Appendix 1: Distribution of Farmer Land Possessed By Type of Agricultural Activity
		Size Class of Land Possessed in hectares
		Marginal				Small	Semi-	Medium	Large	All Sizes
							Medium
		< 1.00	< 0.01	0.01-0.40	0.40-1.00	1.00-2.00	2.00-4.00	4.00-10.00	> 10.00
	Kharif Season
	Northern Region
	Haryana	3235.10	21.92	371.56	2841.62	3588.84	7209.29	7814.91	2012.04	23860.18
	Himachal Pradesh	2885.92	0.10	1000.66	1885.16	1875.07	1195.17	513.81	126.06	6596.03
	Jammu & Kashmir	3154.49	0.74	949.73	2204.02	1869.78	1361.34	206.97	0.00	6592.58
	Punjab	1616.21	27.91	296.36	1291.94	3472.11	6495.24	9611.75	3607.83	24803.14
	Rajasthan	12004.35	8.26	2429.65	9566.44	14920.23	21677.50	33186.16	26412.01	108200.25
	North-Eastern Region
	Arunachal Pradesh	275.42	0.38	27.84	247.20	582.50	300.48	308.69	133.56	1600.65
	Assam	8588.69	1.44	1951.90	6635.35	7275.60	4658.62	539.69	0.00	21062.60
	Manipur	790.69	0.03	203.48	587.18	423.54	35.24	41.73	0.00	1291.20
	Meghalaya	908.26	0.09	121.98	786.19	801.37	444.02	213.92	166.94	2534.51
	Mizoram	287.28	0.03	19.57	267.68	269.39	258.38	38.03	0.00	853.08
	Nagaland	296.05	0.11	60.56	235.38	216.97	54.43	0.00	0.00	567.45
	Tripura	916.98	0.11	245.30	671.57	133.57	6.24	4.08	0.00	1060.87
	Eastern Region
	Bihar	20020.53	11.45	6422.06	13587.02	11434.08	7980.44	4034.27	1625.13	45094.45
	Jharkhand	9234.92	2.65	2953.77	6278.50	5505.04	2416.47	1014.07	912.99	19083.49
	Orissa	15085.96	0.85	3170.12	11914.99	9581.62	5823.71	2467.99	73.19	33032.47
	Sikkim	207.82	0.02	40.97	166.83	100.84	45.61	0.65	0.00	354.92
	West bengal	20487.02	7.14	6895.96	13583.92	8019.90	4010.51	1133.88	0.00	33651.31
	Central Region
	Chattisgarh	7531.30	0.64	1245.76	6284.90	9714.57	10908.43	6762.92	1326.78	36244.00
	Madhya Pradesh	13608.08	6.33	1755.28	11846.47	20276.77	27081.46	24716.25	19260.08	104942.64
	Uttar Pradesh	47997.05	37.74	13752.48	34206.83	35382.53	23692.56	14063.41	1443.38	122578.93
	Uttranchal	2870.77	0.47	1113.31	1756.99	735.46	749.80	0.00	0.00	4356.03
	Western Region
	Gujarat	8276.73	9.91	1483.18	6783.64	10964.74	13372.67	20044.09	4424.32	57082.55
	Maharashtra	15185.99	5.08	2909.58	12271.33	24061.83	30905.31	28131.95	11474.65	109759.73
	Southern Region
	Andhra Pradesh	16150.27	16.38	2313.86	13820.03	15810.70	19586.68	13705.78	4052.95	69306.38
	Karnataka	11504.03	1.35	1569.28	9933.40	11869.60	14994.02	17631.22	6435.38	62434.25
	Kerala	5117.54	3.57	2405.36	2708.61	1997.35	1393.81	708.63	0.00	9217.33
	Tamil Nadu	10629.86	18.40	2503.02	8108.44	7104.60	7112.57	4160.30	592.39	29599.72
	Uts	181.20	0.42	44.08	136.70	80.80	121.99	57.12	41.94	483.05
	All India	239270.64	183.65	58339.90	180747.09	208129.39	213898.43	191190.21	84121.64	936610.31
	Rabi Season
	Northern Region
	Haryana	3237.25	24.17	347.98	2865.10	3605.10	6647.56	7261.77	1652.07	22403.75
	Himachal Pradesh	2954.63	0.14	974.46	1980.03	1921.06	933.80	446.23	0.00	6255.72
	Jammu & Kashmir	3109.52	1.22	910.72	2197.58	1735.95	1334.95	206.97	0.00	6387.39
	Punjab	1763.79	27.91	289.50	1446.38	3431.85	6285.73	9617.14	3172.35	24270.86
	Rajasthan	10242.60	40.14	2291.45	7911.01	8786.83	11785.08	14065.33	15291.89	60171.73
	North-Eastern Region
	Arunachal Pradesh	284.90	0.29	40.75	243.86	431.59	226.33	243.95	93.11	1279.88
	Assam	6187.77	4.04	2105.12	4078.61	3665.02	1885.67	397.91	0.00	12136.37
	Manipur	222.84	0.11	97.96	124.77	31.66	6.36	22.97	0.00	283.83
	Meghalaya	784.67	0.18	210.42	574.07	575.51	445.03	91.71	160.16	2057.08
	Mizoram	286.53	0.03	16.15	270.35	282.38	258.89	36.13	0.00	863.93
	Nagaland	292.88	0.07	60.55	232.26	223.48	39.83	0.00	0.00	556.19
	Tripura	402.29	0.58	213.95	187.76	28.84	9.81	3.84	0.00	444.78
	Eastern Region
	Bihar	20192.91	10.72	6694.89	13487.30	10695.28	7983.85	3616.99	908.37	43397.40
	Jharkhand	5038.56	9.68	2111.55	2917.33	1510.65	701.04	489.06	366.46	8105.77
	Orissa	7743.94	15.93	1877.78	5850.23	4065.49	2486.21	1349.44	172.26	15817.34
	Sikkim	167.22	0.01	65.39	101.82	17.03	3.98	0.00	0.00	188.23
	West bengal	17115.06	8.75	6371.65	10734.66	5376.45	2685.01	654.50	0.00	25831.02
	Central Region
	Chattisgarh	5260.46	3.02	1166.02	4091.42	4749.74	3874.32	3518.45	201.80	17604.77
	Madhya Pradesh	11819.77	19.06	1451.09	10349.62	20234.79	24002.60	25210.01	18325.39	99592.56
	Uttar Pradesh	47915.92	36.63	14086.43	33792.86	34466.63	36845.95	12287.23	1856.53	133372.26
	Uttranchal	2698.36	0.89	1038.08	1659.39	606.77	652.07	83.52	0.00	4040.72
	Western Region
	Gujarat	5244.56	27.08	1131.65	4085.83	6787.85	9130.53	13482.78	2886.53	37532.25
	Maharashtra	10300.91	18.76	2282.80	7999.35	11962.06	12378.42	10310.02	2884.36	47835.77
	Southern Region
	Andhra Pradesh	9803.57	45.81	1427.62	8330.14	8051.70	7473.71	5583.63	758.00	31670.61
	Karnataka	7399.50	12.67	1122.38	6264.45	8317.54	8676.81	10454.40	2668.14	37516.39
	Kerala	5054.15	3.79	2355.07	2695.29	1892.11	1214.33	501.11	0.00	8661.70
	Tamil Nadu	6899.42	39.17	1735.96	5124.29	3702.04	4397.55	2958.81	1030.87	18988.69
	Uts	116.24	0.47	27.13	88.64	34.20	102.24	22.28	43.21	318.17
	All India	192761.32	351.42	52598.39	139811.51	147245.64	142474.31	123000.65	52471.49	657953.41
	Note: Figures in brackets are percentages to rural households
	Source: NSSO (2005), Indebtedness of Farmer Households, 59 th Round (Jan-Dec 2003)
	Report No. 496 (59/33/3)