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TABLE 3:
Temporal and district level variation in food grain production in West Bengal, 1990-2008.
Total food grain (in thousand tonnes)
Temporal change (in thousand tonnes)
Percent contribution to food grain production
Districts
1990-01
2000-01
2007-08
1990-01
2000-01
2000-01
2007-08
1990-01
2007-08
1990-01
2000-01
2007-08
Burdwan
1,427.5
1,592.9
1,866.3
165.4
273.4
438.8
12.7
11.5
11.6
Birbhum
844.1
892.1
1,334.4
48
442.3
490.3
7.5
6.5
8.3
Bankura
866.6
1,016.7
1,182.8
150.1
166.1
316.2
7.7
7.4
7.4
Midnapur
1,558.7
2,638.7
2,652.5
1080
13.8
1093.8
13.8
19.1
16.5
Howrah
234.9
226.7
260.8
-8.2
34.1
25.9
2.1
1.6
1.6
Hooghly
612.7
508.4
846.8
-104.3
338.4
234.1
5.4
3.7
5.3
24-Pargonas (N)
674.2
685.2
769.2
11
84
95
6.0
5.0
4.8
24-Pargonas (S)
513.9
879.5
812.8
365.6
-66.7
298.9
4.6
6.4
5.1
Nadia
830.1
843.5
829.8
13.4
-13.7
-0.3
7.4
6.1
5.2
Murshidabad
995
979.8
1,518.2
-15.2
538.4
523.2
8.8
7.1
9.5
Dinazpur (N)
846.8*
721.1
846
369.3*
124.9
522.9*
7.5*
5.2
5.3
Dinazpur (S)
495
523.7
-
28.7
-
-
3.6
3.3
Malda
633.2
688.7
667.3
55.5
-21.4
34.1
5.6
5.0
4.2
Jalpaiguri
275.2
441.5
439.4
166.3
-2.1
164.2
2.4
3.2
2.7
Darjeeling
121.1
114.6
116.5
-6.5
1.9
-4.6
1.1
0.8
0.7
Coochbehar
432.4
574.6
610
142.2
35.4
177.6
3.8
4.2
3.8
Purulia
403.7
516.2
784
112.5
267.8
380.3
3.6
3.7
4.9
West Bengal
11,270
13,815
16,060.5
2,545.1
2,245.3
4,790.4
100
100.0
100.0
Source: Statistical Abstract of West Bengal, 2008; Note: * = Combined Dinazpur
