Production of principal crops in the district of Purba Medinipur
(Thousand tonnes)
Crops |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
| Foodgrains : | |||||
| Rice | 1008.4 |
1065.4 |
786.7 |
1045.3 |
821.8 |
| Aus | 34.5 |
29.2 |
31.1 |
33.6 |
20.2 |
| Aman | 513.7 |
619.1 |
322.4 |
540.4 |
275.9 |
| Boro | 460.2 |
417.1 |
433.2 |
471.3 |
525.7 |
| Wheat | 0.3 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
| Barley | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Maize | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Other Cereals | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total Cereals | 1008.7 |
1066.5 |
787.8 |
1046.5 |
823.2 |
| Gram | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tur | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Other Pulses | 8.4 |
11.3 |
11.2 |
13.0 |
8.5 |
| Total Pulses | 8.4 |
11.3 |
11.2 |
13.0 |
8.5 |
| Total Foodgrains | 1017.1 |
1077.8 |
799.0 |
1059.5 |
831.7 |
| Oil Seeds : | |||||
| Rapeseed & Mustard | 4.4 |
4.1 |
3.4 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
| Linseed | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Other Oil seeds | 26.9 |
23.1 |
28.2 |
34.5 |
37.1 |
| Total Oil seeds | 31.3 |
27.2 |
31.6 |
36.7 |
40.0 |
| Fibres : * | |||||
| Jute | 31.2 |
11.7 |
21.0 |
26.5 |
8.4 |
| Mesta | - |
- |
0.3 |
- |
- |
| Other Fibres | 6.7 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
| Total Fibres | 37.9 |
12.8 |
22.5 |
28.5 |
10.8 |
| Miscellaneous crops : | |||||
| Sugarcane(+) | - |
- |
0.2 |
11.4 |
15.5 |
| Potato | 48.5 |
56.7 |
56.9 |
49.6 |
76.2 |
| Tobacco | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tea | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Chillies (dry) | 2.6 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
7.0 |
| Ginger | 1.6 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
| Total Miscellaneous crops | 52.7 |
61.4 |
62.1 |
66.0 |
100.6 |
* 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.