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
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: 665
Columns: 6
Time period: 1950-51 to 2024-25
Last Updated: 06 November 2026
Data preview
year
category
source_of_irrigation
value
unit
note
2024-25
Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation
Government Canals
17263
value in thousand hectares
values are provisional
2024-25
Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation
Private Canals
152
value in thousand hectares
values are provisional
2024-25
Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation
Tanks
3346
value in thousand hectares
values are provisional
2024-25
Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation
Tube Wells
41796
value in thousand hectares
values are provisional
2024-25
Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation
Other Wells
12473
value in thousand hectares
values are provisional
2024-25
Irrigated Area by Sources of Irrigation
Other Sources
9471
value in thousand hectares
values are provisional
2024-25
Area Irrigated more than Once
52407
value in thousand hectares
values are provisional
2024-25
Gross Irrigated Area
136908
value in thousand hectares
values are provisional
2024-25
Percentage of Gross Irrigated Area over Gross Cropped Area
The agricultural year (e.g., 2022-23) to which the irrigation area data pertains.
category
String
4
665
The category of agricultural land area being reported, such as irrigated area by source.
source_of_irrigation
String
7
440
The specific source of irrigation (e.g., canals, tanks, wells) for which the area is reported.
value
Float64
653
665
The area of agricultural land under the given irrigation source, expressed in thousand hectares.
unit
String
2
665
The unit of measurement for the reported area, typically thousand hectares.
note
String
2
9
A note indicating any qualifications about the data, such as provisional status.
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