HAPPY INDIA 



103 



Acres. 

 The area of crops shown in Tables III, IV and V is 271,136,000 



(The reason for the excess in area is that two or 

 three crops are sometimes raised from the same area 

 in one year.) 

 On the above area irrigation by tanks, canals, wells, 



streams, etc., is done on about . . . . . . 49,000,000 



The area of crops irrigated at both harvests is . . 53,000,000 



TABLE III. 



Extracted from " Agricultural Statistics of India, 1919-20," Vol. I 

 (No. 1531). 



Total Area of each Crop Irrigated, including both Harvests. 



Acres (about). 

 I9,OOO,OOO 

 IO.OOO.OOO 

 3,OOO,OOO 



1, 600 000 



1,200,000 



Rice 



Wheat 



Barley 



Jawar 



Bajra 



Maize 



Total 



Other cereals and pulses 



Sugar-cane 



Other food crops 



Cotton 



Other non-food crops 



Total 



1,100,000 

 35,900.000 



6,200,000 

 1,900,000 

 1,500,000 

 2,800,000 

 4,700,000 



17,100,000 



