Production of principal crops in the district of Murshidabad
(Thousand tonnes)
Crops |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
| Foodgrains : | |||||
| Rice | 1113.6 |
1194.4 |
1189.6 |
1030.6 |
1142.4 |
| Aus | 84.2 |
85.8 |
78.8 |
62.2 |
65.1 |
| Aman | 598.3 |
595.2 |
637.1 |
492.8 |
576.4 |
| Boro | 431.1 |
513.4 |
473.7 |
475.6 |
500.9 |
| Wheat | 346.8 |
251.8 |
273.1 |
270.3 |
313.4 |
| Barley | 1.1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
| Maize | 6.3 |
8.8 |
23.9 |
34.4 |
19.5 |
| Other Cereals | 0.6 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
| Total Cereals | 1468.4 |
1456.1 |
1487.6 |
1336.4 |
1476.5 |
| Gram | 11.5 |
10.2 |
10.5 |
5.5 |
5.1 |
| Tur | 0.5 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
| Other Pulses | 49.7 |
33.2 |
36.5 |
30.5 |
36.2 |
| Total Pulses | 61.7 |
43.6 |
47.1 |
36.1 |
41.7 |
| Total Foodgrains | 1530.1 |
1499.7 |
1534.7 |
1372.5 |
1518.2 |
| Oil Seeds : | |||||
| Rapeseed & Mustard | 81.3 |
64.5 |
82.3 |
71.3 |
76.6 |
| Linseed | 0.3 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
# |
0.1 |
| Other Oil seeds | 15.0 |
14.6 |
15.4 |
14.9 |
13.6 |
| Total Oil seeds | 96.6 |
79.3 |
97.8 |
86.2 |
90.3 |
| Fibres : * | |||||
| Jute | 2070.5 |
1963.3 |
1865.6 |
1972.0 |
1981.9 |
| Mesta | 0.8 |
1.7 |
8.1 |
4.1 |
1.5 |
| Other Fibres | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total Fibres | 2071.3 |
1965.0 |
1873.7 |
1976.1 |
1983.4 |
| Miscellaneous crops : | |||||
| Sugarcane(+) | 439.2 |
368.2 |
458.7 |
340.9 |
621.2 |
| Potato | 170.7 |
245.6 |
178.6 |
106.7 |
269.9 |
| Tobacco | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tea | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Chillies (dry) | 6.5 |
7.5 |
9.1 |
6.8 |
7.1 |
| Ginger | 0.4 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
| Total Miscellaneous crops | 616.8 |
621.6 |
646.8 |
454.8 |
898.8 |
* 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.