Production of principal crops in the district of Jalpaiguri
(Thousand tonnes)
Crops |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
| Foodgrains : | |||||
| Rice | 397.6 |
366.1 |
394.6 |
419.0 |
372.4 |
| Aus | 68.4 |
56.4 |
67.4 |
54.0 |
56.6 |
| Aman | 300.3 |
275.6 |
283.9 |
322.0 |
274.7 |
| Boro | 28.9 |
34.1 |
43.3 |
43.0 |
41.1 |
| Wheat | 36.4 |
42.5 |
31.8 |
33.1 |
39.2 |
| Barley | # |
# |
- |
# |
# |
| Maize | 18.2 |
20.6 |
22.5 |
23.1 |
25.4 |
| Other Cereals | 0.7 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
| Total Cereals | 452.9 |
429.5 |
449.2 |
475.5 |
437.2 |
| Gram | 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
(b) |
0.1 |
| Tur | # |
# |
# |
# |
# |
| Other Pulses | 2.8 |
2.5 |
.2.0 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
| Total Pulses | 2.9 |
2.6 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
| Total Foodgrains | 455.8 |
432.1 |
451.3 |
477.6 |
439.4 |
| Oil Seeds : | |||||
| Rapeseed & Mustard | 4.9 |
5.1 |
4.8 |
3.5 |
6.0 |
| Linseed | 0.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| Other Oil seeds | 3.0 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
7.0 |
| Total Oil seeds | 8.3 |
8.9 |
8.6 |
7.8 |
13.2 |
| Fibres : * | |||||
| Jute | 394.7 |
397.2 |
505.1 |
446.7 |
518.8 |
| Mesta | 3.2 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
| Other Fibres | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total Fibres | 397.9 |
399.8 |
507.3 |
449.2 |
520.8 |
| Miscellaneous crops : | |||||
| Sugarcane(+) | 8.5 |
7.2 |
13.3 |
4.4 |
10.6 |
| Potato | 459.3 |
577.2 |
348.6 |
574.2 |
905.8 |
| Tobacco | 0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| Tea | 134.7 |
125.8 |
145.2 |
146.7 |
156.2(P) |
| Chillies (dry) | 5.3 |
5.9 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
4.0 |
| Ginger | 2.3 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
| Total Miscellaneous crops | 610.4 |
719.1 |
516.2 |
734.3 |
1080.0 |
* 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.