Production of principal crops in the district of Purulia
(Thousand tonnes)
Crops |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
| Foodgrains : | |||||
| Rice | 639.7 |
673.7 |
528.9 |
731.4 |
768.2 |
| Aus | 2.7 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
| Aman | 632.9 |
669.3 |
524.6 |
725.1 |
760.0 |
| Boro | 4.1 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
4.4 |
| Wheat | 8.2 |
3.4 |
7.1 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
| Barley | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Maize | 20.7 |
20.5 |
17.9 |
19.3 |
7.0 |
| Other Cereals | 0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
# |
0.1 |
| Total Cereals | 668.8 |
697.8 |
554.1 |
754.4 |
779.1 |
| Gram | 0.3 |
# |
# |
# |
0.1 |
| Tur | 0.9 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
| Other Pulses | 5.1 |
8.1 |
3.5 |
5.2 |
4.5 |
| Total Pulses | 6.3 |
8.4 |
4.5 |
6.2 |
4.9 |
| Total Foodgrains | 675.1 |
706.2 |
558.6 |
760.6 |
784.0 |
| Oil Seeds : | |||||
| Rapeseed & Mustard | 0.9 |
0.9 |
1.6 |
2.5 |
0.7 |
| Linseed | # |
# |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
| Other Oil seeds | 1.2 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
1.6 |
| Total Oil seeds | 2.1 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
4.7 |
2.5 |
| Fibres : * | |||||
| Jute | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Mesta | 2.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
# |
| Other Fibres | 0.5 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
2.8 |
| Total Fibres | 2.6 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
2.8 |
| Miscellaneous crops : | |||||
| Sugarcane(+) | 7.5 |
33.4 |
13.7 |
12.8 |
42.5 |
| Potato | 30.3 |
24.3 |
16.5 |
15.8 |
9.3 |
| Tobacco | - |
# |
# |
# |
# |
| Tea | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Chillies (dry) | 0.5 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
| Ginger | 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
| Total Miscellaneous crops | 38.4 |
58.5 |
30.9 |
29.3 |
54.1 |
* 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.