Appendix 4 : Estimated number of Farmer Households and Area of Land Used for Dairy Farming
		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
			Dairy			Dairy			Dairy		Dairy
			Farming			Farming			Farming		Farming
	Northern Region	109460	77983	(71.2)	170052	1088.51	0.64	85218	(77.9)	119490	988.08	0.83
	Haryana	19445	17645	(90.7)	23860	160.29	0.67	17807	(91.6)	22404	167.74	0.75
	Himachal Pradesh	9061	5559	(61.4)	6596	57.88	0.88	6129	(67.6)	6256	40.20	0.64
	Jammu & Kashmir	9432	6611	(70.1)	6593	44.66	0.68	6926	(73.4)	6387	65.17	1.02
	Punjab	18442	17525	(95.0)	24803	235.75	0.95	17678	(95.9)	24271	231.66	0.95
	Rajasthan	53080	30643	(57.7)	108200	589.93	0.55	36678	(69.1)	60172	483.31	0.80
	North-Eastern Region	34874	6048	(17.3)	28971	32.47	0.11	6604	(18.9)	17632	32.30	0.18
	Arunachal Pradesh	1227	15	(1.2)	1601	0.53	0.03	9	(0.7)	1280	0.26	0.02
	Assam	25040	5029	(20.1)	21063	25.40	0.12	5520	(22.0)	12136	26.00	0.21
	Manipur	2146	67	(3.1)	1291	0.27	0.02	55	(2.6)	284	0.20	0.07
	Meghalaya	2543	241	(9.5)	2535	1.46	0.06	190	(7.5)	2057	1.31	0.06
	Mizoram	780	25	(3.2)	853	3.05	0.36	15	(1.9)	864	2.31	0.27
	Nagaland	805	22	(2.7)	567	0.08	0.01	28	(3.5)	566	0.09	0.02
	Tripura	2333	649	(27.8)	1061	1.68	0.16	787	(33.7)	445	2.13	0.48
	Eastern Region	211140	41307	(19.6)	131216	328.03	0.25	46157	(21.9)	93339	360.12	0.39
	Bihar	70804	22010	(31.1)	45094	232.08	0.51	23866	(33.7)	43397	246.32	0.57
	Jharkhand	28238	1529	(5.4)	19084	10.68	0.06	2800	(9.9)	8106	12.70	0.16
	Orissa	42341	5303	(12.5)	33032	13.20	0.04	6612	(15.6)	15817	18.05	0.11
	Sikkim	531	318	(59.9)	355	1.67	0.47	382	(71.9)	188	1.51	0.80
	West bengal	69226	12147	(17.5)	33651	70.40	0.21	12497	(18.1)	25831	81.54	0.32
	Central Region	271341	120694	(44.5)	268122	1170.41	0.44	135464	(49.9)	244611	1183.40	0.48
	Chattisgarh	27598	581	(2.1)	36244	4.03	0.01	1364	(4.9)	17605	16.54	0.09
	Madhya Pradesh	63206	14704	(23.3)	104943	370.64	0.35	17294	(27.4)	99593	279.21	0.28
	Uttar Pradesh	171575	98652	(57.5)	122579	757.28	0.62	109448	(63.8)	123372	836.18	0.68
	Uttranchal	8962	6757	(75.4)	4356	38.46	0.88	7358	(82.1)	4041	51.47	1.27
	Western Region	103662	36547	(35.3)	166843	205.28	0.12	37957	(36.6)	85368	231.72	0.27
	Gujarat	37845	24332	(64.3)	57083	117.96	0.21	25715	(67.9)	37532	119.48	0.32
	Maharashtra	65817	12215	(18.6)	109760	87.32	0.08	12242	(18.6)	47836	112.24	0.23
	Southern Region	161578	52103	(32.2)	170557	436.12	0.26	56623	(35.0)	96838	852.06	0.88
	Andhra Pradesh	60339	19577	(32.4)	69306	166.28	0.24	21211	(35.2)	31671	143.45	0.45
	Karnataka	40413	8453	(20.9)	62434	38.72	0.06	10290	(25.5)	37516	463.94	1.24
	Kerala	21946	6254	(28.5)	9217	66.41	0.72	6656	(30.3)	8662	62.45	0.72
	Tamil Nadu	38880	17819	(45.8)	29600	164.71	0.56	18466	(47.5)	18989	182.22	0.96
	Uts	732	330	(45.1)	483	1.28	0.27	291	(39.8)	318	1.03	0.32
	All India	893504	335070	(37.5)	936610	3262.87	0.35	368397	(41.2)	657953	3649.36	0.55
	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).