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The states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Bihar account for more than three-fourths of the country’s net area sown.

The gross cropped area is the highest in Uttar Pradesh and is followed by that in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Gujarat, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Punjab, Haryana, Kerala, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur and Nagaland. The percentage of the areas sown more than once of the net area sown is greater than the all-India average of 18.6 per cent in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar.

In India, food grains occupy a predominant position in most of the states, accounting for more than 21 3 of the gross cropped area. In fact, the states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Nagaland have more than 80% of the gross cropped area under food grains.

In the states of Kerala and Gujarat, less than 50% of the gross cropped area is devoted to food grains. Food grains account for more than 70% of the gross irrigated area in all states, except Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab. In Gujarat, more than 50% of the total irrigated area is under non- food grain crops.

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