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Table 20 : Area Under Cultivation - Major Commercial Crops

(Million hectares)

Year

Oilseeds

Sugar
cane

Tea

Coffee

Cotton (Lint)

Raw Jute & Mesta

Tobacco

Ground
nut

Rapeseed & Mustard

Soya
bean

Total

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

1953-54

4.25

2.24

 

10.99

1.41

 

 

6.99

0.68

0.37

1954-55

5.54

2.44

 

12.52

1.62

 

 

7.55

0.68

0.35

1955-56

5.13

2.56

 

12.09

1.85

 

 

8.09

0.94

0.41

1956-57

5.53

2.54

 

12.49

2.05

 

 

8.02

1.07

0.42

1957-58

6.42

2.41

 

12.66

2.07

 

 

8.01

1.02

0.36

1958-59

6.25

2.45

 

13.00

1.95

 

 

7.96

1.10

0.38

1959-60

6.44

2.91

 

13.95

2.14

 

 

7.30

0.98

0.41

1960-61

6.46

2.88

 

13.77

2.42

 

 

7.61

0.90

0.40

1961-62

6.89

3.17

 

14.77

2.46

 

 

7.98

1.34

0.42

1962-63

7.28

3.13

 

15.34

2.24

 

 

7.73

1.24

0.41

1963-64

6.89

3.05

 

14.82

2.25

 

 

8.22

1.27

0.44

1964-65

7.38

2.91

 

15.26

2.60

 

 

8.37

1.21

0.41

1965-66

7.70

2.91

 

15.25

2.84

 

 

7.96

1.11

0.38

1966-67

7.30

3.01

 

15.00

2.30

 

 

7.84

1.12

0.42

1967-68

7.55

3.24

 

15.67

2.05

 

 

8.00

1.20

0.42

1968-69

7.09

2.87

 

14.47

2.53

 

 

7.60

0.81

0.44

1969-70

7.13

3.17

 

14.81

2.75

 

 

7.73

1.09

0.44

1970-71

7.33

3.32

0.03

16.64

2.62

0.35

0.14

7.61

1.08

0.45

1971-72

7.51

3.61

0.03

17.27

2.39

0.36

0.14

7.80

1.11

0.46

1972-73

6.99

3.32

0.03

15.79

2.45

0.36

0.15

7.68

0.99

0.45

1973-74

7.02

3.46

0.05

16.90

2.75

0.36

0.16

7.57

1.16

0.46

1974-75

7.06

3.68

0.07

17.31

2.89

0.36

0.16

7.56

0.98

0.38

1975-76

7.22

3.34

0.09

16.92

2.76

0.36

0.17

7.35

0.91

0.37

1976-77

7.04

3.13

0.13

16.47

2.87

0.36

0.14

6.89

1.09

0.43

1977-78

7.03

3.58

0.20

17.17

3.15

0.37

0.15

7.87

1.16

0.50

1978-79

7.43

3.54

0.31

17.71

3.09

0.37

0.16

8.12

1.27

0.41

1979-80

7.17

3.47

0.50

16.94

2.61

0.37

0.17

8.13

1.22

0.43

1980-81

6.80

4.11

0.61

17.60

2.67

0.38

0.19

7.82

1.30

0.45

1981-82

7.43

4.40

0.48

18.91

3.19

0.38

0.19

8.06

1.15

0.44

1982-83

7.22

3.83

0.77

17.76

3.36

0.39

0.21

7.87

1.02

0.50

1983-84

7.54

3.87

0.84

18.69

3.11

0.40

0.21

7.72

1.05

0.44

1984-85

7.17

3.99

1.24

18.92

2.95

0.40

0.21

7.38

1.13

0.44

1985-86

7.12

3.98

1.34

19.02

2.85

0.40

0.21

7.53

1.50

0.40

1986-87

6.98

3.72

1.53

18.63

3.08

0.41

0.22

6.95

1.07

0.39

1987-88

6.84

4.62

1.54

20.13

3.28

0.41

0.22

6.46

0.96

0.32

1988-89

8.53

4.83

1.73

21.90

3.33

0.41

0.22

7.34

0.92

0.38

1989-90

8.71

4.97

2.25

22.80

3.44

0.41

0.22

7.69

0.91

0.41

1990-91

8.31

5.78

2.56

24.15

3.69

0.42

0.22

7.44

1.02

0.41

1991-92

8.67

6.55

3.18

25.89

3.84

0.42

0.22

7.66

1.11

0.43

1992-93

8.17

6.19

3.79

25.24

3.57

0.42

0.22

7.54

0.93

0.42

1993-94

8.32

6.29

4.37

26.90

3.42

0.42

0.23

7.32

0.89

0.38

1994-95

7.85

6.01

4.32

25.30

3.87

0.43

0.23

7.87

0.93

0.38

1995-96

7.52

6.55

5.04

25.96

4.15

0.43

0.24

9.04

0.93

0.39

1996-97

7.60

6.55

5.45

26.34

4.17

0.43

0.25

9.12

1.10

0.43

1997-98

7.09

7.04

5.99

26.12

3.93

0.43

0.29

8.87

1.11

0.46

1998-99

7.40

6.51

6.49

26.23

4.05

0.47

0.30

9.34

1.03

0.51

1999-00

6.87

6.03

6.22

24.28

4.22

0.49

0.31

8.71

1.04

0.43

2000-01

6.56

4.48

6.42

22.77

4.32

0.50

0.31

8.53

1.02

0.26

2001-02

6.24

5.07

6.34

22.64

4.41

0.51

0.32

9.13

1.05

0.35

2002-03

5.94

4.54

6.11

21.49

4.52

0.52

0.33

7.67

1.04

0.33

2003-04

5.99

5.43

6.56

23.66

3.93

0.52

0.33

7.60

1.00

0.37

2004-05

6.64

7.32

7.57

27.52

3.66

0.52

0.33

8.79

0.92

0.37

2005-06

6.74

7.28

7.71

27.86

4.20

0.56

0.38

8.68

0.90

0.37

2006-07

5.62

6.79

8.33

26.51

5.15

0.57

0.38

9.14

0.94

0.37

2007-08

6.29

5.83

8.88

26.69

5.06

0.58

0.39

9.41

0.96

0.35

2008-09

6.64

6.30

9.51

27.56

4.42

0.58

0.39

9.41

0.90

 

2009-10

5.42

5.77

9.79

26.22

4.18

0.58

0.40

10.28

0.91

 

Note : 1. Data for 2009-10 are based on Advance Estimates.
2. Data for 1953-54 to 1969-70 relate to total of five major oilseeds,viz., groundnut, castorseed, sesamum, rapeseed and mustard, and linseed.
3. Oilseed data comprises total for nine oilseeds out of the eleven in all.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Source : Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.

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