Area Irrigated by different sources in the district of Howrah
| Year | Area Irrigated By | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Govt. Canal | Tank | HDTW | MDTW | LDTW | STW | RLI | ODW | OTHERS | TOTAL | |
| 2001-02 | 9.84 | 8.39 | 1.89 | 1.10 | - | 1.80 | 4.24 | - | - | 27.26 |
| 2002-03 | 9.47 | 8.39 | 3.57 | 1.16 | - | 1.80 | 2.50 | - | - | 26.89 |
| 2003-04 | 9.79 | 8.39 | 2.39 | 0.54 | - | 2.04 | 2.27 | - | - | 25.42 |
| 2004-05 | 35.97 | 8.39 | 2.56 | 0.50 | - | 2.04 | 2.85 | - | - | 52.31 |
| 2005-06 | 35.50 | 8.95 | 2.23 | 0.58 | - | 2.00 | 2.31 | - | - | 51.57 |
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 Howrah
| Year | Tank | HDTW | MDTW | LDTW | STW* | RLI | ODW | Others | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-02 | 22915 | 89 | 74 | - | 1113 | 127 | - | - | |||||||||
| 2002-03 | 22915 | 91 | 60 | - | 1113 | 99 | - | - | |||||||||
| 2003-04 | 23291 | 94 | 67 | - | 1113 | 98 | - | - | |||||||||
| 2004-05 | 23589 | 99 | 67 | - | 1025 | 113 | - | - | |||||||||
| 2005-06 | 23349 | 82 | 44 | - | 1025 | 99 | - | - | |||||||||