Area covered under irrigation during 1996-97

Handbook of Statistics : Section-'B'

Table-11 :

State-wise Area Covered under Irrigation in Major Rice
Growing States during 1996-97

Area in '00,000 Hectares
SL	States/UTs		Total Rice Area		Irrigated Area		Rainfed Area
1.	Andhra Pradesh		41.09		39.28		1.81
2.	Arunachal Pradesh		1.16		0.33		0.83
3.	Assam		24.92		5.24		19.68
4.	Bihar		50.68		20.67		30.01
5.	Goa		0.54		0.13		0.41
6.	Gujarat		6.42		3.65		2.77
7.	Haryana		8.31		8.28		0.03
8.	Himachal Pradesh		0.82		0.50		0.32
9.	Jammu & Kashmir		2.75		2.48		0.27
10.	Karnataka		13.59		9.23		4.36
11.	Kerala		4.25		2.32		1.93
12.	Madhya Pradesh		53.96		12.76		41.20
13.	Maharashtra		14.78		4.15		10.63
14.	Manipur		1.66		0.75		0.91
15.	Meghalaya		1.05		0.45		0.60
16.	Mizoram		0.65		0.05		0.60
17.	Nagaland		1.40		0.62		0.78
18.	Orissa		44.69		16.53		28.16
19.	Punjab		21.59		21.40		0.19
20.	Rajasthan		1.47		0.52		0.95
21.	Sikkim		0.16		0.16		-
22.	Tamil Nadu		21.74		20.15		1.59
23.	Tripura		2.59		0.45		2.14
24.	Uttar Pradesh		55.49		35.45		20.04
25.	West Bengal		58.01		15.3		42.71
	ALL INDIA		434.33		221.73		212.60

Source

:

Ministry of Agriculture, Dept. of Agriculture & Co-Operation (Crops Division)