Table 17 : Area under Cultivation - Foodgrains

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Table 17 : Area under Cultivation - Foodgrains

(Million hectares)
Year		Cereals				Pulses	Total foodgrains (5+6)
Year		Rice	Wheat	Coarse cereals	Total (2+3+4)	Pulses	Total foodgrains (5+6)
1		2	3	4	5	6	7
1950-51		30.81	9.75	37.67	78.23	19.09	97.32
1951-52		29.83	9.47	38.88	78.18	18.78	96.96
1952-53		29.97	9.83	42.45	82.25	19.84	102.09
1953-54		31.29	10.68	45.37	87.34	21.73	109.07
1954-55		30.77	11.26	43.92	85.95	21.91	107.86
1955-56		31.52	12.37	43.45	87.34	23.22	110.56
1956-57		32.28	13.52	42.02	87.82	23.32	111.14
1957-58		32.30	11.73	42.91	86.94	22.54	109.48
1958-59		33.17	12.62	44.66	90.45	24.31	114.76
1959-60		33.82	13.38	43.79	90.99	24.83	115.82
1960-61		34.13	12.93	44.96	92.02	23.56	115.58
1961-62		34.69	13.57	44.73	92.99	24.24	117.23
1962-63		35.69	13.59	44.29	93.57	24.27	117.84
1963-64		35.81	13.50	43.93	93.24	24.18	117.42
1964-65		36.46	13.42	44.35	94.23	23.88	118.11
1965-66		35.47	12.57	44.34	92.38	22.72	115.10
1966-67		35.25	12.84	45.09	93.18	22.12	115.30
1967-68		36.44	14.99	47.34	98.77	22.65	121.42
1968-69		36.97	15.96	46.24	99.17	21.26	120.43
1969-70		37.68	16.63	47.24	101.55	22.02	123.57
1970-71		37.59	18.24	45.95	101.78	22.54	124.32
1971-72		37.76	19.14	43.57	100.47	22.15	122.62
1972-73		36.69	19.46	42.21	98.36	20.92	119.28
1973-74		38.29	18.58	46.24	103.11	23.43	126.54
1974-75		37.89	18.01	43.15	99.05	22.03	121.08
1975-76		39.48	20.45	43.80	103.73	24.45	128.18
1976-77		38.51	20.92	41.94	101.37	22.98	124.36
1977-78		40.28	21.46	42.28	104.02	23.50	127.52
1978-79		40.48	22.64	42.23	105.35	23.66	129.01
1979-80		39.42	22.17	41.36	102.95	22.26	125.21
1980-81		40.15	22.28	41.78	104.21	22.46	126.67
1981-82		40.71	22.14	42.45	105.30	23.84	129.14
1982-83		38.26	23.57	40.43	102.26	22.83	125.10
1983-84		41.24	24.67	41.71	107.62	23.54	131.16
1984-85		41.16	23.56	39.21	103.94	22.74	126.67
1985-86		41.14	23.00	39.47	103.61	24.42	128.02
1986-87		41.17	23.13	39.74	104.04	23.16	127.20
1987-88		38.81	23.06	36.55	98.42	21.27	119.69
1988-89		41.73	24.11	38.68	104.53	23.15	127.67
1989-90		42.17	23.50	37.69	103.36	23.41	126.77
1990-91		42.69	24.17	36.32	103.17	24.66	127.84
1991-92		42.65	23.26	33.42	99.33	22.54	121.87
1992-93		41.78	24.59	34.43	100.79	22.36	123.15
1993-94		42.54	25.15	32.82	100.50	22.25	122.75
1994-95		42.81	25.70	32.17	100.83	23.03	123.86
1995-96		42.84	25.01	30.88	98.73	22.28	121.01
1996-97		43.43	25.89	31.81	101.13	22.45	123.58
1997-98		43.45	26.70	30.83	100.98	22.87	123.85
1998-99		44.80	27.52	29.34	101.66	23.50	125.17
1999-00		45.16	27.49	29.34	101.99	21.12	123.10
2000-01		44.71	25.73	30.33	100.70	20.35	121.05
2001-02		44.62	25.92	29.71	100.25	21.66	121.91
2002-03	AE	40.41	25.24	26.37	92.02	21.12	113.13
AE Advance Estimates. Source : Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.