Agriculture Irrigation - Master Data: Year-wise Area of Agriculture Land in India by different Sources of Irrigation, since 1951
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 agricultural lands
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Dataset - Agriculture Irrigation - Master Data: Year-wise Area of Agriculture Land in India by different Sources of Irrigation, since 1951
Agriculture Irrigation - Master Data: Year-wise Area of Agriculture Land in India by different Sources of Irrigation, since 1951
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 agricultural lands
Rows: 647
Columns: 6
Time period: 1950-51 to 2023-24
Last Updated: 12 May 2025
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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
The agricultural (fiscal) year to which the reported irrigated area data pertains.
category
String
4
647
The indicator category describing the type of area reported, i.e., irrigated area classified by its source of irrigation.
source_of_irrigation
String
7
428
The source or method of irrigation for the agricultural land, such as government canals, private canals, tanks, tube wells, or other wells.
value
Float64
641
647
The measured irrigated agricultural area for the given year and source of irrigation.
unit
String
2
647
The unit of measurement applied to the value, such as thousand hectares or percentage.
note
String
2
8
Remarks on the status or reliability of the reported figures, such as whether values are provisional.
Citation
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. (2026). 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