Question

out of the total cultivated area in in the country how much area irrigated today

Answer 1

India - Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)

Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) in India was reported at 36.79 % in 2013, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources.

Agricultural irrigated land refers to agricultural areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding. 


India | Agriculture


Agricultural census
1 

Agricultural machinery, tractors
2091000 

Fertilizer consumption (% of fertilizer production)
157 %

Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)
171 

Agricultural land (sq. km)
1797210 sq. Km

Agricultural land (% of land area)
60.45 %

Arable land (hectares)
156463000 ha

Arable land (hectares per person)
0.1195 

Arable land (% of land area)
52.62 %

Land under cereal production (hectares)
98474980 ha

Permanent cropland (% of land area)
4.37 %

Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
44158 sq. Km

Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
1.38 %

Forest area (sq. km)
706820 sq. Km

Forest area (% of land area)
23.77 %

Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)
36.79 %

Average precipitation in depth (mm per year)
1083 mm

Land area (sq. km)
2973190 sq. Km

Rural land area (sq. km)
2980489 sq. Km

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land
130 sq. Km

Cereal production (metric tons)
294711871 

Crop production index (1999-2001 = 100)
144 

Food production index (1999-2001 = 100)
143 

Livestock production index (1999-2001 = 100)
143 

Surface area (sq. km)
3287259 sq. Km

Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
2993 

Agriculture value added per worker (constant 2000 US$)
1202 USD

Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
70.03 %

Economically active population in agriculture 
261632000 

Agricultural methane emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
380029 

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)
62.67 %

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
162343 

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)
73.81 %

Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 
1.53 %

Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
90.41 %

Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)
92.6 %

Improved sanitation facilities, rural (% of rural population with access)
28.5 %

Poverty gap at rural poverty line 
4.6 %

Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population)
25.7 %

Employees, agriculture, female (% of female employment)
59.9 %

Employees, agriculture, male (% of male employment)
39.3 %

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
44.3 %

Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports)
2.17 %

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)
1.38 %

Answer 2

59% irrigated today



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