1. Geographical Area .
2. Population
4. Trend of Cultivable Area & Irrigated Area
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
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. | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |