Appendix 9 : Estimated number of Farmer Households and Area of Land Used for Fishery
  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  
  Fishery   Fishery   Fishery   Fishery  
         
                       
Northern Region 109460 0 (0.0) 170052 0.00 (0.00) 0 (0.0) 119490 0.00 (0.00)
Haryana 19445 0 (0.0) 23860 0.00 (0.00) 0 (0.0) 22404 0.00 (0.00)
Himachal Pradesh 9061 0 (0.0) 6596 0.00 (0.00) 0 (0.0) 6256 0.00 (0.00)
Jammu & Kashmir 9432 0 (0.0) 6593 0.00 (0.00) 0 (0.0) 6387 0.00 (0.00)
Punjab 18442 0 (0.0) 24803 0.00 (0.00) 0 (0.0) 24271 0.00 (0.00)
Rajasthan 53080 0 (0.0) 108200 0.00 (0.00) 0 (0.0) 60172 0.00 (0.00)
North-Eastern Region 34874 1640 (4.7) 28971 152.79 (0.53) 1668 (4.8) 17632 146.59 (0.83)
Arunachal Pradesh 1227 8 (0.7) 1601 0.32 (0.02) 2 (0.2) 1280 0.25 (0.02)
Assam 25040 1096 (4.4) 21063 86.60 (0.41) 1165 (4.7) 12136 89.99 (0.74)
Manipur 2146 62 (2.9) 1291 33.23 (2.57) 57 (2.7) 284 30.03 (10.57)
Meghalaya 2543 13 (0.5) 2535 0.73 (0.03) 13 (0.5) 2057 0.73 (0.04)
Mizoram 780 1 (0.1) 853 0.00 (0.00) 3 (0.4) 864 0.01 (0.00)
Nagaland 805 0 (0.0) 567 0.01 (0.00) 0 (0.0) 566 0.00 (0.00)
Tripura 2333 460 (19.7) 1061 31.90 (3.01) 428 (18.3) 445 25.58 (5.75)
Eastern Region 211140 8613 (4.1) 131216 885.68 (0.67) 8097 (3.8) 93339 769.04 (0.82)
Bihar  70804 48 (0.1) 45094 3.11 (0.01) 49 (0.1) 43397 3.09 (0.01)
Jharkhand 28238 78 (0.3) 19084 2.21 (0.01) 78 (0.3) 8106 2.21 (0.03)
Orissa 42341 153 (0.4) 33032 17.88 (0.05) 106 (0.3) 15817 36.14 (0.23)
Sikkim 531 0 (0.0) 355 0.00 (0.00) 3 (0.6) 188 0.00 (0.00)
West bengal 69226 8334 (12.0) 33651 862.48 (2.56) 7861 (11.4) 25831 727.60 (2.82)
Central Region 271341 280 (0.1) 268122 273.76 (0.10) 250 (0.1) 244611 257.16 (0.11)
Chattisgarh 27598 16 (0.1) 36244 119.62 (0.33) 16 (0.1) 17605 119.62 (0.68)
Madhya Pradesh 63206 82 (0.1) 104943 38.86 (0.04) 61 (0.1) 99593 33.40 (0.03)
Uttar Pradesh  171575 182 (0.1) 122579 115.28 (0.09) 173 (0.1) 123372 104.14 (0.08)
Uttranchal 8962 0 (0.0) 4356 0.00 (0.00) 0 (0.0) 4041 0.00 (0.00)
Western Region 103662 1 (0.0) 166843 0.23 (0.00) 1 (0.0) 85368 0.23 (0.00)
Gujarat 37845 0 (0.0) 57083 0.00 (0.00) 0 (0.0) 37532 0.00 (0.00)
Maharashtra 65817 1 (0.0) 109760 0.23 (0.00) 1 (0.0) 47836 0.23 (0.00)
Southern Region 161578 1287 (0.8) 170557 586.77 (0.34) 682 (0.4) 96838 589.55 (0.61)
Andhra Pradesh 60339 1274 (2.1) 69306 580.00 (0.84) 680 (1.1) 31671 588.08 (1.86)
Karnataka 40413 0 (0.0) 62434 0.00 (0.00) 0 (0.0) 37516 0.00 (0.00)
Kerala 21946 13 (0.1) 9217 6.77 (0.07) 2 (0.0) 8662 1.47 (0.02)
Tamil Nadu 38880 0 (0.0) 29600 0.00 (0.00) 0 (0.0) 18989 0.00 (0.00)
Uts 732 3 (0.4) 483 0.21 (0.04) 4 (0.5) 318 0.50 (0.16)
All India 893504 11243 (1.3) 936610 1899.46 (0.20) 10701 (1.2) 657953 1763.08 (0.27)
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).