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Production Details: South 24-parganas ( Thousand Tonnes )

Principal Crop Production in the District of South 24-parganas.

Crops	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006
Foodgrains :
(a) Cereals
Rice	866.9	1003.6	940.8	969.6	912.3	845.3
Aus	12.5	31.8	33.5	34.2	7.1	6.3
Aman	628.2	736.0	695.0	715.5	721.0	682.0
Boro	226.2	235.8	212.3	219.9	184.2	157.0
Wheat	5.7	2.5	2.3	3.9	5.9	5.0
Barley	-	-	-	-	-	b
Maize	-	-	-	1.2	0.6	0.5
Other Cereals	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Cereals	872.6	1006.1	943.1	974.7	918.8
850.8
(b) Pulses
Gram	0.1	b	-	-	-	0.3
Tur	-	-	-	-	b	b
Other Pulses	6.8	6.6	8.2	6.8	5.7	5.6
Total pulses	6.9	6.6	8.2	6.8	5.7
5.9
Total Foodgrains	879.5	1012.7	951.3	981.5	924.5	856.7
Oil seeds :
Rape & Mustard	1.3	1.8	3.3	3.5	1.7	3.9
Linseeds	-	b	-	b	-	b
Other Oil Seeds	2.7	2.8	3.7	3.4	8.6	11.1
Total Oil Seeds	4.0	4.6	7.0	6.9	10.3	15.0
Fibre :*
Jute	18.1	16.6	16.7	50.7	12.2	19.6
Mesta	-	-	-	-	-	b
Other fibre	2.7	3.9	1.4	2.3	3.6	3.2
Total Fibre	20.8	20.5	18.1	53.0	15.8	22.8
Miscellaneous crops :
Sugarcane(+)	1.7	4.3	15.3	22.9	3.4	4.5
Potato	78.6	83.5	62.0	75.5	74.5	32.9
Tobacco	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tea	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chillies(dry)	7.7	7.6	8.6	12.7	1.3	1.3
Ginger	0.1	b	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.4
Total Miscellaneous Crops	88.1	95.4	86.1	111.3	79.7	39.1

Legend:

* Production in thousand bales of 180 kg each
(+) in terms of gur

b = Less than 50 tonnes

Sources:
a) Directorate of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal
b) Bureau of Applied Economics & Statistics, Govt. of West Bengal.