Appendix 1 : Estimated number of Farmer Households Using Fertiliser During Khariff and Rabi Season                        
  Estimated  Estimated          Per cent of Farmer Household Reporting 
  Number of Number of Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Availability of Fertiliser
State/Region Farmer Farmer of Farmer of Farmer of Farmer of Farmer Inside Outside Village at a distance of  
  Households Households Household Household Household Household Village <2 km 2-5 km 5-10 km 10-20 km >=20km
  ( ' 00) using using using using reporting      
    Fertiliser Fertiliser Fertiliser Fertiliser Fertiliser      
    ( ' 00)   Timely Adequate Good            
Khariff Season
Northern Region              
Haryana 19445 10352 53.2 52.7 99.5 71.5 28.8 3.1 26.8 22.5 16.3 2.5
Himachal Pradesh 9061 7366 81.3 77.9 97.1 86.4 36.4 25.9 16.2 12.0 6.5 3.0
Jammu & Kashmir 9432 8625 91.4 85.5 96.9 48.1 27.2 17.1 23.6 15.5 4.6 11.9
Punjab 18442 9977 54.1 54.0 99.9 76.4 38.5 12.4 27.6 16.6 4.8 0.1
Rajasthan 53080 31696 59.7 58.4 96.3 64.0 20.2 4.9 21.3 24.3 19.0 10.3
North-Eastern Region              
Arunachal Pradesh 1227 276 22.5 14.4 35.8 25.7 10.7 7.5 7.0 5.7 31.8 36.5
Assam 25040 15529 62.0 58.2 89.8 44.3 15.4 19.8 34.2 18.4 5.6 5.3
Manipur 2146 1048 48.8 46.0 90.7 85.3 33.0 8.4 13.4 5.5 12.7 25.9
Meghalaya 2543 1060 41.7 40.0 84.5 33.2 9.8 4.2 3.8 16.4 20.7 45.0
Mizoram 780 211 27.1 11.8 42.3 54.7 12.8 8.4 3.9 1.2 10.9 62.8
Nagaland 805 196 24.3 21.5 77.1 47.4 8.4 6.5 14.2 6.4 28.1 36.2
Tripura 2333 1859 79.7 36.7 42.5 53.9 51.4 21.4 19.7 5.7 1.5 0.2
Eastern Region              
Bihar  70804 62849 88.8 80.4 91.2 44.9 30.0 11.5 30.6 22.6 4.9 0.4
Jharkhand 28238 22449 79.5 78.0 97.7 49.8 12.6 7.6 32.7 23.7 20.2 3.3
Orissa 42341 32205 76.1 72.5 94.7 65.3 24.5 11.3 30.0 23.0 9.6 1.3
Sikkim 531 165 31.1 27.0 86.1 70.7 44.9 11.3 16.6 15.5 7.2 4.5
West bengal 69226 61537 88.9 87.0 97.3 52.4 46.9 22.7 20.9 7.0 0.4 0.2
Central Region              
Chattisgarh 27598 19131 69.3 68.4 97.5 71.8 21.7 6.3 34.3 20.2 12.8 4.7
Madhya Pradesh 63206 37244 58.9 58.0 97.1 56.1 17.3 5.1 21.3 22.0 23.0 11.3
Uttar Pradesh  171575 133889 78.0 76.9 98.9 73.0 22.5 15.7 37.1 20.7 3.6 0.1
Uttranchal 8962 4794 53.5 49.3 96.1 66.9 10.1 12.7 29.9 20.5 22.3 4.4
Western Region              
Gujarat 37845 30510 80.6 80.1 98.8 79.8 29.4 3.8 18.2 19.2 22.0 7.4
Maharashtra 65817 58202 88.4 86.4 98.0 73.9 32.5 3.7 15.9 22.7 19.6 5.5
Southern Region              
Andhra Pradesh 60339 48755 80.8 80.2 99.4 61.6 25.2 2.2 16.8 25.1 22.8 7.8
Karnataka 40413 34540 85.5 81.9 96.7 67.1 21.7 7.1 22.1 27.2 15.7 6.1
Kerala 21946 13415 61.1 61.0 98.8 73.1 40.7 28.6 24.3 4.4 1.8 0.2
Tamil Nadu 38880 27887 71.7 71.1 99.0 82.1 33.5 12.1 27.6 18.2 7.6 1.1
Uts 732 493 67.3 66.3 99.9 71.9 24.5 14.3 45.8 14.0 0.2 1.2
All India 893504 676792 75.7 73.5 96.9 64.7 26.7 11.0 26.3 20.1 11.6 4.1
Rabi Season
Northern Region                
Haryana 19445 11962 61.5 61.5 na na 21.9 7.6 30.0 25.7 11.7 3.2
Himachal Pradesh 9061 6708 74.0 71.2 na na 39.2 26.0 15.5 9.7 6.9 2.7
Jammu & Kashmir 9432 7733 82.0 76.4 na na 26.8 16.6 23.3 16.9 4.4 12.0
Punjab 18442 10120 54.9 54.7 na na 39.1 11.1 29.0 16.0 3.8 1.0
Rajasthan 53080 18307 34.5 34.0 na na 17.9 4.3 19.2 25.0 23.5 10.1
North-Eastern Region                
Arunachal Pradesh 1227 146 11.9 6.3 na na 1.3 10.6 11.8 5.8 31.7 38.1
Assam 25040 13332 53.2 50.6 na na 14.4 20.7 36.0 18.9 5.1 4.6
Manipur 2146 346 16.1 15.3 na na 30.3 7.2 12.6 14.2 11.5 24.3
Meghalaya 2543 841 33.1 31.8 na na 9.7 2.8 5.3 13.9 21.6 46.7
Mizoram 780 134 17.2 14.2 na na 17.3 9.7 3.3 1.2 9.1 59.3
Nagaland 805 150 18.6 16.5 na na 9.6 6.6 12.8 8.8 26.3 35.9
Tripura 2333 1366 58.6 34.1 na na 57.8 17.3 18.8 1.5 4.4 0.0
Eastern Region                
Bihar  70804 64446 91.0 84.9 na na 30.8 9.7 31.0 23.8 4.2 0.5
Jharkhand 28238 9907 35.1 34.3 na na 15.7 6.5 40.7 17.2 17.2 2.7
Orissa 42341 6218 14.7 13.9 na na 24.7 13.0 29.8 24.3 7.4 0.9
Sikkim 531 56 10.5 7.0 na na 43.3 12.9 18.6 12.8 8.0 4.5
West bengal 69226 49599 71.6 69.6 na na 48.6 21.5 20.8 7.1 1.6 0.1
Central Region                
Chattisgarh 27598 2166 7.8 7.6 na na 20.0 7.9 28.5 22.0 16.8 4.8
Madhya Pradesh 63206 33164 52.5 51.0 na na 17.6 3.0 20.0 24.2 24.2 11.0
Uttar Pradesh  171575 150943 88.0 87.5 na na 20.6 15.5 38.1 20.8 4.4 0.7
Uttranchal 8962 4606 51.4 50.3 na na 11.8 8.8 27.2 25.3 20.1 6.8
Western Region                
Gujarat 37845 14350 37.9 37.7 na na 32.6 4.3 17.7 18.8 20.1 6.6
Maharashtra 65817 22671 34.4 34.0 na na 33.2 3.2 14.9 23.8 19.5 5.3
Southern Region                
Andhra Pradesh 60339 18393 30.5 30.2 na na 24.9 1.8 16.6 25.2 24.0 7.4
Karnataka 40413 13697 33.9 33.2 na na 20.6 6.6 26.8 24.0 16.7 5.2
Kerala 21946 10912 49.7 49.3 na na 37.0 29.6 27.6 4.2 1.5 0.1
Tamil Nadu 38880 11701 30.1 29.9 na na 34.6 11.8 28.4 16.9 7.5 0.8
Uts 732 227 31.0 30.4 na na 26.0 12.4 42.3 18.3 0.4 0.7
All India 893504 484465 54.2 52.9 na na 26.5 10.7 26.7 20.3 11.7 4.1
Note: Figures in brackets are percentages to rural households  
Source: NSSO (2005), Indebtedness of Farmer Households, 59 th Round (Jan-Dec 2003)  
Report No. 496 (59/33/3)