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Area,    Production    and    Yield    of     Wheat    During    1998-99    and  1999-2000 in Respect of Major Wheat Producing States Alongwith   Coverage Under Irrigation
                           
                           
                           
  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  %  CoverageUnder Irrigation During 1997-98
                Area   Production %  of Total    
                      Production    
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
                           
Uttar Pradesh 9.4 34.27 25.98 34.38 34.38 2764 9.32 33.87 23.47 32.92 32.92 2518 91.7
Punjab 3.39 12.36 15.91 21.05 55.43 4696 3.34 12.14 14.46 20.28 53.21 4332 94.8
Haryana 2.31 8.42 9.64 12.76 68.19 4167 2.19 7.96 8.57 12.02 65.23 3916 98.3
Madhya Pradesh 4.64 16.92 8.46 11.19 79.38 1823 4.66 16.93 8.33 11.68 76.91 1788 69.2
Rajasthan 2.65 9.66 6.73 8.91 88.29 2540 2.77 10.07 6.88 9.65 86.56 2487 94.7
Bihar 2.12 7.73 4.37 5.78 94.07 2061 2.12 7.7 4.4 6.17 92.73 2076 89
Maharashtra 1.05 3.83 1.44 1.91 95.98 1369 1.02 3.71 1.31 1.84 94.57 1289 69.6
Gujarat 0.48 1.75 1.02 1.35 97.33 2116 0.7 2.54 1.7 2.38 96.96 2427 75.6
West Bengal 0.36 1.31 0.8 1.06 98.39 2187 0.37 1.34 0.78 1.09 98.05 2117 73
Himachal Pradesh 0.38 1.39 0.48 0.64 99.02 1266 0.38 1.38 0.64 0.9 98.95 1700 18
Jammu & Kashmir 0.24 0.87 0.37 0.49 99.51 @ 0.24 0.87 0.37 0.52 99.47 @ 25.3
Others 0.41 1.49 0.37 0.49 100 @ 0.41 1.49 0.38 0.53 100 @ –
All India 27.43 100 75.57 100   2755 27.52 100 71.29 100   2590 85
@ – 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.              
                           
Area – Million Hectares                        
Production – Million Tonnes                        
Yield – Kg./ Hectare                        

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