Appendix 2 : Estimated number of Farmer Households Using Organic Manure 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 Organic Manure
	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
			Organic	Organic	Organic	Organic	Organic
			Manure	Manure	Manure	Manure	Manure
			( ' 00)		Timely	Adequate	Good
	Khariff Season
	Northern Region
	Haryana	19445	6840	35.2	33.9	89.6	66.4	80.7	2.2	5.5	2.7	7.8	1.1
	Himachal Pradesh	9061	7314	80.7	80.1	96.8	86.5	80.4	3.9	3.9	6.2	4.6	0.9
	Jammu & Kashmir	9432	8258	87.6	86.0	96.4	58.1	87.4	5.7	4.8	1.1	0.1	0.9
	Punjab	18442	6542	35.5	34.9	98.1	82.5	57.3	1.7	7.1	2.2	2.6	29.2
	Rajasthan	53080	30287	57.1	55.9	94.7	62.5	69.3	1.2	4.1	10.0	7.4	7.9
	North-Eastern Region
	Arunachal Pradesh	1227	68	5.5	4.9	40.7	4.2	20.3	7.2	2.9	6.4	24.5	37.1
	Assam	25040	16128	64.4	59.5	79.0	55.6	73.6	5.7	4.4	5.4	3.0	6.4
	Manipur	2146	626	29.2	27.4	34.8	21.5	46.0	2.9	6.8	2.0	4.2	34.6
	Meghalaya	2543	888	34.9	34.8	88.4	74.9	49.3	2.5	9.2	5.1	8.0	25.9
	Mizoram	780	197	25.3	22.5	69.2	58.7	57.7	13.3	0.0	0.9	1.4	26.6
	Nagaland	805	636	79.0	78.4	69.3	56.9	83.5	4.2	3.6	3.5	5.2	0.0
	Tripura	2333	502	21.5	17.8	61.5	65.0	48.9	10.7	10.1	4.1	5.0	20.8
	Eastern Region
	Bihar	70804	22731	32.1	30.5	87.6	52.7	53.1	6.9	13.5	14.1	5.6	6.9
	Jharkhand	28238	19535	69.2	67.4	83.8	39.6	66.7	2.9	9.5	8.3	9.3	3.2
	Orissa	42341	27582	65.1	65.1	83.6	46.6	70.6	2.2	2.8	6.5	5.2	12.5
	Sikkim	531	516	97.2	97.1	99.6	77.9	98.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
	West bengal	69226	37039	53.5	52.2	89.4	58.5	63.8	9.5	8.9	4.7	2.7	9.9
	Central Region
	Chattisgarh	27598	14364	52.0	51.5	85.1	75.0	59.2	2.9	8.2	9.5	11.3	8.9
	Madhya Pradesh	63206	25546	40.4	40.3	84.3	60.6	53.0	1.9	6.2	9.4	15.2	14.2
	Uttar Pradesh	171575	82162	47.9	46.7	91.6	69.1	63.8	5.0	13.0	8.2	3.9	4.8
	Uttranchal	8962	8199	91.5	90.4	85.9	79.5	91.2	1.6	0.2	2.6	1.4	2.9
	Western Region
	Gujarat	37845	26977	71.3	69.1	95.3	78.7	83.6	1.7	3.8	2.6	5.0	3.3
	Maharashtra	65817	43193	65.6	63.1	93.2	72.6	76.1	0.5	4.2	7.0	7.8	4.3
	Southern Region
	Andhra Pradesh	60339	41596	68.9	68.7	95.1	68.0	79.5	0.7	3.9	5.4	6.3	4.3
	Karnataka	40413	31939	79.0	75.9	93.9	60.7	74.2	3.7	6.9	6.7	5.2	3.3
	Kerala	21946	15766	71.8	71.5	97.7	74.5	86.4	5.8	4.8	1.7	0.9	0.4
	Tamil Nadu	38880	24053	61.9	61.5	97.0	78.1	61.2	5.6	14.5	12.2	4.8	1.8
	Uts	732	447	61.1	58.4	90.0	69.9	83.5	6.6	6.8	1.9	0.0	1.2
	All India	893504	500058	56.0	54.7	90.9	65.2	67.7	3.8	8.0	7.5	6.0	6.7
	Rabi Season
	Northern Region
	Haryana	19445	6187	31.8	31.8	88.7	67.3	92.0	0.8	2.4	3.1	1.8	0.0
	Himachal Pradesh	9061	7457	82.3	82.1	99.0	93.8	86.1	4.2	2.1	3.6	3.3	0.7
	Jammu & Kashmir	9432	7523	79.8	77.6	96.0	61.5	86.9	5.6	5.2	0.9	0.8	0.6
	Punjab	18442	6375	34.6	34.4	100.0	93.5	58.6	1.0	7.0	4.8	2.5	26.1
	Rajasthan	53080	14382	27.1	26.9	98.4	73.7	77.4	0.8	2.4	5.9	3.9	9.5
	North-Eastern Region
	Arunachal Pradesh	1227	144	11.7	11.2	38.5	44.8	14.2	9.0	7.3	5.1	27.3	36.5
	Assam	25040	13435	53.7	50.7	84.7	63.7	76.7	6.7	4.3	4.9	2.3	4.3
	Manipur	2146	540	25.2	24.5	37.0	17.0	61.1	1.6	4.6	2.8	3.8	26.2
	Meghalaya	2543	852	33.5	33.4	95.2	77.2	63.9	0.4	0.2	3.9	4.6	27.1
	Mizoram	780	76	9.7	9.7	98.7	13.4	43.1	6.7	0.0	0.0	2.6	47.5
	Nagaland	805	674	83.7	81.2	69.1	60.7	90.2	4.0	0.4	2.9	2.2	0.4
	Tripura	2333	583	25.0	22.9	50.7	53.9	54.7	7.5	5.6	0.5	11.8	19.8
	Eastern Region
	Bihar	70804	24207	34.2	32.2	85.6	58.1	58.0	4.6	11.8	11.8	7.4	6.5
	Jharkhand	28238	9049	32.0	31.2	90.2	52.0	67.7	1.8	13.0	6.2	8.1	3.2
	Orissa	42341	4015	9.5	9.2	77.7	30.7	69.4	1.0	2.1	7.3	5.0	15.1
	Sikkim	531	523	98.5	98.4	99.7	86.9	99.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
	West bengal	69226	29559	42.7	40.9	88.9	65.9	63.7	10.5	8.9	4.5	2.7	9.6
	Central Region
	Chattisgarh	27598	973	3.5	3.5	100.0	79.5	75.4	3.6	3.1	6.1	8.0	3.8
	Madhya Pradesh	63206	24813	39.3	38.6	80.8	54.4	66.8	2.5	6.3	8.0	12.5	3.9
	Uttar Pradesh	171575	96096	56.0	55.5	92.3	74.4	78.0	3.1	9.9	4.9	2.4	1.5
	Uttranchal	8962	8250	92.1	92.1	87.0	87.7	97.3	1.5	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0
	Western Region
	Gujarat	37845	10297	27.2	26.4	93.6	78.3	90.2	0.8	3.1	1.8	2.4	1.7
	Maharashtra	65817	14587	22.2	21.5	94.8	79.0	81.0	0.7	2.4	5.8	7.8	2.3
	Southern Region
	Andhra Pradesh	60339	16873	28.0	28.0	97.2	77.6	87.7	0.4	2.9	3.3	4.0	1.8
	Karnataka	40413	12001	29.7	29.2	98.2	69.0	79.9	3.4	5.9	4.1	4.7	2.0
	Kerala	21946	14825	67.6	67.3	98.7	75.3	89.6	3.7	5.3	1.2	0.2	0.1
	Tamil Nadu	38880	10805	27.8	27.6	98.1	80.6	65.2	5.0	15.2	9.7	4.1	0.8
	Uts	732	206	28.1	26.9	87.7	78.9	87.4	5.0	1.7	3.7	0.1	1.9
	All India	893504	335455	37.5	36.8	91.5	70.5	75.1	3.2	6.8	5.6	4.7	4.6
	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)