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4. AGRICULTURE Table No

Contents

Page No

4.1

Soil Classification

4.2

Land Utilisation

100

4.3

Area, Production and Productivity of Principal Crops

103

4.4

Area under Principal Crops by Districts

104-107

4.5

Area under Principal Crops as Percentages to the Total Area Sown by Districts

108-111

4.6

Production of Principal Crops by Districts

112-117

4.7

Agricultural Machinery and Implements

118

4.8

Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides

119

4.9

Number of Operational Holdings

120

4.10

Area of Operational Holdings

121

4.11

Index Numbers of Agricultural Production and Productivity Time Series Data - Area of Important Crops in Tamil Nadu Time Series Data - Productivity and Production of Important Crops in Tamil Nadu Micro-Nutrient Mixtures Capacity, Production and Distribution

4.12 4.13 4.14

99

122 123 124-125 126

4.15

Distribution of Quality Seeds

126

4.16

Seed Replacement by Crops

127

4.17

Production and Distribution of Breeder Seeds from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

128

4.18

Regulated Markets, Check Posts, Rural Godowns, Commercial Grading Centres and Kapas Grading Centres in Tamil Nadu

129-130

4.19

National Agricultural Insurance Scheme

131-134

4.20

Area and Production of Horticultural Crops by Districts

135-147

4.20(A)

Area and Production of Minor Crops by Districts

148-155

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4. AGRICULTURE 4.1 SOIL CLASSIFICATION 2015-16

Agro Climatic zones North Eastern Zone

Areas in Tamil Nadu Kancheepuram. Tiruvallur.

1.Red Sandy Loam

Cuddalore. Vellore.

2.Clay Loam

Villupuram and Thiruvannamalai. North Western Zone

Soil Type

3.Saline Coastal Alluvium

Dharmapuri. Salem and

1. Non Calcareous Red

Namakkal

2. Non Calcareous brown 3. Calcareous Black

Western Zone

Erode. Coimbatore. Tiruppur.

1.Red Loamy

Theni (Part). Karur (Part).

2. Black

Namakkal (part). Dindigul (Part) Cauvery Delta Zone

Thanjavur. Nagapattinam.

1.Red Loamy (New Delta)

Tiruvarur. Trichy.

2.Alluvium (Old Delta)

Perambalur. Ariyalur. Pudukkottai (Part) and Cuddalore (Part). Southern Zone

Madurai. Sivaganga.

1.Coastal Alluviam

Ramanathapuram.

2.Black

Virudhunagar . Tirunelveli

3.Red Sandy soil

and Thoothukkudi.

High Rainfall Zone

Kanyakumari

4.Deep Red soil

1.Saline Coastal 2.Alluvium 3.Deep Red Loam

Hilly Zone

The Nilgiris and Dindigul

Latteritic

(Part)

Source: Director of Agriculture. Department of Agriculture. Chennai-600 005

AGRICULTURE

100 4.2 LAND UTILISATION

(Area in Hec.)

Classification

2014-15

% Share to Total Geogra phical Area

2015-16

% Share to Total Geogra phical Area

13033116

A. Total Geographical Area

1. By Professional Survey

13033116

-

13033116

-

2. By Village Papers

13033116

-

13033116

-

2125475

16.3

2156574

16.5

488739

3.7

457635

3.5

2199157

16.9

2200764

16.8

4. Culturable Waste

325196

2.5

324131

2.4

5. Permanent Pastures and other grazing lands

107925

0.8

107768

0.8

235696

1.8

235290

1.8

998321

7.7

989134

7.5

8.Other fallow lands

1733589

13.3

1729138

13.2

9. Net area sown

4819018

37.0

4832682

37.0

-

1241478

-

-

6074160

-

B. Classification 1. Forests 2. Barren and Unculturable land 3. Land put to Non-agricultural Uses

6.

Land under misc. tree crops and groves not included in the net area sown

7. Current fallow lands

1175483

Gross Area Sown

5994501

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-6

LAND UTILISATION IN TAMIL NADU 2015-2016 (Area in Hectares)

Forest

2156575, 17% 4832682, 37% 457635, 3%

Barren and Unculturable Land Land Put to Non-agricultural uses Culturable Waste

2200764, 17%

Permanent Pastures & Others Grazing lands Land Under Misc.Trees crops Current Fallow 1729138, 13% 989134, 8%

324131, 2% 107768, 1% 235290, 2%

Other Fallow

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4.3 AREA. PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF PRINCIPAL CROPS 2015-16 Crop

Area (Hect)

Production (Tonnes)

Productivity (in Kg./Hec.)

A. CEREALS 1.

Paddy *

2.

Cholam(Jowar)

3.

2000212

7374681

3687

339166

439619

1301

Cumbu (Bajra)

51606

134331

2616

4.

Ragi

89986

282054

3132

5.

Maize

355064

2532330

7132

6.

Small Millets

31296

37031

1015

2867330

10800046

3767

7.

Total Cereals

B. PULSES 8.

Bengal gram

9.

Red gram

4876

3176

652

59007

59968

1016

10.

Green gram

238842

134246

562

11.

Black gram

395186

276371

699

12.

Horse gram

75903

44614

588

13.

Other Pulses

113836

66594

585

14.

Total Pulses

887650

584969

659

3754980

11385015

3032

346611

892280

2574

46017

29369

638

434875

59625

13711

15.

Total Foodgrains (A+B)

C. OIL SEEDS 16.

Groundnut

17.

Gingelly

18.

Coconut @

18.

Castor

20.

Other Oil Seeds

21.

Total Oil Seeds

5495

1763

312

14398

--

--

847396

--

-375

D. OTHER CROPS 22.

Cotton #

148087

326659

23.

Sugarcane **

252272

25508824

101

24.

Tobacco

3348

5161

1527

25.

Chillies

26.

All other crops

46522

23762

511

1021555

--

--

27.

Total (Other Crops)

1471784

--

--

28.

Total Crops (B+C+D)

6074160

--

--

Production & Yieldrate * Paddy - In terms of Rice; **Sugarcane - In terms of Cane. Yield rate in tonnes per hectare @ Coconut – Production in lakh nuts. Yield rate in Lakh Nuts per ha # Cotton – Production in Bales of 170 Kg lint each

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-600 006

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4.4 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Area in Hectares) District

Paddy

Cholam

Cumbu

Ragi

Maize

1

2

3

4

5

6

1.

Kancheepuram

97738

15

4

226

2. 3.

3

Thiruvallur

101396

13

1090

712

11

Cuddalore

139987

21

3490

90

22704

4.

Villupuram

182303

535

16387

3113

21949

5.

Vellore

51771

6303

2573

6517

3589

6.

Tiruvannamalai

138880

371

4838

2001

1926

7.

Salem

24714

41976

1606

8202

37134

8.

Namakkal

11983

67173

57

475

9382

9.

Dharmapuri

33349

19551

1543

20895

10061

10.

Krishnagiri

22805

4258

517

41440

3822

11.

Coimbatore

2034

27441

66

22

4167

12.

Thiruppur

10645

30082

377

0

23074

13.

Erode

34339

0

39

5326

20023

14.

Tiruchirappalli

58571

27986

894

1

12686

15.

Karur

13276

17559

828

57

2389

16.

Perambalur

14089

938

89

6

54249

17.

Ariyalur

24408

305

708

41

17246

18.

Pudukkottai

73625

107

0

16

5097

19.

Thanjavur

177426

32

1

5

630

20.

Thiruvarur

194743

0

0

0

0

21.

Nagapattinam

163794

10

0

0

7

22.

Madurai

55983

11362

1787

29

9895

23.

Theni

14631

8297

1654

26

9993

24.

Dindigul

25.

Ramanathapuram

26. 27.

14989

41524

852

14

27889

116582

3791

684

270

676

Virudhunagar

28607

12939

2607

107

21800

Sivaganga

67207

181

16

118

95

28.

Tirunelveli

98506

2688

171

111

10926

29.

Thoothukkudi

18556

13708

8728

166

23588

30.

The Nilgiris

31.

Kanniyakumari STATE

318

0

0

0

0

12957

0

0

0

53

2000212

339166

51606

89986

355064

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4.4 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 - (Contd.) (Area in Hectares) District 1

Other Cereals 7

Total Cereals 8

Bengal Gram 9

Red gram 10

Green Gram 11

1.

Kancheepuram

0

97986

24

40

442

2.

Thiruvallur

4

103226

6

623

7949

3.

Cuddalore

3029

169321

0

173

10800

4.

Villupuram

1096

225383

0

492

1708

5.

Vellore

2251

73004

19

13651

2628

6.

Tiruvannamalai

5689

153705

2

2253

1075

7.

Salem

2040

115672

7

3950

16094

8.

Namakkal

284

89354

68

1016

9037

9.

Dharmapuri

7653

93052

879

9260

2369

10.

Krishnagiri

689

73531

0

11276

1394

11.

Coimbatore

43

33773

1001

405

1100

12.

Thiruppur

0

64178

2178

135

2496

13.

Erode

19

59746

0

1229

641

14.

Tiruchirappalli

15.

Karur

16.

1

100139

22

2152

1037

21

34130

0

3605

697

Perambalur

220

69591

0

793

4

17.

Ariyalur

175

42883

0

272

2

18.

Pudukkottai

15

78860

0

320

10

19.

Thanjavur

0

178094

0

39

6260

20.

Thiruvarur

0

174743

0

5

57463

21.

Nagapattinam

0

163811

0

0

41936

22.

Madurai

3465

82521

29

2520

3733

23.

Theni

57

34658

2

2118

1558

24.

Dindigul

61

85329

563

1466

2455

25.

Ramanathapuram

1099

123102

1

36

482

26.

Virudhunagar

2491

68551

11

832

7845

27.

Sivaganga

32

67649

0

100

7

28.

Tirunelveli

420

112822

0

84

7393

29.

Thoothukkudi

432

65178

64

162

50224

30.

The Nilgiris

10

328

0

0

1

31.

Kanniyakumari

0

13010

0

0

2

31296

2867330

4876

59007

238842

STATE

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4.4 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 -(Contd.) (Area in Hectares) District 1

Black Gram

Horse gram

Other Pulses

Total Pulses

Total Food Grains

12

13

14

15

16

1.

Kancheepuram

1521

0

16

2043

100029

2.

Thiruvallur

1531

15

15

10139

113365

3.

Cuddalore

52400

1

169

63543

232864

4.

Villupuram

71053

115

4501

77869

303252

5.

Vellore

2984

9347

2835

31464

104468

6.

Tiruvannamalai

12840

5490

1124

22784

176489

7.

Salem

6866

5808

31255

63980

179652

8.

Namakkal

2811

1366

1730

16028

105382

9.

Dharmapuri

6398

12851

19953

51710

144762

10.

Krishnagiri

2542

20899

11534

47645

121176

11.

Coimbatore

566

1809

5309

10190

43963

12.

Thiruppur

2584

6110

3882

17385

81563

13.

Erode

1189

1186

1532

5777

65523

14.

Tiruchirappalli

9265

918

955

14349

114488

15.

Karur

4125

5507

2204

16138

50268

16.

Perambalur

828

3

5

1633

71224

17.

Ariyalur

4985

5

1

5265

48148

18.

Pudukkottai

5414

5

228

5977

84837

19.

Thanjavur

19018

0

0

25317

203411

20.

Thiruvarur

63116

0

0

120584

315327

21.

Nagapattinam

41676

0

0

83612

247423

22.

Madurai

1520

22

3259

11083

93604

23.

Theni

1152

650

7781

13261

47919

24.

Dindigul

8344

3614

12854

29296

114625

25.

Ramanathapuram

2694

5

317

3535

126637

26.

Virudhunagar

4227

39

619

13573

82124

27.

Sivaganga

651

125

342

1225

68874

28.

Tirunelveli

21760

11

1051

30299

143121

29.

Thoothukkudi

40209

2

354

91015

156193

30.

The Nilgiris

0

0

0

1

329

31.

Kanniyakumari

917

0

11

930

13940

395186

75903

113836

887650

3754980

STATE

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4.4 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 - (Concld.) (Area in Hectares) District 1

Sugarcane 17

Ground nut 19

Cotton 18

Gingelly

Castor

20

21

1.

Kancheepuram

1889

3

11504

992

0

2.

Thiruvallur

6114

1

7138

804

2

3.

Cuddalore

24443

7210

9626

3601

3

4.

Villupuram

73243

8999

33927

6517

38

5.

Vellore

7296

8111

34614

223

399

6.

Tiruvannamalai

25394

330

67035

971

7

7.

Salem

8255

12467

21818

3317

864

8.

Namakkal

14268

2162

31428

1172

1433

9.

Dharmapuri

7905

10866

10515

1798

367

581

2414

12588

905

1219

926

470

4877

444

23

5593

969

8451

1065

43

10.

Krishnagiri

11.

Coimbatore

12.

Thiruppur

13.

Erode

22332

796

20517

5641

416

14.

Tiruchirappalli

2699

14977

9456

1171

274

15.

Karur

2723

125

4385

3948

10

16.

Perambalur

8112

20371

2903

534

134

17.

Ariyalur

6147

9189

8593

607

34

18.

Pudukkottai

4417

28

7998

1050

0

19.

Thanjavur

7690

1689

4843

4371

0

20.

Thiruvarur

375

4799

2122

241

0

21.

Nagapattinam

1899

2438

1740

414

0

22.

Madurai

2936

7981

2562

716

34

23.

Theni

5287

1790

2437

1727

136

24.

Dindigul

2504

4835

10436

743

38

25.

Ramanathapuram

317

1977

3211

821

1

26.

Virudhunagar

2260

13498

6180

520

2

27.

Sivaganga

4084

303

3061

102

1

28.

Tirunelveli

2398

4142

2021

943

7

29.

Thoothukkudi

181

5147

1057

659

10

30.

The Nilgiris

4

0

4

0

0

31.

Kanniyakumari

0

0

14

0

0

252272

148087

346611

46017

5495

STATE

Source: Department of Economics & Statistics. Chennai-600 006

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4.5 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS AS PERCENTAGES TO THE TOTAL AREA SOWN BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 Paddy District 1

% to District 2

Cholam % to State 3

% to District 4

% to State 5

1

Kancheepuram

74.4

4.9

0.0

0.0

2

Thiruvallur

66.9

5.1

0.0

0.0

3

Cuddalore

42.1

7.0

0.0

0.0

4

Villupuram

37.8

9.1

0.1

0.2

5

Vellore

25.6

2.6

3.1

1.9

6

Tiruvannamalai

48.3

6.9

0.1

0.1

7

Salem

8.1

1.2

13.8

12.4

8

Namakkal

5.8

0.6

32.3

19.8

9

Dharmapuri

14.6

1.7

8.6

5.8

10

Krishnagiri

10.7

1.1

2.0

1.3

11

Coimbatore

1.1

0.1

15.5

8.1

12

Thiruppur

5.8

0.5

16.3

8.9

13

Erode

17.7

1.7

0.0

0.0

14

Tiruchirappalli

32.7

2.9

15.6

8.3

15

Karur

15.1

0.7

20.0

5.2

16

Perambalur

11.5

0.7

0.8

0.3

17

Ariyalur

22.4

1.2

0.3

0.1

18

Pudukkottai

59.5

3.7

0.1

0.0

19

Thanjavur

65.8

8.9

0.0

0.0

20

Thiruvarur

59.2

9.7

0.0

0.0

21

Nagapattinam

60.3

8.2

0.0

0.0

22

Madurai

40.4

2.8

8.2

3.3

23

Theni

11.6

0.7

6.6

2.4

24

Dindigul

6.4

0.7

17.7

12.2

25

Ramanathapuram

69.6

5.8

2.3

1.1

26

Virudhunagar

20.6

1.4

9.3

3.8

27

Sivaganga

68.5

3.4

0.2

0.1

28

Tirunelveli

47.6

4.9

1.3

0.8

29

Thoothukkudi

8.7

0.9

6.4

4.0

30

The Nilgiris

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

31

Kanniyakumari

15.7

0.6

0.0

0.0

32.9

100.0

5.6

100.0

STATE

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4.5 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS AS PERCENTAGES TO THE TOTAL AREA SOWN BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 - (Contd.) Cumbu

Ragi

District

% to District

% to State

1

6

7

% to District

% to State

8

9

1

Kancheepuram

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.3

2

Thiruvallur

0.7

2.1

0.5

0.8

3

Cuddalore

1.1

6.8

0.0

0.1

4

Villupuram

3.4

31.8

0.6

3.5

5

Vellore

1.3

5.0

3.2

7.2

6

Tiruvannamalai

1.7

9.4

0.7

2.2

7

Salem

0.5

3.1

2.7

9.1

8

Namakkal

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.5

9

Dharmapuri

0.7

3.0

9.2

23.2

10

Krishnagiri

0.2

1.0

19.4

46.1

11

Coimbatore

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

12

Thiruppur

0.2

0.7

0.0

0.0

13

Erode

0.0

0.1

2.7

5.9

14

Tiruchirappalli

0.5

1.7

0.0

0.0

15

Karur

0.9

1.6

0.1

0.1

16

Perambalur

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

17

Ariyalur

0.7

1.4

0.0

0.0

18

Pudukkottai

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

19

Thanjavur

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

20

Thiruvarur

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

21

Nagapattinam

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

22

Madurai

1.3

3.5

0.0

0.0

23

Theni

1.3

3.2

0.0

0.0

24

Dindigul

0.4

1.7

0.0

0.0

25

Ramanathapuram

0.4

1.3

0.2

0.3

26

Virudhunagar

1.9

5.1

0.1

0.1

27

Sivaganga

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

28

Tirunelveli

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.1

29

Thoothukkudi

4.1

16.9

0.1

0.2

30

The Nilgiris

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

31

Kanniyakumari

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

100.0

1.5

100.0

STATE

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4.5 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS AS PERCENTAGES TO THE TOTAL AREA SOWN BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 - (Contd.) District 1

Sugarcane % to % to State District 10 11

Cotton % to District 12

% to State 13

1

Kancheepuram

1.4

0.7

0.0

0.0

2

Thiruvallur

4.0

2.4

0.0

0.0

3

Cuddalore

7.4

9.7

2.2

4.9

4

Villupuram

15.2

29.0

1.9

6.1

5

Vellore

3.6

2.9

4.0

5.5

6

Tiruvannamalai

8.8

10.1

0.1

0.2

7

Salem

2.7

3.3

4.1

8.4

8

Namakkal

6.9

5.7

1.0

1.5

9

Dharmapuri

3.5

3.1

4.8

7.3

10

Krishnagiri

0.3

0.2

1.1

1.6

11

Coimbatore

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.3

12

Thiruppur

3.0

2.2

0.5

0.7

13

Erode

11.5

8.9

0.4

0.5

14

Tiruchirappalli

1.5

1.1

8.4

10.1

15

Karur

3.1

1.1

0.1

0.1

16

Perambalur

6.6

3.2

16.7

13.8

17

Ariyalur

5.6

2.4

8.4

6.2

18

Pudukkottai

3.6

1.8

0.0

0.0

19

Thanjavur

2.9

3.0

0.6

1.1

20

Thiruvarur

0.1

0.1

1.5

3.2

21

Nagapattinam

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.6

22

Madurai

2.1

1.2

5.8

5.4

23

Theni

4.2

2.1

1.4

1.2

24

Dindigul

1.1

1.0

2.1

3.3

25

Ramanathapuram

0.2

0.1

1.2

1.3

26

Virudhunagar

1.6

0.9

9.7

9.1

27

Sivaganga

4.2

1.6

0.3

0.2

28

Tirunelveli

1.2

1.0

2.0

2.8

29

Thoothukkudi

0.1

0.1

2.4

3.5

30

The Nilgiris

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

31

Kanniyakumari

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.2

100.0

2.4

100.0

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4.5 AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS AS PERCENTAGES TO THE TOTAL AREA SOWN BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Concld.) District 1

Groundnut % to % to District State 14 15

Gingelly % to % to District State 16 17

1

Kancheepuram

8.4

3.2

0.8

2.2

2

Thiruvallur

4.7

2.1

0.5

1.7

3

Cuddalore

2.9

2.8

1.1

7.8

4

Villupuram

7.0

9.8

1.3

14.2

5

Vellore

17.1

10.0

0.1

0.5

6

Tiruvannamalai

23.3

19.3

0.3

2.1

7

Salem

7.2

6.3

1.1

7.2

8

Namakkal

15.1

9.1

0.6

2.5

9

Dharmapuri

4.6

3.0

0.8

3.9

10

Krishnagiri

5.9

3.6

0.4

2.0

11

Coimbatore

2.8

1.4

0.3

1.0

12

Thiruppur

4.6

2.4

0.6

2.3

13

Erode

10.6

5.9

2.9

12.3

14

Tiruchirappalli

5.3

2.7

0.7

2.5

15

Karur

5.0

1.3

4.5

8.6

16

Perambalur

2.4

0.8

0.4

1.2

17

Ariyalur

7.9

2.5

0.6

1.3

18

Pudukkottai

6.5

2.3

0.8

2.3

19

Thanjavur

1.8

1.4

1.6

9.5

20

Thiruvarur

0.6

0.6

0.1

0.5

21

Nagapattinam

0.6

0.5

0.2

0.9

22

Madurai

1.9

0.7

0.5

1.6

23

Theni

1.9

0.7

1.4

3.8

24

Dindigul

4.4

3.0

0.3

1.6

25

Ramanathapuram

1.9

0.9

0.5

1.8

26

Virudhunagar

4.4

1.8

0.4

1.1

27

Sivaganga

3.1

0.9

0.1

0.2

28

Tirunelveli

1.0

0.6

0.5

2.0

29

Thoothukkudi

0.5

0.3

0.3

1.4

30

The Nilgiris

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

31

Kanniyakumari

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

5.7

100.0

0.8

100.0

STATE

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-600 006

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4.6 PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (in Tonnes) District 1

Paddy (in terms of Rice) % to Production State 2 3

Cholam Production 4

% to State 5

1

Kancheepuram

415302

5.6

16

0.0

2

Thiruvallur

333203

4.5

16

0.0

3

Cuddalore

507130

6.9

28

0.0

4

Villupuram

773313

10.5

675

0.2

5

Vellore

202224

2.7

10274

2.3

6

Tiruvannamalai

550738

7.5

425

0.1

7

Salem

122541

1.7

45040

10.2

8

Namakkal

60391

0.8

48653

11.1

9

Dharmapuri

149426

2.0

22061

5.0

10

Krishnagiri

102306

1.4

7502

1.7

11

Coimbatore

7942

0.1

21773

5.0

12

Tiruppur

48167

0.7

3704

0.8

13

Erode

146570

2.0

0

0.0

14

Tiruchirappalli

244213

3.3

33043

7.5

15

Karur

52886

0.7

8725

2.0

16

Perambalur

64208

0.9

1215

0.3

17

Ariyalur

124179

1.7

323

0.1

18

Pudukkottai

258976

3.5

118

0.0

19

Thanjavur

636999

8.6

49

0.0

20

Thiruvarur

666958

9.0

0

0.0

21

Nagapattinam

338260

4.6

16

0.0

22

Madurai

203670

2.8

21008

4.8

23

Theni

79374

1.1

24115

5.5

24

Dindigul

71945

1.0

92731

21.1

25

Ramanathapuram

303463

4.1

7468

1.7

26

Virudhunagar

100607

1.4

37562

8.5

27

Sivaganga

189480

2.6

241

0.1

28

Tirunelveli

488445

6.6

9617

2.2

29

Thoothukkudi

74558

1.0

43221

9.8

30

The Nilgiris

1418

0.0

0

0.0

31

Kanniyakumari STATE

55789

0.8

0

0.0

7374681

100.0

439619

100.0

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4.6 PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Contd.) (in Tonnes) Cumbu District 1 1

Kancheepuram

2

Thiruvallur

3

Ragi

Production

% to State

Production

6

7

8

% to State 9

10

0.0

753

0.3

2894

2.2

2560

0.9

Cuddalore

10336

7.7

304

0.1

4

Villupuram

39065

29.1

9278

3.3

5

Vellore

12248

9.1

23597

8.4

6

Tiruvannamalai

9634

7.2

4541

1.6

7

Salem

4812

3.6

26168

9.3

8

Namakkal

148

0.1

1477

0.5

9

Dharmapuri

6856

5.1

68164

24.2

10

Krishnagiri

1391

1.0

127264

45.1

11

Coimbatore

172

0.1

70

0.0

12

Tiruppur

958

0.7

0

0.0

13

Erode

103

0.1

14906

5.3

14

Tiruchirappalli

946

0.7

3

0.0

15

Karur

1398

1.0

203

0.1

16

Perambalur

17

Ariyalur

18

226

0.2

19

0.0

2449

1.8

140

0.0

Pudukkottai

0

0.0

54

0.0

19

Thanjavur

2

0.0

15

0.0

20

Thiruvarur

0

0.0

0

0.0

21

Nagapattinam

0

0.0

0

0.0

22

Madurai

4824

3.6

91

0.0

23

Theni

5347

4.0

80

0.0

24

Dindigul

2147

1.6

48

0.0

25

Ramanathapuram

1484

1.1

555

0.2

26

Virudhunagar

8502

6.3

383

0.1

27

Sivaganga

43

0.0

419

0.1

28

Tirunelveli

435

0.3

361

0.1

29

Thoothukkudi

17901

13.3

601

0.2

30

The Nilgiris

0

0.0

0

0.0

31

Kanniyakumari

0

0.0

0

0.0

134331

100.0

282054

100.0

STATE

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4.6 PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Contd.) (in Tonnes) Maize District 1

Production 10

Other Cereals % to State 11

Production 12

% to State 13

1

Kancheepuram

21

0.0

0

2

Thiruvallur

78

0.0

3

0.0 0.0

3

Cuddalore

80727

3.2

4888

13.2

4

Villupuram

171454

6.8

1198

3.2

5

Vellore

25526

1.0

2748

7.4

6

Tiruvannamalai

7

Salem

8 9

13803

0.5

10744

29.0

377884

14.9

2540

6.9

Namakkal

84648

3.3

385

1.0

Dharmapuri

60751

2.4

7900

21.3

10

Krishnagiri

27733

1.1

828

2.2

11

Coimbatore

29553

1.2

24

0.1

12

Tiruppur

193348

7.6

0

0.0

13

Erode

144975

5.7

26

0.1

14

Tiruchirappalli

87603

3.5

1

0.0

15

Karur

17142

0.7

20

0.1

16

Perambalur

325548

12.9

364

1.0

17

Ariyalur

131894

5.2

476

1.3

18

Pudukkottai

43163

1.7

23

0.1

19

Thanjavur

4535

0.2

0

0.0

20

Thiruvarur

0

0.0

0

0.0

21

Nagapattinam

48

0.0

0

0.0

22

Madurai

60672

2.4

2148

5.8

23

Theni

70047

2.8

55

0.1

24

Dindigul

266051

10.5

53

0.1

25

Ramanathapuram

26

Virudhunagar

27 28

4626

0.2

644

1.7

143916

5.7

1371

3.7

Sivaganga

686

0.0

20

0.1

Tirunelveli

75701

3.0

313

0.8

29

Thoothukkudi

89823

3.5

258

0.7

30

The Nilgiris

31

Kanniyakumari STATE

0

0.0

1

0.0

374

0.0

0

0.0

2532330

100.0

37031

100.0

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4.6 PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Contd.) (in Tonnes) District 1

Total Cereals Production 14

Total Pulses

% to State 15

1

Kancheepuram

416102

3.9

2

Thiruvallur

338754

3

Cuddalore

603413

4

Villupuram

5 6

Production 16

% to State 17

1424

0.2

3.1

8765

1.5

5.6

49982

8.5

994983

9.2

67238

11.5

Vellore

276617

2.6

25877

4.4

Tiruvannamalai

589885

5.5

14870

2.5

7

Salem

578985

5.4

47396

8.1

8

Namakkal

195702

1.8

10859

1.9

9

Dharmapuri

315158

2.9

35407

6.1

10

Krishnagiri

267024

2.5

29744

5.1

11

Coimbatore

59534

0.6

6432

1.1

12

Tiruppur

246177

2.3

8028

1.4

13

Erode

306580

2.8

5263

0.9

14

Tiruchirappalli

365809

3.4

12499

2.1

15

Karur

80374

0.7

11137

1.9

16

Perambalur

391580

3.6

1543

0.3

17

Ariyalur

259461

2.4

3768

0.6

18

Pudukkottai

302334

2.8

4245

0.7

19

Thanjavur

641600

5.9

13489

2.3

20

Thiruvarur

666958

6.2

68252

11.7

21

Nagapattinam

338324

3.1

38251

6.5

22

Madurai

292413

2.7

9047

1.5

23

Theni

179018

1.7

10203

1.7

24

Dindigul

432975

4.0

18551

3.2

25

Ramanathapuram

318240

2.9

2367

0.4

26

Virudhunagar

292341

2.7

7891

1.3

27

Sivaganga

190889

1.8

835

0.1

28

Tirunelveli

574872

5.3

19400

3.3

29

Thoothukkudi

226362

2.1

51554

8.8

30

The Nilgiris

1419

0.0

1

0.0

31

Kanniyakumari

56163

0.5

651

0.1

10800046

100.0

584969

100.0

STATE

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4.6 PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Contd.) (in Tonnes) District 1

GROUNDNUT Production 18

GINGELLY

% to State 19

1

Kancheepuram

34145

3.8

2

Thiruvallur

32567

3

Cuddalore

62270

4

Villupuram

5

Vellore

6

Tiruvannamalai

7 8 9

Production 20

% to State 21

617

2.1

3.6

498

1.7

7.0

2230

7.6

100626

11.3

5007

17.0

106070

11.9

143

0.5

116096

13.0

674

2.3

Salem

47067

5.3

2742

9.3

Namakkal

55459

6.2

736

2.5

Dharmapuri

29049

3.3

1222

4.2

10

Krishnagiri

28596

3.2

471

1.6

11

Coimbatore

11001

1.2

296

1.0

12

Tiruppur

17121

1.9

586

2.0

13

Erode

35664

4.0

4087

13.9

14

Tiruchirappalli

20614

2.3

941

3.2

15

Karur

12245

1.4

2213

7.5

16

Perambalur

8238

0.9

333

1.1

17

Ariyalur

36234

4.1

338

1.2

18

Pudukkottai

25470

2.9

296

1.0

19

Thanjavur

22189

2.5

2048

7.0

20

Thiruvarur

12068

1.4

101

0.3

21

Nagapattinam

6471

0.7

84

0.3

22

Madurai

4398

0.5

448

1.5

23

Theni

8247

0.9

1637

5.6

24

Dindigul

29189

3.3

482

1.6

25

Ramanathapuram

4364

0.5

172

0.6

26

Virudhunagar

13287

1.5

131

0.4

27

Sivaganga

4655

0.5

66

0.2

28

Tirunelveli

5742

0.6

456

1.6

29

Thoothukkudi

3093

0.3

314

1.1

30

The Nilgiris

9

0.0

0

0.0

31

Kanniyakumari STATE

36

0.0

0

0.0

892280

100.0

29369

100.0

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COTTON (in bales of 170 kg. lint each)

SUGAR CANE (in terms of Cane) Production 22

% to State 23

Production 24

% to State 25

1

Kancheepuram

190789

0.7

7

0.0

2

Thiruvallur

611400

2.4

3

0.0

3

Cuddalore

2322085

9.1

9095

2.8

4

Villupuram

8129973

31.9

13999

4.3

5

Vellore

583680

2.3

14051

4.3

6

Tiruvannamalai

2183884

8.6

707

0.2

7

Salem

701675

2.8

38353

11.7

8

Namakkal

1555212

6.1

4365

1.3

9

Dharmapuri

624495

2.4

24226

7.4

10

Krishnagiri

58681

0.2

6282

1.9

11

Coimbatore

93526

0.4

1020

0.3

12

Tiruppur

687939

2.7

2569

0.8

13

Erode

2501184

9.8

1963

0.6

14

Tiruchirappalli

248308

1.0

18953

5.8

15

Karur

345821

1.4

235

0.1

16

Perambalur

827424

3.2

36961

11.3

17

Ariyalur

571671

2.2

13568

4.2

18

Pudukkottai

472619

1.9

52

0.0

19

Thanjavur

661340

2.6

4182

1.3

20

Thiruvarur

37875

0.1

18037

5.5

21

Nagapattinam

121536

0.5

4690

1.4

22

Madurai

258368

1.0

15565

4.8

23

Theni

586857

2.3

8234

2.5

24

Dindigul

252904

1.0

16076

4.9

25

Ramanathapuram

32017

0.1

2426

0.7

26

Virudhunagar

178540

0.7

35839

11.0

27

Sivaganga

396148

1.6

659

0.2

28

Tirunelveli

254188

1.0

16655

5.1

29

Thoothukkudi

18281

0.1

17887

5.5

30

The Nilgiris

404

0.0

0

0.0

31

Kanniyakumari

0

0.0

0

0.0

25508824

100.0

326659

100.0

STATE

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-6

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4.7 Number of Equipments Used in Livestock Sector Rural and Urban Combined in Tamil Nadu as Per 2012 Livestock Census (in Nos) Sl. No

Name of the District

1

Chennai

2

Kancheepuram

3

Thiruvallur

4

Cuddalore

5

Viluppuram

6

Vellore

7

Tiruvannamalai

8

Salem

9

Namakkal

Milking Machine

Mechanized Folder Cutter

Chopper & Baler

Dung Collection & Disposal Equipment

0

0

0

0

569

11

126

564

1

17

119

218

13

87

276

33

23

111

40

26

1537

115

334

171

10

57

31

2

77

231

80

56

72

242

233

173

7

126

23

2

68

25019

2

10

Dharmapuri

11

Krishnagiri

17

12

Erode

45

616

645

43

13

Coimbatore

43

1806

154

2340

14

The Nilgiris

5

3

2258

0

15

Tiruchirappalli

28

177

48

18

16

Karur

37

217

154

37

17

Perambalur

10

36

13

3

18

Ariyalur

2

8

1

0

19

Pudukkottai

15

6

9

0

20

Thanjavur

4

40

44

0

21

Nagapattinam

1

4

4

0

22

Thiruvarur

5

0

7

2

23

Madurai

8

545

1715

612

24

Theni

25

Dindigul

26

Ramanathapuram

27

0

27

9

1811

132

1711

301

194

1

9

4

0

Virudhunagar

22

87

63

25

28

Sivaganga

33

38

78

3088

29

Tirunelveli

4

57

34

28

30

Thoothukkudi

3

13

12

0

31

Kanniyakumari

1

1

16

0

32

Tiruppur

172

4127

173

256

2897

10593

32023

9704

Total

Source: 19th Livestock Census - 2012 Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services. Chennai-6.

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4.8 CONSUMPTION OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES 2015-16

District

NitroGeneous (N)

FERTILIZERS (MT) PhosPottaphatic sic (P2 05) (K2 0)

Total (NPK)

PESTICIDES Dust Liquid (in (in M.T.) KL.)

1.

Kancheepuram

13443

5340

2309

21092

389.00

65100.00

2.

Thiruvallur

20172

7962

3385

31518

718.00

54500.00

3.

Cuddalore

39552

15389

12899

37840

752.00

11350.00

4.

Villupuram

51708

18953

12411

83072

24.00

17530.00

5.

Vellore

26975

9693

5103

41771

99.00

9206.00

6.

Tiruvannamalai

28760

11158

6378

46202

27.00

24400.00

7.

Salem

31059

16178

15807

63044

68.00

50505.00

8.

Namakkal

8127

4095

3446

15667

90.00

9.

Dharmapuri

9465

4863

3798

18125

11.00

15110.00

10.

Krishnagiri

12919

8880

2547

24346

11.00

14745.00

11.

Erode

38356

15127

14793

68276

95.00

41280.00

12.

Coimbatore

22181

9352

18528

50060

114.00

20504.00

13.

Tiruppur

12638

6633

6724

25995

58.00

13600.00

14.

The Nilgiris

2493

600

2660

5753

-

-

15.

Tiruchirappalli

36096

13793

13510

63399

39.00

18200.00

16.

Karur

6070

2169

2357

10596

3.00

278.00

17.

Perambalur

10668

6278

4887

21833

24.00

3920.00

18.

Ariyalur

9783

3710

2803

16295

34.00

70210.00

19.

Pudukkottai

27389

9034

7787

44210

28.00

21550.00

20.

Thanjavur

40384

15103

8459

63945

22.00

1545.00

21.

Nagapattinam

22750

7690

6029

36468

58.00

1030.00

22.

Thiruvarur

31457

11130

12022

54610

38.00

3077.00

23.

Madurai

17873

6788

6290

30952

54.00

13515.00

24.

Theni

12555

5709

5256

23520

19.00

16414.00

25.

Dindigul

11039

8223

5364

24625

20.00

14813.00

26.

Ramanathapuram

13510

4257

1481

19248

6.50

1868.00

27.

Virudhunagar

10036

4991

2480

17507

16.00

6276.00

28.

Sivaganga

11917

4982

2456

19055

11.00

14080.00

29.

Tirunelveli

30918

9826

9038

49782

171.00

8535.00

30.

Thoothukkudi

13284

6173

2162

21619

50.00

1435.00

31.

Kanniyakumari

9393

4026

3768

17188

33.00

1581.00

632877

258106

206636

206636

3082..50

498592.00

560399

218850

180539

180539

2466.00

398873.60

72478

39256

26097

26097

616.50

99718.40

632877

258106

206636

206636

3082.50

498592.00

TOTAL Private Co-Operative

Grand Total

Source: Department of Agriculture. Chennai-600 005

11435.00

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NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL HOLDINGS 2005-06 & 2010-11 Agricultural Census 2005-06

Size class 1. 2.

SC

1

2

3

4

BELOW 0.5

564323

23683

3895719

0.5 - 1.0

187004

17752

751327

41435

MARGINAL (1+2) 3.

Number of operational Holdings InstituST Others Total tional 5

6

8022

4491747

1528301

2901

1735958

5424020

10923

6227705

1.0 - 2.0

99982

17539

1113916

2617

1234054

SMALL (3)

99982

17539

1113916

2617

1234054

4.

2.0 - 3.0

21224

5721

356265

1292

384502

5.

3.0 - 4.0

6421

2123

148158

821

157523

27645

7844

504423

2113

542025

SEMI MEDIUM (4+5) 6.

4.0 - 5.0

2545

914

72155

548

76162

7.

5.0 - 7.5

1884

649

66314

694

69541

8.

7.5 - 10.0

506

162

22790

438

23896

4935

1725

161259

1680

169599 16376

MEDIUM (6+7+8) 9.

10.0 - 20.0

314

80

15195

787

10.

Above 20.0

38

9

2218

949

3214

352

89

17413

1736

19590

884241

68632

7221031

19069

8192973

LARGE (9+10) ALL SIZE CLASSES

Agricultural Census 2010-11

Size class (In Hectares)

SC

1

2

Number of operational Holdings Institu ST Others -tional 3

4

1. 2.

BELOW 0.5 0.5 - 1.0

558043

28945

3941838

188210

19356

746253

48301

3.

MARGINAL (1+2) 1.0 - 2.0

96189

SMALL (3) 4. 5.

2.0 - 3.0 3.0 - 4.0

SEMI MEDIUM (4+5) 6. 4.0 - 5.0 7. 8.

5.0 - 7.5 7.5 - 10.0

MEDIUM (6+7+8) 9. 10.0 - 20.0 10.

Above 20.0 LARGE (9+10) ALL SIZE CLASSES

5

Total 6

8043

4536869

1519197

2923

1729686

5461035

10966

6266555

17569

1064891

2695

1181344

96189

17569

1064891

2695

1181344

20455

5032

332549

1433

359469

6035

1810

134085

909

142839

26490

6842

466634

2342

502308

2217

815

64766

523

68321

1649

610

58570

817

61646

443

174

19649

413

20679

4309

1599

142985

1753

150646

243

93

13219

808

14363

15

10

2070

913

3008

258

103

15289

1721

17371

873499

74414

7150834

19477

8118224

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-6

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4.9 AREA OF OPERATIONAL HOLDINGS 2005-06 & 2010-11 Agricultural Census 2005-06 Size class 1

SC 2

Area Operated (Hectares) InstituST Others tional 3 4 5

Total 6

1.

BELOW 0.5

131811

6361

912478

1614

1052264

2.

0.5 - 1.0

131226

12988

1087793

2099

1234106

MARGINAL (1+2)

263037

19348

2000272

3714

2286370

1.0 - 2.0

135942

24358

1556805

3715

1720819

SMALL (3)

135942

24358

1556805

3715

1720819 926612

3. 4.

2.0 - 3.0

50498

13637

859332

3145

5.

3.0 - 4.0

21924

7245

509084

2832

541085

72422

20881

1368416

5977

1467697

6.

SEMI MEDIUM (4+5) 4.0 - 5.0

11239

4058

320665

2452

338413

7.

5.0 - 7.5

11203

3865

396491

4281

415840

8.

7.5 - 10.0

4291

1365

194045

3768

203468

26733

9288

911200

10501

957721

MEDIUM (6+7+8) 9.

10.0 - 20.0

3947

1054

199919

11127

216046

10.

Above 20.0

1263

282

72653

101097

175294

LARGE (9+10)

5209

1335

272572

112223

391339

503343

75211

6109265

136129

6823947

ALL SIZE CLASSES

Agricultural Census 2010-11 Size class (In Hectares)

SC

1

2

Area Operated (Hectares) InstituST Others tional 3 4 5

Total 6

1.

BELOW 0.5

131835

7676

924679

1691

1065882

2.

0.5 - 1.0

132631 264466

14218 21894

1076873 2001552

2097 3788

1225820 2291702

3.

MARGINAL (1+2) 1.0 - 2.0

131300

24494

1484039

3864

1643697

131300

24494

1484039

3864

1643697

48716

11970

800654

3499

864840

20629

6183

460713

3143

490669

69346

18153

1261367

6642

1355509

SMALL (3) 4.

2.0 - 3.0

5.

3.0 - 4.0 SEMI MEDIUM (4+5)

6.

4.0 - 5.0

9836

3602

287441

2345

303223

7.

5.0 - 7.5

9849

3603

350231

5034

368716

8.

7.5 - 10.0

3789

1477

167049

3557

175872

23474

8681

804721

10935

847811

3241

1212

172586

11374

188412

479

250

64368

96143

161240

3719 492306

1461 74684

236953 5788634

107518 132747

349652 6488370

MEDIUM (6+7+8) 9.

10.0 - 20.0

10.

Above 20.0 LARGE (9+10) ALL SIZE CLASSES

Source: Department of Economics & Statistics. Chennai-6

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4.11 INDEX NUMBERS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY 2014-15 & 2015-16

2015-16

Production (‘‘000” Tonnes)

2014-15

2015-16

Productivity (Kg/Hec.)

% growth over Previous Year

2014-15 Group/ Crop

% Growth over Previous Year

Base Year : Triennium ending 2011-12=100

1. All Crops

88.41

81.48

-7.83

104.32

98.26

-5.80

2. Food Crops

87.91

79.47

-9.64

104.99

97.21

-7.41

3. Non-Food Crops

95.15

108.77

14.31

96.60

110.02

13.89

i. Paddy

126.07

116.96

-7.22

132.52

110.32

-16.75

ii. Pulses

278.52

206.92

-25.70

195.37

145.16

-25.69

97.32

93.86

-3.55

113.89

106.64

-6.36

iv. Cotton (Fibre Lint)

210.12

114.60

-45.45

136.68

93.98

-31.24

v. Sugarcane (Cane)

81.84

74.31

-9.20

99.80

94.50

-5.31

vi. Tea

100.70

126.68

25.79

100.99

127.10

25.85

vii. Coffee

101.46

245.95

142.41

99.27

239.93

141.69

92.06

57.01

-38.07

99.56

100.88

1.32

4. Selected Crops

iii. Groundnut

viii. Tobacco

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-6

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AREA OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN TAMIL NADU ( Hects. in ‘000)

Year 1

Paddy

Cholam

Cumbu

Ragi

2

3

Total Cereals 6

Total Pulses 7

Groundnut 8

4

5

2003-04

1397

402

159

118

2300

537

592

2004-05

1873

377

98

109

2697

590

616

2005-06

2050

316

82

100

2791

525

619

2006-07

1931

294

66

95

2630

537

508

2007-08

1789

284

60

94

2488

610

535

2008-09

1932

259

57

90

2656

536

490

2009-10

1846

238

54

82

2498

536

413

2010-11

1906

243

49

76

2537

637

386

2011-12

1904

198

47

83

2542

667

386

2012-13

1493

211

43

70

2135

513

339

2013-14

1726

347

54

119

2659

816

337

2014-15

1795

415

58

104

2722

884

337

2015-16

2000

339

52

90

2867

888

347

4.12 TIME SERIES DATA

AREA OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN TAMIL NADU (Concld) ( Hects. in ‘000)

Year 1

Gingelly 9

Sugar –cane

Cotton

Gross Area Sown

10

11

12

Net Area Sown

Gross Area Irrigated

13

14

Net Area Irriga -ted 15

2004-05

73

222

129

5889

5097

3087

2637

2005-06

65

335

110

6033

5244

3397

2920

2006-07

53

391

100

5843

5126

3309

2889

2007-08

74

354

99

5815

5062

3252

2864

2008-09

64

309

115

5824

5043

3393

2931

2009-10

63

293

104

5572

4892

3238

2863

2010-11

48

316

121

5753

4954

3348

2912

2011-12

43

346

136

5889

4986

3519

2964

2012-13

33

348

133

5140

4544

2991

2643

2013-14

57

313

151

5897

4714

3311

2679

2014-15

64

263

187

5995

4819

3394

2726

2015-16

46

252

148

6074

4833

3575

2833

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-600 006

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PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCTION OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN TAMIL NADU

Year 1

PADDY (RICE) Production ‘000 Tonnes 2 3

Productivity Kg./Hec.

CHOLAM Production ‘000 Tonnes 5

Productivity Kg./Hec. 4

2003-04

2308

3223

612

246

2004-05

2703

5062

669

252

2005-06

2541

5209

732

231

2006-07

3423

6611

999

294

2007-08

2817

5040

874

248

2008-09

2683

5183

824

213

2009-10

3070

5665

931

222

2010-11

3039

5792

1014

247

2011-12

3918

7459

1277

253

2012-13

2712

4050

830

175

2013-14

4123

7115

1479

513

2014-15

4429

7949

2093

869

2015-16

3687

7375

1301

440

4.13 TIME SERIES DATA

PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCTION OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN TAMIL NADU(Contd..)

Year 1

CUMBU Production Productivity ‘000’ Kg./Hec. Tonnes 6 7

RAGI Productivity Kg./Hec. 8

Production ‘000’ Tonnes 9

2003-04

1085

172

1489

176

2004-05

1273

124

1416

154

2005-06

1157

95

1325

132

2006-07

1511

99

1552

148

2007-08

1436

86

1878

176

2008-09

1483

84

1887

170

2009-10

1519

83

1955

161

2010-11

1564

77

2262

171

2011-12

2453

114

2716

225

2012-13

1316

57

1963

138

2013-14

2158

117

3053

362

2014-15

3077

178

3348

350

2015-16

2616

134

3132

282

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4.13 TIME SERIES DATA

4.13 PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCTION OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN TAMIL NADU (Contd...)

TOTAL CEREALS Productivity Production Kg./Hec. ‘000 Tonnes 10 11

Year 1

TOTAL PULSES Productivity Production Kg./Hec. ‘000 Tonnes 12 13

2003-04

1787

4111

375

201

2004-05

2199

5930

367

216

2005-06

2128

5939

337

177

2006-07

3032

7972

541

291

2007-08

2571

6397

303

185

2008-09

2611

6934

312

167

2009-10

2922

7300

381

204

2010-11

2897

7349

385

245

2011-12

3918

9782

531

354

2012-13

2526

5393

415

213

2013-14

3907

10389

752

614

2014-15

4419

12028

868

767

2015-16

3767

10800

659

585

4.13 TIME SERIES DATA 4.13 PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCTION OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN TAMIL NADU (Concld.)

Year 1

GROUNDNUT (PODS) Production Productivity ‘000’ Kg./Hec. Tonnes 14

15

GINGELLY Production Productivity ‘000’ Kg./Hec. Tonnes 16

17

2003-04

1552

918

346

29

2004-05

1632

1005

465

34

2005-06

1775

1098

469

31

2006-07

1981

1006

519

27

2007-08

1957

1048

433

32

2008-09

1990

975

506

32

2009-10

2169

890

463

29

2010-11

2323

896

527

25

2011-12

2751

1061

613

26

2012-13

2314

786

518

17

2013-14

2721

916

596

34

2014-15

2753

925

697

44

2015-16

2574

892

638

29

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-600 006

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4.14 MICRO-NUTRIENT MIXTURES CAPACITY. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Item

2015-16

1.

Micro Nutrient Mixture Unit (Number)

2.

Capacity (Tonnes)

2400

1

3.

Estimated requirement (Tonnes)

2400

4.

Production (Tonnes) a) Target

2400

b) Actual 5.

2650

Distribution ( Tonnes ) a) Target

2400

b) Actual

2595

6.

Area covered (Hectares)

207600

7.

Farmers benefitted (Numbers)

349800

Source: Director of Agriculture. Chennai-600 005

4.15 DISTRIBUTION OF QUALITY SEEDS (in Tonnes)

Item

2015-16 Dept.

Private

Total

SRR (%)

Food Grains Paddy

16004

47940

63944

64

Millets

293

6398

6691

52

Pulses

4361

426

4788

28

27056

54764

69025

1871

1414

3285

5

31

314

345

109

1902

1728

3630

28958

56492

72655

TOTAL

Non-Food Grains Oilseeds Cotton TOTAL

Food Grains (+) Non-Food Grains

Source: Director of Agriculture. Chennai-600 005

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4.16 SEED REPLACEMENT BY CROPS – 2014-15 & 2015-16 (Percentage to Total Cropped Area)

2014-15 Crop

Dept.

Private

2015-16

% to Replacement

Dept.

Private

% to Replace -ment

A FOOD CROPS 1.

Paddy

2.

Varietal Cholam

3.

Cumbu

4.

Ragi

5.

Maize

6.

Pulses

18

51

69

20

44

64

0.3

41

41.3

0.1

51

51

7

28

35

11

70

81

47

8

55

45

9

54

1

99

100

0.4

81

81

19

4

23

25

3

28

4.9

1.0

6

3

2

5

12.2

37.6

50

9

18

27

1

3

4

B NON-FOOD CROPS 1.

2.

Oilseeds a.

Groundnut

b.

Gingelly

c.

Sunflower

7.2

>100

>100

d.

Soyabean

0

0

NA

e.

Castor

0.1

103

10

0

3

3

100

7

102

109

Cotton

14

86

Source: Director of Agriculture. Chennai-600 005

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4.17 PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF BREEDER SEEDS FROM TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY Distribution upto March 2016 (in Kgs)

Indent for 2015-16 (in Kgs) Crop

Department (State+ GOI)

Paddy

17437

Millets

441

Pulses

5178

Private

Total

-

Department (State+ GOI)

Private

Total

17437

16473

-

16473

441

484

-

484

5178

3959

-

3959

53544

41566

-

41566

10

10

-

10

-

-

Oilseeds

53544 -

Cotton

10

Forage Crops

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Vegetable Crops

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Total

76610

-

76610

Source: Director of Agriculture. Chennai-5

62492

-

62492

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4.18 REGULATED MARKETS. CHECK POSTS. RURAL GODOWNS. COMMERCIAL GRADING CENTRES. KAPAS GRADING CENTRES IN TAMIL NADU 2014-15 & 2015-16

1

2

No. of Sub Regulated Marekt

Name of the Market Committees

No.of Regulated Market

In Regulated Markets

3

Receipts (Rs. In Lakhs)

Arrivals (MT) 2014-15

2015-16

2014-15

2015-16

4

5

6

7

1.

Kancheepuram

15

-

99088

128527

201.06

127.60

2.

Vellore

12

-

140017

116134

414.51

368.05

3.

Tiruvannamalai

16

2

208866

194208

369.40

324.96

4.

Cuddalore

10

-

202770

181147

439.33

394.61

5.

Viluppuram

17

1

418854

381992

968.70

950.71

6.

Salem

19

-

88827

379521

1058.73

1245.24

7.

Dharmapuri

16

-

38213

119126

310.03

407.90

8.

Coimbatore

18

2

188327

303164

1647.85

1451.13

9.

Erode

25

1

297709

253708

1299.11

1211.28

10.

Tiruchirappalli

19

-

52119

109096

343.21

332.84

11.

Thanjavur

13

-

73705

76457

463.35

406.01

12.

Pudukkottai

10

-

39661

130204

176.05

227.93

13.

Madurai

6

-

37752

201781

298.36

354.26

14.

Ramanathapuram

20

-

113265

246919

667.11

882.13

15.

Tirunelveli

20

-

97358

169999

383.58

488.23

16.

Kanniyakumari

6

-

18781

46794

344.12

383.91

17.

Theni

7

-

56819

105574

135.88

158.16

18.

Dindigul

8

-

41034

59611

552.47

539.23

19.

Thiruvarur

8

-

31166

40072

195.80

177.01

20.

Nagapattinam

8

-

69050

45188

201.04

126.74

21.

Udagamandalam

4

-

262

2520

13.11

20.97

22

Tiruppur Total

15 277

224468 6

2313641

3516210

1035.42 10482.79

11614.32

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4.18 REGULATED MARKETS. CHECK POSTS. RURAL GODOWNS. COMMERCIAL GRADING CENTRES. KAPAS GRADING IN TAMIL NADU 2015-16 (Concld.)

Name of the Districts

Check Post

Rural Godown

1

6

7

Kapas Grading Centre

8

9

6

1.

Kancheepuram

2.

Thiruvallur

3.

Vellore

24

4.

Tiruvannamalai

35

5.

Cuddalore

12

6.

Villupuram

28

7.

Salem

13

8.

Namakkal

6

9.

Dharmapuri

8

3

11.

Erode

34

12.

Coimbatore

29

13.

Tiruppur

49

14.

The Nilgiris

15.

Tiruchirappalli

16.

Karur

17.

Perambalur

18.

Ariyalur

19.

Pudukkottai

20.

Thanjavur

22

21.

Nagapattinam

13

22.

Thiruvarur

11

23.

Madurai

24.

Theni

25.

Dindigul

9

26.

Ramanathapuram

7

27.

Virudhunagar

8

28.

Sivaganga

7

29.

Tirunelveli

13

30.

Thoothukkudi

14

31.

Kanniyakumari

No Check Post

0 13 2 2 10 3

8 12

11 -

420

Source: Director of Agricultural Marketing and Agricultural Business.Chennai-32

No Kapas Grading Centre

Krishnagiri

No Commercial Grading Centre

8

10.

Total

Commercial Grading Centre

AGRICULTURE

131

4.19 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE SCHEME ( NAIS ) Season : Kharif

Sl. No.

Crop

Year : 2014- 15

Premium collected (Rs. in Lakhs)

Claims disbursed (Rs. in Lakhs)

No. of farmers covered

No. of Beneficiaries

1.

Paddy K/K/S

287.09

8.64

23054

1304

2.

Paddy S/T/P

4223.57

654.07

543048

8121

3.

Banana

47.39

116.87

1451

818

4.

Blackgram

0.043

0.00

6

0

5.

Gingelly

1.08

0.00

232

1

6.

Greengram

44.872

275.14

3433

3432

7.

Sunflower

-

-

-

-

8.

Maize

1.26

0.29

62

82

9.

Groundnut

90.99

128.45

45.61

1802

0.18

0.34

9

9

10.82

0.00

340

0

157.46

277.30

10717

4291

5.94

0.00

243

0

17.51

76.58

709

585

4888.21

1537.68

587865

20371

10.

Onion

11.

Potato

12.

Sugarcane

13.

Tapioca

14.

Turmeric Total

AGRICULTURE

132

4.19 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE SCHEME ( NAIS ) (Contd.) No. of notified Season/ Crop

Blocks

Firkas

No. of Crop cutting experiments planned Blocks

Firkas

No. of farmers covered

Premium collected (Rs. in Lakhs)

Claims paid (Rs. in Lakhs)

RABI SEASON - 2013 - 14 Paddy N/K

-

272

-

2720

24496

155.19

36.23

Groundnut

-

290

-

2900

1805

21.88

31.85

780

1838

10.34

29.31

Gingelly

-

78

-

Maize

-

110

-

1110

10024

185.52

1416.07

Blackgram

-

153

-

1530

12646

43.37

435.28

Greengram

-

137

-

1370

21208

71.59

577.96

Potato

-

8

-

80

385

4.47

-

Onion

-

43

-

430

228

4.72

2.64

Chillies

-

123

-

1230

11428

118.90

1310.96

Banana

-

277

-

2770

4071

75.74

315.80

Tapioca

-

140

-

1400

933

17.21

99.45

-

478

-

4780

28306

362.91

-

-

2109

-

21090

117368

1071.84

4255.55

Sugarcane (01.01.2014 to 30.06.2014)

Total

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133

Season/ Crop

4.19 MODIFIED NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE SCHEME (UNDER NATIONAL CROP INSURANCE PROGRAMME (Contd.) No. of notified

Blocks

Firkas

No. of Crop cutting experiments planned Blocks

No. of farmers covered

Premium collected (Rs. in Lakhs)

Claims paid (Rs. in Lakhs)

20108

486.18

8.63

Firkas

KHARIF SEASON - 2014 - 15 Paddy K/K/S

-

638

-

6380

Paddy S/T/P

-

957

-

9570

-

-

-

Cumbu

-

85

-

850

-

-

-

Groundnut

-

533

-

5330

900

34.41

0.18

Gingelly

-

42

-

420

232

4.33

47.64

Maize

-

333

-

3330

6

3.88

0.29

Blackgram

-

278

-

2780

6

0.16

-

Greengram

-

52

-

520

1

0.11

-

Redgram

-

113

-

1130

-

-

-

Sugarcane (01.07.2014 to 31.12.14)

-

627

-

6270

9965

219.88

270.34

Potato

-

18

-

180

340

21.74

-

Onion

-

86

-

860

9

0.29

0.33

Turmeric

-

106

-

1060

709

30.48

76.57

Tapioca

-

79

-

790

243

13.17

-

Banana

-

311

-

3110

1451

156.21

116.87

Chillies

-

2

-

20

-

-

-

-

4260

-

42600

Total

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134

4.19 MODIFIED NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE SCHEME (Contd.) SEASON : RABI (Cuddalore Namakkal and Sivagangai disricts only)

Sl. No.

No. of notified Villages

Crop

YEAR : 2013-14

No. of Crop cutting experiments planned

No. of farmers covered

Premium collected (Rs. in Lakhs)

Claims paid (Rs. in Lakhs)

1

Paddy N/K

197

788

574

7.15

2

Cumbu

59

236

-

-

0.70 -

3

Maize

96

384

7

0.76

0.40

4

Blackgram

538

2152

15

0.39

-

5

Cotton

12

48

11

6

Groundnut

323

2584

4

0.21 0.06

0.21 -

7

Sugarcane

517

2068

4199

66.87

-

8

Chillies

56

224

-

43.14

556.11

9

Onion

20

80

4313

3.51

0.72

10

Tapioca

55

220

159

11.05

89.52

11

Banana

41

164

401

1.30

5.49

12

Lady’s Finger

1

4

92

-

-

1915

8952

9779

134.42

653.15

Total

4.19 MODIFIED NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE SCHEME (Concld.) SEASON : KHARIF (Cuddalore Namakkal and Sivagangai disricts only)

Sl. No.

Crop

No. of notified Villages

No. of Crop cutting experiments planned

No. of farmers covered

Premium collected (Rs. in Lakhs)

YEAR : 2014-15

Claims paid (Rs. in Lakhs)

No. of Farmers Benefited

1

Paddy K/K/S

458

1832

2946

40.77

-

-

2

Maize

28

112

1

0.05

-

-

3

Cumbu

55

220

4

Greengram

33

132

3432

143.96

275.13

3432

5

Groundnut

495

3960

3661

241.84

128.26

1797

6

Sugarcane

197

788

752

35.64

6.96

76

7

Turmeric

4

16

-

-

-

-

8

Tapioca

50

200

-

-

-

-

9

Banana

80

320

-

-

-

-

2

8

-

-

-

-

10

Onion

Source: 1) Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai-6 2) Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited. Chennai

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135

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS A. BANANA - Kharif

District

Fasli: 1425

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Year: 2015-16

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

Kancheepuram

339

38318.903

12990

2

Tiruvallur

641

38318.903

24562

3

Cuddalore

4481

58580.973

262501

Villupuram

1156

38318.903

44297

5

Vellore

2819

41843.201

117956

6

Tiruvannamalai

2582

33016.000

85247

7

Salem

1572

27500.000

43230

Namakkal

1784

33637.231

60009

Dharmapuri

526

38318.903

20156

10

Coimbatore

8199

42490.538

348380

11

Erode

12335

42313.312

521935

Tiruchirapalli

7002

39191.267

274417

Karur

3222

37820.000

121856

178

38318.903

6821

1

4

8 9

12 13 14

Perambalur

15

Thanjavur

3434

46909.806

161088

Thiruvarur

396

38318.903

15174

17

Nagapattinam

566

38318.903

21688

18

Pudukkottai

2209

48000.000

106032

19

Madurai

2512

50289.333

126327

Theni

5914

64086.000

379005

Dindigul

3545

19482.034

69064

132

38318.903

5058 33222

16

20 21 22

Ramanathapuram

23

Virudhunagar

867

38318.903

Sivagangai

1042

38318.903

39928

25

Tirunelveli

7283

31257.127

227646

26

Thoothukkudi

9379

25822.307

242187

27

Kanniyakumari

6636

18074.667

119944

The Nilgiris

862

38318.903

33031

29

Krishnagiri

713

38318.903

27321

30

Ariyalur

31

Tiruppur

24

28

STATE TOTAL

178

38318.903

6821

1710

30575.000

52283

94214

38318.903

3610177

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136

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.) B. BRINJAL –Kharif & Rabi

District

Fasli: 1424

Year: 2015-16

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

312

7695.945

2401

2

Tiruvallur

640

4196.667

2686

3

Cuddalore

504

7695.945

3879

4

Villupuram

533

7695.945

4102

5

Vellore

1182

4963.095

5866

6

Tiruvannamalai

852

7274.00

6197

7

Salem

2359

4182.178

9866

8

Namakkal

576

5917.00

3408

9

Dharmapuri

981

16765.263

16447

10

Coimbatore

369

6252.000

2307

11

Erode

193

7695.945

1485

12

Tiruchirapalli

169

7695.945

1301

13

Karur

328

7695.945

2524

14

Perambalur

67

7695.945

516

15

Thanjavur

221

7695.945

1701

16

Thiruvarur

35

7695.945

269

17

Nagapattinam

170

7695.945

1308

18

Pudukkottai

253

7695.945

1947

19

Madurai

354

7695.945

2708

20

Theni

459

4749.000

2108

21

Dindigul

800

11305.000

9044

22

Ramanathapuram

50

7695.945

385

23

Virudhunagar

190

7695.945

1462

24

Sivagangai

114

7695.945

877

25

Tirunelveli

214

13140.000

2812

26

Thoothukkudi

182

7695.945

1401

27

Kanniyakumari

8

7695.945

62

28

The Nilgiris

0

0.000

0

29

Krishnagiri

773

12100.714

9354

30

Ariyalur

339

7695.945

2609

31

Tiruppur

247

10490.00

2591

13474

7695.945

103695

STATE TOTAL

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE C. SWEET POTATO – Rabi

District 1

Kancheepuram

2 3

137 Fasli: 1425

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Year: 2015-16

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

2

16271.445

33

Tiruvallur

63

16271.445

1025

Cuddalore

82

10041.667

823

4

Villupuram

29

13833.333

401

5

Vellore

14

16271.445

228

6

Tiruvannamalai

32

16271.445

521

7

Salem

0

0.000

0

8

Namakkal

6

16271.445

98

9

Dharmapuri

9

34634.375

328

10

Coimbatore

0

0.000

0

11

Erode

0

0.000

0

12

Tiruchirapalli

1

16271.445

16

13

Karur

95

18618.750

1769

14

Perambalur

5

16271.445

81

15

Thanjavur

0

0.000

0

16

Thiruvarur

0

0.000

0

17

Nagapattinam

0

0.000

0

18

Pudukkottai

2

16271.445

33

19

Madurai

38

16271.445

618

20

Theni

1

16271.445

16

21

Dindigul

41

19656.250

806

22

Ramanathapuram

0

0.000

0

23

Virudhunagar

13

16271.445

212

24

Sivagangai

2

16271.445

33

25

Tirunelveli

76

16271.445

1275

26

Thoothukkudi

75

16271.445

1220

27

Kanniyakumari

0

0.000

0

28

The Nilgiris

0

0.000

0

29

Krishnagiri

0

0.000

0

30

Ariyalur

0

0.000

0

31

Tiruppur

0

0.000

0

586

16271.445

9535

STATE TOTAL

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE

138 D. CABBAGE – Kharif & Rabi

District

Fasli: 1425

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Year: 2015-16

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect) 0.000

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

0

0

2

Tiruvallur

0

0.000

0

3

Cuddalore

6

74650.228

448

4

Villupuram

3

74650.228

224

5

Vellore

0

0.000

0

6

Tiruvannamalai

7

Salem

8

Namakkal

9

Dharmapuri

10

Coimbatore

11

Erode

12

Tiruchirapalli

13

0

0.000

0

33

74650.228

2463

134

74650.228

10003

29

74650.228

2165

10

74650.228

747

197

0.000

10287

0

74650.228

0

Karur

1

0.000

75

14

Perambalur

0

0.000

0

15

Thanjavur

0

0.000

0

16

Thiruvarur

0

0.000

0

17

Nagapattinam

0

0.000

0

18

Pudukkottai

0

0.000

0

19

Madurai

20

Theni

21

Dindigul

22

Ramanathapuram

23 24

0

0.000

0

141

33887.500

4778

25

74650.228

1866

0

0.000

0

Virudhunagar

0

0.000

0

Sivagangai

0

0.000

0

25

Tirunelveli

0

0.000

0

26

Thoothukkudi

0

0.000

0

27

Kanniyakumari

0

0.000

0

28

The Nilgiris

308

43058.333

13262

29

Krishnagiri

1050

93600.000

98280

30

Ariyalur

1

74650.228

75

31

Tiruppur

3

74650.228

224

1941

74650.228

144896

STATE TOTAL

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE E. TOMATO – Kharif & Rabi

District

139 Fasli: 1425

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Year: 2015-16

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

5

14507.172

73

2

Tiruvallur

6

14507.172

87

3

Cuddalore

9

14507.172

131

4

Villupuram

5

Vellore

6

Tiruvannamalai

7

Salem

8

Namakkal

9

Dharmapuri

10

Coimbatore

11

Erode

12

Tiruchirapalli

13

Karur

14

Perambalur

15 16

40

14507.172

580

981

17386.532

17056

394

14507.172

5716

4038

7217.440

29144

521

14507.172

7558

2829

19217.613

54367

1978

4276.375

8459

298

14507.172

4323

96

14507.172

1393

178

14507.172

2582

55

14507.172

798

Thanjavur

7

14507.172

102

Thiruvarur

0

0.000

0

17

Nagapattinam

0

0.000

0

18

Pudukkottai

9

14507.172

131

19

Madurai

240

14507.172

3482

20

Theni

1656

11948.241

19786

21

Dindigul

1897

9580.000

18173

22

Ramanathapuram

7

14507.172

102

23

Virudhunagar

175

14507.172

2539

24

Sivagangai

22

14507.172

319

25

Tirunelveli

311

14507.172

4512

26

Thoothukkudi

92

14507.172

1335

27

Kanniyakumari

4

14507.172

58

28

The Nilgiris

0

0.000

0

29

Krishnagiri

5465

24541.780

134096

30

Ariyalur

31

Tiruppur

STATE TOTAL

9

14507.172

131

2355

11227.895

26442

23676

14507.172

343472

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE

140 F. PINEAPPLE – Kharif

District

Fasli: 1425

Year: 2015-16

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

6

43539.000

2

Tiruvallur

0

0

261 0

3

Cuddalore

5

43539.000

218

4

Villupuram

0

0

0

5

Vellore

4

43539.000

174

6

Tiruvannamalai

0

0

0

7

Salem

4

43539.000

174

8

Namakkal

726

43539.000

31609

9

Dharmapuri

0

0.000

0

10

Coimbatore

0

0.000

0

11

Erode

0

0.000

0

12

Tiruchirapalli

0

0.000

0

13

Karur

0

0.000

0

14

Perambalur

0

0.000

0

15

Thanjavur

0

0.000

0

16

Thiruvarur

0

0.000

0

17

Nagapattinam

0

0.000

0

18

Pudukkottai

1

43539.000

44

19

Madurai

0

0.000

0

20

Theni

0

0.000

0

21

Dindigul

1

43539.000

44

22

Ramanathapuram

0

0.000

0

23

Virudhunagar

0

0.000

0

24

Sivagangai

0

0.000

0

25

Tirunelveli

0

0.000

0

26

Thoothukkudi

27

Kanniyakumari

28 29

0

0.000

0

51

43539.000

2220

The Nilgiris

0

0.000

0

Krishnagiri

0

0.000

0

30

Ariyalur

0

0.000

0

31

Tiruppur

0

0.000

0

798

43539.000

34744

STATE TOTAL

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE G. LADIES FINGER – Kharif & Rabi

District

141 Fasli: 1425

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Year: 2015-16

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

257

9140.000

2349

2

Tiruvallur

567

6932.684

3931

3

Cuddalore

220

6932.684

1525

4

Villupuram

373

6932.684

2586

5

Vellore

1186

4922.111

5838

6

Tiruvannamalai

7

Salem

8 9

695

6003.333

4172

2993

4870.252

14577

Namakkal

381

6932.684

2641

Dharmapuri

929

9888.667

6400

10

Coimbatore

367

10271.000

3769

11

Erode

281

6932.684

1948

12

Tiruchirapalli

104

6932.684

721

13

Karur

240

6932.684

1664

14

Perambalur

29

6932.684

201

15

Thanjavur

98

6932.684

679

16

Thiruvarur

17

Nagapattinam

18 19

8

6932.684

55

86

6932.684

596

Pudukkottai

206

6932.684

1428

Madurai

403

9096.333

3655

20

Theni

294

28481.000

8373

21

Dindigul

433

4729.000

2048

22

Ramanathapuram

33

6932.684

229

23

Virudhunagar

195

6932.684

1352

24

Sivagangai

71

6932.684

492

25

Tirunelveli

291

7825.000

2277

26

Thoothukkudi

78

6932.684

541

27

Kanniyakumari

56

6932.684

388

28

The Nilgiris

0

0.000

0

29

Krishnagiri

262

10558.667

2766

30

Ariyalur

135

6932.684

936

31

Tiruppur

196

6932.684

1359

11467

6932.684

79497

STATE TOTAL

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE

142 H. GRAPE – Kharif

District

Fasli: 1425

Year: 2015-16

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

0

0.000

0

2

Tiruvallur

0

0.000

0

3

Cuddalore

0

0.000

0

4

Villupuram

1

11397.798

11

5

Vellore

21

11397.798

228

6

Tiruvannamalai

0

0.000

0

7

Salem

0

0.000

0

8

Namakkal

3

11397.798

34

9

Dharmapuri

3

11397.798

34

10

Coimbatore

149

11397.798

1782

11

Erode

11

11397.798

125

12

Tiruchirapalli

1

11397.798

11

13

Karur

0

0.000

0

14

Perambalur

0

0.000

0

15

Thanjavur

0

0.000

0

16

Thiruvarur

0

0.000

0

17

Nagapattinam

0

0.000

0

18

Pudukkottai

0

0.000

0

19

Madurai

1

11397.798

11

20

Theni

1713

11397.798

18997

21

Dindigul

194

11397.798

2655

22

Ramanathapuram

0

0.000

0

23

Virudhunagar

0

0.000

0

24

Sivagangai

1

11397.798

11

25

Tirunelveli

31

11397.798

353

26

Thoothukkudi

0

0.000

0

27

Kanniyakumari

0

0.000

0

28

The Nilgiris

0

0.000

0

29

Krishnagiri

17

11397.798

194

30

Ariyalur

0

0.000

0

31

Tiruppur

1

11397.798

11

2146

11397.798

24460

STATE TOTAL

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE I. MANGO

District

1

Kancheepuram

2

Tiruvallur

3

Cuddalore

4

Villupuram

5

Vellore

6

Tiruvannamalai

7

143 Fasli: 1425

Year: 2015-16

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

3686

4717.995

17391

10293

10666.455

109790

495

6251.775

3095

1765

3589.164

6335

11865

3013.346

35753

723

6251.775

4520

Salem

5720

1788.265

10229

8

Namakkal

2317

12982.240

30080

9

Dharmapuri

9258

3794.985

35134

10

Coimbatore

2506

4534.496

11363

11

Erode

837

10379.383

8688

12

Tiruchirapalli

2255

21285.555

47999

13

Karur

806

6251.775

5039

14

Perambalur

154

6251.775

963

15

Thanjavur

832

29816.326

24807

16

Thiruvarur

225

6251.775

1407

17

Nagapattinam

3046

1749.362

5329

18

Pudukkottai

797

611.511

487

19

Madurai

6431

3487.633

22429

20

Theni

21

Dindigul

22

Ramanathapuram

23

Virudhunagar

24

Sivagangai

2153

1948.478

4195

25

Tirunelveli

6319

24012.050

151732

26

Thoothukkudi

27

Kanniyakumari

28

9570

2867.974

27447

16208

7334.667

118880

296

6251.775

1851

3220

1403.222

4518

758

6251.775

4739

1277

979.666

1251

The Nilgiris

20

6251.775

125

29

Krishnagiri

33052

5152.971

170316

30

Ariyalur

3301

31

Tiruppur STATE TOTAL

528

6251.775

1730

400.866

693

139142

6251.775

869885

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE

144 J. JACK

Fasli: 1425

District

Year: 2015-16

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

38

14380.531

2

Tiruvallur

25

14380.531

546 360

3

Cuddalore

669

17092.246

11435

4

Villupuram

15

14380.531

216

5

Vellore

112

14380.531

1611

6

Tiruvannamalai

6

14380.531

86

7

Salem

99

14380.531

1424

8

Namakkal

253

20964.286

5304

9

Dharmapuri

4

14380.531

58

10

Coimbatore

13

14380.531

187

11

Erode

19

14380.531

273

12

Tiruchirapalli

25

14380.531

360

13

Karur

18

14380.531

259

14

Perambalur

2

14380.531

29

15

Thanjavur

84

14380.531

1208

16

Thiruvarur

24

14380.531

345

17

Nagapattinam

18

Pudukkottai

19 20 21

Dindigul

22

Ramanathapuram

0

0.000

0

23

Virudhunagar

18

14380.531

259

24

Sivagangai

36

14380.531

518

25

Tirunelveli

69

14380.531

992

26

Thoothukkudi

6

14380.531

86

27

Kanniyakumari

518

10426.691

5401

28

The Nilgiris

104

14380.531

1496

29

Krishnagiri

5

14380.531

72

30

Ariyalur

120

2272.500

273

31

Tiruppur

3

14380.531

43

2836

14380.531

40783

8

14380.531

115

157

28703.226

4506

Madurai

13

14380.531

187

Theni

48

14380.531

690

325

7526.878

2446

STATE TOTAL

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE K. GUAVA

145 Fasli: 1425

District

Year: 2015-16

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

244

7225.389

1763

2

Tiruvallur

197

7225.389

1423

3

Cuddalore

606

8728.646

5290

4

Villupuram

461

8515.080

3925

5

Vellore

703

19791.305

13913

6

Tiruvannamalai

39

7225.389

282

7

Salem

185

7225.389

1337

8

Namakkal

76

7225.389

549

9

Dharmapuri

93

7225.389

672

10

Coimbatore

114

7225.389

824

11

Erode

135

7225.389

975

12

Tiruchirapalli

185

7225.389

1337

13

Karur

99

7225.389

715

14

Perambalur

29

7225.389

210

15

Thanjavur

185

7225.389

1337

16

Thiruvarur

5

7225.389

36

17

Nagapattinam

12

7225.389

87

18

Pudukkottai

93

7225.389

672

19

Madurai

1157

1355.772

1569

20

Theni

346

7225.389

2500

21

Dindigul

1493

7822.269

11679

22

Ramanathapuram

64

7225.389

462

23

Virudhunagar

846

4906.949

4151

24

Sivagangai

141

7225.389

1019

25

Tirunelveli

388

838.911

325

26

Thoothukkudi

194

7225.389

1402

27

Kanniyakumari

64

7225.389

462

28

The Nilgiris

26

7225.389

188

29

Krishnagiri

141

7225.389

1019

30

Ariyalur

11

7225.389

79

31

Tiruppur

58

7225.389

419

8390

7225.389

60621

STATE TOTAL

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE

146 L. LEMON

Fasli: 1425

District

Year: 2015-16

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

16

3035.749

2

Tiruvallur

28

3035.749

49 85

3

Cuddalore

91

3035.749

276

4

Villupuram

21

3035.749

64

5

Vellore

118

3035.749

358

6

Tiruvannamalai

23

3035.749

70

7

Salem

106

3035.749

322

8

Namakkal

52

3035.749

158

9

Dharmapuri

4

3035.749

12

10

Coimbatore

47

3035.749

143

11

Erode

12

Tiruchirapalli

13

Karur

14

Perambalur

15

71

3035.749

216

841

3035.749

4484

61

3035.749

185

287

3035.749

871

Thanjavur

55

3035.749

167

16

Thiruvarur

25

3035.749

76

17

Nagapattinam

47

3035.749

143

18

Pudukkottai

322

3035.749

978

19

Madurai

214

3035.749

650

20

Theni

604

3241.346

1958

21

Dindigul

2109

2047.108

4317

22

Ramanathapuram

23

Virudhunagar

24 25 26

Thoothukkudi

27

Kanniyakumari

28

5

3035.749

15

445

4719.835

2100

Sivagangai

58

3035.749

176

Tirunelveli

2788

2762.439

7702

496

3121.262

1548

9

3035.749

27

The Nilgiris

6

3035.749

18

29

Krishnagiri

8

3035.749

24

30

Ariyalur

38

3035.749

115

31

Tiruppur

88

3035.749

267

9083

3035.749

27274

STATE TOTAL

4.20 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Concld.)

AGRICULTURE M. ORANGE

147 Fasli: 1425

District

Year: 2015-16

IV A Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

VA Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

VB Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

0

0.000

0

2

Tiruvallur

0

0.000

0

3

Cuddalore

0

0.000

0

4

Villupuram

0

0.000

0

5

Vellore

0

0.000

0

6

Tiruvannamalai

0

0.000

0

7

Salem

9

895.129

8

8

Namakkal

13

895.129

12

9

Dharmapuri

0

0.000

0

10

Coimbatore

4

895.129

4

11

Erode

5

895.129

4

12

Tiruchirapalli

0

0.000

0

13

Karur

0

0.000

0

14

Perambalur

0

0.000

0

15

Thanjavur

0

0.000

0

16

Thiruvarur

0

0.000

0

17

Nagapattinam

0

0.000

0

18

Pudukkottai

16

0.000

14

19

Madurai

20

Theni

21

Dindigul

22

Ramanathapuram

23

Virudhunagar

24

5

895.129

4

40

1550.154

62

1583

890.107

1409

0

0.000

0

5

895.129

4

Sivaganga

0

0.000

0

25

Tirunelveli

5

895.129

4

26

Thoothukkudi

1

895.129

1

27

Kanniyakumari

1

895.129

1

28

The Nilgiris

35

373.650

13

29

Krishnagiri

0

0.000

0

30

Ariyalur

0

0.000

0

31

Tiruppur

0

0.000

0

1722

895.129

1541

STATE TOTAL

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai – 6. 4.20(A) AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MINOR CROPS BY DISTRICTS

AGRICULTURE

148 A. CHILLIES - Rabi

Fasli: 1425

District

Year: 2015-16

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

90

510.754

46

2

Tiruvallur

441

820.200

362

3

Cuddalore

296

510.754

151

4

Villupuram

291

510.754

149

5

Vellore

908

2092.536

1900

6

Tiruvannamalai

660

856.370

565

7

Salem

954

950.706

907

8

Namakkal

183

510.754

93

9

Dharmapuri

443

416.775

185

10

Coimbatore

472

510.754

241

11

Erode

170

510.754

87

12

Tiruchirapalli

555

1403.058

779

13

Karur

442

738.300

326

14

Perambalur

120

497.328

60

15

Thanjavur

62

510.754

32

16

Thiruvarur

0

0.000

0

17

Nagapattinam

15

510.754

8

18

Pudukkottai

204

510.754

104

19

Madurai

321

782.044

251

20

Theni

386

510.754

197

21

Dindigul

1554

1102.661

1714

22

Ramanathapuram

16530

236.244

3905

23

Virudhunagar

1667

971.075

1619

24

Sivagangai

4222

100.414

424

25

Tirunelveli

589

781.133

460

26

Thoothukkudi

13559

606.706

8226

27

Kanniyakumari

0

0.000

0

28

The Nilgiris

0

0.000

0

29

Krishnagiri

540

896.750

484

30

Ariyalur

211

766.763

162

31

Tiruppur

637

510.754

325

46522

510.754

23761

STATE TOTAL

4.20(A) AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MINOR CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE

149

B. ONION – Kharif & Rabi combined Fasli: 1425

District

Year: 2015-16

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

2

6483.108

2

Tiruvallur

1

6483.108

13 6

3

Cuddalore

74

8573.884

634

4

Villupuram

256

8579.885

2196

5

Vellore

423

6

Tiruvannamalai

7

57

7424.818

124

7960.003

987

Salem

1282

9978.304

12792

8

Namakkal

2612

9770.685

25521

9

Dharmapuri

327

9370.240

3064

10

Coimbatore

1247

10612.149

13233

11

Erode

1473

7959.566

11724

12

Tiruchirapalli

3838

7263.419

27877

13

Karur

14

Perambalur

15 16

574

8699.958

4994

8896

4848.626

43133

Thanjavur

41

9409.571

386

Thiruvarur

0

0.000

0

17

Nagapattinam

5

6483.108

32

18

Pudukkottai

8

8851.232

71

19

Madurai

467

5507.602

2572

20

Theni

21

Dindigul

22

Ramanathapuram

23

Virudhunagar

24

Sivagangai

88

6877.795

605

25

Tirunelveli

2255

11874.694

26777

26

Thoothukkudi

1646

934.629

1538

27

Kanniyakumari

0

0.000

0

28

The Nilgiris

0

0.000

0

29

Krishnagiri

31

9538.752

296

30

Ariyalur

31

Tiruppur STATE TOTAL

922

11494.563

10598

3478

10446.670

36334

132

6483.108

856

2028

2809.136

5697

68

8711.931

592

3877

12834.750

49760

35809

7895.072

282715

AGRICULTURE

150

4.20(A) AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MINOR CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.) C TURMERIC – Kharif

District

Fasli: 1425

Year: 2015-16

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

0

0

0

2

Tiruvallur

4

3860.779

15

3

Cuddalore

405

1914.375

775

4

Villupuram

2059

2352.604

4844

5

Vellore

417

6810.556

2840

6

Tiruvannamalai

313

2024.700

634

7

Salem

5130

2998.980

15475

8

Namakkal

2682

4239.736

11371

9

Dharmapuri

6933

3034.607

21039

10

Coimbatore

949

7203.522

6839

11

Erode

7960

5170.703

41154

12

Tiruchirapalli

670

3973.778

2662

13

Karur

199

6718.250

1337

14

Perambalur

711

2961.250

2105

15

Thanjavur

8

3860.779

31

16

Thiruvarur

0

0.00

0

17

Nagapattinam

18

Pudukkottai

19

Madurai

20

Theni

21 22

4

3860.779

15

17

3860.779

66

5

3860.779

19

41

3860.779

158

Dindigul

2

3860.779

8

Ramanathapuram

0

0.000

0

23

Virudhunagar

1

3860.779

4

24

Sivagangai

4

3860.779

15

25

Tirunelveli

6

3860.779

23

26

Thoothukkudi

5

3860.779

19

27

Kanniyakumari

0

0.000

0

28

The Nilgiris

24

3860.779

93

29

Krishnagiri

613

2911.402

1785

30

Ariyalur

34

3860.776

131

31

Tiruppur

651

2907.376

1893

29877

3860.779

115348

STATE TOTAL

AGRICULTURE

151

4.20(A) AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MINOR CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.) D. TAPIOCA – Kharif

Fasli: 1425

District

Year: 2015-16

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

29

27444.684

796

2

Tiruvallur

205

27444.684

5626

3

Cuddalore

6072

9545.450

56138

4

Villupuram

14484

20148.491

291831

5

Vellore

240

34950.000

8388

6

Tiruvannamalai

2348

32805.863

77028

7

Salem

12843

33033.142

424245

8

Namakkal

15990

28859.670

461466

9

Dharmapuri

13528

26563.553

359352

10

Coimbatore

550

33264.583

18296

11

Erode

8138

27282.712

222027

12

Tiruchirapalli

3847

38050.000

146378

13

Karur

1318

42791.667

56399

14

Perambalur

2327

26979.167

62781

15

Thanjavur

247

27444.684

6779

16

Thiruvarur

66

27444.684

1811

17

Nagapattinam

18

Pudukkottai

19

Madurai

20

66

27444.684

1811

152

27444.684

4172

59

27444.684

1619

Theni

513

34173.214

17531

21

Dindigul

146

30531.250

4458

22

Ramanathapuram

9

27444.684

247

23

Virudhunagar

9

27444.684

247

24

Sivagangai

21

27444.684

576

25

Tirunelveli

279

27444.684

7657

26

Thoothukkudi

6

27444.684

165

27

Kanniyakumari

1598

56782.407

90738

28

The Nilgiris

71

27444.684

1949

29

Krishnagiri

341

35480.263

12099

30

Ariyalur

283

32375.000

9162

31

Tiruppur

451

33145.833

14949

86236

27444.684

2366720

STATE TOTAL

4.20(A) AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MINOR CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE

152 E. POTATO – Kharif & Rabi combined

District

Fasli: 1425

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Year: 2015-16

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

0

0.000

0

2

Tiruvallur

0

0.000

0

3

Cuddalore

0

0.000

0

4

Villupuram

0

0.000

0

5

Vellore

0

0.000

0

6

Tiruvannamalai

0

0.000

0

7

Salem

0

0.000

0

8

Namakkal

0

0.000

0 0

9

Dharmapuri

0

0.000

10

Coimbatore

0

0.000

0

11

Erode

571

15197.500

8678

12

Tiruchirapalli

0

0.000

0

13

Karur

0

0.000

0

14

Perambalur

0

0.000

0

15

Thanjavur

0

0.000

0

16

Thiruvarur

0

0.000

0

17

Nagapattinam

0

0.000

0

18

Pudukkottai

0

0.000

0

19

Madurai

0

0.000

0

20

Theni

0

0.000

0

21

Dindigul

1998

15444.174

30857

22

Ramanathapuram

0

0.000

0

23

Virudhunagar

0

0.000

0

24

Sivagangai

0

0.000

0

25

Tirunelveli

0

0.000

0

26

Thoothukkudi

0

0.000

0

27

Kanniyakumari

0

0.000

0

28

The Nilgiris

1442

29869.188

43071

29

Krishnagiri

294

24941.148

7333

30

Ariyalur

0

0.000

0

31

Tiruppur

1

22561.869

23

4737

23634.196

111954

STATE TOTAL

4.20(A) AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MINOR CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE F. GINGER – Kharif

District

153 Fasli: 1425

Year: 2015-16

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

0

0.000

0

2

Tiruvallur

0

0.000

0

3

Cuddalore

0

0.000

0

4

Villupuram

0

0.000

009

5

Vellore

1

8840.266

0

6

Tiruvannamalai

0

0.000

18

7

Salem

2

8840.266

9

8

Namakkal

1

8840.266

9

9

Dharmapuri

1

8840.266

35

10

Coimbatore

4

8840.266

97

11

Erode

11

8840.266

0

12

Tiruchirapalli

0

0.000

0

13

Karur

0

0.000

0

14

Perambalur

0

0.000

62

15

Thanjavur

7

8840.266

0

16

Thiruvarur

0

0.000

0

17

Nagapattinam

0

0.000

0

18

Pudukkottai

0

0.000

0

19

Madurai

0

0.000

0

20

Theni

0

0.000

0

21

Dindigul

0

0.000

0

22

Ramanathapuram

0

0.000

0

23

Virudhunagar

0

0.000

0

24

Sivagangai

0

0.000

0

25

Tirunelveli

30

8840.266

265

26

Thoothukkudi

0

0.000

0

27

Kanniyakumari

6

8840.266

53

28

The Nilgiris

323

8840.266

2855

29

Krishnagiri

1

8840.266

9

30

Ariyalur

0

0.000

0

31

Tiruppur

3

8840.266

27

390

8840.266

3448

STATE TOTAL

4.20(A) AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MINOR CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Contd.)

AGRICULTURE

154 G. CORIANDER – Rabi

District

Fasli: 1425

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Year: 2015-16

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

0

0.000

2

Tiruvallur

0

0.000

0 0

3

Cuddalore

30

592.469

18

4

Villupuram

6

592.469

4

5

Vellore

68

592.469

40

6

Tiruvannamalai

14

592.469

8

7

Salem

37

592.469

22

8

Namakkal

47

592.469

28

9

Dharmapuri

87

592.469

52

10

Coimbatore

330

417.785

138

11

Erode

12

Tiruchirapalli

13 14 15

0

0.000

0

220

675.846

149

Karur

22

592.469

13

Perambalur

92

592.469

55

Thanjavur

0

0.000

0

16

Thiruvarur

0

0.000

0

17

Nagapattinam

0

18

Pudukkottai

19

0

0.000

10

592.469

6

Madurai

126

592.469

75

20

Theni

247

592.469

146

21

Dindigul

20

592.469

12

22

Ramanathapuram

1986

604.868

1201

23

Virudhunagar

2781

272.832

759

24

Sivagangai

26

592.469

15

25

Tirunelveli

7

592.469

4

26

Thoothukkudi

3500

799.855

2799

27

Kanniyakumari

0

0.000

0

28

The Nilgiris

0

0.000

0

29

Krishnagiri

587

592.469

348

30

Ariyalur

31

Tiruppur STATE TOTAL

28

592.469

17

813

811.084

659

11084

592.469

6567

4.20(A) AREA AND PRODUCTION OF MINOR CROPS BY DISTRICTS (Concld.)

AGRICULTURE H. CASHEWNUT

District

155 Fasli: 1425

Area as per Season and Crop Report (in Hect)

Year: 2015-16

Estimated Average Yield per (Kg/Hect)

Estimated Production (Tonnes)

1

Kancheepuram

241

306.204

2

Tiruvallur

90

306.204

74 28

3

Cuddalore

30064

511.610

15381

4

Villupuram

4423

680.463

3010

5

Vellore

17

306.204

5

6

Tiruvannamalai

1

306.204

0

7

Salem

49

306.204

15

8

Namakkal

14

306.204

4

9

Dharmapuri

0

0.000

0

10

Coimbatore

83

306.204

25

11

Erode

12

Tiruchirapalli

13

Karur

14

Perambalur

15

11

306.204

3

582

160.704

94

12

306.204

4

1

306.204

0

Thanjavur

1561

160.704

1415

16

Thiruvarur

3

306.204

1

17

Nagapattinam

1724

306.204

518

18

Pudukkottai

5823

906.780

1488

19

Madurai

20

Theni

21

163

306.204

50

3548

313.876

1114

Dindigul

280

306.204

86

22

Ramanathapuram

160

306.204

49

23

Virudhunagar

46

306.204

14

24

Sivagangai

3401

97.676

230

25

Tirunelveli

3869

151.685

587

26

Thoothukkudi

27

Kanniyakumari

28

592

189.950

112

1130

524.198

592

The Nilgiris

0

0.000

0

29

Krishnagiri

0

0.000

0

30

Ariyalur

30343

69.757

2117

31

Tiruppur

184

306.204

56

88415

306.204

27073

STATE TOTAL

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics. Chennai – 6.

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