Appendix 10 : Estimated number of Farmer Households and Area of Land Used for Farming of Other Animals 
  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  
  Farming    Farming    Farming    Farming   
  of Other   of Other   of Other   of Other  
    Animals     Animals     Animals   Animals  
Northern Region 109460 7927 (7.2) 170052 162.68 (0.10) 6757 (6.2) 119490 51.44 (0.04)
Haryana 19445 334 (1.7) 23860             7.41 (0.03) 130 (0.7) 22404 0.48 (0.00)
Himachal Pradesh 9061 1522 (16.8) 6596           21.26 (0.32) 1484 (16.4) 6256 11.71 (0.19)
Jammu & Kashmir 9432 2447 (25.9) 6593           14.74 (0.22) 2352 (24.9) 6387 13.90 (0.22)
Punjab 18442 49 (0.3) 24803             0.86 (0.00) 54 (0.3) 24271 0.09 (0.00)
Rajasthan 53080 3575 (6.7) 108200         118.41 (0.11) 2737 (5.2) 60172 25.26 (0.04)
North-Eastern Region 34874 989 (2.8) 28971 9.73 (0.03) 824 (2.4) 17632 2.08 (0.01)
Arunachal Pradesh 1227 29 (2.4) 1601             5.24 (0.33) 9 (0.7) 1280 0.30 (0.02)
Assam 25040 366 (1.5) 21063             1.40 (0.01) 145 (0.6) 12136 0.59 (0.00)
Manipur 2146 275 (12.8) 1291             1.87 (0.14) 278 (13.0) 284 0.55 (0.19)
Meghalaya 2543 14 (0.6) 2535             0.02 (0.00) 14 (0.6) 2057 0.02 (0.00)
Mizoram 780 3 (0.4) 853             0.10 (0.01) 4 (0.5) 864 0.11 (0.01)
Nagaland 805 0 (0.0) 567 0.00 (0.00) 0 (0.0) 566 0.00 (0.00)
Tripura 2333 302 (12.9) 1061             1.10 (0.10) 374 (16.0) 445 0.51 (0.11)
Eastern Region 211140 6807 (3.2) 131216 58.68 (0.04) 8721 (4.1) 93339 46.22 (0.05)
Bihar  70804 5315 (7.5) 45094           42.90 (0.10) 5382 (7.6) 43397 29.03 (0.07)
Jharkhand 28238 983 (3.5) 19084           10.67 (0.06) 1976 (7.0) 8106 6.71 (0.08)
Orissa 42341 22 (0.1) 33032             4.38 (0.01) 726 (1.7) 15817 3.13 (0.02)
Sikkim 531 1 (0.2) 355             0.01 (0.00) 1 (0.2) 188 0.01 (0.01)
West bengal 69226 486 (0.7) 33651             0.72 (0.00) 636 (0.9) 25831 7.34 (0.03)
Central Region 271341 22962 (8.5) 268122 223.37 (0.08) 27328 (10.1) 244611 237.02 (0.10)
Chattisgarh 27598 2963 (10.7) 36244           42.29 (0.12) 1316 (4.8) 17605 3.96 (0.02)
Madhya Pradesh 63206 8118 (12.8) 104943           97.42 (0.09) 11197 (17.7) 99593 144.28 (0.14)
Uttar Pradesh  171575 11647 (6.8) 122579           82.46 (0.07) 14589 (8.5) 123372 87.40 (0.07)
Uttranchal 8962 234 (2.6) 4356             1.20 (0.03) 226 (2.5) 4041 1.38 (0.03)
Western Region 103662 5055 (4.9) 166843 206.15 (0.12) 3919 (3.8) 85368 32.80 (0.04)
Gujarat 37845 2098 (5.5) 57083             3.66 (0.01) 1468 (3.9) 37532 2.43 (0.01)
Maharashtra 65817 2957 (4.5) 109760         202.49 (0.18) 2451 (3.7) 47836 30.37 (0.06)
Southern Region 161578 8143 (5.0) 170557           35.58 (0.02) 8544 (5.3) 96838 38.13 (0.04)
Andhra Pradesh 60339 4365 (7.2) 69306           26.15 (0.04) 4358 (7.2) 31671 14.20 (0.04)
Karnataka 40413 2978 (7.4) 62434             7.14 (0.01) 3416 (8.5) 37516 21.04 (0.06)
Kerala 21946 50 (0.2) 9217 0.26 (0.00) 85 (0.4) 8662 0.48 (0.01)
Tamil Nadu 38880 750 (1.9) 29600             2.03 (0.01) 685 (1.8) 18989 2.41 (0.01)
Uts 732 44 (6.0) 483             0.15 (0.03) 56 (7.7) 318 0.14 (0.04)
All India 893504 51936 (5.8) 936610         696.58 (0.07) 56153 (6.3) 657953 407.85 (0.06)
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).