{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "farms",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "base": "as published",
  "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 land use, irrigation, fertiliser and pesticide use, 1950-51 on",
  "note": "Pattern of land use and select inputs (DBIE report 463; Handbook table 278), read in the unit RBI prints: areas in lakh hectares (stored as thousand hectares), fertiliser in lakh tonnes of nutrients (N+P+K), pesticides in thousand tonnes of technical-grade material. Fertiliser years are February to January up to 1982-83 and April to March from 1983-84 (RBI's note). The area under high-yielding varieties is printed as not available in recent years. Cropping intensity, the irrigated shares and fertiliser per hectare are computed by India Atlas from the published levels."
 },
 "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"
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   "name": "net_sown_area",
   "label": "Net sown area",
   "unit": "thousand_hectares",
   "group": "Land use",
   "color": "#2E4BD8",
   "data": [
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    119400,
    123440,
    126810,
    127850,
    129160,
    130850,
    129080,
    131830,
    132940,
    133200,
    135400,
    136340,
    136480,
    138120,
    136200,
    137230,
    139880,
    137310,
    138770,
    140270,
    139720,
    137140,
    142420,
    137790,
    141650,
    139480,
    141950,
    142980,
    138900,
    140000,
    141930,
    140220,
    142840,
    140890,
    140900,
    139580,
    134090,
    141890,
    142340,
    143000,
    141630,
    142720,
    142340,
    142960,
    142200,
    142930,
    141950,
    142750,
    141060,
    141340,
    140730,
    131940,
    140710,
    140640,
    141160,
    139820,
    141020,
    141900,
    139173,
    141370,
    140790,
    139750,
    141240,
    139450,
    138970,
    139000,
    138770,
    138440,
    139900,
    141540,
    141010,
    140710,
    139160,
    141370
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   "name": "gross_sown_area",
   "label": "Gross sown area (counting each season's crop)",
   "unit": "thousand_hectares",
   "group": "Land use",
   "color": "#5F6675",
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    131890,
    133230,
    137680,
    142480,
    144090,
    147310,
    149490,
    145830,
    151630,
    152820,
    152770,
    156210,
    156760,
    156960,
    159230,
    155280,
    157360,
    163740,
    159530,
    162270,
    165790,
    165190,
    162150,
    169870,
    164190,
    171300,
    167330,
    172230,
    174800,
    169590,
    172630,
    176750,
    172750,
    179560,
    176330,
    178460,
    176410,
    170740,
    182280,
    182270,
    185740,
    182240,
    185700,
    186580,
    188050,
    187470,
    189500,
    189990,
    191650,
    188400,
    185340,
    188010,
    173890,
    189660,
    191100,
    192740,
    192380,
    195220,
    195330,
    189188,
    198130,
    195550,
    194460,
    201300,
    198280,
    198120,
    201160,
    200880,
    201180,
    211360,
    216110,
    219160,
    219360,
    217920,
    225790
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  "net_irrigated_area": {
   "name": "net_irrigated_area",
   "label": "Net irrigated area",
   "unit": "thousand_hectares",
   "group": "Land use",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
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    21050,
    21120,
    21870,
    22090,
    22760,
    22530,
    23160,
    23400,
    24040,
    24660,
    24880,
    25670,
    25890,
    26600,
    26340,
    26910,
    27190,
    29010,
    30200,
    31100,
    31550,
    31830,
    32550,
    33710,
    34590,
    35150,
    36550,
    38060,
    38520,
    38720,
    40500,
    40690,
    41950,
    42150,
    41870,
    42570,
    42890,
    46150,
    46700,
    48020,
    49870,
    50290,
    51340,
    53000,
    53400,
    55110,
    55210,
    57440,
    57530,
    55200,
    56940,
    53900,
    57060,
    59230,
    60840,
    62740,
    63190,
    63640,
    61945,
    63870,
    66010,
    66590,
    68420,
    68580,
    67770,
    69270,
    70160,
    72240,
    75470,
    77730,
    77920,
    79310,
    82420,
    84500
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   "name": "gross_irrigated_area",
   "label": "Gross irrigated area",
   "unit": "thousand_hectares",
   "group": "Land use",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
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    23180,
    23310,
    24360,
    24950,
    25640,
    25710,
    26630,
    26950,
    27450,
    27980,
    28460,
    29450,
    29710,
    30710,
    30900,
    32680,
    33210,
    35480,
    36970,
    38200,
    38430,
    39060,
    40280,
    41740,
    43360,
    43550,
    46080,
    48310,
    49210,
    49780,
    51410,
    51830,
    53820,
    54530,
    54280,
    55760,
    56040,
    61130,
    61850,
    63200,
    65680,
    66760,
    68260,
    70650,
    71350,
    76030,
    75670,
    78670,
    79220,
    76190,
    78370,
    73060,
    78040,
    81080,
    84280,
    86750,
    88060,
    88900,
    85087,
    89320,
    91930,
    92780,
    96270,
    97850,
    97750,
    99620,
    101470,
    104710,
    112440,
    118930,
    120380,
    122290,
    130550,
    136910
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   "name": "hyv_area",
   "label": "Area under high-yielding varieties",
   "unit": "thousand_hectares",
   "group": "Land use",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
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    22320,
    26040,
    27330,
    31890,
    33560,
    38930,
    40130,
    38380,
    43080,
    46490,
    47490,
    53740,
    54140,
    55420,
    56170,
    54100,
    60110,
    61170,
    64980,
    64710,
    65400,
    66990,
    70930,
    72110,
    76400,
    76000,
    78350,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
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  "fertiliser_npk": {
   "name": "fertiliser_npk",
   "label": "Fertiliser used (N+P+K)",
   "unit": "lakh_tonnes",
   "group": "Inputs",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    0.69,
    0.66,
    0.66,
    1.05,
    1.21,
    1.31,
    1.54,
    1.84,
    2.24,
    3.05,
    2.92,
    3.38,
    4.52,
    5.43,
    7.73,
    7.85,
    11.01,
    15.39,
    17.61,
    19.82,
    21.77,
    26.57,
    27.68,
    28.39,
    25.73,
    28.94,
    34.11,
    42.86,
    51.17,
    52.55,
    55.16,
    60.64,
    63.88,
    77.1,
    82.11,
    84.74,
    86.45,
    87.84,
    110.4,
    115.68,
    125.46,
    127.28,
    121.55,
    123.66,
    135.64,
    138.76,
    143.08,
    161.88,
    167.98,
    180.7,
    167.02,
    173.6,
    160.94,
    167.99,
    183.98,
    203.4,
    216.51,
    225.7,
    249.09,
    264.86,
    281.2,
    277.9,
    255.4,
    244.8,
    255.8,
    267.5,
    259.5,
    265.9,
    273.8,
    293.7,
    325.4,
    297.96,
    298.44,
    306.42,
    329.28
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  },
  "pesticides": {
   "name": "pesticides",
   "label": "Pesticides used (technical grade)",
   "unit": "thousand_tonne",
   "group": "Inputs",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    2.35,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    8.62,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    24.32,
    29.54,
    35.16,
    50.43,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    45,
    47,
    50,
    55,
    56,
    52,
    50,
    66.9,
    75.89,
    72,
    75,
    72.13,
    70.79,
    63.65,
    61.36,
    61.26,
    56.11,
    52.24,
    49.16,
    46.2,
    43.58,
    47.02,
    48.3,
    41,
    40.67,
    39.77,
    43.4,
    41.6,
    43.86,
    41.82,
    55.5,
    52.98,
    45.62,
    60.28,
    56.27,
    56.72,
    58.63,
    63.41,
    59.67,
    61.7,
    62.19,
    69.89,
    64.51,
    67.96,
    null
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   "gaps": [
    "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",
    "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",
    "1974-04-01",
    "1975-04-01",
    "1976-04-01",
    "1977-04-01",
    "1978-04-01",
    "1979-04-01"
   ],
   "gapsNote": "RBI's table prints no figure for these years (a dash: not available)."
  },
  "cropping_intensity": {
   "name": "cropping_intensity",
   "label": "Cropping intensity: gross over net sown area, per cent (computed)",
   "unit": "pct",
   "group": "Computed",
   "derived": true,
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
    111.1,
    111.6,
    111.5,
    112.4,
    112.7,
    114.1,
    114.2,
    113,
    115,
    115,
    114.7,
    115.4,
    115,
    115,
    115.3,
    114,
    114.7,
    117.1,
    116.2,
    116.9,
    118.2,
    118.2,
    118.2,
    119.3,
    119.2,
    120.9,
    120,
    121.3,
    122.3,
    122.1,
    123.3,
    124.5,
    123.2,
    125.7,
    125.2,
    126.7,
    126.4,
    127.3,
    128.5,
    128.1,
    129.9,
    128.7,
    130.1,
    131.1,
    131.5,
    131.8,
    132.6,
    133.8,
    134.3,
    133.6,
    131.1,
    133.6,
    131.8,
    134.8,
    135.9,
    136.5,
    137.6,
    138.4,
    137.7,
    135.9,
    140.1,
    138.9,
    139.1,
    142.5,
    142.2,
    142.6,
    144.7,
    144.8,
    145.3,
    151.1,
    152.7,
    155.4,
    155.9,
    156.6,
    159.7
   ]
  },
  "irrigated_share": {
   "name": "irrigated_share",
   "label": "Share of gross sown area irrigated, per cent (computed)",
   "unit": "pct",
   "group": "Computed",
   "derived": true,
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    17.1,
    17.4,
    16.9,
    17.1,
    17.3,
    17.4,
    17.2,
    18.3,
    17.8,
    18,
    18.3,
    18.2,
    18.8,
    18.9,
    19.3,
    19.9,
    20.8,
    20.3,
    22.2,
    22.8,
    23,
    23.3,
    24.1,
    23.7,
    25.4,
    25.3,
    26,
    26.8,
    27.6,
    29,
    28.8,
    29.1,
    30,
    30,
    30.9,
    30.4,
    31.6,
    32.8,
    33.5,
    33.9,
    34,
    36,
    36,
    36.6,
    37.6,
    38.1,
    40.1,
    39.8,
    41,
    42,
    41.1,
    41.7,
    42,
    41.1,
    42.4,
    43.7,
    45.1,
    45.1,
    45.5,
    45,
    45.1,
    47,
    47.7,
    47.8,
    49.3,
    49.3,
    49.5,
    50.5,
    52,
    53.2,
    55,
    54.9,
    55.7,
    59.9,
    60.6
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  },
  "net_irrigated_share": {
   "name": "net_irrigated_share",
   "label": "Share of net sown area irrigated, per cent (computed)",
   "unit": "pct",
   "group": "Computed",
   "derived": true,
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
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    17.6,
    17.1,
    17.2,
    17.3,
    17.6,
    17.2,
    17.9,
    17.8,
    18.1,
    18.5,
    18.4,
    18.8,
    19,
    19.3,
    19.3,
    19.6,
    19.4,
    21.1,
    21.8,
    22.2,
    22.6,
    23.2,
    22.9,
    24.5,
    24.4,
    25.2,
    25.7,
    26.6,
    27.7,
    27.7,
    28.5,
    29,
    29.4,
    29.9,
    29.7,
    30.5,
    32,
    32.5,
    32.8,
    33.6,
    35.2,
    35.2,
    36.1,
    37.1,
    37.6,
    38.6,
    38.9,
    40.2,
    40.8,
    39.1,
    40.5,
    40.9,
    40.6,
    42.1,
    43.1,
    44.9,
    44.8,
    44.8,
    44.5,
    45.2,
    46.9,
    47.6,
    48.4,
    49.2,
    48.8,
    49.8,
    50.6,
    52.2,
    53.9,
    54.9,
    55.3,
    56.4,
    59.2,
    59.8
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  },
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   "name": "fertiliser_per_ha",
   "label": "Fertiliser per hectare of gross sown area, kg (computed)",
   "unit": "kg_per_hectare",
   "group": "Computed",
   "derived": true,
   "color": "#878D99",
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    0.5,
    0.5,
    0.7,
    0.8,
    0.9,
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    1.5,
    2,
    1.9,
    2.2,
    2.9,
    3.5,
    4.9,
    5.1,
    7,
    9.4,
    11,
    12.2,
    13.1,
    16.1,
    17.1,
    16.7,
    15.7,
    16.9,
    20.4,
    24.9,
    29.3,
    31,
    32,
    34.3,
    37,
    42.9,
    46.6,
    47.5,
    49,
    51.4,
    60.6,
    63.5,
    67.5,
    69.8,
    65.5,
    66.3,
    72.1,
    74,
    75.5,
    85.2,
    87.6,
    95.9,
    90.1,
    92.3,
    92.6,
    88.6,
    96.3,
    105.5,
    112.5,
    115.6,
    127.5,
    140,
    141.9,
    142.1,
    131.3,
    121.6,
    129,
    135,
    129,
    132.4,
    136.1,
    139,
    150.6,
    136,
    136.1,
    140.6,
    145.8
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  }
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}