 2.40 6.57 323143
10.01 & above 9.82 8.61 18.44 9.83 5.89 15.73 117611
all 1.00 0.79 1.80 1.05 0.64 1.69 1408832
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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02.01 - 04.00 236 256 509 764 1000 19148 7035 347
04.01 - 10.00 131 158 711 869 1000 19089 3455 164
10.01 & above 47 111 842 953 1000 6700 495 25
all 227 261 512 773 1000 82260 52840 2496
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
nil(< 0.01 ) - - - - - - - -
00.01 - 00.20 1000 - - - 1000 0 4 1
00.21 - 00.50 1000 - - - 1000 7 30 8
00.51 - 01.00 508 - 492 492 1000 2 6 3
01.01 - 02.00 803 - 197 197 1000 9 33 12
02.01 - 04.00 - 189 811 1000 1000 22 29 20
04.01 - 10.00 - 500 500 1000 1000 37 33 23
10.01 & above 1000 - - - 1000 20 3 1
all 483 159 358 517 1000 98 138 68
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Assam
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
nil(< 0.01.) - - - - - - - -
00.01 - 00.20 1000 - - - 1000 1 11 1
00.21 - 00.50 119 309 572 881 1000 81 149 10
00.51 - 01.00 125 203 673 875 1000 178 170 13
01.01 - 02.00 172 319 509 828 1000 316 180 12
02.01 - 04.00 - - 1000 1000 1000 210 50 5
04.01 - 10.00 333 - 667 667 1000 196 29 3
10.01 & above - - - - - - - -
all 154 234 612 846 1000 981 590 44
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State:Bhar
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
nil(< 0.01 ) 495 298 207 505 1000 3259 3063 159
00.01 - 00.20 277 543 180 723 1000 3282 15419 801
00.21 - 00.50 333 566 101 667 1000 10357 18279 975
00.51 - 01.00 322 504 174 678 1000 18736 16340 797
01.01 - 02.00 295 450 255 705 1000 26288 12777 632
02.01 - 04.00 175 376 449 825 1000 19210 4984 242
04.01 - 10.00 56 404 540 944 1000 11050 1580 72
10.01 & above - 203 797 1000 1000 5316 171 8
all 301 498 201 699 1000 97498 72612 3686
All villages
nil(< 0.01) 496 294 211 504 1000 3740 3743 197
00.01 - 00.20 262 558 180 738 1000 4376 19828 1015
00.21 - 00.50 283 578 139 717 1000 14383 23571 1234
00.51 - 01.00 278 523 199 722 1000 24522 20184 976
01.01 - 02.00 247 461 292 753 1000 33955 15932 781
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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02.01 - 04.00 139 344 517 861 1000 28125 6811 331
04.01 - 10.00 47 340 614 953 1000 17326 2313 111
10.01 & above - 124 876 1000 1000 8158 278 14
all 262 506 232 738 1000 134585 92660 4659
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Haryana
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
nil(< 0.01 ) - - - - - - - -
00.01 - 00.20 - 751 249 1000 1000 27 70 4
00.21 - 00.50 129 587 284 871 1000 578 908 48
00.51 - 01.00 160 378 462 840 1000 1232 889 42
01.01 - 02.00 123 297 580 877 1000 3482 1359 71
02.01 - 04.00 39 246 715 961 1000 4467 1069 59
04.01 - 10.00 68 91 842 932 1000 4188 624 33
10.01 & above - - 1000 1000 1000 1607 82 6
all 102 329 569 898 1000 15581 5000 263
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State:Himachal Pradesh
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
nil(< 0.01) - - - - - - - -
00.01 - 00.20 256 - 744 744 1000 33 140 25
00.21 - 00.50 134 - 866 866 1000 114 187 32
00.51 - 01.00 133 48 819 867 1000 97 94 17
01.01 - 02.00 - - 1000 1000 1000 19 14 3
02.01 - 04.00 - - - - - - - -
04.01 - 10.00 - - - - - - - -
10.01 & above - - - - - - - -
all 169 10 821 831 1000 263 434 77
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
S tate: Jammu & Kashmir
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Karnataka
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Kerala
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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01.01 - 02.00 511 176 313 489 1000 42582 21560 1108
02.01 - 04.00 477 129 393 523 1000 66204 18818 954
04.01 - 10.00 329 109 562 671 1000 63206 8158 434
10.01 & above 138 85 776 862 1000 19829 1028 62
all 506 146 347 494 1000 213999 77168 4031
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Maharashtra
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
nil(< 0.01 ) - - - - - - - -
00.01 - 00.20 534 241 225 466 1000 100 605 29
00.21 - 00.50 540 50 411 460 1000 665 1663 80
00.51 - 01.00 411 72 517 589 1000 2071 2380 112
01.01 - 02.00 338 60 602 662 1000 4914 3169 143
02.01 - 04.00 337 9 654 663 1000 5239 2014 91
04.01 - 10.00 303 78 619 697 1000 6721 1191 51
10.01 & above - - 1000 1000 1000 708 55 2
all 389 63 548 611 1000 20418 11077 508
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Manipur
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Meghalaya
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
nil(< 0.01 ) - - - - - - - -
00.01 - 00.20 1000 - - - 1000 0 1 1
00.21 - 00.50 - - - - - - - -
00.51 - 01.00 - - 1000 1000 1000 5 10 3
01.01 - 02.00 - - - - - - - -
02.01 - 04.00 - - - - - - - -
04.01 - 10.00 - - - - - - - -
10.01 & above - - - - - - - -
all 69 - 931 931 1000 5 11 4
All villages
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Mizoram
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
nil(< 0.01 ) - - - - - - - -
00.01 - 00.20 - - - - - - - -
00.21 - 00.50 - - - - - - - -
00.51 - 01.00 - - - - - - - -
01.01 - 02.00 - - - - - - - -
02.01 - 04.00 - - - - - - - -
04.01 - 10.00 - - - - - - - -
10.01 & above - - - - - - - -
all - - - - - - - -
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Nagaland
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
nil(< 0.01 ) - - - - - - - -
00.01 - 00.20 - - - - - - - -
00.21 - 00.50 - - - - - - - -
00.51 - 01.00 - - - - - - - -
01.01 - 02.00 - - - - - - - -
02.01 - 04.00 - - - - - - - -
04.01 - 10.00 - - - - - - - -
10.01 & above - - - - - - - -
all - - - - - - - -
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Orissa
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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01.01 - 02.00 560 138 302 440 1000 10467 7280 378
02.01 - 04.00 663 58 279 337 1000 7779 2881 146
04.01 - 10.00 529 134 337 471 1000 3596 609 32
10.01 & above 650 - 350 350 1000 1406 122 3
all 688 85 227 312 1000 38276 39975 2115
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Punjab
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Rajasthan
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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01.01 - 02.00 273 162 565 727 1000 22182 11017 583
02.01 - 04.00 280 143 576 720 1000 36728 9684 539
04.01 - 10.00 430 123 447 570 1000 56934 7914 451
10.01 & above 525 57 418 475 1000 32144 2009 124
all 320 189 492 680 1000 165418 49388 2686
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Sikkim
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
All villages
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: Tripura
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
nil(< 0.01 ) - - - - - - - -
00.01 - 00.20 226 177 597 774 1000 14 75 15
00.21 - 00.50 82 155 763 918 1000 38 97 23
00.51 - 01.00 - 309 691 1000 1000 85 107 22
01.01 - 02.00 178 166 655 822 1000 40 28 6
02.01 - 04.00 - - 1000 1000 1000 46 15 3
04.01 - 10.00 - - - - - - - -
10.01 & above - - - - - - - -
all 93 205 702 907 1000 221 322 69
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
nil(< 0.01 ) - - - - - - - -
00.01 - 00.20 1000 - - - 1000 0 2 2
00.21 - 00.50 - - 1000 1000 1000 1 3 2
00.51 - 01.00 48 271 682 952 1000 6 9 8
01.01 - 02.00 605 - 395 395 1000 10 6 5
02.01 - 04.00 179 - 821 821 1000 18 6 5
04.01 - 10.00 - - 1000 1000 1000 5 1 1
10.01 & above - - - - - - - -
all 271 91 638 729 1000 40 28 23
All villages
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (4): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by status of irrigation of area under five
major crops, separately for different size-classes of household ownership holding, in villages with
government canals and other villages
State: India
estd. no. of FCC
size-class of irrigated area households
ownership unirri- with irrigation all under 5
holding (ha) gated services hired others all major estd. (00) sample
crops*
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
nil(< 0.01 ) 278 374 347 722 1000 1744 2132 117
00.01 - 00.20 268 381 351 732 1000 9307 35384 1981
00.21 - 00.50 202 399 399 798 1000 28978 50633 2859
00.51 - 01.00 168 366 465 832 1000 49787 43894 2242
01.01 - 02.00 149 270 581 851 1000 76531 37755 1927
02.01 - 04.00 122 196 682 878 1000 81964 21856 1141
04.01 - 10.00 95 127 777 905 1000 87310 11434 614
10.01 & above 29 54 917 971 1000 33140 1797 105
all 181 325 494 819 1000 368760 204886 10986
nil(< 0.01 ) 463 332 204 537 1000 9339 8495 773
00.01 - 00.20 429 370 200 571 1000 17086 86999 5670
00.21 - 00.50 409 379 211 591 1000 70458 138500 8446
00.51 - 01.00 404 319 277 596 1000 136668 134644 7917
01.01 - 02.00 401 249 351 599 1000 225302 123538 7201
02.01 - 04.00 378 180 442 622 1000 250683 74996 4513
04.01 - 10.00 341 128 531 659 1000 234176 35692 2084
10.01 & above 339 86 575 661 1000 83521 5288 312
all 401 296 303 599 1000 1027232 608152 36916
All villages
nil(< 0.01 ) 427 337 236 573 1000 11503 10806 914
00.01 - 00.20 384 373 243 616 1000 26575 123414 7726
00.21 - 00.50 354 386 261 646 1000 100803 191767 11440
00.51 - 01.00 346 332 323 654 1000 188584 180495 10274
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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01.01 - 02.00 342 254 404 658 1000 304245 162612 9215
02.01 - 04.00 320 183 497 680 1000 336368 97772 5712
04.01 - 10.00 282 127 590 718 1000 323143 47354 2716
10.01 & above 261 77 662 739 1000 117611 7168 422
all 346 303 350 654 1000 1408832 821388 48419
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of tractor and size-class of household
ownership holding
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of tractor and size-class of household
ownership holding
Bihar
Gujarat
Haryana
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of tractor and size-class of household
ownership holding
Himachal Pradesh
Karnataka
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Table (5): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of tractor and size-class of household
ownership holding
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of tractor and size-class of household
ownership holding
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of tractor and size-class of household
ownership holding
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of tractor and size-class of household
ownership holding
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
nil (< 0.01) 259 150 140 - 452 1000 299 265 15
00.01 - 00.20 319 35 34 7 605 1000 690 1090 59
00.21 - 00.50 321 74 35 7 563 1000 4450 4567 257
00.51 - 01.00 351 91 27 6 525 1000 7714 4232 226
01.01 - 02.00 395 113 56 19 417 1000 9283 3655 198
02.01 - 04.00 474 29 114 15 368 1000 7008 1870 93
04.01 - 10.00 398 59 357 19 167 1000 4817 840 36
10.01 & above 480 - 366 124 30 1000 603 49 3
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of tractor and size-class of household
ownership holding
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of tractor and size-class of household
ownership holding
A. & N. Islands
India
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Andhra Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
other cereals
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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10.01 & above - - 55 - 945 1000 583 190 7
all 139 65 37 10 750 1000 8705 10838 553
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Andhra Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) Estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Pulses
oil seeds
mixed crop
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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10.01 & above - 398 177 - 426 1000 491 55 3
all 118 109 113 26 633 1000 4407 2976 138
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Andhra Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
sugar cane
vegetables
fodder
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Cultivation Practices in India
Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Andhra Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Arunachal Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
Wheat
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Arunachal Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
other cereals
Pulses
oil seeds
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Arunachal Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mixed crop
Vegetables
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Arunachal Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely p artly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Assam
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
wheat
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Assam
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
other cereals
pulses
oil seeds
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Assam
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
sugar cane
vegetables
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Assam
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Bihar
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
wheat
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Bihar
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
other cereals
pulses
oil seeds
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Bihar
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mixed crop
sugar cane
vegetables
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Bihar
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
fodder
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Bihar
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Gujarat
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
wheat
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Gujarat
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
other cereals
pulses
oil seeds
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Gujarat
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mixed c rop
sugar cane
vegetables
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Cultivation Practices in India
Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Gujarat
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
fodder
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Gujarat
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Haryana
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely p artly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
wheat
other cereals
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Haryana
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
pulses
oil seeds
sugar cane
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Haryana
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
vegetables
fodder
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Haryana
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Himachal Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
wheat
other cereals
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Himachal Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
pulses
oil seeds
mixed crop
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Himachal Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
sugar cane
vegetables
fodder
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Himachal Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Jammu & Kashmir
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
wheat
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Jammu & Kashmir
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
other cereals
pulses
oil seeds
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Jammu & Kashmir
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tract or not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mixed crop
vegetables
fodder
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Jammu & Kashmir
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Karnataka
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
wheat
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Karnataka
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
other cereals
pulses
oil seeds
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Karnataka
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mixed crop
sugar cane
vegetables
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Karnataka
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
fodder
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Karnataka
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Kerala
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
other cereals
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Kerala
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
oil seeds
mixed crop
vegetables
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Kerala
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Madhya Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
wheat
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Madhya Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
other cereals
pulses
oil seeds
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Madhya Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mixed crop
sugar cane
vegetables
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Madhya Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
fodder
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Maharashtra
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
wheat
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Maharashtra
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
other cereals
pulses
oil seeds
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Maharashtra
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mixed crop
sugar cane
vegetables
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Maharashtra
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
fodder
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Maharashtra
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop -group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Manipur
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
other cereals
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Manipur
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
pulses
oil seeds
mixed crop
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Manipur
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
vegetables
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Manipur
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Meghalaya
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
other cereals
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Meghalaya
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
pulses
mixed crop
vegetables
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Meghalaya
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Mizoram
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
other cereals
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Mizoram
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop -group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
pulses
mixed crop
vegetables
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Mizoram
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Nagaland
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
other cereals
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Nagaland
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
pulses
oil seeds
mixed crop
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Nagaland
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
vegetables
fodder
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Nagaland
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Orissa
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by ot her tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
other cereals
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Orissa
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
pulses
oil seeds
vegetables
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Orissa
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Punjab
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
wheat
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Punjab
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
other cereals
oil seeds
sugar cane
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Punjab
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
vegetables
fodder
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Rajasthan
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
wheat
other cereals
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Rajasthan
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
pulses
oil seeds
mixed crop
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Rajasthan
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
sugar cane
vegetables
fodder
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Rajasthan
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely p artly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Sikkim
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
wheat
other cereals
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Sikkim
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
pulses
vegetables
fodder
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Sikkim
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Tamil Nadu
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
other cereals
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Tamil Nadu
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
pulses
oil seeds
mixed crop
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Tamil Nadu
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
sugar cane
vegetables
fodder
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Tamil Nadu
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Tripura
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
vegetables
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Uttar Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
wheat
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Uttar Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
other cereals
pulses
oil seeds
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Uttar Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mixed crop
sugar cane
vegetables
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Uttar Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
fodder
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
Uttar Pradesh
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
West Bengal
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
wheat
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
West Bengal
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
other cereals
pulses
oil seeds
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
West Bengal
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mixed crop
sugar cane
vegetables
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
West Bengal
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
A. & N. Islands
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
pulses
vegetables
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
India
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Paddy(kharif)
Paddy(rabi)
wheat
nil (< 0.01) 423 105 122 - 350 1000 1522 2735 156
00.01 - 00.20 458 124 19 11 388 1000 6437 44720 2483
00.21 - 00.50 492 101 20 4 383 1000 23488 85062 4513
00.51 - 01.00 452 118 35 5 390 1000 39873 78670 4112
01.01 - 02.00 445 126 67 6 357 1000 62563 73999 3905
02.01 - 04.00 389 125 168 12 306 1000 69354 47764 2568
04.01 - 10.00 295 95 353 22 234 1000 64309 23752 1287
10.01 & above 141 26 766 11 56 1000 21795 3504 213
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
India
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
other cereals
pulses
nil (< 0.01) 344 131 92 - 433 1000 722 1339 137
00.01 - 00.20 305 23 53 0 619 1000 1144 9974 577
00.21 - 00.50 236 43 43 5 673 1000 5112 35334 1663
00.51 - 01.00 240 53 21 6 680 1000 11456 44279 2224
01.01 - 02.00 243 71 24 8 655 1000 22181 49252 2542
02.01 - 04.00 246 72 73 11 598 1000 27889 35452 1885
04.01 - 10.00 254 106 145 31 464 1000 32576 19339 1040
10.01 & above 309 113 382 30 165 1000 12611 3283 181
all 255 83 112 17 534 1000 113692 198251 10249
oil seeds
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
India
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mixed crop
sugar cane
vegetables
nil (< 0.01) 296 59 135 6 504 1000 842 3269 419
00.01 - 00.20 180 36 9 6 769 1000 1312 21488 1802
00.21 - 00.50 278 50 6 7 659 1000 3196 25787 2292
00.51 - 01.00 240 69 21 7 662 1000 5939 30332 2399
01.01 - 02.00 221 72 43 11 653 1000 7355 26046 2062
02.01 - 04.00 227 28 93 23 629 1000 5950 14286 1326
04.01 - 10.00 142 57 280 49 473 1000 3776 4792 443
10.01 & above 86 46 475 - 392 1000 1475 782 51
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
India
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
fodder
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (5.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of use of tractor, separately for
different size-classes of household ownership holding
India
no. of hhs. reporting
size-class of mode of use of tractor for tilling estd. cultivation of a crop
ownership by hired tractor by other tractor not all area in the crop-group
holding (ha) entirely partly entirely partly used (00 ha) estd.(00) sample
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
others
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (6): Cropwise break-up of average area under five major crops* sown by a field-crop cultivator household, by size-class of
household ownership holding
Andhra Pradesh
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.45 0.20 - 0.30 0.10 0.16 0.01 0.14 1.36 816 35
00.01 - 00.20 0.12 0.05 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.02 - 0.03 0.25 4366 203
00.21 - 00.50 0.21 0.05 - 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.08 0.49 12989 627
00.51 - 01.00 0.34 0.10 0.00 0.09 0.07 0.09 0.00 0.16 0.87 12848 596
01.01 - 02.00 0.56 0.18 0.01 0.19 0.14 0.21 0.02 0.32 1.63 10837 499
02.01 - 04.00 0.76 0.27 0.01 0.29 0.22 0.41 0.03 0.73 2.72 7035 347
04.01 - 10.00 1.30 0.54 0.03 0.56 0.55 0.91 0.06 1.53 5.53 3455 164
10.01 & above 2.63 0.20 - 1.18 0.70 5.43 - 3.40 13.54 495 25
all 0.48 0.15 0.01 0.16 0.13 0.25 0.01 0.36 1.56 52840 2496
Arunachal Pradesh
nil (< 0.01) 0.13 0.39 - 0.00 0.01 0.00 - 0.15 0.70 203 70
00.01 - 00.20 0.02 0.03 - 0.01 0.00 - - 0.06 0.12 79 34
00.21 - 00.50 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.32 190 81
00.51 - 01.00 0.24 0.01 0.03 0.08 0.01 0.00 - 0.15 0.53 221 108
01.01 - 02.00 0.57 0.06 0.02 0.08 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.25 0.98 292 125
02.01 - 04.00 0.95 0.15 0.13 0.17 0.06 0.02 - 0.37 1.86 165 90
04.01 - 10.00 0.92 - 0.02 0.25 0.05 0.01 - 0.50 1.75 161 86
10.01 & above 3.98 - - 0.60 0.15 0.02 - 0.86 5.60 11 8
all 0.47 0.10 0.03 0.09 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.23 0.96 1321 602
Assam
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.16 0.07 0.01 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.13 0.37 552 63
00.01 - 00.20 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.07 0.13 3132 307
00.21 - 00.50 0.20 0.05 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.11 0.41 4041 432
00.51 - 01.00 0.51 0.13 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.16 0.90 6940 603
01.01 - 02.00 1.04 0.20 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.00 0.24 1.59 6968 582
02.01 - 04.00 1.86 0.46 0.11 0.04 0.15 0.05 0.01 0.42 3.10 2536 205
04.01 - 10.00 3.69 0.43 0.52 0.08 0.33 0.07 - 0.95 6.09 520 42
10.01 & above - - - - - - - - - - -
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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all 0.75 0.16 0.04 0.01 0.05 0.02 0.00 0.21 1.24 24689 2234
Table (6): Cropwise break-up of average area under five major crops* sown by a field-crop cultivator household, by size-class of
household ownership holding
Bihar
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.56 - 0.14 0.17 0.03 0.00 - 0.10 1.00 3743 197
00.01 - 00.20 0.10 0.00 0.07 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.22 19828 1015
00.21 - 00.50 0.30 0.01 0.19 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.61 23571 1234
00.51 - 01.00 0.60 0.02 0.35 0.08 0.08 0.01 0.00 0.07 1.21 20184 976
01.01 - 02.00 1.04 0.02 0.61 0.14 0.17 0.03 0.00 0.10 2.13 15932 781
02.01 - 04.00 2.01 0.05 1.22 0.24 0.29 0.08 0.01 0.23 4.13 6811 331
04.01 - 10.00 3.51 0.06 2.24 0.37 0.61 0.22 0.02 0.46 7.49 2313 111
10.01 & above 12.68 - 9.74 1.33 3.19 1.34 0.06 0.97 29.32 278 14
all 0.70 0.01 0.43 0.09 0.10 0.03 0.00 0.08 1.45 92660 4659
Gujarat
Haryana
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01.01 - 02.00 0.43 0.02 0.96 0.27 0.15 0.21 0.27 0.29 2.61 2973 138
02.01 - 04.00 0.81 0.04 1.74 0.42 0.27 0.27 0.41 0.50 4.46 2362 116
04.01 - 10.00 1.54 - 2.92 0.61 0.41 0.70 0.68 1.01 7.87 1613 77
10.01 & above 5.88 - 8.13 1.26 0.41 0.67 1.00 2.82 20.17 229 13
all 0.70 0.02 1.39 0.32 0.17 0.25 0.34 0.46 3.64 11548 551
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (6): Cropwise break-up of average area under five major crops* sown by a field-crop cultivator household, by size-class of
household ownership holding
Himachal Pradesh
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.12 - 0.11 0.05 0.04 0.01 - 0.12 0.45 11 4
00.01 - 00.20 0.07 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.07 0.22 1039 218
00.21 - 00.50 0.20 0.00 0.07 0.05 0.00 0.10 0.02 0.07 0.52 2807 578
00.51 - 01.00 0.28 0.01 0.25 0.15 0.02 0.09 0.05 0.23 1.09 1978 392
01.01 - 02.00 0.54 0.02 0.66 0.30 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.26 2.03 997 242
02.01 - 04.00 0.96 0.02 1.48 0.55 0.16 0.18 0.15 0.28 3.79 353 84
04.01 - 10.00 2.31 - 2.51 0.75 0.18 0.18 0.40 0.59 6.92 51 17
10.01 & above - - - - - - - - - - -
all 0.30 0.01 0.28 0.14 0.03 0.09 0.05 0.16 1.04 7236 1535
Karnataka
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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10.01 & above 0.84 - 0.39 6.20 2.15 3.50 0.14 2.64 15.85 656 28
all 0.21 0.04 0.03 0.77 0.25 0.31 0.01 0.42 2.04 44369 1953
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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household ownership holding
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.51 - 0.28 0.15 0.30 0.30 0.02 0.25 1.82 421 21
00.01 - 00.20 0.10 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.21 2467 139
00.21 - 00.50 0.21 0.01 0.13 0.03 0.03 0.06 0.00 0.03 0.51 9680 539
00.51 - 01.00 0.36 0.01 0.27 0.08 0.10 0.16 0.00 0.08 1.06 15036 774
01.01 - 02.00 0.58 0.01 0.52 0.17 0.20 0.33 0.01 0.16 1.98 21560 1108
02.01 - 04.00 0.88 0.02 0.87 0.38 0.36 0.64 0.02 0.34 3.52 18818 954
04.01 - 10.00 1.36 0.04 2.11 0.87 0.96 1.59 0.05 0.77 7.75 8158 434
10.01 & above 2.22 0.06 4.97 2.19 2.25 5.92 0.18 1.50 19.29 1028 62
all 0.65 0.02 0.72 0.28 0.30 0.54 0.02 0.25 2.77 77168 4031
Maharashtra
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all 0.20 0.00 0.14 0.73 0.19 0.12 0.02 0.55 1.94 58740 2746
Table (6): Cropwise break-up of average area under five major crops* sown by a field-crop cultivator household, by size-class of
household ownership holding
Manipur
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.38 0.46 - 0.02 0.03 0.02 - 0.22 1.13 198 80
00.01 - 00.20 0.02 0.01 - 0.00 0.00 - - 0.05 0.08 189 57
00.21 - 00.50 0.20 0.07 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.33 483 174
00.51 - 01.00 0.49 0.10 - 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.68 832 256
01.01 - 02.00 0.86 0.16 0.00 0.02 0.02 - - 0.10 1.17 353 140
02.01 - 04.00 1.62 0.30 - 0.00 0.05 - - 0.19 2.16 76 34
04.01 - 10.00 2.39 - - - - - - 0.40 2.79 10 6
10.01 & above - - - - - - - - - - -
all 0.48 0.13 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.73 2139 747
Meghalaya
Mizoram
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.25 0.02 - - 0.03 - 0.00 0.41 0.72 104 72
00.01 - 00.20 0.34 0.07 - 0.02 0.02 - 0.00 0.29 0.74 339 263
00.21 - 00.50 0.39 0.01 - 0.01 0.01 0.00 - 0.29 0.72 43 45
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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00.51 - 01.00 0.26 0.04 - 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.52 0.88 55 47
01.01 - 02.00 0.44 0.01 - 0.01 0.02 0.00 - 0.61 1.08 66 54
02.01 - 04.00 0.88 0.02 - 0.02 0.12 - - 0.73 1.77 14 16
04.01 - 10.00 1.73 - - - - - - 0.27 2.00 3 3
10.01 & above - - - - - - - - - - -
all 0.35 0.05 - 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.38 0.81 624 500
Table (6): Cropwise break-up of average area under five major crops* sown by a field-crop cultivator household, by size-class of
household ownership holding
Nagaland
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.73 0.49 - 0.16 0.01 0.09 0.02 0.12 1.63 16 13
00.01 - 00.20 0.04 0.00 - 0.03 0.00 0.01 - 0.03 0.12 24 20
00.21 - 00.50 0.11 0.02 - 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.27 37 47
00.51 - 01.00 0.31 0.11 0.03 0.10 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.22 0.80 77 71
01.01 - 02.00 0.67 0.38 0.01 0.15 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.33 1.59 190 177
02.01 - 04.00 1.06 0.69 0.00 0.25 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.41 2.47 329 356
04.01 - 10.00 3.29 0.36 0.02 0.26 0.22 - 0.01 2.75 7.00 127 136
10.01 & above 5.95 - - 0.75 0.20 - - 4.85 11.75 7 8
all 1.21 0.45 0.01 0.20 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.75 2.71 807 828
Orissa
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.24 0.01 - 0.01 0.01 0.04 - 0.01 0.32 198 20
00.01 - 00.20 0.16 0.01 - 0.01 0.01 0.00 - 0.01 0.19 5949 326
00.21 - 00.50 0.33 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.00 - 0.01 0.41 12133 657
00.51 - 01.00 0.67 0.03 0.00 0.02 0.06 0.01 - 0.03 0.82 10803 553
01.01 - 02.00 1.13 0.05 0.00 0.06 0.12 0.03 0.00 0.05 1.44 7280 378
02.01 - 04.00 2.19 0.09 - 0.06 0.30 0.01 - 0.05 2.70 2881 146
04.01 - 10.00 4.69 0.27 0.02 0.17 0.69 0.06 - 0.01 5.90 609 32
10.01 & above 9.03 - - - 1.11 - - 1.37 11.50 122 3
all 0.77 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.08 0.01 0.00 0.03 0.96 39975 2115
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (6): Cropwise break-up of average area under five major crops* sown by a field-crop cultivator household, by size-class of
household ownership holding
Rajasthan
nil (< 0.01 ) - - 0.58 0.95 0.62 0.76 0.08 0.23 3.22 306 19
00.01 - 00.20 0.00 - 0.18 0.12 0.07 0.13 0.02 0.18 0.70 2073 110
00.21 - 00.50 0.02 0.00 0.24 0.29 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.06 0.70 7782 415
00.51 - 01.00 0.03 0.00 0.29 0.39 0.08 0.12 0.04 0.14 1.11 8603 445
01.01 - 02.00 0.03 0.00 0.48 0.71 0.15 0.27 0.07 0.30 2.01 11017 583
02.01 - 04.00 0.03 0.01 0.83 1.27 0.40 0.49 0.10 0.67 3.79 9684 539
04.01 - 10.00 0.03 0.01 1.29 2.29 0.94 0.77 0.27 1.59 7.19 7914 451
10.01 & above - - 2.27 5.18 2.68 1.71 0.61 3.55 16.00 2009 124
All 0.03 0.01 0.67 1.11 0.40 0.39 0.11 0.64 3.35 49388 2686
Sikkim
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.09 - 0.00 0.25 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.16 0.53 60 76
00.01 - 00.20 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.23 95 111
00.21 - 00.50 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.19 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.12 0.40 180 216
00.51 - 01.00 0.11 - 0.01 0.34 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.23 0.74 123 136
01.01 - 02.00 0.21 - 0.02 0.54 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.48 1.34 85 92
02.01 - 04.00 0.35 - 0.04 0.79 0.03 - 0.08 1.04 2.33 38 42
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Tamil Nadu
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.22 - - 0.00 0.05 0.05 - 0.10 0.42 707 41
00.01 - 00.20 0.07 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.16 4184 247
00.21 - 00.50 0.14 0.08 0.00 0.06 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.09 0.43 10470 610
00.51 - 01.00 0.24 0.19 0.00 0.11 0.04 0.05 0.01 0.21 0.86 8949 487
01.01 - 02.00 0.43 0.24 0.00 0.25 0.09 0.08 0.04 0.42 1.55 5976 321
02.01 - 04.00 0.63 0.35 0.02 0.45 0.11 0.25 0.02 0.78 2.61 2684 136
04.01 - 10.00 1.31 0.77 - 1.00 0.41 0.31 0.00 1.18 4.99 966 42
10.01 & above 2.44 - - - 0.42 2.57 0.98 5.81 12.22 49 3
All 0.29 0.17 0.00 0.16 0.06 0.07 0.01 0.27 1.03 33985 1887
Table (6): Cropwise break-up of average area under five major crops* sown by a field-crop cultivator household, by size-class of
household ownership holding
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.25 - 0.59 0.21 0.24 0.11 0.01 0.16 1.57 599 29
00.01 - 00.20 0.09 0.00 0.11 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.27 30448 1426
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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00.21 - 00.50 0.18 0.00 0.24 0.06 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.59 50848 2087
00.51 - 01.00 0.33 0.01 0.48 0.12 0.07 0.03 0.04 0.13 1.22 40361 1665
01.01 - 02.00 0.52 0.01 0.79 0.22 0.14 0.08 0.09 0.27 2.12 29586 1205
02.01 - 04.00 0.84 0.02 1.45 0.44 0.28 0.15 0.19 0.57 3.95 14076 606
04.01 - 10.00 1.34 0.07 2.71 0.87 0.90 0.32 0.24 1.16 7.60 5049 226
10.01 & above 2.55 - 4.45 1.45 2.24 0.80 0.73 1.90 14.11 396 19
all 0.35 0.01 0.55 0.16 0.11 0.05 0.06 0.18 1.46 171362 7263
West Bengal
nil (< 0.01) 0.64 0.03 0.02 - 0.00 0.00 - 0.21 0.91 1976 87
00.01 - 00.20 0.10 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.19 15261 758
00.21 - 00.50 0.26 0.09 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.07 0.47 19727 972
00.51 - 01.00 0.57 0.16 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.04 - 0.20 1.05 14715 650
01.01 - 02.00 1.06 0.24 0.12 0.00 0.02 0.06 - 0.33 1.86 6730 302
02.01 - 04.00 2.05 0.46 0.25 0.03 0.04 0.11 - 0.49 3.43 2164 97
04.01 - 10.00 2.44 0.99 0.34 - 0.37 0.49 - 2.14 6.78 191 9
10.01 & above 0.40 - 0.20 - - - - 2.86 3.46 24 1
all 0.47 0.12 0.05 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.15 0.84 60788 2876
Table (6): Cropwise break-up of average area under five major crops* sown by a field-crop cultivator household, by size-class of
household ownership holding
A. & N. Islands
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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India
nil (< 0.01 ) 0.44 0.04 0.14 0.14 0.07 0.06 0.02 0.15 1.06 10806 914
00.01 - 00.20 0.08 0.01 0.05 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.22 123414 7726
00.21 - 00.50 0.19 0.02 0.12 0.07 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.06 0.53 191767 11440
00.51 - 01.00 0.36 0.05 0.22 0.14 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.14 1.04 180495 10274
01.01 - 02.00 0.55 0.06 0.38 0.28 0.14 0.14 0.04 0.28 1.87 162612 9215
02.01 - 04.00 0.81 0.08 0.71 0.59 0.29 0.33 0.08 0.55 3.44 97772 5712
04.01 - 10.00 1.06 0.10 1.36 1.28 0.69 0.82 0.17 1.35 6.82 47354 2716
10.01 & above 1.96 0.04 3.04 3.32 1.76 2.48 0.44 3.37 16.41 7168 422
all 0.42 0.04 0.35 0.28 0.14 0.16 0.04 0.28 1.72 821388 48419
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Assam
Bihar
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Gujarat
Haryana
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Himachal Pradesh
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Karnataka
Kerala
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Manipur
Meghalaya
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Mizoram
Nagaland
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Orissa
Punjab
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Rajasthan
Sikkim
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Tamil Nadu
Tripura
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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A. & N. Islands
India
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is understood
as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-98, from among a list of
crop -season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (7.1): Percentage of area under a crop sown with any kind of improved seeds by size-class of household ownership holding
Andhra Pradesh
nil (< 0.01 ) 79.17 78.09 - 94.01 86.11 87.20 - 43.62 79.64 816 35
00.01 - 00.20 68.69 66.40 - 34.38 46.22 46.28 - 45.61 59.19 4366 203
00.21 - 00.50 72.28 73.36 - 67.50 54.92 48.86 80.74 61.59 66.22 12989 627
00.51 - 01.00 76.17 71.99 49.26 80.74 69.32 50.82 41.19 59.69 69.70 12848 596
01.01 - 02.00 75.88 63.96 100.00 72.02 70.49 46.63 27.91 63.29 66.90 10837 499
02.01 - 04.00 81.29 73.51 17.42 73.43 74.11 42.11 61.55 71.93 70.35 7035 347
04.01 - 10.00 84.83 80.60 73.83 63.04 81.07 43.85 39.47 52.02 64.95 3455 164
10.01 & above 83.66 44.57 - 36.14 38.22 18.01 - 33.04 37.55 495 25
all 78.57 72.13 66.01 69.01 70.96 39.95 46.19 59.08 65.26 52840 2496
Arunachal Pradesh
01.01 - 02.00 9.80 - 95.10 16.46 51.65 - - 7.01 11.16 292 125
02.01 - 04.00 34.49 - 92.56 44.53 67.15 - - 15.29 33.47 165 90
04.01 - 10.00 24.46 - 85.12 6.39 21.70 52.92 - 4.45 16.93 161 86
10.01 & above - - - - - - - 7.65 1.17 11 8
all 21.18 36.09 93.33 27.69 44.68 18.65 - 15.50 24.34 1321 602
Assam
01.01 - 02.00 38.07 33.53 78.05 45.48 13.95 27.04 - 49.80 39.08 6968 582
02.01 - 04.00 41.55 44.31 87.82 53.66 28.38 31.27 19.56 58.73 45.19 2536 205
04.01 - 10.00 66.40 47.87 100.00 100.0 75.22 100.00 - 78.46 71.19 520 42
0
10.01 & above - - - - - - - - - - -
all 40.78 37.83 80.33 49.95 25.47 33.50 39.61 51.57 42.90 24689 2234
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Bihar
nil (< 0.01 ) 9.86 - 47.26 1.23 9.78 - - 5.96 13.25 3743 197
00.01 - 00.20 37.62 77.20 46.77 67.84 15.26 36.51 2.27 42.40 42.70 19828 1015
00.21 - 00.50 39.11 69.29 59.12 51.57 27.52 51.93 30.98 58.69 47.34 23571 1234
00.51 - 01.00 38.24 72.13 55.00 51.27 31.50 29.71 30.34 53.78 44.82 20184 976
01.01 - 02.00 39.72 57.88 59.35 43.51 29.84 22.10 6.16 49.66 44.95 15932 781
02.01 - 04.00 50.18 86.11 67.60 57.98 47.93 42.76 41.04 52.49 56.02 6811 331
04.01 - 10.00 45.42 64.54 61.23 46.77 28.88 38.21 11.65 46.80 48.79 2313 111
10.01 & above 79.75 - 89.87 35.99 24.86 56.01 95.30 77.41 74.02 278 14
all 43.43 71.50 61.99 46.42 32.55 38.47 26.72 50.26 48.80 92660 4659
Gujarat
01.01 - 02.00 77.89 71.32 91.82 83.12 84.61 75.49 37.39 97.21 84.60 6566 338
02.01 - 04.00 79.69 79.28 92.00 86.14 78.08 69.11 50.90 92.71 82.95 5532 282
04.01 - 10.00 94.02 - 90.02 90.63 86.13 67.47 61.30 96.61 85.81 3742 200
10.01 & above - - 100.00 95.28 100.00 79.15 29.33 93.18 86.36 529 30
all 76.63 79.03 90.38 85.60 81.35 71.36 49.51 94.99 83.89 30981 1592
Haryana
01.01 - 02.00 73.74 41.15 78.48 84.34 36.00 91.46 56.53 61.93 72.45 2973 138
02.01 - 04.00 82.15 100.00 79.27 91.97 34.60 69.24 53.44 83.79 75.95 2362 116
04.01 - 10.00 92.93 - 91.24 82.36 19.70 88.83 44.40 80.56 81.53 1613 77
10.01 & above 99.99 - 94.00 40.30 12.65 - 56.78 97.73 86.27 229 13
all 86.84 76.32 83.86 81.79 26.90 80.36 51.89 82.48 78.14 11548 551
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Table (7.1): Percentage of area under a crop sown with any kind of improved seeds by size-class of household ownership holding
Himachal Pradesh
01.01 - 02.00 26.01 - 26.61 18.47 16.02 11.22 28.19 34.74 24.85 1277 241
02.01 - 04.00 20.93 - 41.42 40.85 26.39 5.67 11.89 47.37 40.34 522 99
04.01 - 10.00 22.18 - 28.66 20.73 18.22 6.62 2.69 72.30 29.72 108 22
10.01 & above 57.98 - - 28.39 - - - 53.88 20.72 35 7
all 35.90 31.34 32.88 26.72 25.72 8.00 26.60 41.80 31.67 8825 1653
01.01 - 02.00 72.57 100.00 76.28 58.60 61.10 69.67 75.95 67.56 70.97 997 242
02.01 - 04.00 80.98 100.00 81.73 63.28 72.80 20.77 66.22 65.61 73.93 353 84
04.01 - 10.00 83.39 - 95.68 87.50 78.43 70.25 62.33 54.00 84.08 51 17
10.01 & above - - - - - - - - - - -
all 69.19 92.32 72.27 50.85 60.13 54.08 62.95 68.55 65.90 7236 1535
Karnataka
01.01 - 02.00 76.95 68.84 33.60 65.49 55.13 75.41 50.26 58.01 65.19 12321 522
02.01 - 04.00 76.33 73.64 50.47 65.56 50.01 70.16 75.57 68.97 66.17 7165 308
04.01 - 10.00 64.33 56.95 60.57 71.29 44.88 52.03 30.56 57.36 60.69 4250 184
10.01 & above 100.00 - 4.56 69.33 52.48 85.48 - 45.53 66.07 656 28
all 76.45 66.72 43.10 68.07 50.68 68.54 38.80 60.47 64.70 44369 1953
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Kerala
01.01 - 02.00 71.01 76.66 - 64.95 - 10.26 - 29.43 35.02 1976 116
02.01 - 04.00 91.97 77.87 - - 100.00 1.34 - 48.64 56.28 485 29
04.01 - 10.00 98.20 100.00 - - - 2.31 - 55.01 57.04 170 10
10.01 & above 100.00 - - - - 100.00 - 5.48 51.07 32 2
all 77.04 71.92 100.00 23.16 28.74 14.17 - 28.15 36.66 34615 2182
Madhya Pradesh
l (< 0.01 ) 22.42 - 27.77 44.02 25.66 37.52 - 49.49 31.58 421 21
0.01 - 00.20 30.56 49.23 31.46 - 18.78 49.86 14.36 48.56 32.22 2467 139
00.21 - 00.50 25.34 82.34 44.04 22.12 16.97 51.75 12.87 25.62 33.81 9680 539
00.51 - 01.00 20.96 59.39 39.94 44.35 27.60 52.05 26.33 29.81 33.98 15036 774
01.01 - 02.00 19.58 59.90 39.08 42.52 26.04 47.79 8.47 41.96 34.14 21560 1108
02.01 - 04.00 19.03 49.98 46.27 46.61 26.57 49.32 28.70 47.81 38.07 18818 954
04.01 - 10.00 26.10 100.00 50.78 54.14 35.26 55.56 32.72 51.77 46.11 8158 434
10.01 & above 20.86 100.00 47.49 76.52 42.15 52.31 20.55 78.47 50.88 1028 62
all 21.34 69.12 45.74 50.91 30.91 51.61 26.29 49.02 40.41 77168 4031
Maharashtra
01.01 - 02.00 40.30 100.00 63.91 76.10 58.52 58.58 28.32 86.99 70.83 15774 739
02.01 - 04.00 29.94 64.21 59.10 70.16 40.96 55.08 53.22 87.06 65.57 11295 527
04.01 - 10.00 41.25 - 58.93 74.49 57.23 64.41 49.96 90.28 73.78 6238 287
10.01 & above 52.49 - 62.24 59.07 38.28 70.92 49.40 87.89 69.06 883 40
all 38.66 82.12 59.53 72.31 49.83 59.79 43.30 87.54 69.05 58740 2746
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Table (7.1): Percentage of area under a crop sown with any kind of improved seeds by size-class of household ownership holding
Manipur
01.01 - 02.00 80.56 53.13 100.00 97.40 91.26 - - 68.06 76.65 353 140
02.01 - 04.00 76.11 89.52 - - 96.18 - - 69.73 77.80 76 34
04.01 - 10.00 75.32 - - - - - - 92.67 77.79 10 6
10.01 & above - - - - - - - - - - -
all 65.23 66.41 100.00 57.95 67.78 3.97 44.16 35.06 61.45 2139 747
Meghalaya
01.01 - 02.00 46.77 100.00 - 67.29 43.64 100.00 - 55.48 53.64 605 193
02.01 - 04.00 60.32 100.00 100.00 35.10 - - - 40.71 49.35 425 136
04.01 - 10.00 94.39 100.00 - 100.00 - - - 61.96 84.13 92 29
10.01 & above - - - - - - - - - - -
all 64.11 55.26 79.88 59.09 39.52 100.00 41.64 51.65 57.39 3103 920
Mizoram
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Nagaland
all 3.63 2.09 - 9.99 - 11.27 0.49 1.89 3.28 807 828
Orissa
01.01 - 02.00 37.95 59.37 40.06 29.58 63.04 39.99 - 59.85 41.08 7280 378
02.01 - 04.00 30.83 35.50 - 58.60 49.90 64.56 - 71.09 34.53 2881 146
04.01 - 10.00 32.93 53.86 100.00 56.48 66.84 6.51 - 22.32 38.44 609 32
10.01 & above 42.46 - - - 100.00 - - 89.23 53.55 122 3
all 36.11 55.32 54.37 37.56 59.10 32.73 - 59.70 39.53 39975 2115
Punjab
01.01 - 02.00 88.96 81.50 84.31 65.94 87.01 100.00 73.23 59.58 80.63 2909 254
02.01 - 04.00 90.06 30.58 84.82 9.78 - 31.67 69.94 72.34 81.63 2202 190
04.01 - 10.00 91.12 11.86 89.28 60.23 36.72 100.00 70.25 81.24 85.43 1575 133
10.01 & above 91.06 100.00 91.20 100.00 - 100.00 75.67 90.76 90.48 377 33
all 90.22 51.49 87.49 54.49 43.21 72.89 71.38 79.20 84.38 10188 883
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Rajasthan
nil (< 0.01) - - 87.73 72.50 - 66.24 96.02 82.88 61.06 306 19
00.01 - 00.20 - - 26.66 44.62 6.69 67.23 88.25 79.11 50.58 2073 110
00.21 - 00.50 13.36 - 62.76 56.62 33.35 71.25 31.27 46.16 56.08 7782 415
00.51 - 01.00 25.35 62.37 64.11 53.88 34.17 61.96 14.38 45.08 52.61 8603 445
01.01 - 02.00 20.58 92.33 71.35 58.49 50.66 73.06 30.27 49.44 60.08 11017 583
02.01 - 04.00 66.62 76.99 84.08 67.92 56.41 77.14 42.74 67.05 70.58 9684 539
04.01 - 10.00 17.56 100.00 80.40 71.27 67.25 77.92 53.37 59.67 69.68 7914 451
10.01 & above - - 88.68 73.01 71.20 80.36 79.69 65.32 74.27 2009 124
all 31.17 85.48 78.19 67.23 62.01 76.11 51.82 60.90 67.83 49388 2686
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
nil (< 0.01 ) 100.00 - - 100.00 92.59 100.00 - 100.00 99.12 707 41
00.01 - 00.20 64.56 88.41 100.00 33.39 100.00 70.90 35.05 61.51 69.81 4184 247
00.21 - 00.50 67.54 65.93 100.00 52.70 75.05 52.95 11.63 63.17 63.36 10470 610
00.51 - 01.00 67.53 73.02 100.00 55.14 84.44 60.76 53.18 65.94 66.95 8949 487
01.01 - 02.00 70.90 70.08 100.00 55.02 83.22 60.93 25.50 68.15 66.61 5976 321
02.01 - 04.00 74.15 83.33 84.13 72.62 72.45 90.32 33.20 63.21 73.18 2684 136
04.01 - 10.00 84.43 44.06 - 86.02 40.54 61.19 - 39.90 62.90 966 42
10.01 & above 22.73 - - - 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 84.58 49 3
all 71.67 69.58 89.01 64.28 72.63 71.35 38.31 63.64 67.73 33985 1887
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Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
nil (< 0.01 ) 22.33 - 30.57 18.06 41.95 - 81.97 46.53 29.32 599 29
00.01 - 00.20 33.02 32.45 37.96 29.87 11.61 15.25 35.21 42.42 34.20 30448 1426
00.21 - 00.50 40.69 38.17 41.71 27.01 19.10 16.32 48.12 35.85 37.87 50848 2087
00.51 - 01.00 45.20 40.44 50.72 37.79 24.86 29.59 55.42 46.10 45.48 40361 1665
01.01 - 02.00 50.89 60.45 57.28 41.76 32.43 36.98 60.54 48.37 50.74 29586 1205
02.01 - 04.00 55.91 66.38 62.47 51.87 37.17 53.59 68.84 54.74 56.91 14076 606
04.01 - 10.00 70.40 100.00 77.75 52.37 40.88 67.69 75.07 62.62 66.56 5049 226
10.01 & above 90.35 - 95.44 86.65 63.47 94.62 78.87 72.79 84.60 396 19
all 51.07 63.88 57.92 43.86 34.19 46.66 62.66 51.85 52.09 171362 7263
West Bengal
nil (< 0.01 ) 21.35 39.05 57.49 - 59.67 100.00 - 54.47 30.79 1976 87
00.01 - 00.20 70.55 73.22 82.77 78.02 69.47 86.32 32.70 67.49 71.73 15261 758
00.21 - 00.50 72.08 72.99 77.34 61.77 50.32 72.67 - 67.60 71.31 19727 972
00.51 - 01.00 74.67 76.28 63.55 83.92 70.24 76.52 - 72.73 74.01 14715 650
01.01 - 02.00 75.47 65.23 72.93 77.96 65.52 56.69 - 71.10 72.42 6730 302
02.01 - 04.00 80.10 70.71 69.17 94.78 73.05 78.14 - 69.48 76.54 2164 97
04.01 - 10.00 93.55 67.26 54.85 - 100.00 9.50 - 88.04 80.27 191 9
10.01 & above 100.00 - 100.00 - - - - 100.00 100.00 24 1
all 72.97 71.62 70.45 81.25 68.62 68.35 2.45 70.90 72.04 60788 2876
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A. & N. Islands
India
nil (< 0.01) 26.94 60.47 53.54 35.03 30.86 60.41 44.78 43.93 37.73 10806 914
00.01 - 00.20 45.03 68.01 46.67 46.16 22.32 57.22 59.06 52.01 47.44 123414 7726
00.21 - 00.50 48.45 68.65 50.81 50.92 37.16 53.77 49.82 52.35 50.36 191767 11440
00.51 - 01.00 49.43 67.25 53.65 58.39 40.37 54.53 51.13 57.85 53.16 180495 10274
01.01 - 02.00 48.61 60.47 59.27 60.46 44.45 56.72 52.70 60.50 55.10 162612 9215
02.01 - 04.00 50.05 65.33 65.37 64.87 44.63 58.43 58.19 67.80 59.51 97772 5712
04.01 - 10.00 57.79 68.50 71.41 69.16 50.91 61.19 57.03 69.67 64.82 47354 2716
10.01 & above 71.46 80.55 78.68 70.08 56.40 60.66 62.74 73.65 69.51 7168 422
all 50.92 65.55 63.12 63.80 46.62 58.83 55.79 65.07 58.70 821388 48419
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
Assam
Bihar
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
Gujarat
Haryana
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
Himachal Pradesh
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
Karnataka
Kerala
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
Manipur
Meghalaya
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
Mizoram
Nagaland
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
Orissa
Punjab
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
Rajasthan
Sikkim
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
Uttar Pradesh
Paddy(kharif) 221 33 736 10 1000 60141 116536 4885
Paddy(rabi) 156 5 838 1 1000 1405 2500 110
Wheat 237 26 733 4 1000 94610 157778 6680
other cereals 271 101 589 40 1000 26849 58975 2211
Pulses 224 128 530 118 1000 18741 52024 1980
oil seeds 291 103 540 66 1000 8174 27600 840
mixed crop 174 168 517 141 1000 5079 10775 468
sugar cane 123 8 864 5 1000 14807 30375 1335
Vegetables 233 76 677 14 1000 5576 26331 1223
Fodder 280 66 561 92 1000 9734 36582 1574
fruits & nuts 286 69 402 242 1000 890 1892 86
other cash crops 171 67 757 4 1000 2629 5922 243
Others 111 22 844 24 1000 1721 5368 235
all crops 230 51 692 27 1000 250492 168667 7062
West Bengal
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by use of fertilisers and
manure
A. & N. Islands
India
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Assam
Bihar
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Gujarat
Haryana
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Himachal Pradesh
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Karnataka
Kerala
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Manipur
Meghalaya
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Mizoram
Nagaland
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Orissa
Punjab
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Rajasthan
Sikkim
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (8.1): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of manure-treated area under five major crops* sown by
households by type of manure
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. manure- no.of hhs. reporting
treated area use of manure
crop group compost bio -gas other all under the crop estd sample
slurry manure (00 ha) (00).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (9)
A. & N. Islands
India
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
**" Pesticides, etc." covers pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. but weedicides" covers "weedicides only.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Assam
Bihar
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
**" Pesticides, etc." covers pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. but weedicides" covers "weedicides only.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Gujarat
Haryana
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
**" Pesticides, etc." covers pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. but weedicides" covers "weedicides only.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Himachal Pradesh
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
**" Pesticides, etc." covers pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. but weedicides" covers "weedicides only.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Karnataka
Kerala
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
**" Pesticides, etc." covers pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. but weedicides" covers "weedicides only.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
**" Pesticides, etc." covers pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. but weedicides" covers "weedicides only.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Manipur
Meghalaya
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
**" Pesticides, etc." covers pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. but weedicides" covers "weedicides only.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Mizoram
Nagaland
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
**" Pesticides, etc." covers pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. but weedicides" covers "weedicides only.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Orissa
Punjab
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
**" Pesticides, etc." covers pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. but weedicides" covers "weedicides only.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Rajasthan
Sikkim
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
**" Pesticides, etc." covers pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. but weedicides" covers "weedicides only.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
**" Pesticides, etc." covers pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. but weedicides" covers "weedicides only.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
**" Pesticides, etc." covers pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. but weedicides" covers "weedicides only.
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Table (9): Cropwise per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* sown by households by use of
pesticides, etc.** and weedicides
no. of hhs.
per 1000 distribution of area treated with estd. area cultivating the crop
under the using pesticides
crop group weedicides pesticides, etc. both none all crop estd. sample
only only (00 ha) (00)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
A. & N. Islands
India
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Table (10): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by mode of harvesting for each size-
class of household ownership holding
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
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Table (10): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by mode of harvesting for each size-
class of household ownership holding
Bihar
Gujarat
Haryana
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Table (10): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by mode of harvesting for each size-
class of household ownership holding
Himachal Pradesh
Karnataka
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Table (10): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by mode of harvesting for each size-
class of household ownership holding
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
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Table (10): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by mode of harvesting for each size-
class of household ownership holding
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
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Table (10): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by mode of harvesting for each size-
class of household ownership holding
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
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Table (10): Per 1000 distribut ion of field-crop cultivator households by mode of harvesting for each size-
class of household ownership holding
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
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Table (10): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by mode of harvesting for each size-
class of household ownership holding
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
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Table (10): Per 1000 distribution of field-crop cultivator households by mode of harvesting for each size-
class of household ownership holding
A. & N. Islands
India
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Table (10.1): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of harvesting for each size-class
of ownership holding
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (10.1): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops by mode of harvesting for each size-class
of ownership holding
Bihar
Gujarat
Haryana
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (10.1): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of harvesting for each size- class
of ownership holding
Himachal Pradesh
Karnataka
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (10.1): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major* crops by mode of harvesting for each size-class
of ownership holding
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (10.1): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major* crops by mode of harvesting for each size-class
of ownership holding
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (10.1): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of harvesting for each size-class
of ownership holding
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (10.1): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of harvesting for each size-class
of ownership holding
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (10.1): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of harvesting for each size-class
of ownership holding
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (10.1): Per 1000 distribution of area under five major crops* by mode of harvesting for each size-class
of ownership holding
A. & N. Islands
India
*Note
1. Paddy: kharif and paddy: rabi, for example, are treated as different “crops” for this purpose.
2. The set of 5 major crops is not a fixed set but varies from household to household; for any particular household it is
understood as the 5 most important field crops cultivated, in terms of value of production, by the household in 1997-
98, from among a list of crop-season combinations involving 12 crops and crop-groups spanning the entire range of
crops cultivated in the country.
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Table (11): Number of households (H) reporting testing of soil of their fields per 1000 cultivator households
and number of cultivator households (P) reporting having followed the recommendations per
1000 households reporting soil test
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Table (12): Number of cultivator households (H) reporting ownership of well / tubewell per 1000 cultivator
households and number of households (P) reporting well / tubewell remaining unused for some
time due to inadequacy of ground water per 1000 hhs. owning well/tubewell
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and number of cultivator households (P) reporting having followed the recommendations per
1000 households reporting soil test
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Table (12): Number of cultivator households (H) reporting ownership of well / tubewell per 1000 cultivator
households and number of households (P) reporting well / tubewell remaining unused for some
time due to inadequacy of ground water per 1000 hhs. owning well/tubewell
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Table (13): Number of cultivator households (H) reporting ownership of irrigation pumps per 1000 cultivator
households and number of households (P) reporting irrigation pumps remaining unused for some time
due to unavailability of diesel or irregular supply of electricity per 1000 hhs. owning pumps
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As in all large-scale sample surveys, response and non-response errors are present in the data of
surveys conducted by the NSSO. Errors of other kinds, like coverage errors and data processing
errors, which occur even in the best of surveys, are also common in NSSO survey data. Usually,
certain measures are taken to eliminate or at least control these errors either at the data-collection
phase or during data processing. This note gives a brief account of the steps taken to edit the
errors during the processing of survey data of the enquiry on Cultivation Practices conducted in
the 54 th Round of the NSSO.
In the NSSO, the data collection and subsequent data processing are carried out in two separate
divisions of the organisation. While the Field Operations Division (FOD) conducts the data
collection through its field staff, the Data Processing Division (DPD) performs all the data
processing operations. A field investigator of the FOD visits a sampled unit, interviews a person
who is available for providing the necessary information, and records the responses in the
schedule of enquiry meant for the survey. The essential information is invariably recorded in the
numeric form - code numbers for categorical data, and values in prescribed units for quantitative
data. After examination by the supervisory staff, completed schedules of enquiry are despatched
to a centre of the DPD.
The completed schedules received by the DPD are first examined manually, particularly for
coverage and documentation. At the same time, a pre-data-entry edit, aimed at eliminating gross
errors and inconsistencies, is carried out on each schedule. The editing at this stage is generally
based on a small set of rules, meant primarily for spotting and correcting the data not recorded in
the prescribed unit or format. The schedules of enquiry, thus edited, are then sent for data entry
on computers.
Like all large survey organisations, the NSSO has developed a computer-aided system of editing
survey data. This is carried out in two phases. In the first phase, a series of edit checks embodied
in a computer program are run on the data loaded on the computer to identify inconsistencies, i.e.
logically impossible values in the data, suspect data or outlying values, and item nonresponse
cases, i.e. essential items left blank in a (partly) filled-in schedule. This edit program, called
Computer Scrutiny Program (CSP), produces a list of errors which is sent to the scrutiny sections
for editing inconsistent data. The scrutinisers trace out the corresponding schedules, manually
compare the computer-entered data with responses recorded in the schedules and make
corrections on the error lists whenever required. The main data file in the computer is accordingly
updated. Besides the CSP, often a special program consisting of a very limited number of checks
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is run on the data to spot a “too high” or “ too low” value of an item or ratio (implicit price, for
example) of two items. The main data file is similarly updated for the resulting corrections.
Though the first phase of computer-aided editing is supposed to remove all data-entry errors, the
inconsistencies, a few suspect large values and item nonresponses continue to persist in the data
file. The second phase of computer-aided editing becomes necessary for removing these errors
to the extent possible. This is a mechanical procedure that eliminates inconsistencies, corrects
suspect values and generates imputed values for non-response items. Usually, the set of rules
constituting the procedure of computerised editing are framed with a great deal of care after
critical examination of a large volume of data.
I. Computerised Editing
The essential features of computerised editing for the present survey as well as the frequency of
each type of error is discussed below in some detail. This will give a fair idea of the magnitude
and direction of possible biases in the estimates presented in this report.
This report pertains to use of advanced technology in cultivation of field crops - based on data
collected on crops cultivated, their season, area under each, use of irrigation and other inputs and
use of machinery, in the 54th round of the NSS.
Data collected and used for this report can, therefore, be grouped as follows:
A. On crops cultivated: crop-group code, season code, area sown with the crop.
B. For each crop reported, use of machinery :
a) tractor/power tiller and whether services hired
b) electric pump, oil pump
c) how harvested - manually or using machines like harvesters, combiners.
C. For each crop reported, use of inputs, viz.:
a) manure and its type
b) fertilizers
c) improved seeds and their types
d) irrigation and whether services hired
e) weedicide and pesticides etc.
D. Household-level information:
a) land owned, possessed, net sown area area cropped more than once
b) whether soil tested and whether followed
c) irrigation facilities and machinery and whether some of them remain unused.
Editing and imputation involved for each of the items mentioned above are briefly discussed
below:
A. On crops cultivated
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From each sample household, information was collected on field crops cultivated by it during the
agricultural year 1997-98. Collection of information about cultivation was restricted to the five
most important crops, from the point of view of value of produce, reported by the household.
A variety of field crops are cultivated in India. To collect information on each of them separately
would have required an elaborate code structure as the responses were recorded in pre-specified
codes. The enquiry on Cultivation Practices being just a small part of the subject coverage of the
54th round, it was essential to make the recording of information as simple as possible. An
elaborate code structure, it was felt, would have made the job of the investigators rather difficult,
and thus would have produced more errors in recording the responses. With this object in view,
individual crops were classified into 12 exhaustive groups with a distinct code for each.
In all, details for 122,565 crops were recorded in the schedules, based on the information
provided by the 78,990 households in the entire sample. For each of the crops cultivated by a
household (a maximum of five), the crop-group code, season code (kharif or rabi) and area
cultivated in hectares were recorded in the schedule. The data on these items, on the whole, were
found to be consistent. Only the inconsistencies relating to area under a crop could be a matter of
concern.
1. Crop-group code: The frequency of blank or invalid entries for the crop-group code was
negligible. Out of a total of 122,565 cases of crop-cultivation recorded, the crop-group code was
found to be blank or inadmissible in only 247 (0.2%) cases. Since such a negligible proportion of
invalid cases is not expected to have any perceptible effect on the final estimates, all such cases
were put in the group ‘other crops’.
2. Season code: For the season code, the number of invalid cases (i.e. cases with blank or
inadmissible entries) was found to be only 587 (0.48%) out of a total of 122,565 cases of crop-
cultivation recorded in the survey. For paddy, an invalid season code was edited as ‘rabi’ when
crop was reported to have been irrigated and as kharif in all other cases. For sugarcane, the
season code was edited as kharif in all cases. For the rest of the crops, a sequential hot-deck
method1 within each State was used to impute the missing season code. As the agricultural
practices tend to vary little within a small area, the season for the same crop cultivated by the
nearest geographically located sample household would be the best proxy for the missing season
code.
1
This is one of the most commonly used computer-aided techniques for imputation of missing values. This
involves a single pass through the data file, arranged in a suitable order. When a missing value is detected
during the run, the value of the valid entry for the item found last (i.e. the nearest preceding value) is
substituted for of the missing value. The procedure requires an initial value (or a cold-deck value) at the start
for each imputation class. Here a State was taken as an imputation class and the data file was arranged
according to the order of selection of both first-stage and second-stage units in the sample drawn
systematically from same geographically arranged frame. An initial value of season code for each crop-group
was determined on the basis of the most likely practice in the State.
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3. Area sown under a crop: The data on area sown under a reported crop were examined for
outliers prior to computer-aided editing, at which stage it was compared with net sown area and
area sown more than once as reported by the household. The detectable outliers were examined
in consultation with the figures actually recorded in the schedules and were edited if required.
However, no editing of area sown under a crop was done at the stage of computer-aided editing.
Instead, the inconsistency was removed by appropriate editing of the (household -level) entry
against ‘net sown area’ or ‘area sown more than once’. The types of inconsistency encountered
are discussed under Section D.
B. Use of machinery
For each of the 5 most important crops reported by a household, a small set of questions on use
of machinery for ploughing, harvesting and irrigation was put to the household. As mentioned
earlier, the data file contains details of 122,565 cases of crop-cultivation by all the households in
the sample. The information on use of machinery was found to be consistent for most of them.
The number of inconsistent cases was well within acceptable limits.
1. Use of tractor/power tiller: Households reporting use of tractor/power tiller for a crop were
asked whether the tractor/power tiller was hired. The frequency of inconsistent entries found for
‘use of tractor/power tiller’ & ‘whether hired’ was 984 (0.8%) out of 122,565 cases of crop-
cultivation recorded. To remove these inconsistencies, the following procedure was adopted.
(i) In about one-fifth of the 984 cases, a specific crop was found with blank or inadmissible entry
for use of tractor/power tiller but with a ‘yes’ code for hiring of the machine. In such cases, if the
household was found to have used tractor/power tiller for cultivation of any of the other major
crops reported, then the invalid code for ‘use of tractor/power tiller’ was replaced by the same
code as that for the other crop reporting use of tractor, ‘entirely’ or ‘partly’. But when no such
record was available, the code for ‘use of tractor/power tiller’ was put as ‘partly used’.
(ii) There were cases where ‘use’ entries were valid but corresponding entries for ‘hiring of the
machine’ were inadmissible. Such inadmissible entries were edited on the basis of the information
available on ‘hiring of the machine’ in the same household for cultivation of any other crop. When
no such record was available, the code for ‘use of tractor/tiller’ was put as ‘not used’ and the
entry for ‘hiring of the machine’ was made ‘blank’.
(iii) In the cases where both ‘use’ and ‘hiring of the machine’ entries were found blank or
inadmissible, the code for ‘use of tractor/power tiller’ was put as ‘not used’ and the entry for
‘hiring of the machine’ was made ‘blank’.
2. Use of electric/oil pumps: Three different responses were permitted for these two items, viz.
‘entirely used’-1, ‘partly used’-2 and ‘not used’-3. Blank or inadmissible entries were found in
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320 (0.26%) cases for electric pump and 340 (0.28%) cases for oil pump in the entire data file
consisting of details for 122,565 cases of crop-cultivation.
‘Blank’ cases were treated as electric/oil pump ‘not used’ for cultivation, since leaving the entry
blank when the response is not in the affirmative is a common phenomenon. For the inadmissible
entries, if the crop cultivated was reported as a rabi crop, the code for the item set to ‘partly
used’, otherwise to ‘not used’. It may be noted that cases of ‘inadmissible’ entries considerably
fewer than ‘blank’ cases.
3. How harvested: For the item ‘how crop was harvested’ by the household, only 388 (0.32%)
invalid (blank or inadmissible) entries were found among 122,565 cases of crop-cultivation
recorded. All such cases were edited as ‘harvested manually’, which is still the most widely
practised form of harvesting throughout the country.
C. On inputs used
For each of the five most important crops reported by a household, data on use of different inputs
were collected. For the inputs ‘improved seeds’, ‘fertilizer’, ‘manure’ and ‘pesticides’, responses
were classified as ‘entirely used’, ‘partly used’ and ‘not used at all’. For the other three inputs,
viz. ‘irrigation’, ‘weedicide and pesticide’, the responses classification was just
‘yes’(used)/’no’(not used). For manure and improved seeds, a question on ‘type’ was also
included.
1. Manure and its type: For the items ‘use of manure’ and ‘type of manure’, a total of 1,152
(0.94%) cases were found out of 122,565 cases of crop-cultivation recorded. Inconsistencies
found were of the following types:
(i) Both ‘use’ and ‘type’ entries were blank. In such cases, since no supporting evidence was
available on use of manure, the ‘use’ code was set to household ‘not using’ manure. (About one
in six inconsistencies are of this type, as observed in the case of Madhya Pradesh)
(ii) Use of manure was recorded but ‘type’ entry was either blank or inadmissible. In such cases
‘type’ was set to ‘other manures’. In about 10% of inconsistent cases of manure-using, the type
was not recorded.
(iii) ‘Use’ entry was blank or inadmissible but ‘type’ information was recorded. In these cases,
inconsistency was edited by using information on ‘use of manure’ for any other crop reported by
the same household. In case no such information was available, ‘use’ code was set to ‘not using’
manure and the‘type’ entry was made blank. In Madhya Pradesh no such inconsistency was
found.
2. Fertilizer: Only 253 (0.21%) inadmissible entries were found for this item, where the code
recorded was other than ‘entirely used’ or ‘partly used’ or ‘not at all used’. (a) In the case of
households reporting use of ‘certified’ or ‘uncertified’ improved seeds, inconsistent entries were
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set to ‘partly using fertilizer’ in view of the dependence of the yield of such seeds on fertilizer
input, and (b) in the case of other households, as ‘not using fertilizer’
3. Improved seeds and type of improved seeds: For the items ‘use’ of improved seeds’ and
‘type of improved seeds’, a total of 712 (0.58%) cases were found out of 122,565 cases of
crop-cultivation recorded. Inconsistencies found were of the following types:
(i) Both ‘use’ and ‘type’ entries were blank. In such cases, since no supporting evidence was
available on use of improved seeds, the ‘use’ code was set to ‘not using such seeds’.
(ii) Use of improved seeds was recorded but the corresponding ‘type’ code was either blank or
inadmissible. In such cases, the ‘type’ code was set to ‘other type of seeds’.
(iii) ‘Use’ entry was blank or inadmissible but information was recorded on the type of such seeds
used by the household. In these cases, the inconsistency was edited by using information on ‘use’
for any other crop reported of the same household. In case no such information was available, the
‘use’ code was set to ‘not using’ improved seeds and the ‘type’ entry was made blank.
5. Whether irrigation services hired: Households reporting use of irrigation were asked whether
irrigation services were hired by them. (a) In case of other households, no information on hiring of
irrigation services was to be recorded. But 420 (0.34%) cases were found, out of 122,565 cases
of crop-cultivation recorded, where the crop was not reported to have been irrigated but
information was recorded on irrigation services hired by the household for the crop. Here the
obvious correction, viz. making the entry for ‘whether irrigation services hired’ blank, was made
in all such cases.
(b) Apart from the inconsistency mentioned in (a), there were other inconsistencies due to invalid
(blank or inadmissible) entries for ‘hiring of irrigation services’ where irrigation had been reported
by the household. Such inconsistencies in ‘hiring of irrigation services’ were edited by using the
following information:
(i) In case ‘owning of pump set’ was recorded for the household, the code for ‘irrigation services
hired’ was set to ‘not hiring irrigation services’.
(ii) In case ‘ not owning pump set’ was recorded for the household, code for ‘irrigation services
hired’ was set to household ‘hiring irrigation services’.
In all 3373 (2.75%) cases were found where these types of inconsistency occurred.
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6. Whether weedicide/ pesticide, etc., used: For the items ‘weedicide/pesticide used for the
crop’, responses were to be recorded in codes for just ‘yes’ and ‘no’. Not many invalid entries
were observed for these items. In all 445 (0.36%) and 448 (0.37%) cases were found for the
items ‘weedicide used’ and ‘pesticide used’, respectively, where the entries were either blank or
inadmissible. For both the items such inconsistent code was set to household ‘not using
weedicide/pesticide’, since no other information was available from the data set to support use of
‘weedicide/pesticide’.
D. Household-level inputs
Out of 78,990 households surveyed, 78,539 reported one or more of the following items, and no
information was available on any of the items for 451 households.
1. Net area sown and area sown more than once: For 236 (0.30%) households, the net area
sown was less than the largest area sown by the household with individual crop. In such cases,
the net area sown was edited as the maximum of area sown by the household under five individual
crops by the household. These apart, discrepancies were found in the data of ‘net area sown’ &
‘area sown more than once’ when compared with total of ‘area reported sown’ under five major
crops. In all 3042 (3.85%) cases were found where the sum of ‘net area sown’ and ‘area sown
more than once’ was less than the ‘total of area reported sown under five major crops’. In such
cases, the area sown more than once was edited as the difference between the total area sown
under five major crops and the net area sown. The largest number of such inconsistencies (508)
was observed in Bihar in a sample of 7457 households.
2. Whether soil tested and whether recommendations followed: For the items (a) whether soil
for cultivation was got tested by the household and (b) in case of households reporting soil testing,
whether the recommendations of the laboratory carrying out the tests was followed by the
household, quite a large number of inconsistencies. Out of 78,539 households, 14761 (19%)
households were found where responses recorded for both the items were blank or inadmissible.
The largest number of such cases was observed in Andhra Pradesh (2846 cases out of 5714
households), followed by Maharashtra (1562 out of 5328 households), West Bengal (1551 out
of 5019 households), and Bihar with 1317 invalid entries out of 7457 households. In all these
inconsistent cases, the code for ‘soil testing done’ was set to ‘no soil testing done’ and that for
‘recommendations followed’ was made blank.
Besides these 14761 households, there were 604 households, where information on ‘whether soil
tested’ was missing but information on ‘whether recommendations followed’ was recorded. For
such cases the code for ‘soil testing for cultivation’ was set to ‘soil testing for cultivation was
done’ by the household.
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3. Equipment used for irrigation: The following three sets of questions were put to the
household:
(i) (a) whether well/tubewell owned by the household and (b) whether the well/tubewell remained
unused for some time;
(ii) (a) whether diesel pump owned by the household and (b) whether the pump remained unused
for some time;
(iii) (a) whether electric pump owned by the household and (b) whether the pump remained
unused for sometime.
1. For all the three pairs of questions, a large number of errors were of the type where both (a)
and (b) were left blank or were inadmissible. Since no evidence supporting ownership of well,
etc., was available in the data set, such cases were edited as (a) household ‘not owning’ and the
(b) entry made blank
• In case of (i), 14762 (19%) such errors were found, the largest number being in Andhra
Pradesh (2841).
• In case of (ii), 14838 (20%) such errors were found, the largest number being in Andhra
Pradesh (2861) followed by West Bengal (1537).
• In case of (iii), 14894 (19%) errors were found, again the largest number being in Andhra
Pradesh (2864) followed by West Bengal (1528).
2. A second type of inconsistency arose when information on (b) was recorded but information
on (a) was missing. Such cases were edited as (a) household ‘owning’ since otherwise the
information on (b) would not make sense.
Out of 5242 sample villages proposed to be surveyed, 5115 villages could be surveyed; 127
villages could not be surveyed for various reasons and no substitute villages could be surveyed for
them either. Such unsurveyed villages were considered to be casualty villages. There were cases
where the originally selected unit could not be surveyed but a similar unit was surveyed in lieu of
it. All such units are called as substitute units. Apart from the casualty villages there were certain
casualty households as well in the non-casualty villages. All such nonreponse cases were taken
care of in our estimation procedure by making appropriate adjustments in the weights for
generating estimates. Essential information relating to unit nonresponse are given in the table
below.
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substitute village 22
casualty household 71
no. of household schedules Nil
rejected owing to inconsistency
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If ‘yes’ (code 1) in item 7, fill in item 8&9 with code: yes-1, no-2
8. Whether dug well remains unused during some months due to lack of
groundwater
10. Are there any surface water irrigation sources which can be used only in some
seasons due to lack of water supply ? (yes-1,no-2)
11. does the household own any diesel pump for irrigation? (yes -1, no-2)
12. If yes (code 1 in item 11) does the diesel pump remain unused some times due to
unavailability of oil (yes -1, no-2)
13. does the household own any electric pump for irrigation? (Yes -1, no-2)
14. If “yes” (code-1, in item 13) does the electric pump remained unused some
times due to irregular supply of electricity? (yes-1, no-2)
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1. Serial no. 1 2 3 4 5
2. Crop-group (code)
3. Season (Khrif-1, Rabi-2)
4. Area sown (Hectare 0.00)
5. Whether the following used for cultivation of the crop? (entirely-1,
partly-2, not at all 3)
5.1 tractor/power tiller
5.2 electric pump
5.3 oil pump
5.4 manure
5.5 fertilizers
5.6 improved seeds
6. If ‘1’ or ‘2’ in item 5.6 type of seeds (certified…1, uncertified....2,
home grown….3, other...4)
7. If ‘1’ or ‘2’ in item 5.4 type of manure (compost...1,
bio -gas slurry…2, other manures...3)
8. If ‘1’ or ‘2’ in item 5.1 whether hired ? (yes...1, no..2)
9. Whether irrigated ? (yes..1, no..2)
10. If ‘1’ in item 9, whether irrigation services hired from other
households (yes,1, no..2)
11. Whether weedicide used (yes..1, no..2)
12. Whether pesticide inecticide, fungicide etc, used? (yes..1, no..2)
13. How harvested (manually…1, owned machine...2,
hired machine..3)
(crop-group Code)
paddy 1 wheat 2
other cereals 3 pulses 4
oil seeds 5 mixed crop 6
sugar cane 7 vegetables 8
fodder 9 fruits & nuts 10
other cash crops 11 others 99
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