season and crop report tamilnadu 2009-10

Misc.Tree Crops and Groves not
included In the Net Area Sown
All cultivable lands, which is not
included under net area sown, but is put to
some agricultural use such as lands under
casuarina, eucalyptus, teak, bamboo bushes,
babul, thatching grass and other groves for
fuel etc. which are not included under orchards
and which bear yield only once in its whole life
span are classified under this category. The
extent under this category during 09-10 was
252828 ha i.e. 1.9% of the geographical area
of the state. Thoothukudi district with 38325 ha
ranked first contributing 15.2% to the total area
of the state under this category followed by
Ramanathapuram district with 34518 ha
(13.7%) and Pudukottai district with 28103 ha
(11.1%).
Current Fallow Lands
Lands that are kept fallow out of the
net area sown during the previous year are
classified as current fallow for the reporting
year. The area under current fallow during
09-10 was 1116981 ha (8.6%). The extent
under this category is the highest in
Thiruvannamalai district ( 121263 ha) followed
by Thiruppur 98292 ha, Villupuram 87735 ha,
Vellore 69546, Erode 64311 ha, Salem 57824
ha and Coimbatore 55792 ha. These districts
together accounted for 49.7% of the total area
of the state under this category.
Other Fallow Land
Land which were taken up for
cultivation but have been temporarily put off
cultivation for a period of not less than one
poverty of the cultivators, inadequeate supply
of water, silting of canals and rivers, etc. are
treated as other fallow land. An extent of
1542137 ha, which is 11.4% of the total
geographical area, was recorded under this
category during 09-10 as against 1497549 ha
during the previous year. The land under this
category was highest in Virudhunagar district
with 167393 ha followed by Tirunelveli district
with 166649 ha, Sivagangai district with
124569 ha, Dindigul with 111579 ha, and
Tiruppur district with 102623 ha during 09-10.
Net Area Sown
Net area sown represents the area
sown under first crop during the fasli year. Out
of 13033072 ha of the total geographical area,
4892142 ha of land constituting 37.5% was
cultivated once with various crops during the
year 09-10. When compared to the previous
year, the area under this category has
decreased by 150754 ha (3.0%). Of the total
net area sown in the State, the share of
Villupuram district was the highest with
333997 ha (6.8%) followed by Dindigul district
with 220092 ha (4.6%), Cuddalore district with
212664 ha (4.5%), salem with 208126 (4.3%),
Thiruvannamalai with 199536 (4.1%), and
Erode district with 199389 ha (4.0%). When
comparing the net area sown with that of the
geographical area of the district, Thiruvarur
and Tirunelveli districts are ranked first and
least, contributing 74.4% and 23.0% of its
geographical area respectively towards this
category.
The net area sown in each district, its
percentage contribution to its geographical
area and the percentage share of each
year but not more than five years due to
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