Appendix 3 : Estimated number of Farmer Households and Area of Land Used for Orchards and Plantation
  Khariff Season Rabi Season
  Estimated Number of Farmer Land Under Agricultural Activity Estimated Number of  Land Under Agricultural Activity
  Households in ( ' 00) (' 00 hectares) Farmer Households (' 00 hectares)
State/Region Total Reporting   Total Used for   Total Reporting Total Used for  
    Orchards     Orchards     Orchards   Orchards  
Northern Region 109460 3811 (3.5) 170052 1776.7 (1.04) 3061 (2.8) 119490 1432.83 (1.20)
Haryana 19445 61 (0.3) 23860 67.87 (0.28) 93 (0.5) 22404 80.97 (0.36)
Himachal Pradesh 9061 1658 (18.3) 6596 569.91 (8.64) 1408 (15.5) 6256 420.17 (6.72)
Jammu & Kashmir 9432 1340 (14.2) 6593 585.54 (8.88) 979 (10.4) 6387 465.37 (7.29)
Punjab 18442 304 (1.6) 24803 189.34 (0.76) 87 (0.5) 24271 108.34 (0.45)
Rajasthan 53080 448 (0.8) 108200 364.04 (0.34) 494 (0.9) 60172 357.98 (0.59)
North-Eastern Region 34874 6975 (20.0) 28971 1821.37 (6.29) 6438 (18.5) 17632 1848.18 (10.48)
Arunachal Pradesh 1227 71 (5.8) 1601 11.79 (0.74) 55 (4.5) 1280 8.74 (0.68)
Assam 25040 4912 (19.6) 21063 572.76 (2.72) 4393 (17.5) 12136 474.08 (3.91)
Manipur 2146 30 (1.4) 1291 1.07 (0.08) 29 (1.4) 284 1.09 (0.38)
Meghalaya 2543 1202 (47.3) 2535 1027.45 (40.53) 1247 (49.0) 2057 1154.78 (56.14)
Mizoram 780 20 (2.6) 853 15.14 (1.77) 22 (2.8) 864 15.80 (1.83)
Nagaland 805 450 (55.9) 567 134.35 (23.69) 443 (55.0) 566 138.82 (24.53)
Tripura 2333 290 (12.4) 1061 58.81 (5.54) 249 (10.7) 445 54.87 (12.33)
Eastern Region 211140 13255 (6.3) 131216 1977.34 (1.51) 10315 (4.9) 93339 1557.16 (1.67)
Bihar  70804 7099 (10.0) 45094 1029.33 (2.28) 6019 (8.5) 43397 837.69 (1.93)
Jharkhand 28238 543 (1.9) 19084 79.84 (0.42) 304 (1.1) 8106 46.32 (0.57)
Orissa 42341 939 (2.2) 33032 239.29 (0.72) 652 (1.5) 15817 154.76 (0.98)
Sikkim 531 101 (19.0) 355 44.68 (12.59) 32 (6.0) 188 17.09 (9.09)
West bengal 69226 4573 (6.6) 33651 584.20 (1.74) 3308 (4.8) 25831 501.30 (1.94)
Central Region 271341 13183 (4.9) 268122 3531.77 (1.32) 11003 (4.1) 244611 2705.97 (1.11)
Chattisgarh 27598 438 (1.6) 36244 200.20 (0.55) 287 (1.0) 17605 124.58 (0.71)
Madhya Pradesh 63206 1504 (2.4) 104943 764.65 (0.73) 1182 (1.9) 99593 391.17 (0.39)
Uttar Pradesh  171575 10592 (6.2) 122579 2521.16 (2.06) 9066 (5.3) 123372 2085.96 (1.69)
Uttranchal 8962 649 (7.2) 4356 45.76 (1.05) 468 (5.2) 4041 104.26 (2.58)
Western Region 103662 2703 (2.6) 166843 1901.14 (1.14) 1936 (1.9) 85368 1463.34 (1.71)
Gujarat 37845 833 (2.2) 57083 350.28 (0.61) 723 (1.9) 37532 348.51 (0.93)
Maharashtra 65817 1870 (2.8) 109760 1550.86 (1.41) 1213 (1.8) 47836 1114.83 (2.33)
Southern Region 161578 35108 (21.7) 170557 17730.65 (10.40) 33281 (20.6) 96838 16997.35 (17.55)
Andhra Pradesh 60339 3156 (5.2) 69306 2602.23 (3.75) 2619 (4.3) 31671 1760.85 (5.56)
Karnataka 40413 7051 (17.4) 62434 4639.58 (7.43) 7348 (18.2) 37516 5122.07 (13.65)
Kerala 21946 18581 (84.7) 9217 6680.17 (72.48) 17574 (80.1) 8662 6425.64 (74.18)
Tamil Nadu 38880 6320 (16.3) 29600 3808.67 (12.87) 5740 (14.8) 18989 3688.79 (19.43)
Uts 732 111 (15.2) 483 50.52 (10.46) 111 (15.2) 318 48.71 (15.32)
All India 893504 75290 (8.4) 936610 28901.41 (3.09) 66353 (7.4) 657953 26175.56 (3.98)
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).