Production of principal crops in the district of Burdwan
(Thousand tonnes)
Crops |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
| Foodgrains : | |||||
| Rice | 2008.1 |
1892.9 |
1968.5 |
1967.0 |
1858.6 |
| Aus | 51.8 |
52.1 |
44.6 |
43.7 |
51.9 |
| Aman | 1257.1 |
1231.4 |
1365.5 |
1201.3 |
1126.7 |
| Boro | 699.2 |
609.4 |
558.4 |
722.0 |
680.0 |
| Wheat | 12.7 |
10.1 |
4.8 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
| Barley | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Maize | 0.4 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
| Other Cereals | # |
- |
0.1 |
- |
- |
| Total Cereals | 2021.2 |
1903.3 |
1973.9 |
1973.6 |
1865.5 |
| Gram | 0.6 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
| Tur | 0.2 |
- |
# |
- |
# |
| Other Pulses | 1.6 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
| Total Pulses | 2.4 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
| Total Foodgrains | 2023.6 |
1904.6 |
1975.0 |
1975.0 |
1866.3 |
| Oil Seeds : | |||||
| Rapeseed & Mustard | 41.9 |
31 |
27.5 |
21.3 |
21.8 |
| Linseed | # |
# |
# |
# |
# |
| Other Oil seeds | 13.5 |
9.8 |
14.6 |
25.4 |
21.0 |
| Total Oil seeds | 55.4 |
40.8 |
42.1 |
46.7 |
42.8 |
| Fibres : * | |||||
| Jute | 215.1 |
222.7 |
282.4 |
229.6 |
157.2 |
| Mesta | 0.1 |
0.1 |
# |
0.1 |
- |
| Other Fibres | 0.7 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
# |
| Total Fibres | 215.9 |
223.5 |
282.8 |
230.8 |
157.2 |
| Miscellaneous crops : | |||||
| Sugarcane(+) | 48.6 |
39.5 |
32.6 |
227.3 |
56.2 |
| Potato | 1235.0 |
1132.5 |
921.2 |
845.5 |
1332.9 |
| Tobacco | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tea | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Chillies (dry) | 3.3 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
| Ginger | 0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
| Total Miscellaneous crops | 1287.2 |
1175.5 |
957.8 |
1076.7 |
1393.0 |
* In 1000 bales of 180 kgs each (+) In terms of gur '# Less than 50 tonnes
Sources : 1) Directorate of Agriculture, Govt.of W. B.
Sources : 2) Bureau of Applied Economics & Statistics, Govt.of W. B.