Agriculture Reference
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TABLE 4:
District wise variation of percentage of cultivable land and net sown area in West Bengal, 1995-96 to 2007-08.
1995-96
2007-08
Percent points change during 1995-96 to 2007-08
State & District
% cultivable land
% net sown area
% cultivable land
% net sown area
% cultivable land
% net sown area
West Bengal
67.4
62.8
65.9
61.0
-1.4
-1.8
Burdwan
69.7
66.7
67.3
64.7
-2.4
-2.0
Birbhum
75.0
68.9
75.0
70.6
0.0
1.7
Bankura
59.6
53.1
56.6
50.2
-3.0
-2.9
Midnapur
66.5
63.8
67.5
64.3
1.0
0.4
Howrah
72.0
62.9
63.1
58.2
-8.9
-4.7
Hooghly
74.9
73.0
71.3
70.2
-3.5
-2.8
24-Pargonas (N)
71.4
67.7
68.5
67.1
-2.9
-0.7
24-Pargonas (S)
42.3
41.2
40.4
39.2
-1.8
-2.0
Nadia
81.4
76.2
77.0
74.0
-4.4
-2.2
Murshidabad
79.6
76.5
75.5
74.9
-4.1
-1.6
Dinazpur*
88.1
85.3
87.8
86.4
-0.4
1.1
Malda
82.4
76.4
75.8
56.7
-6.6
-19.7
Jalpaiguri
53.8
51.6
57.1
53.7
3.3
2.1
Darjeeling
50.6
44.8
49.6
43.2
-1.0
-1.6
Coochbehar
79.7
75.8
77.9
74.8
-1.8
-1.0
Purulia
71.0
54.2
71.3
50.0
0.3
-4.2
Note: Cultivable land includes the following categories: Permanent pastures and grazing land; Misc.tree crops and groves; Culturable
waste; Fellow land; Current fellow; Net sown area.
