Area Irrigated by different sources in the district of Murshidabad
| Year | Area Irrigated By | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Govt. Canal | Tank | HDTW | MDTW | LDTW | STW | RLI | ODW | OTHERS | TOTAL | |
| 2001-02 | 46.62 | 10.16 | 20.70 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 2.75 | 10.44 | - | 131.91 | 223.68 |
| 2002-03 | 52.69 | 7.87 | 13.98 | 2.47 | 0.20 | 3.61 | 11.44 | - | 130.06 | 222.32 |
| 2003-04 | 45.47 | 8.56 | 11.25 | 1.91 | 0.16 | 1.85 | 11.57 | - | 130.72 | 211.49 |
| 2004-05 | 34.53 | 8.30 | 11.75 | 0.24 | 1.72 | 0.51 | 11.90 | - | 130.72 | 199.67 |
| 2005-06 | 32.89 | 7.84 | 10.17 | 0.25 | 0.54 | 0.40 | 11.14 | - | 141.43 | 204.66 |
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 Murshidabad
| Year | Tank | HDTW | MDTW | LDTW | STW* | RLI | ODW | Others | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-02 | 12417 | 537 | 32 | 239 | 887 | 411 | - | 71239 | |||||||||
| 2002-03 | 11101 | 535 | 32 | 239 | 920 | 421 | - | 72704 | |||||||||
| 2003-04 | 10098 | 391 | 107 | 25 | 483 | 321 | - | 73439 | |||||||||
| 2004-05 | 11024 | 351 | 15 | 97 | 200 | 307 | - | 73139 | |||||||||
| 2005-06 | 11024 | 352 | 14 | 61 | 160 | 310 | - | 73724 | |||||||||