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(DISTRICTS PRODUCING LARGEST 

 QUANTITIES OF RICE) 



B 



DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THE 



LARGEST PROPORTION OF 



THE CULTIVATED AREA 



UNDER RICE. 



257. The varieties of rice recognised in Bengal alone are 

 innumerable. Dr. Watt as Reporter of Economic Produces had 

 occasion to examine 4,000 varieties of Bengal rice at one time. 

 Of the rices grown in the Burdwan Division the following 

 aman varieties may be mentioned as suited for bit lands : 

 (i) Atirang, (2) Hatishal, (3) Sada ora, (4) Megi, (5) Rup- 

 shal, (6) Ora, (7) Paramayushal, (8) Ora-megi, (9) Chile- 

 rangi, (10) Bankmal, (n) Uttarkalma, (12) Lai ora, (13) 

 Shankchur, (14) Dhukilata mol, (15) Kanakchur, (16) Uri, 

 (17) Lakshmi-bilash, (18) Muktashal, (19) Sindurtupi, (20) 

 Bhut-kaurabi, (21) Pa"shakati, (22; Soura, (23) Rati-Ramshal, 

 (24) Nilkanthashal, (25) Kal-bayra, (26) Pdni-kalma, (27) 

 Shol-pana", (28) Paramananda (29) Ama"n, (30) N^da'ngha'ta, 



