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Date : Sep 15, 2014
Table 20 : Area Under Cultivation - Major Commercial Crops

(Million hectares)

Year

Oilseeds

Sugarcane

Tea

Coffee

Cotton (Lint)

Raw Jute & Mesta

Tobacco

Groundnut

Rapeseed & Mustard

Soyabean

Total

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

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

26.31

4.17

0.43

0.25

9.12

1.10

0.43

1997-98

7.09

7.04

5.99

26.09

3.93

0.43

0.29

8.87

1.11

0.46

1998-99

7.40

6.51

6.49

26.20

4.05

0.47

0.30

9.34

1.03

0.51

1999-00

6.87

6.03

6.22

24.26

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

22.64

4.41

0.51

0.32

9.13

1.05

0.35

2002-03

5.94

4.54

6.11

21.49

4.52

0.52

0.33

7.67

1.04

0.33

2003-04

5.99

5.43

6.56

23.66

3.93

0.52

0.33

7.60

1.00

0.37

2004-05

6.64

7.32

7.57

27.52

3.66

0.52

0.33

8.79

0.92

0.37

2005-06

6.74

7.28

7.71

27.86

4.20

0.56

0.38

8.68

0.90

0.37

2006-07

5.62

6.79

8.33

26.51

5.15

0.57

0.38

9.14

0.94

0.37

2007-08

6.29

5.83

8.88

26.69

5.06

0.58

0.39

9.41

0.96

0.35

2008-09

6.16

6.30

9.51

27.56

4.42

0.58

0.39

9.41

0.90

0.39

2009-10

5.48

5.59

9.73

25.96

4.18

0.58

0.40

10.13

0.91

0.44

2010-11

5.86

6.90

9.60

27.22

4.88

0.58

0.41

11.24

0.87

0.49

2011-12

5.26

5.89

10.11

26.31

5.04

0.58

0.41

12.18

0.90

0.46

2012-13

4.77

6.34

10.84

26.53

5.06

-

0.42

11.98

0.87

-

2013-14

5.53

6.70

12.20

28.53

5.01

-

0.44

11.69

0.85

-

Notes : 1. Data for 2013-14 are based on Advance Estimates.
2. Data for 1953-54 to 1969-70 relate to total of five major oilseeds,viz., groundnut, castorseed, sesamum, rapeseed and mustard, and linseed.
3. Data for 1950-51 and 1951-52 under the head Raw Jute & Mesta.
4. Oilseed data comprises total for nine oilseeds out of the eleven in all.
5. -: Not Available.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Source : Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.


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