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AGRICULTURE
NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS
State Rural Marginal Small Semi- Medium Large Total Total
population Medium (M) (L) holdings M+L
Millions < 1 h 1-2 h 2-4 h 4-10 h >10 h
NORTH
Uttar Pradesh 137.8 14,819 3,116 1,543 548 45 20,074 593
Rajasthan 43.3 1,517 1,019 1,061 1,017 493 5,107 1,510
Punjab 16.0 296 204 289 261 67 1,117 328
Haryana 15.0 622 304 336 222 46 1,530 268
Jammu & Kashmir 7.6 902 197 98 20 1 1,217 1,218
Himachal Pradesh 5.5 532 166 94 36 6 834 840
Delhi (NCT) 1.0 n.a n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Sub-total 226.2 18,688 5,006 3,421 2,104 658 29,879 2,762
WEST
Maharashtra 55.7 3,275 2728 2,126 1,171 171 9,470 1,342
Madhya Pradesh 60.9 3,136 1917 1,738 1,287 323 8,401 1,610
Gujarat 31.7 924 915 890 669 118 3,517 787
Goa 0.7 58 7 4 2 1 72 3
Sub-total 149.0 7,393 5,567 4,758 3,129 613 21,460 3,742
EAST
Bihar 95.1 10,193 1,438 945 351 39 12,966 390
West Bengal 57.7 4,639 1,107 457 79 1 6,284 80
Orissa 31.2 2,118 1,035 594 186 15 3,948 201
Assam 23.2 1,521 560 343 95 5 2,523 100
Arunachal Pradesh 0.9 16 17 30 26 5 94 31
Sub-total 208.1 18,487 4,157 2,369 737 65 25,815 802
SOUTH
Andhra Pradesh 55.2 5,211 1,972 1,349 644 118 9,290 762
Tamil Nadu 34.9 5,848 1,275 618 228 31 7,999 259
Karnataka 34.4 2,262 1,586 1,163 636 129 5,776 765
Kerala 23.6 5,016 280 98 21 3 5,418 24
Sub-total 148.1 18,337 5,113 3,228 1,529 281 28,483 1,810
OTHER* 10.3 483 243 152 80 36 996 116
GRAND TOTAL 741.7 63,389 20,092 13,923 7,580 1,654 106,637 9,234
(% Split) - (59) (19) (13) (7) (2) (100) (9)
Area in 000’s hectares 24,894 28,827 38,327 44,752 28,659 165,507 73,411
(% Split) - (15) (17) (23) (27) (17) (100) (44)
Av. size in hectares - 0.39 1.43 2.76 5.90 17.33 1.55 7.9
Source: Agricultural Statistics at a Glance, Ministry of Agriculture. Figures are taken from the 1991 Census. * Small States and UT’s.
83 million (78%) of the 107 million farms are 2 hectares or less.
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