Appendix 4 : Estimated number of Farmer Households Using Pesticide 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 Pesticide
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      
    Pesticide Improved Pesticide Pesticide Pesticide      
    ( ' 00) Pesticide Timely Adequate Good      
Khariff Season
Northern Region              
Haryana 19445 6984 35.9 35.7 99.4 76.7 15.1 3.2 28.0 27.8 21.8 4.2
Himachal Pradesh 9061 2604 28.7 27.7 97.6 77.9 20.3 18.5 19.3 23.2 12.4 6.3
Jammu & Kashmir 9432 3735 39.6 37.4 94.3 33.9 21.3 13.9 25.1 18.6 6.6 14.5
Punjab 18442 9541 51.7 51.6 99.5 69.7 32.4 12.1 27.1 19.7 8.5 0.2
Rajasthan 53080 9423 17.8 17.1 94.2 37.3 14.1 3.5 17.6 26.9 26.1 11.9
North-Eastern Region              
Arunachal Pradesh 1227 263 21.4 14.0 43.8 48.2 6.2 8.6 5.3 7.5 33.9 37.7
Assam 25040 12726 50.8 47.3 87.7 45.0 14.3 18.7 34.3 19.7 6.0 5.4
Manipur 2146 900 41.9 39.8 90.6 82.6 29.4 6.3 14.7 7.8 13.1 27.4
Meghalaya 2543 994 39.1 31.1 74.5 46.3 9.0 2.5 2.8 17.5 29.1 39.2
Mizoram 780 26 3.3 0.0 10.5 21.0 2.4 7.1 0.2 1.3 17.4 67.1
Nagaland 805 274 34.0 25.1 48.6 42.2 8.9 6.6 14.1 7.5 25.4 37.4
Tripura 2333 1566 67.1 37.7 55.3 57.8 47.8 22.3 21.1 7.0 1.6 0.2
Eastern Region              
Bihar  70804 28553 40.3 36.0 89.7 46.7 20.7 12.6 31.0 26.5 8.0 1.0
Jharkhand 28238 12917 45.7 45.0 96.8 53.1 6.2 5.5 31.3 28.7 23.3 5.0
Orissa 42341 17411 41.1 39.2 91.4 58.2 20.0 9.6 26.6 28.1 13.4 2.0
Sikkim 531 19 3.6 2.3 83.2 70.3 10.8 9.6 23.3 29.4 16.6 10.2
West bengal 69226 55126 79.6 78.0 96.8 52.2 43.7 22.3 22.1 8.7 2.4 0.6
Central Region              
Chattisgarh 27598 10463 37.9 37.4 97.8 66.0 14.3 5.4 25.5 26.2 20.9 7.6
Madhya Pradesh 63206 17858 28.3 28.1 97.5 54.8 8.6 1.7 17.4 27.4 30.3 14.6
Uttar Pradesh  171575 66455 38.7 37.9 98.4 64.5 10.8 12.4 37.6 27.6 8.9 1.4
Uttranchal 8962 3406 38.0 34.9 96.7 79.8 9.0 9.4 27.8 26.9 22.3 4.6
Western Region              
Gujarat 37845 18327 48.4 47.3 96.4 59.0 15.5 4.3 17.2 24.3 28.6 10.2
Maharashtra 65817 36485 55.4 53.3 95.9 72.3 24.7 3.1 16.7 23.9 22.7 8.9
Southern Region              
Andhra Pradesh 60339 42788 70.9 70.5 98.6 55.2 23.2 1.8 16.9 25.5 24.2 8.4
Karnataka 40413 22317 55.2 52.7 96.5 62.9 16.4 6.4 22.3 29.3 18.4 7.2
Kerala 21946 7928 36.1 35.7 99.2 69.5 35.7 29.1 25.6 6.4 2.9 0.3
Tamil Nadu 38880 25124 64.6 64.4 99.5 81.5 30.8 11.5 29.0 18.7 8.9 1.1
Uts 732 332 45.4 45.3 97.7 70.2 24.2 13.2 41.5 15.0 5.3 0.7
All India 893504 414765 46.4 44.9 96.1 60.2 19.3 9.6 25.7 24.0 15.6 5.5
Rabi Season
Northern Region                
Haryana 19445 8325 42.8 42.8 99.6 68.8 10.9 5.4 30.7 31.1 17.0 4.8
Himachal Pradesh 9061 1967 21.7 20.5 95.1 69.6 22.1 20.1 19.0 23.0 11.5 4.2
Jammu & Kashmir 9432 3101 32.9 31.2 92.9 26.2 18.7 14.0 26.9 20.1 6.3 13.9
Punjab 18442 9594 52.0 51.9 99.2 75.6 32.8 10.7 29.7 18.8 6.8 1.0
Rajasthan 53080 10262 19.3 19.1 93.1 47.5 13.5 3.6 17.3 27.3 26.8 11.4
North-Eastern Region                
Arunachal Pradesh 1227 137 11.2 7.8 30.5 34.8 2.6 10.0 11.2 5.3 32.5 38.4
Assam 25040 12069 48.2 46.2 92.6 50.9 14.0 18.8 36.6 19.9 5.7 4.7
Manipur 2146 200 9.3 8.8 93.7 68.9 29.3 5.3 14.3 13.7 11.5 25.8
Meghalaya 2543 573 22.5 21.0 86.1 44.9 7.9 1.8 4.7 13.0 29.9 42.8
Mizoram 780 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 6.5 0.0 1.3 16.3 74.6
Nagaland 805 207 25.7 21.8 46.4 33.6 8.3 6.6 12.5 8.8 24.3 39.6
Tripura 2333 1227 52.6 36.4 58.8 65.1 56.4 18.7 19.3 1.3 4.2 0.0
Eastern Region                
Bihar  70804 32257 45.6 42.5 89.1 45.6 22.2 10.5 31.5 27.0 7.6 1.2
Jharkhand 28238 4658 16.5 15.9 96.0 55.9 7.8 4.8 37.3 23.0 21.1 5.7
Orissa 42341 4353 10.3 9.3 90.0 42.8 20.9 11.7 25.4 29.8 10.7 1.4
Sikkim 531 9 1.7 0.8 48.8 37.3 10.2 13.0 27.3 25.9 15.1 8.5
West bengal 69226 45103 65.2 63.6 96.5 58.1 46.4 21.1 21.5 8.5 1.9 0.3
Central Region                
Chattisgarh 27598 1372 5.0 4.9 98.8 78.8 16.2 8.3 25.2 23.9 20.2 6.3
Madhya Pradesh 63206 14349 22.7 21.9 95.9 38.0 8.1 2.1 17.2 27.3 30.1 15.3
Uttar Pradesh  171575 60697 35.4 34.6 98.3 66.5 11.3 12.6 39.6 26.0 8.5 1.7
Uttranchal 8962 1405 15.7 15.4 99.2 80.0 8.8 10.7 17.9 29.4 22.0 11.2
Western Region                
Gujarat 37845 9525 25.2 24.8 94.5 69.2 16.6 4.1 16.9 26.1 25.6 10.6
Maharashtra 65817 11018 16.7 16.2 98.3 73.0 24.7 2.7 16.2 25.7 22.3 6.4
Southern Region                
Andhra Pradesh 60339 17902 29.7 29.5 99.1 63.8 23.4 1.6 17.3 25.0 24.5 8.1
Karnataka 40413 8616 21.3 20.7 97.6 75.8 16.9 6.3 26.3 25.4 18.8 6.3
Kerala 21946 5878 26.8 26.5 99.1 72.2 29.3 32.6 30.3 5.4 2.3 0.1
Tamil Nadu 38880 10080 25.9 25.8 99.7 79.5 31.8 11.3 30.3 17.3 8.4 1.0
Uts 732 164 22.4 22.3 91.0 60.2 24.7 13.1 38.6 18.3 5.0 0.1
All India 893504 275242 30.8 29.9 95.9 60.3 19.7 9.7 26.7 23.5 14.8 5.5
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)