WBSMB : Production Details

Production Details: Dakshin Dinajpur ( Thousand Tonnes )

Principal Crop Production in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Crops	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006
Foodgrains :
(a) Cereals
Rice	467.3	425.4	462.0	519.6	550.5	519.3
Aus	13.1	15.0	12.1	17.0	16.9	19.7
Aman	338.0	309.5	353.4	392.0	414.7	386.3
Boro	116.2	100.9	96.5	110.6	118.9	113.3
Wheat	25.2	24.2	21.0	22.4	22.2	17.7
Barley	b	b	b	b	-	-
Maize	b	-	-	-	0.3	0.2
Other Cereals	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Cereals	492.5	449.6	483.0	542.0	573.0
737.2
(b) Pulses
Gram	0.1	b	b	0.1	b	b
Tur	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Pulses	2.4	2.2	2.2	2.5	0.4	0.4
Total Pulses	2.5	2.2	2.2	2.6	0.4	0.4
Total Foodgrains	495.0	451.8	485.2	544.6	573.4	537.6
Oil seeds :
Rape & Mustard	20.8	17.1	14.4	20.8	19.2	17.4
Linseeds	b	b	b	0.1	b	b
Other Oilseeds	0.2	-	-	-	0.1	0.2
Total Oil Seeds	21.0	17.1	14.4	20.8	19.2	17.4
Fibre :*
Jute	146.1	182.5	184.0	220.5	208.9	185.6
Mesta	15.0	14.0	16.5	34.0	27.6	48.3
Other Fibre	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Fibre	161.1	196.5	200.5	254.5	236.5	233.5
Miscellaneous crops :
Sugarcane(+)	-	-	-	0.6	-	-
Potato	87.8	66.5	87.2	65.0	56.0	59.3
Tobacco	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tea	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chillies(dry)	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.9
Ginger	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2
Total Miscellaneous Crops	89.5	68.3	89.1	67.6	58.0	61.4

Legend:

* Production in thousand bales of 180 kg each
(+) in terms of gur

b = Less than 50 tonnes

Sources:
a) Directorate of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal
b) Bureau of Applied Economics & Statistics, Govt. of West Bengal.