State-wise production of food grains from 1990 – 2001

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 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.

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