{ "meta": { "dossier": "farms", "frequency": "annual", "base": "ministry final estimates", "unit": "per series", "source": "Reserve Bank of India, DBIE (agriculture ministry and food ministry data), via the Data Bank", "vintage": "2026-10-10", "mock": false, "geo": "IND", "latestPeriod": "2024-04", "releaseDate": null, "revisionPolicy": "Advance estimates are revised until the ministry's final estimates; final figures change rarely. The latest year is kept apart as an advance estimate, never joined to the final years.", "periodKind": "fy", "coverage": "All India, 16 crops and crop groups, area under cultivation, 1950-51 on", "stage": "final estimates (every year the Handbook does not flag as an advance estimate)", "note": "Area under foodgrains (DBIE report 625, hectares) and under major commercial crops (DBIE's SDMX dataset AREA_UNDER_CULT_RN, hectares, read from the RBI Innovation Hub service because the Data Bank's copy of report 190 failed; report 190 prints the same areas rounded to whole lakh hectares and is checked against them). Thousand hectares. \"All major commercial crops\" is RBI's own total of the commercial crops' area (oilseeds, cotton, jute and mesta, sugarcane, tea, coffee, tobacco); \"other oilseeds\" is the seven of the nine oilseeds besides groundnut and rapeseed-mustard. Tea and coffee areas are provisional (RBI's note). Crop years (July to June), dated at April of their first year. 2025-26, the third advance estimates, is a different ruler and lives in farms-advance; it is never joined to these years." }, "dates": [ "1950-04-01", "1951-04-01", "1952-04-01", "1953-04-01", "1954-04-01", "1955-04-01", "1956-04-01", "1957-04-01", "1958-04-01", "1959-04-01", "1960-04-01", "1961-04-01", "1962-04-01", "1963-04-01", "1964-04-01", "1965-04-01", "1966-04-01", "1967-04-01", "1968-04-01", "1969-04-01", "1970-04-01", "1971-04-01", "1972-04-01", "1973-04-01", "1974-04-01", "1975-04-01", "1976-04-01", "1977-04-01", "1978-04-01", "1979-04-01", "1980-04-01", "1981-04-01", "1982-04-01", "1983-04-01", "1984-04-01", "1985-04-01", "1986-04-01", "1987-04-01", "1988-04-01", "1989-04-01", "1990-04-01", "1991-04-01", "1992-04-01", "1993-04-01", "1994-04-01", "1995-04-01", "1996-04-01", "1997-04-01", "1998-04-01", "1999-04-01", "2000-04-01", "2001-04-01", "2002-04-01", "2003-04-01", "2004-04-01", "2005-04-01", "2006-04-01", "2007-04-01", "2008-04-01", "2009-04-01", "2010-04-01", "2011-04-01", "2012-04-01", "2013-04-01", "2014-04-01", "2015-04-01", "2016-04-01", "2017-04-01", "2018-04-01", "2019-04-01", "2020-04-01", "2021-04-01", "2022-04-01", "2023-04-01", "2024-04-01" ], "series": { "rice": { "name": "area_rice", "label": "Rice", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Cereals", "crop": "rice", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ 30810, 29830, 29970, 31290, 30770, 31520, 32280, 32300, 33170, 33820, 34130, 34690, 35690, 35810, 36460, 35470, 35250, 36440, 36970, 37680, 37590, 37760, 36690, 38290, 37890, 39480, 38510, 40280, 40480, 39420, 40150, 40710, 38260, 41240, 41160, 41140, 41170, 38810, 41730, 42170, 42690, 42650, 41780, 42540, 42810, 42840, 43430, 43450, 44800, 45160, 44710, 44900, 41180, 42590, 41910, 43660, 43810, 43910, 45540, 41920, 42860, 44010, 42750, 43950, 43860, 43490, 43990, 43790, 44156, 43700, 45769, 46279, 47832, 47828, 51267 ] }, "wheat": { "name": "area_wheat", "label": "Wheat", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Cereals", "crop": "wheat", "color": "#878D99", "data": [ 9750, 9470, 9830, 10680, 11260, 12370, 13520, 11730, 12620, 13380, 12930, 13570, 13590, 13500, 13420, 12570, 12840, 14990, 15960, 16630, 18240, 19140, 19460, 18580, 18010, 20450, 20920, 21460, 22640, 22170, 22280, 22140, 23570, 24670, 23560, 23000, 23130, 23060, 24110, 23500, 24170, 23260, 24590, 25150, 25700, 25010, 25890, 26700, 27520, 27490, 25730, 26340, 25200, 26600, 26380, 26480, 27990, 28040, 27750, 28460, 29070, 29860, 30000, 31190, 30970, 30410, 30790, 29700, 29319, 31400, 31125, 30459, 31401, 31833, 32804 ] }, "coarse_cereals": { "name": "area_coarse_cereals", "label": "Coarse cereals", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Cereals", "crop": "coarse_cereals", "color": "#A3A9B4", "data": [ 37670, 38880, 42450, 45370, 43920, 43450, 42020, 42910, 44660, 43790, 44960, 44730, 44290, 43930, 44350, 44340, 45090, 47340, 46240, 47240, 45950, 43570, 42210, 46240, 43150, 43800, 41940, 42280, 42230, 41360, 41780, 42450, 40430, 41710, 39210, 39470, 39740, 36550, 38680, 37690, 36320, 33420, 34420, 32820, 32170, 30880, 31810, 30830, 29340, 29340, 30260, 29520, 26990, 30800, 29030, 29060, 28710, 28480, 27450, 27680, 28340, 26420, 24760, 25670, 24150, 24390, 25010, 24300, 22147, 24024, 24118, 22700, 24070, 24938, 25755 ] }, "cereals": { "name": "area_cereals", "label": "Cereals", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Cereals", "crop": "cereals", "color": "#C9CED6", "data": [ 78230, 78180, 82250, 87340, 85950, 87340, 87820, 86940, 90450, 90990, 92020, 92990, 93570, 93240, 94230, 92380, 93180, 98770, 99170, 101550, 101780, 100470, 98360, 103110, 99050, 103730, 101370, 104020, 105350, 102950, 104210, 105300, 102260, 107620, 103930, 103610, 104040, 98420, 104520, 103360, 103180, 99330, 100790, 100510, 100680, 98730, 101130, 100980, 101660, 101990, 100700, 100760, 93370, 99990, 97320, 99200, 100510, 100430, 100740, 98060, 100270, 100290, 97510, 100810, 98980, 98290, 99790, 97800, 95622, 99000, 101012, 99437, 103303, 104599, 109826 ] }, "pulses": { "name": "area_pulses", "label": "Pulses", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Pulses", "crop": "pulses", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ 19090, 18780, 19840, 21730, 21910, 23220, 23320, 22540, 24310, 24830, 23560, 24240, 24270, 24180, 23880, 22720, 22120, 22650, 21260, 22020, 22540, 22150, 20920, 23430, 22030, 24450, 22980, 23500, 23660, 22260, 22460, 23840, 22830, 23540, 22740, 24420, 23160, 21270, 23150, 23410, 24660, 22540, 22360, 22250, 23030, 22280, 22450, 22870, 23500, 21120, 20350, 22010, 20500, 23460, 22760, 22390, 23190, 23630, 22090, 23280, 26400, 24460, 23260, 25230, 23100, 24910, 29400, 29800, 29156, 28000, 28783, 30731, 28901, 27505, 27720 ] }, "foodgrains": { "name": "area_foodgrains", "label": "Foodgrains", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Foodgrains", "crop": "foodgrains", "color": "#2E4BD8", "data": [ 97320, 96960, 102090, 109070, 107860, 110560, 111140, 109480, 114760, 115820, 115580, 117230, 117840, 117420, 118110, 115100, 115300, 121420, 120430, 123570, 124320, 122620, 119280, 126540, 121080, 128180, 124350, 127520, 129010, 125210, 126670, 129140, 125090, 131160, 126670, 128030, 127200, 119690, 127670, 126770, 127840, 121870, 123150, 122760, 123710, 121010, 123580, 123850, 125160, 123110, 121050, 122770, 113870, 123450, 120080, 121600, 123700, 124060, 122830, 121330, 126670, 124750, 120700, 126040, 122000, 123210, 129230, 127500, 124778, 127000, 129795, 130169, 132204, 132104, 137546 ] }, "groundnut": { "name": "area_groundnut", "label": "Groundnut", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "groundnut", "color": "#878D99", "data": [ 4490, 4920, 4800, 4250, 5540, 5130, 5530, 6420, 6250, 6440, 6460, 6890, 7280, 6890, 7380, 7700, 7300, 7550, 7090, 7130, 7330, 7510, 6990, 7020, 7060, 7220, 7040, 7030, 7430, 7170, 6800, 7430, 7220, 7540, 7170, 7120, 6980, 6840, 8530, 8710, 8310, 8670, 8170, 8320, 7850, 7520, 7600, 7090, 7400, 6870, 6560, 6240, 5940, 5990, 6640, 6740, 5620, 6290, 6160, 5480, 5860, 5260, 4720, 5510, 4770, 4600, 5340, 4890, 4730, 4830, 6015, 5705, 4961, 4707, 5762 ] }, "rapeseed_mustard": { "name": "area_rapeseed_mustard", "label": "Rapeseed and mustard", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "rapeseed_mustard", "color": "#A3A9B4", "data": [ 2070, 2400, 2110, 2240, 2440, 2560, 2540, 2410, 2450, 2910, 2880, 3170, 3130, 3050, 2910, 2910, 3010, 3240, 2870, 3170, 3320, 3610, 3320, 3460, 3680, 3340, 3130, 3580, 3540, 3470, 4110, 4400, 3830, 3870, 3990, 3980, 3720, 4620, 4830, 4970, 5780, 6550, 6190, 6290, 6010, 6550, 6550, 7040, 6510, 6030, 4480, 5070, 4540, 5430, 7320, 7280, 6790, 5830, 6300, 5590, 6900, 5890, 6360, 6650, 5800, 5750, 6070, 5980, 6120, 6860, 6700, 7991, 8852, 9183, 8657 ] }, "soyabean": { "name": "area_soyabean", "label": "Soyabean", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "soyabean", "color": "#C9CED6", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 30, 30, 30, 50, 70, 90, 130, 200, 310, 500, 610, 480, 770, 840, 1240, 1340, 1530, 1540, 1730, 2250, 2560, 3180, 3790, 4370, 4320, 5040, 5450, 5990, 6490, 6220, 6420, 6340, 6110, 6560, 7570, 7710, 8330, 8880, 9510, 9730, 9600, 10110, 10840, 11720, 10910, 11610, 11180, 10330, 11130, 12190, 12918, 12147, 13084, 13255, 12952 ] }, "oilseeds": { "name": "area_oilseeds", "label": "Oilseeds (nine)", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "oilseeds", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ 10730, 11690, 11180, 10990, 12520, 12090, 12490, 12660, 13000, 13950, 13770, 14770, 15340, 14820, 15260, 15250, 15000, 15670, 14470, 14810, 16640, 17270, 15790, 16900, 17310, 16920, 16470, 17170, 17710, 16940, 17600, 18910, 17760, 18690, 18920, 19020, 18630, 20130, 21900, 22800, 24150, 25890, 25240, 26900, 25300, 25960, 26340, 26120, 26230, 24280, 22770, 22640, 21490, 23660, 27520, 27860, 26510, 26690, 27560, 25960, 27220, 26310, 26480, 28050, 25600, 26090, 26180, 24510, 24790, 27140, 28834, 28945, 30239, 30192, 30440 ] }, "sugarcane": { "name": "area_sugarcane", "label": "Sugarcane", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Commercial crops", "crop": "sugarcane", "color": "#878D99", "data": [ 1710, 1940, 1730, 1410, 1620, 1850, 2050, 2070, 1950, 2140, 2420, 2460, 2240, 2250, 2600, 2840, 2300, 2050, 2530, 2750, 2620, 2390, 2450, 2750, 2890, 2760, 2870, 3150, 3090, 2610, 2670, 3190, 3360, 3110, 2950, 2850, 3080, 3280, 3330, 3440, 3690, 3840, 3570, 3420, 3870, 4150, 4170, 3930, 4050, 4220, 4320, 4410, 4520, 3930, 3660, 4200, 5150, 5060, 4420, 4180, 4880, 5040, 5000, 4990, 5070, 4930, 4440, 4740, 5060, 4600, 4851, 5175, 5885, 5740, 5450 ] }, "cotton": { "name": "area_cotton", "label": "Cotton (lint)", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Fibres", "crop": "cotton", "color": "#A3A9B4", "data": [ 5880, 6560, 6360, 6990, 7550, 8090, 8020, 8010, 7960, 7300, 7610, 7980, 7730, 8220, 8370, 7960, 7840, 8000, 7600, 7730, 7610, 7800, 7680, 7570, 7560, 7350, 6890, 7870, 8120, 8130, 7820, 8060, 7870, 7720, 7380, 7530, 6950, 6460, 7340, 7690, 7440, 7660, 7540, 7320, 7870, 9040, 9120, 8870, 9340, 8710, 8530, 9130, 7670, 7600, 8790, 8680, 9140, 9410, 9410, 10130, 11240, 12180, 11980, 11960, 12820, 12290, 10830, 12590, 12610, 13480, 13286, 12372, 12927, 12688, 11484 ] }, "jute_mesta": { "name": "area_jute_mesta", "label": "Raw jute and mesta", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Fibres", "crop": "jute_mesta", "color": "#C9CED6", "data": [ 570, 790, 930, 680, 680, 940, 1070, 1020, 1100, 980, 900, 1340, 1240, 1270, 1210, 1110, 1120, 1200, 810, 1090, 1080, 1110, 990, 1160, 980, 910, 1090, 1160, 1270, 1220, 1300, 1150, 1020, 1050, 1130, 1500, 1070, 960, 920, 910, 1020, 1110, 930, 890, 930, 930, 1100, 1110, 1030, 1040, 1020, 1050, 1040, 1000, 920, 900, 940, 960, 900, 910, 870, 900, 860, 840, 810, 780, 760, 740, 710, 670, 662, 667, 658, 637, 574 ] }, "tea": { "name": "area_tea", "label": "Tea", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Plantation crops", "crop": "tea", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 350, 360, 360, 360, 360, 360, 360, 370, 370, 370, 380, 380, 390, 400, 400, 400, 410, 410, 410, 410, 420, 420, 420, 420, 430, 430, 430, 430, 470, 490, 500, 510, 520, 520, 520, 560, 570, 580, 580, 580, 560, 560, 560, 570, 570, 570, 580, 580, 640, 640, 640, 640, 620, 630, 640 ] }, "coffee": { "name": "area_coffee", "label": "Coffee", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Plantation crops", "crop": "coffee", "color": "#878D99", "data": [ null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 140, 140, 150, 160, 160, 170, 140, 150, 160, 170, 190, 190, 210, 210, 210, 210, 220, 220, 220, 220, 220, 220, 220, 230, 230, 240, 250, 290, 300, 310, 310, 320, 330, 330, 330, 380, 380, 390, 390, 400, 400, 410, 410, 420, 420, 430, 450, 450, 460, 460, 470, 470, 480, 490, 490 ] }, "tobacco": { "name": "area_tobacco", "label": "Tobacco", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Commercial crops", "crop": "tobacco", "color": "#A3A9B4", "data": [ 360, 290, 360, 370, 350, 410, 420, 360, 380, 410, 400, 420, 410, 440, 410, 380, 420, 420, 440, 440, 450, 460, 450, 460, 380, 370, 430, 500, 410, 430, 450, 440, 500, 440, 440, 400, 390, 320, 380, 410, 410, 430, 420, 380, 380, 390, 430, 460, 510, 430, 260, 350, 330, 370, 370, 370, 370, 350, 390, 440, 490, 470, 430, 460, 470, 450, 400, 410, 410, 400, 360, 386, 379, 410, 491 ] }, "other_oilseeds": { "name": "area_other_oilseeds", "label": "Other oilseeds (the seven besides groundnut and mustard)", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Oilseeds", "crop": "other_oilseeds", "color": "#C9CED6", "data": [ 4170, 4370, 4270, 4500, 4540, 4400, 4420, 3830, 4300, 4600, 4430, 4710, 4930, 4880, 4970, 4640, 4690, 4880, 4510, 4510, 5960, 6120, 5450, 6370, 6500, 6270, 6170, 6360, 6430, 5800, 6080, 6600, 5940, 6440, 6520, 6580, 6400, 7130, 6810, 6870, 7500, 7490, 7090, 7920, 7120, 6850, 6740, 6000, 5830, 5160, 5310, 4990, 4900, 5680, 5990, 6130, 5770, 5690, 5590, 5160, 4860, 5050, 4560, 4170, 4120, 4130, 3590, 3310, 2810, 3260, 3201, 3102, 3342, 3047, 3069 ] }, "major_commercial": { "name": "area_major_commercial", "label": "All major commercial crops (oilseeds, fibres, sugarcane, tea, coffee, tobacco)", "unit": "thousand_hectares", "unitNote": "thousand hectares", "group": "Commercial crops", "crop": "major_commercial", "color": "#5F6675", "data": [ 19250, 21270, 20560, 20440, 22720, 23380, 24050, 24120, 24390, 24780, 25100, 26970, 26960, 27000, 27850, 27540, 26680, 27340, 25850, 26820, 28890, 29530, 27870, 29360, 29640, 28840, 28250, 30370, 31130, 29870, 30410, 32320, 31110, 31620, 31430, 31910, 30750, 31780, 34500, 35880, 37350, 39570, 38340, 39560, 39010, 41140, 41840, 41210, 41930, 39480, 37710, 38410, 35900, 37410, 42110, 42950, 43060, 43440, 43650, 42600, 45660, 45870, 45720, 47290, 45760, 45540, 43640, 44020, 44680, 47390, 49103, 48655, 51188, 50787, 49569 ] } } }