Production of principal crops in the district of Malda
(Thousand tonnes)
Crops |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
| Foodgrains : | |||||
| Rice | 572.6 |
661.6 |
636.1 |
470.6 |
480.4 |
| Aus | 20.8 |
18.7 |
13.3 |
10.0 |
11.3 |
| Aman | 329.4 |
405.6 |
391.7 |
201.9 |
212.2 |
| Boro | 222.4 |
237.3 |
231.1 |
258.7 |
256.9 |
| Wheat | 133.9 |
132.0 |
101.8 |
111.1 |
137.9 |
| Barley | 2.1 |
3.0 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
| Maize | 20.4 |
31.9 |
29.7 |
29.5 |
22.8 |
| Other Cereals | 0.3 |
0.1 |
# |
# |
# |
| Total Cereals | 729.3 |
828.6 |
769.5 |
612.9 |
643.1 |
| Gram | 7.7 |
10.8 |
5.1 |
4.6 |
4 |
| Tur | 0.1 |
0.1 |
# |
# |
# |
| Other Pulses | 19.0 |
16.1 |
16.6 |
17.9 |
20.2 |
| Total Pulses | 26.8 |
27.0 |
21.7 |
22.5 |
24.2 |
| Total Foodgrains | 756.1 |
855.6 |
791.2 |
635.4 |
667.3 |
| Oil Seeds : | |||||
| Rapeseed & Mustard | 36.2 |
32.8 |
41.6 |
39.7 |
38.6 |
| Linseed | 0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
| Other Oil seeds | 0.1 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
| Total Oil seeds | 36.4 |
33.4 |
42.3 |
40.7 |
39.5 |
| Fibres : * | |||||
| Jute | 341.9 |
324.1 |
298.1 |
341.3 |
289.2 |
| Mesta | 9.0 |
6.2 |
7.0 |
5.6 |
3.2 |
| Other Fibres | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total Fibres | 350.9 |
330.3 |
305.1 |
346.9 |
292.4 |
| Miscellaneous crops : | |||||
| Sugarcane(+) | 268.6 |
207.5 |
288.7 |
243.8 |
284.6 |
| Potato | 52.2 |
48.8 |
38.5 |
46.1 |
76.0 |
| Tobacco | 0.3 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
| Tea | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Chillies (dry) | 1.8 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
| Ginger | 0.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Total Miscellaneous crops | 323.3 |
258.4 |
329.0 |
292.1 |
363.7 |
* 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.