Area Irrigated by different sources in the district of Darjeeling
| Year | Area Irrigated By | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Govt. Canal | Tank | HDTW | MDTW | LDTW | STW | RLI | ODW | OTHERS | TOTAL | |
| 2001-02 | 9.27 | - | - | - | - | 0.45 | 3.24 | - | 3.47 | 16.43 |
| 2002-03 | 4.34 | - | - | - | - | 0.32 | 2.48 | 0.24 | 0.12 | 7.50 |
| 2003-04 | 4.72 | - | - | - | - | 0.49 | 3.78 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 9.26 |
| 2004-05 | 3.35 | - | - | - | - | 2.27 | 4.10 | - | 0.54 | 10.26 |
| 2005-06 | 2.43 | - | - | - | - | 2.01 | 4.21 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 8.94 |
HDTW= High Capacity Deep Tubewell MDTW= Middle Capacity Deep Tubewell
LDTW= Low Capacity Deep Tubewell STW= Shallow Tubewell
RLI= River Lift Irrigation ODW= Open Dug Well
Sources of Irrigation in the District of Darjeeling
| Year | Tank | HDTW | MDTW | LDTW | STW* | RLI | ODW | Others | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-02 | - | - | - | - | 182 | 61 | - | 17 | |||||||||
| 2002-03 | - | - | - | - | 115 | 91 | 42 | 12 | |||||||||
| 2003-04 | - | - | - | - | 197 | 108 | 59 | 10 | |||||||||
| 2004-05 | - | - | - | - | 610 | 124 | - | 61 | |||||||||
| 2005-06 | - | - | - | - | 502 | 127 | 58 | 7 | |||||||||