Department of Agriculture,
Cooperation& Farmers Welfare has released Agriculture Census
2010-11(Phase-II). Highlights of the
Census are:
Highlights
As
per Agriculture Census 2010-11,
·
Total number of operational holdings
were estimated as 138.35 million.
·
The total operated area was 159.59
million hectare.
·
The average size of the holding has been
estimated as 1.15 hectare. The average size of holdings has shown a steady
declining trend over various Agriculture Censuses since, 1970-71.
·
The Size Group wise percentage of number
and area of operational holdings are given in the following table.
|
Sl.No
|
Size-Group
|
Percentage of number of operational holdings to total
|
Percentage of area operated to total
|
|
1
|
Marginal (below 1.00 ha.)
|
67.10
|
22.50
|
|
2
|
Small (1.00 - 2.00 ha.)
|
17.91
|
22.08
|
|
3
|
Semi-medium (2.00 - 4.00 ha.)
|
10.04
|
23.63
|
|
4
|
Medium (4.00 - 10.00 ha.)
|
4.25
|
21.20
|
|
5
|
Large (10.00 ha. & above)
|
0.70
|
10.59
|
·
The Gross Cropped Area (GCA) was
estimated at 193.76 million hectare.
·
The nine States, viz., Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh,
Punjab, and West Bengal together account for about 78 per cent of the Gross
Cropped Area in the country.
·
Out of the total 64.57 million hectare
Net Irrigated Area, 48.16 percent is accounted by Small and Marginal holdings,
43.77 percent by Semi-medium & Medium holdings and 8.07 percent by Large
holdings.
·
The Cropping Intensity as per
Agriculture Census 2010-11 works out to 1.37.
·
For 96.95 per cent of operational
holdings, entire operated area was located within the village of residence.
·
Among various sources of irrigation,
Tube-wells was main source of irrigation followed by canals.
All
India level, during 2010-11, the proportion of net irrigated area to net area
sown was 45.70 percent.
Agriculture Census in
India is conducted at five yearly intervals for collection of information about
structural aspects of agricultural holdings in the country. The basic
statistical unit for data collection is ‘Operational Holding’. The reference
year for the present Census was Agriculture Year 2010-11 (July-June).
Agriculture Census data is collected in three phases. During Phase-I, data is
collected on primary characteristics such as number and area of operational
holdings. In Phase-II, detailed data is collected on sample basis from 20 per
cent villages covering characteristics such as tenancy, land use, irrigation,
cropping pattern, dispersal of holding etc. During Phase-III, generally
referred to as Input Survey, data is collected on pattern of use of inputs.
The concept of agricultural
operational holdings does not include those holdings which are not operating
any agricultural land and are engaged exclusively in livestock, poultry and
fishing etc. On the basis of operated area, operational holdings in Agriculture
Census are categorized as follows:-
|
Sl.No.
|
Category
|
Operated
Area
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
1
|
Marginal
holdings
|
Below
1.00 hectare
|
|
2
|
Small
holdings
|
1.00
– 2.00 hectares
|
|
3
|
Semi-Medium
holdings
|
2.00
– 4.00 hectares
|
|
4
|
Medium
holdings
|
4.00
– 10.00 hectares
|
|
5
|
Large
holdings
|
10.00
hectares and above
|
The results of Phase-I and
Phase-II of Agriculture Census 2010-11 have already been finalized and
released. The detailed data /tables of Agriculture Census are available in the
website of the Department at http://agcensus.nic.in.
The All India Report of Agriculture Census 2010-11 is based on the data
collected during Phase-II of the Census.
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