1. Geographical Area   .

2. Population

3. Land Use Statistics:

4. Trend of Cultivable Area & Irrigated Area

5.Operational Land Holdings:

5.1 Trends in Land Holdings

6. Rainfall

7. Agro-climatic Zones in the State

8. Sowing & Harvesting period of Major crops

8.1. Area, Production and Productivity

8.2. SEASON-WISE AND CROP-WISE NORMAL AREA OF AGRICULTURE CROPS

8.3. District/Season-wise Normal Area under Agriculture Crops

9.  GSDP Constribution

10. Consumption of Fertilisers in Karnataka

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classification of Total Geographical Area in Karnataka - 2008-09
(Area in Hectares)
Sl. District Total Classification of area
No.   Geo- Forest Not available for cultivation Cultivable  Uncultivated land Fallow land Net Total Area
    graphical   Land put  Barren &  waste excluding fallow land Current  Other  Area Cropped Sown
    area   to non- uncultivable   Pmt.pastures  Mics.tree fallows Fallow  Sown Area more 
        agri. uses land   & other  crops,    land     than
              grazing land groves         once
1 Bagalkote 658877 81126 28832 24810 2035 3429 274 53059 9971 455341 567257 111916
2 Bangalore (Urban) 217410 5055 114880 4911 3793 5674 7426 16180 5141 54350 56399 2049
3 Bangalore (Rural) 229519 11322 39978 11124 3898 3879 12227 11593 11745 123753 129522 5769
4 Belgaum 1344382 190424 69511 44342 11465 24807 3085 195462 6997 798289 1009297 211008
5 Bellary 813196 97017 68623 53477 24839 5472 3606 97439 27805 434918 575787 140869
6 Bidar 541765 27707 22006 19127 19382 13964 10939 47028 41519 340093 400182 60089
7 Bijapur 1053471 1977 35847 29059 5502 9575 1316 218520 5685 745990 849500 103510
8 Chamarajanagar 569901 275610 24606 21434 7637 22750 4782 7743 13501 191838 230544 38706
9 Chikkaballapur 404501 49704 31933 34302 6143 59510 6482 22760 9059 184608 189854 5246
10 Chikkamagalur 722075 200485 42639 28322 19404 90186 21249 19073 4797 295920 329269 33349
11 Chitradurga 770702 73719 51243 25403 21615 88740 11317 43851 24834 429980 481430 51450
12 Dakshina Kannada 477149 128476 64466 58917 30963 19118 31833 6918 5381 131077 157926 26849
13 Davanagere 597597 89918 38963 20533 8525 19538 4955 17775 5211 392179 460772 68593
14 Dharwad 427329 35235 21817 3985 2669 3571 202 53959 9407 296484 498892 202408
15 Gadag 465715 32614 10481 11628 1010 2592 264 43710 3712 359704 458269 98565
16 Gulbarga 1610208 69089 67952 63155 11802 37610 1851 144994 19086 1194669 1427097 232428
17 Hassan 662602 58775 78754 30365 14142 32943 6963 44621 38263 357776 448168 90392
18 Haveri 485156 47454 32679 5793 2989 12209 2267 11866 5274 364625 423526 58901
19 Kodagu 410775 134597 23961 31010 9128 14774 23343 4928 3999 165035 178479 13444
20 Kolar 374966 20620 45677 28870 6397 39418 7009 34574 12813 179588 187541 7953
21 Koppal 552495 29451 38870 16627 2568 14675 210 91128 - 358966 469041 110075
22 Mandya 498244 24765 60906 21519 41955 32049 3382 22424 37923 253321 303574 50253
23 Mysore 676382 62851 67028 45812 21460 55256 6871 37054 41864 338186 523515 185329
24 Raichur 835843 18167 20563 20084 10712 19816 13684 153042 68701 511074 651483 140409
25 Ramanagar 355912 69946 26225 24339 1178 24662 3950 17258 21302 167052 172380 5328
26 Shimoga 847784 276855 88453 13312 16307 163463 26868 12731 31712 218083 255854 37771
27 Tumkur 1064755 45177 84276 67539 62642 76453 21033 63698 28863 615074 684415 69341
28 Udupi 356446 100102 39418 11595 36303 10625 47521 888 8676 101318 123474 22156
29 Uttara Kannada 1024679 813595 34460 16234 6450 16625 4806 5479 12732 114298 124996 10698
  Karnataka State: 19049836 3071833 1375047 787628 412913 923383 289715 1499755 515973 10173589 12368443 2194854
  Area in Lakh Hects. 190.50 30.72 13.75 7.88 4.13 9.23 2.90 15.00 5.16 101.74 123.68 21.95
Source: Annual Season & Crop Report 2008-09, DE&S, Bangalore.                    
                           
                           
1.1 Zone-wise Classification of area 2007-08 (Unit: Hectares)
Sl. District Total Classification of area
No.   Geo- Forest Not available for cultivation Cultivable  Uncultivated land Fallow land Net Total Area
    graphical   Land put  Barren &  waste excluding fallow land Current  Other  Area Cropped Sown
    area   to non- uncultivable   Pmt.pastures  Mics.tree fallows Fallow  Sown Area more 
        agri. uses land   & other  crops,    land     than
              grazing land groves         once
1 North Eastern Transitional Zone 871036 50183 28477 35272 23079 23949 11784 82549 44736 571007 727186 156179
2 North Eastern Dry Zone 1762604 54628 70782 53989 14307 39777 9198 224744 43318 1251861 1526720 274859
3 Northern Dry Zone 4783642 315649 237174 178211 49183 54750 12022 434403 69856 3432394 4478665 1046271
4 Central Dry Zone 1943830 141774 127606 96055 78976 160996 35935 111422 61677 1129389 1254076 124687
5 Eastern Dry Zone 1808217 167564 281469 113268 26608 144092 44270 152622 76236 802088 861375 59287
6 Southern Dry Zone 1739430 319321 168434 74099 69143 95387 11255 86112 102452 813227 1032601 219374
7 South Transitional Zone 1218029 264140 103273 58217 28106 86944 7102 29469 28290 612488 828012 215524
8 North Transitional Zone 1194941 112722 75103 25426 8102 24907 3099 87397 12586 845599 1120569 274970
9 Hilly Zone 2560727 1164090 159438 76479 47558 263027 73068 41704 44270 691093 738262 47169
10 Coastal Zone 1167380 481762 117525 76760 69989 35813 82233 11998 21654 269646 325205 55559
  KARNATAKA STATE 19049836 3071833 1369281 787776 415051 929642 289966 1262420 505075 10418792 12892671 2473879
                           
Source: Annual Season & Crop Report 2007-08 of Directorate of Economics & Statistics.                

 

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Population

  Unit: ('000)    
Sl. No.   1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2008* 2009*  
1 Total Population 19402 23587 29299 37136 44977 52851 59447 60474  
2 Male Population 9866 12041 14972 18923 22952 26899 30251 30774  
3 Female Population 9536 11546 14327 18213 22025 25952 29196 29700  
4 Sex Ratio ^ 966 959 959 963 960 965 965 965  
5 Density (Person/Sq.KM) 101 123 153 194 235 276      
6 Rural Population 14946 18320 22177 26406 31069 34889      
7 Urban Population 4456 5267 7122 10730 13908 17962      
8 Literacy Rate (%)   25 32 38 56 67      
9 Schedule Caste Population 2583 3117 3850 5595 7369 8564      
10 Schedule Tribe Population 80 192 231 1825 1916 3464      
11 Total Workers 6612 10726 10179 14944 18887 23535      
12 Cultivators 3220 5807 4073 5222 5916 6884      
13 Agricultural Labourers 1341 1761 2716 3655 4999 6227      
  * Projected                  
  ^ Number of females per 1000 males.                
                     
2.1 District-wise & Sex-wise Urban/ Rural Population:              
District-wise and Sex-wise Urban and Rural Population of Karnataka
2001 Census                  
Sl. District   Urban Population (No.)     Rural  Population (No.)     Total Population (No.)  
No.   Male Female Total Male Female Total Male  Female Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 Belgaum 519334 493357 1012691 1630756 1571058 3201814 2150090 2064415 4214505
2 Bagalkote 242847 235673 478520 591400 581972 1173372 834247 817645 1651892
3 Bijapur 203148 192941 396089 723276 687553 1410829 926424 880494 1806918
4 Gulbarga 440446 412175 852621 1152343 1125958 2278301 1592789 1538133 3130922
5 Bidar 179369 165506 344875 591653 565845 1157498 771022 731351 1502373
6 Raichur 214981 205856 420837 626859 622066 1248925 841840 827922 1669762
7 Koppal 100580 97712 198292 502732 495065 997797 603312 592777 1196089
8 Gadag 173904 168279 342183 319629 310023 629652 493533 478302 971835
9 Dharwad 451929 429988 881917 371275 351061 722336 823204 781049 1604253
10 Uttara Kannada 196968 190945 387913 489908 475823 965731 686876 666768 1353644
11 Haveri 153534 145486 299020 586935 553161 1140096 740469 698647 1439116
12 Bellary 361180 345670 706850 668534 651756 1320290 1029714 997426 2027140
13 Chitradurga 140779 133459 274238 635442 608216 1243658 776221 741675 1517896
14 Davanagere 280035 262963 542998 637670 610284 1247954 917705 873247 1790952
15 Shimoga 290321 280689 571010 540238 531297 1071535 830559 811986 1642545
16 Udupi 101175 105178 206353 421056 484834 905890 522231 590012 1112243
17 Chikmagalur 113625 109099 222724 461286 456895 918181 574911 565994 1140905
18 Tumkur 261688 245514 507202 1052113 1025396 2077509 1313801 1270910 2584711
19 Kolar 317940 307583 625523 968253 942293 1910546 1286193 1249876 2536069
20 Bangalore (Urban) 3020398 2739589 5759987 406201 370936 777137 3426599 3110525 6537124
21 Bangalore (Rural) 210106 197290 407396 752077 722041 1474118 962183 919331 1881514
22 Mandya 143758 138957 282715 744276 736714 1480990 888034 875671 1763705
23 Hassan 155129 149544 304673 703957 713039 1416996 859086 862583 1721669
24 Dakshina Kannada 363777 365525 729302 574657 593771 1168428 938434 959296 1897730
25 Kodagu 38561 36821 75382 236270 236909 473179 274831 273730 548561
26 Mysore 499291 482837 982128 845379 813520 1658899 1344670 1296357 2641027
27 Chamrajanagar 75157 72933 148090 414783 402589 817372 489940 475522 965462
  KARNATAKA STATE 9249960 8711569 17961529 17648958 17240075 34889033 26898918 25951644 52850562
                     
2.2 District-wise SC/ST Population:                
District-wise Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Population in Karnataka  
2001 Census                  
Sl. District   Scheduled Castes (No.)     Scheduled Tribes (No.)   % to Total Population  
No.   Male Female Total Male Female Total SC ST  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
1 Belgaum 233431 228589 462020 122979 120472 243451 10.96 5.78  
2 Bagalkote 124009 126595 250604 40171 40010 80181 15.17 4.85  
3 Bijapur 171108 163146 334254 15455 14596 30051 18.50 1.66  
4 Gulbarga 365974 351621 717595 77926 76269 154195 22.92 4.92  
5 Bidar 153649 145163 298812 93455 88764 182219 19.89 12.13  
6 Raichur 159340 157936 317276 152080 150962 303042 19.00 18.15  
7 Koppal 92736 92473 185209 70063 68525 138588 15.48 11.59  
8 Gadag 69796 67618 137414 27739 26671 54410 14.14 5.60  
9 Dharwad 67007 64962 131969 36234 34208 70442 8.23 4.39  
10 Uttara Kannada 51309 50587 101896 11978 11803 23781 7.53 1.76  
11 Haveri 90108 85252 175360 65498 61665 127163 12.19 8.84  
12 Bellary 188536 185682 374218 183662 180976 364638 18.46 17.99  
13 Chitradurga 172092 164395 336487 136194 130041 266235 22.17 17.54  
14 Davanagere 170365 162862 333227 106932 102769 209701 18.61 11.71  
15 Shimoga 136299 133220 269519 28435 27562 55997 16.41 3.41  
16 Udupi 33345 34344 67689 20572 21041 41613 6.09 3.74  
17 Chikmagalur 116796 116338 233134 20570 20449 41019 20.43 3.60  
18 Tumkur 241177 232867 474044 98795 95024 193819 18.34 7.50  
19 Kolar 338459 333233 671692 104278 101433 205711 26.49 8.11  
20 Bangalore (Urban) 435162 415885 851047 44971 41047 86018 13.02 1.32  
21 Bangalore (Rural) 191831 185848 377679 31537 30018 61555 20.07 3.27  
22 Mandya 123695 123518 247213 8693 8500 17193 14.02 0.97  
23 Hassan 155409 156317 311726 13297 13154 26451 18.11 1.54  
24 Dakshina Kannada 65818 65342 131160 31579 31357 62936 6.91 3.32  
25 Kodagu 33384 34038 67422 23109 23006 46115 12.29 8.41  
26 Mysore 237476 230164 467640 136831 134520 271351 17.71 10.27  
27 Chamrajanagar 121434 116190 237624 53205 52906 106111 24.61 10.99  
  KARNATAKA STATE 4339745 4224185 8563930 1756238 1707748 3463986 16.20 6.55  
                     
2.3 District-wise Percentage of Urban/Rural Population, Density & Literacy Rate:          
District-wise Urban and Rural Population Percentarges, Density Literacy Rate      
2001 Census                  
Sl. District % of  Urban % of  Rural Density Literacy Rate (%)      
No.   Population Population per Sq.Km Male Female Total      
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8      
1 Belgaum 24 76 314 75.89 52.53 64.42      
2 Bagalkote 29 71 251 71.31 44.10 57.81      
3 Bijapur 22 78 172 68.10 46.19 57.46      
4 Gulbarga 27 73 193 62.52 38.40 50.65      
5 Bidar 23 77 276 73.29 50.01 61.98      
6 Raichur 25 75 241 62.02 36.84 49.54      
7 Koppal 17 83 166 69.15 40.76 55.02      
8 Gadag 35 65 209 79.55 52.58 66.27      
9 Dharwad 55 45 376 81.04 62.20 71.87      
10 Uttara Kannada 29 71 132 84.48 68.48 76.59      
11 Haveri 21 79 298 77.94 57.60 68.09      
12 Bellary 35 65 240 69.59 46.16 58.04      
13 Chitradurga 18 82 179 74.69 54.62 64.88      
14 Davanagere 30 70 302 76.44 58.45 67.67      
15 Shimoga 35 65 193 82.32 67.24 74.86      
16 Udupi 19 81 286 86.59 74.02 79.87      
17 Chikmagalur 20 80 158 80.68 64.47 72.63      
18 Tumkur 20 80 243 76.88 57.18 67.19      
19 Kolar 25 75 307 73.14 52.81 63.14      
20 Bangalore (Urban) 88 12 2979 88.36 78.98 83.91      
21 Bangalore (Rural) 22 78 232 74.43 55.12 65.00      
22 Mandya 16 84 355 70.71 51.62 61.21      
23 Hassan 18 82 253 78.29 59.32 68.75      
24 Dakshina Kannada 38 62 416 89.74 77.39 83.47      
25 Kodagu 14 86 133 83.80 72.53 78.17      
26 Mysore 37 63 383 71.30 55.81 63.69      
27 Chamrajanagar 15 85 189 59.25 43.02 51.26      
  KARNATAKA STATE 34 66 275 76.29 57.45 67.04      
  India 28 72 324 75.2 53.7 64.8      

 

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KARNATAKA STATE
CLASSIFICATION OF TOTAL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IN KARNATAKA
Unit: Area in lakh hectares.
Sl. Classification Year
No.   1955-56 1960-61 1970-71 1976-77 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
  Total Geographical Area 185.43 187.80 189.43 190.76 190.50 190.50 190.50 190.50 190.50 190.50 190.50
1 Forest 27.07 27.09 28.90 29.14 30.33 30.74 30.68 30.72 30.72 30.72 30.72
  Not available for cultivation:                      
2 a) Land put to non-agri.uses 8.53 8.12 9.37 10.26 10.66 11.89 13.12 13.49 13.63 13.69 13.75
3 b) Barren & uncultivable land 8.44 9.22 8.39 8.74 8.44 7.99 7.94 7.88 7.88 7.88 7.88
4 Cultivable waste 6.21 6.56 6.15 5.59 5.02 4.46 4.27 4.19 4.16 4.15 4.13
  Uncultivated land excluding fallow land:                      
5 a) Permanent pastures & other grazing land 17.44 17.39 16.19 14.99 13.46 10.98 9.59 9.36 9.34 9.30 9.23
6 b) Misc. Tree crops, Gvoves 3.74 3.66 3.11 3.30 3.42 3.16 3.03 2.92 2.92 2.90 2.90
  Fallow Land                      
7 a) Current fallow 6.69 8.35 8.11 19.39 14.59 12.90 13.67 12.33 15.65 12.62 15.00
8 b) Other fallow land 6.65 5.13 6.72 7.16 5.58 4.57 4.08 4.52 5.15 5.05 5.16
9 Net Area Sown 100.65 102.28 102.48 92.06 98.99 103.81 104.10 105.09 101.05 104.19 101.74
  Total Cropped Area 103.98 105.88 108.87 98.64 106.60 117.59 122.84 130.25 124.38 128.93 123.68
  Area sown more than once 3.33 3.60 6.39 6.58 7.61 13.78 18.74 25.16 23.33 24.74 21.95
                         
  Cropping Intensity - % 103.31 103.52 106.24 107.15 107.69 113.27 118.00 123.94 123.09 123.74 121.57
Source: Annual Season & Crop Reports, DE&S.                      

 

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4. Trend of Cultivable Area & Irrigated Area:                  
Unit: Area in Lakh hects.      
Sl. No. Area Before  Green Revolution-    1965-66 After Green Revolution-        1978-79 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09    
  Net Area Sown 100.42 103.15 103.81 104.10 105.09 101.05 104.19 101.74    
  Gross Cropped Area 104.30 111.33 117.59 122.84 130.25 124.38 128.93 123.68    
  Area Sown more than once 3.88 8.18 13.78 18.74 25.16 23.33 24.74 21.95    
  Cropping Intensity    (%) 103.86 107.93 113.27 118.00 123.94 123.09 123.74 121.57    
  Net Irrigated Area 9.75 14.08 21.13 26.43 29.89 29.46 31.32 32.38    
  % of Net Irrigated Area to Net Area Sown  9.71 13.65 20.35 25.39 28.45 29.16 30.06 31.83    
  Gross Irrigated Area 10.38 17.18 25.98 32.71 36.32 36.03 37.89 39.42    
  % of Gross Irrigated Area to Gross Area Sown  9.95 15.43 22.09 26.63 27.89 28.97 29.39 31.87    
  Source: Annual Season & Crop Reports, DE&S.                
                       
4.1. District-wise Geographical Area, Cultivable Area, Cultivated Area & Irrigated Area-   2008-09
Unit: Area in Hectares.
Sl. No. District Total Geographical Area  Cultivable Area as per Agri. Census 2005-06 % of Cultivable area to Total Geographical Area Net Cultivated Area  Gross Cultivated area Cropping Intensity (%) % of net area sown to Cultivable area Net  Irrigated Area  Gross Irrigated Area  % of net Irrigated area to Net Cultivated area
1 Bagalkote 658877 503534 76 455341 567257 125 90 251863 287622 55
2 Bangalore (Urban) 217410 90928 42 54350 56399 104 60 10466 12215 19
3 Bangalore (Rural) 229519 160483 70 123753 129522 105 77 24797 29157 20
4 Belgaum 1344382 1008305 75 798289 1009297 126 79 469784 519155 59
5 Bellary 813196 548500 67 434918 575787 132 79 191713 281261 44
6 Bidar 541765 466717 86 340093 400182 118 73 48021 51197 14
7 Bijapur 1053471 971523 92 745990 849500 114 77 261933 317909 35
8 Chamarajanagar 569901 211658 37 191838 230544 120 91 67630 73627 35
9 Chikkaballapur 404501 232333 57 184608 189854 103 79 46550 51721 25
10 Chikkamagalur 722075 307046 43 295920 329269 111 96 33075 37330 11
11 Chitradurga 770702 579133 75 429980 481430 112 74 82241 93170 19
12 Dakshina Kannada 477149 193185 40 131077 157926 120 68 70367 71975 54
13 Davanagere 597597 418692 70 392179 460772 117 94 157098 220971 40
14 Dharwad 427329 346823 81 296484 498892 168 85 50995 73821 17
15 Gadag 465715 388014 83 359704 458269 127 93 67576 70576 19
16 Gulbarga 1610208 1382084 86 1194669 1427097 119 86 201680 251296 17
17 Hassan 662602 466163 70 357776 448168 125 77 92775 116806 26
18 Haveri 485156 381667 79 364625 423526 116 96 73522 85285 20
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