West Bengal State Marketing Board
Gross Cropped Area, Net, Cropped Area and Cropping Intensity of West Bengal by District
District1980-81
(In '000 Hectares)
1985-86
(In '000 Hectares)
1990-91
(In '000 Hectares)
Gross
Crop-
ped
Area
Net
Crop-
ped
Area
Crop-
ping
Inten-
sity
Gross
Crop-
ped
Area
Net
Crop-
ped
Area
Crop-
ping
Inten-
sity
Gross
Crop-
ped
Area
Net
Crop-
ped
Area
Crop-
ping
Inten-
sity
Burdwan 683.70 471.12 145 707.25 462.68 153 745.04 460.25 162
Birbhum 450.00 351.85 132 444.60 323.63 137 494.63 343.39 144
Bankura 447.00 379.51 118 460.31 390.53 118 542.18 391.22 139
Midnapore(East)
Midnapore(west)
1074.90 861.96 125 1144.53 901.81 127 1271.92 846.34 150
Howrah 129.20 96.74 134 150.82 89.38 169 172.04 84.81 203
Hooghly 371.50 234.39 158 395.05 226.32 175 450.24 221.80 203
North 24-parganas
431.20 639.43 127 447.99 248.61 180 459.71 281.83 163
South 24-parganas 449.10 .... .... 470.16 381.62 123 508.73 398.88 128
Nadia 535.30 320.34 167 575.49 316.89 182 659.81 287.20 230
Murshi
dabad
677.20 426.80 159 713.36 414.93 172 741.55 404.57 183
Uttar Dinajpur
Dakshin Dinajpur
709.20 468.39 151 730.74 456.53 160 681.77 424.31 131
Malda 396.20 283.89 140 401.59 287.74 140 488.53 254.55 192
Jalpaiguri 435.70 317.67 137 468.62 262.98 178 263.09 341.33 136
Darjeeling 141.60 45.73 310 138.44 128.06 108 17194 137.56 125
Cooch
Behar
417.80 264.44 158 431.87 245.98 176 454.80 247.49 184
Purulia 312.00 301.89 103 356.34 336.70 106 357.30 336.89 106
West
Bnegal
7661
.160
5508
.15
139 8037
.16
5474
.39
147 8662
.28
5463
.42
159
Gross Cropped Area, Net, Cropped Area and Cropping Intensity of West Bengal by District
District1995-96
(In '000 Hectares)
2000-01
(In '000 Hectares)
2004-05
(In '000 Hectares)
Gross
Crop-
ped
Area
Net
Crop-
ped
Area
Crop-
ping
Inten-
sity
Gross
Crop-
ped
Area
Net
Crop-
ped
Area
Crop-
ping
Inten-
sity
Gross
Crop-
ped
Area
Net
Crop-
ped
Area
Crop-
ping
Inten-
sity
Burdwan 771.83 465.69 166 788.68 477.49 165 837.14 457.80 183
Birbhum 490.33 311.52 157 458.67 337.52 136 532.99 320.61 166
Bankura 539.54 365.66 148 499.24 344.07 145 460.51 338.17 136
Midnapore(East)
Midnapore(west)
1392.59 844.65 165 1438.55 874.24 164 513.90
922.57
297.50
552.12
173
167
Howrah 157.37 85.60 184 165.34 87.04 190 182.79 84.90 215
Hooghly 491.76 227.84 216 396.38 230.54 172 520.66 219.73 237
North 24-parganas
460.53 256.09 180 513.69 259.87 198 471.77 265.51 178
South 24-parganas 508.12 398.07 128 538.79 378.29 142 505.30 378.26 134
Nadia 702.25 297.80 236 721.63 298.50 242 758.13 299.94 253
Murshi
dabad
773.80 407.19 190 754.94 393.04 192 958.22 404.57 237
Uttar Dinajpur
Dakshin Dinajpur
723.43 453.96 159 501.04
299.16
273.41
190.46
187
157
501.96
311.47
269.60
188.58
186
165
Malda 461.19 283.52 163 459.56 222.91 206 456.66 217.60 201
Jalpaiguri 461.90 321.51 144 560.74 336.51 167 563.76 340.00 166
Darjeeling 173.81 145.83 119 186.34 136.88 136 176.20 143.86 122
Cooch
Behar
495.56 259.01 191 508.43 264.92 192 494.28 216.16 194
Purulia 369.53 337.99 109 925.42 311.69 104 354.62 331.79 107
West
Bnegal
8972
.54
5461
.93
164 9116
.60
5417
.38
168 9522
.93
5370
.70
177