| Item |
1960-61
|
1970-71
|
1980-81
|
1990-91
|
1997-98
|
2005-06
|
| Net Area Sown(in lakhs of hectares) |
107.8
|
117.3
|
107.4
|
110.2
|
98.5
|
108.4
|
| Gross Area Sown(in lakhs of hectares) |
118.2
|
133.5
|
122.8
|
131.9
|
121.4
|
-
|
| Crop
Intensity* |
1.10
|
1.14
|
1.14
|
1.20
|
1.23
|
-
|
| Net
Area Irrigated |
29.1
|
32.1
|
34.6
|
43.1
|
39.5
|
43.9
|
| Gross Irrigated Area |
34.5
|
42.2
|
43.4
|
53.8
|
51.6
|
60
|
| Percentage of Gross Irrigated Area to
Gross Area Sown |
29.2
|
31.6
|
35.3
|
40.9
|
42.5
|
44.9
|
| Irrigation
Intensity |
1.19
|
1.31
|
1.25
|
1.25
|
1.31
|
-
|
| * Ratio of Gross area sown to Net
area sown |
|
|
