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Date : Sep 13, 2005

Table 20 : Area under Cultivation - Major Commercial Crops

(Million hectares)
Year	Oilseeds				Sugar- cane	Tea	Coffee	Cotton (Lint)	Jute & Mesta	Tobacco
	Ground-	Rapeseed	Soya-	Total #
	nut	& Mustard	bean
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1950-51	4.49	2.07	.	10.73	1.71	.	.	5.88	0.57	0.36
1951-52	4.92	2.40	.	11.69	1.94	.	.	6.56	0.79	0.29
1952-53	4.80	2.11	.	11.18	1.73	.	.	6.36	0.93	0.36
1953-54	4.25	2.24	.	10.99	1.41	.	.	6.99	0.68	0.37
1954-55	5.54	2.44	.	12.52	1.62	.	.	7.55	0.68	0.35
1955-56	5.13	2.56	.	12.09	1.85	.	.	8.09	0.94	0.41
1956-57	5.53	2.54	.	12.49	2.05	.	.	8.02	1.07	0.42
1957-58	6.42	2.41	.	12.66	2.07	.	.	8.01	1.02	0.36
1958-59	6.25	2.45	.	13.00	1.95	.	.	7.96	1.10	0.38
1959-60	6.44	2.91	.	13.95	2.14	.	.	7.30	0.98	0.41
1960-61	6.46	2.88	.	13.77	2.42	.	.	7.61	0.90	0.40
1961-62	6.89	3.17	.	14.77	2.46	.	.	7.98	1.34	0.42
1962-63	7.28	3.13	.	15.34	2.24	.	.	7.73	1.24	0.41
1963-64	6.89	3.05	.	14.82	2.25	.	.	8.22	1.27	0.44
1964-65	7.38	2.91	.	15.26	2.60	.	.	8.37	1.21	0.41
1965-66	7.70	2.91	.	15.25	2.84	.	.	7.96	1.11	0.38
1966-67	7.30	3.01	.	15.00	2.30	.	.	7.84	1.12	0.42
1967-68	7.55	3.24	.	15.67	2.05	.	.	8.00	1.20	0.42
1968-69	7.09	2.87	.	14.47	2.53	.	.	7.60	0.81	0.44
1969-70	7.13	3.17	.	14.81	2.75	.	.	7.73	1.09	0.44
1970–71	7.33	3.32	0.03	16.64	2.62	0.35	0.14	7.61	1.08	0.45
1971–72	7.51	3.61	0.03	17.27	2.39	0.36	0.14	7.80	1.11	0.46
1972–73	6.99	3.32	0.03	15.79	2.45	0.36	0.15	7.68	0.99	0.45
1973–74	7.02	3.46	0.05	16.90	2.75	0.36	0.16	7.57	1.16	0.46
1974–75	7.06	3.68	0.07	17.31	2.89	0.36	0.16	7.56	0.98	0.38
1975–76	7.22	3.34	0.09	16.92	2.76	0.36	0.17	7.35	0.91	0.37
1976–77	7.04	3.13	0.13	16.47	2.87	0.36	0.14	6.89	1.09	0.43
1977–78	7.03	3.58	0.20	17.17	3.15	0.37	0.15	7.87	1.16	0.50
1978–79	7.43	3.54	0.31	17.71	3.09	0.37	0.16	8.12	1.27	0.41
1979–80	7.17	3.47	0.50	16.94	2.61	0.37	0.17	8.13	1.22	0.43
1980–81	6.80	4.11	0.61	17.60	2.67	0.38	0.19	7.82	1.30	0.45
1981–82	7.43	4.40	0.48	18.91	3.19	0.38	0.19	8.06	1.15	0.44
1982–83	7.22	3.83	0.77	17.76	3.36	0.39	0.21	7.87	1.02	0.50
1983–84	7.54	3.87	0.84	18.69	3.11	0.40	0.21	7.72	1.05	0.44
1984–85	7.17	3.99	1.24	18.92	2.95	0.40	0.21	7.38	1.13	0.44
1985–86	7.12	3.98	1.34	19.02	2.85	0.40	0.21	7.53	1.50	0.40
1986–87	6.98	3.72	1.53	18.63	3.08	0.41	0.22	6.95	1.07	0.39
1987–88	6.84	4.62	1.54	20.13	3.28	0.41	0.22	6.46	0.96	0.32
1988–89	8.53	4.83	1.73	21.90	3.33	0.41	0.22	7.34	0.92	0.38
1989–90	8.71	4.97	2.25	22.80	3.44	0.41	0.22	7.69	0.91	0.41
1990–91	8.31	5.78	2.56	24.15	3.69	0.42	0.22	7.44	1.02	0.41
1991–92	8.67	6.55	3.18	25.89	3.84	0.42	0.22	7.66	1.11	0.43
1992–93	8.17	6.19	3.79	25.24	3.57	0.42	0.22	7.54	0.93	0.42
1993–94	8.32	6.29	4.37	26.90	3.42	0.42	0.23	7.32	0.89	0.38
1994–95	7.85	6.01	4.32	25.30	3.87	0.43	0.23	7.87	0.93	0.38
1995–96	7.52	6.55	5.04	25.96	4.15	0.43	0.24	9.04	0.93	0.39
1996–97	7.60	6.55	5.45	26.34	4.17	0.43	0.25	9.12	1.10	0.43
1997–98	7.09	7.04	5.99	26.12	3.93	0.43	0.29	8.87	1.11	0.46
1998–99	7.40	6.51	6.49	26.23	4.05	0.47	0.30	9.34	1.03	0.51
1999-00	6.87	6.03	6.22	24.28	4.22	0.49	0.31	8.71	1.04	0.43
2000-01	6.56	4.48	6.42	22.77	4.32	0.50	0.31	8.53	1.02	0.26
2001-02	6.24	5.07	6.34	22.78	4.41	0.51	0.32	9.13	1.05	0.35
2002-03	5.95	4.52	5.87	21.22	4.36	0.52	0.33	7.67	1.04	0.33
2003-04	6.02	5.06	6.50	23.44	4.00	0.52	.	7.64	1.05	.
2004-05 AE	.	.	.	.	.	0.52	.	.	.	.
AE : Advance Estimates. # For nine oilseeds out of eleven in all. Note : 1. Data for 1950-51 to 1969-70 relate to total of five major oilseeds, viz., groundnut, castorseed, seasmum, rapeseed and mustard, and linseed. 2. Data for 1950-51 and 1951-52 relate to Jute crop only. Also see Notes on Tables. Source : Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.