Area, Production and Yield of Rice During 1998-99 and 1999-2000 in Respect of Major Rice Producing States Alongwith Coverage Under Irrigation
Area - Million Hectares
Production - Million Tonnes
Yield - Kg./ Hectare
1999-2000
1998-99
State
Area
% of Total Area
Production
% of Total Production
Cumulative % of Total Production
Yield
Area
% of Total Area
Production
% of Total Production
Cumulative % of Total Production
Yield
% Coverage Under Irrigation During 1997-98
West Bengal
6.18
13.74
13.95
15.59
15.59
2259
5.9
13.17
13.32
15.47
15.47
2255
25.9
Uttar Pradesh
5.93
13.19
12.91
14.43
30.02
2176
5.88
13.13
11.39
13.23
28.71
1936
62.7
Andhra Pradesh
3.9
8.67
10.49
11.72
41.74
2687
4.32
9.64
11.88
13.8
42.51
2752
96.4
Punjab
2.6
5.78
8.72
9.75
51.49
3346
2.52
5.63
7.94
9.22
51.73
3152
95
Bihar
5.03
11.19
7.74
8.65
60.14
1540
5.09
11.36
6.77
7.86
59.6
1331
40.4
Tamil Nadu
2.2
4.89
7.23
8.08
68.22
3278
2.27
5.07
8.14
9.46
69.05
3579
93.2
Madhya Pradesh
5.35
11.9
6.38
7.13
75.35
1191
5.48
12.23
5.06
5.88
74.93
924
23.6
Orissa
4.6
10.23
5.19
5.8
81.15
1128
4.45
9.93
5.39
6.26
81.19
1212
36.2
Assam
2.61
5.8
3.86
4.31
85.46
1479
2.42
5.4
3.25
3.78
84.97
1345
21.1
Karnataka
1.45
3.22
3.64
4.07
89.53
2512
1.43
3.19
3.66
4.25
89.22
2563
69.2
Haryana
1.09
2.42
2.59
2.89
92.42
2386
1.08
2.41
2.43
2.82
92.04
2239
99.6
Maharashtra
1.51
3.36
2.54
2.84
95.26
1682
1.48
3.3
2.47
2.87
94.91
1664
28.1
Gujarat
0.66
1.47
0.98
1.1
96.36
@
0.62
1.38
1.02
1.18
96.1
@
61.2
Kerala
0.35
0.78
0.77
0.86
97.22
@
0.35
0.78
0.73
0.85
96.94
@
52.2
Jammu & Kashmir
0.25
0.56
0.39
0.44
97.65
@
0.27
0.6
0.59
0.69
97.63
@
89.5
Others
1.26
2.8
2.1
2.35
100
@
1.24
2.77
2.04
2.37
100
@
-
All India
44.97
100
89.48
100
1990
44.8
100
86.08
100
1921
50.2
@ - Since Area/ Production is low, yield rate is not worked out.
Note: States have been arranged in order of descending percentage share of production during 1999-2000.