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Total
Geographical area
78.44 lakh hectares
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Gross
cropped area (excluding tea)
36.37 lakh hectares
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Net
cropped area
23.86 lakh hectares
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Area
under horticultural crops
5.46 lakh hectares
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Tea
cultivation area
3.15 lakh hectares
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Cultivable
waste land
80,000 hectares
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Percentage
of area under irrigation
17.47 p.c. against net cropped area
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Average
size of operational holding
1.27 hectares
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Cropping
intensity
152.43 p.c.
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Total
population as per 2001 census 2, 66, 38,407 Nos.
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Percentage
of small farmers
26 p.c. of total
population
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Percentage
of marginal farmers 36 p.c. of total population
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Chronically
flood prone area
4, 75,060 hectares
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Chronically
drought prone area
93,817 hectares
