| Appendix 1 : Estimated number of Farmer Households and Area of Land Used for All Agricultural Activities | ||||||||
| Khariff Season | Rabi Season | |||||||
| Estimated Number of Farmer | Land | Estimated Number of | Land | |||||
| Households in ( ' 00) | used for | Farmer Households | used for | |||||
| State/Region | Total | Reporting | Agriculture | Total | Reporting | Agriculture | ||
| All Agri- | & Allied | All Agri- | & Allied | |||||
| cultural | Activities | cultural | Activities | |||||
| Activities | ( ' 00 | Activities | ( ' 00 | |||||
| hectares) | hectares) | |||||||
| Northern Region | 109460 | 108778 | (99.4) | 170052 | 104572 | (95.5) | 119490 | |
| Haryana | 19445 | 19296 | (99.2) | 23860 | 19177 | (98.6) | 22404 | |
| Himachal Pradesh | 9061 | 9020 | (99.5) | 6596 | 9038 | (99.7) | 6256 | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 9432 | 9428 | (100.0) | 6593 | 9425 | (99.9) | 6387 | |
| Punjab | 18442 | 18205 | (98.7) | 24803 | 18033 | (97.8) | 24271 | |
| Rajasthan | 53080 | 52829 | (99.5) | 108200 | 48899 | (92.1) | 60172 | |
| North-Eastern Region | 34874 | 34721 | (99.6) | 28971 | 31288 | (89.7) | 17632 | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1227 | 1184 | (96.5) | 1601 | 1096 | (89.3) | 1280 | |
| Assam | 25040 | 24953 | (99.7) | 21063 | 22911 | (91.5) | 12136 | |
| Manipur | 2146 | 2144 | (99.9) | 1291 | 1308 | (61.0) | 284 | |
| Meghalaya | 2543 | 2541 | (99.9) | 2535 | 2477 | (97.4) | 2057 | |
| Mizoram | 780 | 780 | (100.0) | 853 | 784 | (100.5) | 864 | |
| Nagaland | 805 | 804 | (99.9) | 567 | 804 | (99.9) | 566 | |
| Tripura | 2333 | 2315 | (99.2) | 1061 | 1908 | (81.8) | 445 | |
| Eastern Region | 211140 | 207825 | (98.4) | 131216 | 177653 | (84.1) | 93339 | |
| Bihar | 70804 | 69444 | (98.1) | 45094 | 70282 | (99.3) | 43397 | |
| Jharkhand | 28238 | 28018 | (99.2) | 19084 | 19737 | (69.9) | 8106 | |
| Orissa | 42341 | 42278 | (99.9) | 33032 | 27230 | (64.3) | 15817 | |
| Sikkim | 531 | 531 | (100.0) | 355 | 530 | (99.8) | 188 | |
| West bengal | 69226 | 67554 | (97.6) | 33651 | 59874 | (86.5) | 25831 | |
| Central Region | 271341 | 260762 | (96.1) | 268122 | 251833 | (92.8) | 244611 | |
| Chattisgarh | 27598 | 27538 | (99.8) | 36244 | 17823 | (64.6) | 17605 | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 63206 | 56677 | (89.7) | 104943 | 57214 | (90.5) | 99593 | |
| Uttar Pradesh | 171575 | 167749 | (97.8) | 122579 | 167991 | (97.9) | 123372 | |
| Uttranchal | 8962 | 8798 | (98.2) | 4356 | 8805 | (98.2) | 4041 | |
| Western Region | 103662 | 102620 | (99.0) | 166843 | 75994 | (73.3) | 85368 | |
| Gujarat | 37845 | 37686 | (99.6) | 57083 | 34142 | (90.2) | 37532 | |
| Maharashtra | 65817 | 64934 | (98.7) | 109760 | 41852 | (63.6) | 47836 | |
| Southern Region | 161578 | 159175 | (98.5) | 170557 | 129097 | (79.9) | 96838 | |
| Andhra Pradesh | 60339 | 58580 | (97.1) | 69306 | 43211 | (71.6) | 31671 | |
| Karnataka | 40413 | 40112 | (99.3) | 62434 | 30515 | (75.5) | 37516 | |
| Kerala | 21946 | 21922 | (99.9) | 9217 | 21824 | (99.4) | 8662 | |
| Tamil Nadu | 38880 | 38561 | (99.2) | 29600 | 33547 | (86.3) | 18989 | |
| Uts | 732 | 731 | (99.9) | 483 | 606 | (82.8) | 318 | |
| All India | 893504 | 875321 | (98.0) | 936610 | 771755 | (86.4) | 657953 | |
| Note: Figures in brackets are percentages to total households/area under agricultural activities | ||||||||
| This table is prepared from table 9 and 10 published in the source. | ||||||||
| Source: NSSO (2005), Some Aspects of Farming, 59 th Round (Jan-Dec 2003), Report No 496 (59/33/3). | ||||||||