The dataset contains year-wise historically compiled all india data on the extent of agriculture lands under different sources of irrigation such as government and private canals, tanks, tube wells and other sources. Additionally, the dataset also contains data on the agricultural lands which have been irrigated more than once and the percentage of irrigated agricultural lands to total agricultura...
Last UpdatedMay, 2025
| year | category | source_of_irrigation | value | unit | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation | Government Canals | 17959 | value in thousand hectares | values are provisional |
| 2022-23 | Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation | Private Canals | 165 | value in thousand hectares | values are provisional |
| 2022-23 | Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation | Tanks | 2235 | value in thousand hectares | values are provisional |
| 2022-23 | Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation | Tube Wells | 39134 | value in thousand hectares | values are provisional |
| 2022-23 | Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation | Other Wells | 10672 | value in thousand hectares | values are provisional |
| 2022-23 | Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation | Other Sources | 9147 | value in thousand hectares | values are provisional |
| 2022-23 | Area Irrigated more than Once | 42982 | value in thousand hectares | values are provisional | |
| 2022-23 | Gross Irrigated Area | 122294 | value in thousand hectares | values are provisional | |
| 2022-23 | Percentage of Gross Irrigated Area over Gross Cropped Area | 55.8 | value in percentage | ||
| 2021-22 | Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation | Government Canals | 19054 | value in thousand hectares |
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Agriculture Irrigation - Master Data: Year-wise Area of Agriculture Land in India by different Sources of Irrigation, since 1951 [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/19287
