Lok Sabha Question No. 4962 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Agricultural Land
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4962

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD  JULY, 2019

## AGRICULTURAL LAND

4962.  SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the average land holding of agricultural land among farmers in various States of the country;
- (b) whether an increase or decrease has been registered in this regard as compared to the previous financial year; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (c): The data on number and area of operational holdings is collected as part of Agriculture  Census  conducted  in  the  country  at  five  yearly  intervals.  State-wise  details  of average  size  of  operational  holdings  as  per  results  of  latest  Agriculture  Census  2015-16 (provisional) and Agriculture Census 2010-11 are given at Annexure.

At national level, average size of land holdings has gone down from 1.15 hectare in 2010-11 to 1.08 hectare in 2015-16. States/UTs reporting significant decline in the average size of land holdings include Goa, Sikkim, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Rajasthan and Telangana.

Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question

Annexure No. 4962 due for answer on 23.07.2019

| State-wise Average size of holding (in hectare) for   | State-wise Average size of holding (in hectare) for   | State-wise Average size of holding (in hectare) for   | State-wise Average size of holding (in hectare) for   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                               | States/UTs                                            | 2010-11                                               | 2015-16 #                                             |
| 1                                                     | A & N Islands                                         | 1.85                                                  | 1.78                                                  |
| 2                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                        | 1.06                                                  | 0.94                                                  |
| 3                                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                                     | 3.51                                                  | 3.35                                                  |
| 4                                                     | Assam                                                 | 1.1                                                   | 1.09                                                  |
| 5                                                     | Bihar                                                 | 0.39                                                  | 0.39                                                  |
| 6                                                     | Chandigarh                                            | 1.29                                                  | 1.21                                                  |
| 7                                                     | Chhattisgarh                                          | 1.36                                                  | 1.25                                                  |
| 8                                                     | D & N Haveli                                          | 1.38                                                  | 1.38                                                  |
| 9                                                     | Daman & Diu                                           | 0.38                                                  | 0.35                                                  |
| 10                                                    | Delhi                                                 | 1.45                                                  | 1.39                                                  |
| 11                                                    | Goa                                                   | 1.14                                                  | 0.81                                                  |
| 12                                                    | Gujarat                                               | 2.03                                                  | 1.88                                                  |
| 13                                                    | Haryana                                               | 2.25                                                  | 2.22                                                  |
| 14                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                      | 0.99                                                  | 0.95                                                  |
| 15                                                    | Jammu & Kashmir                                       | 0.62                                                  | 0.59                                                  |
| 16                                                    | Jharkhand                                             | 1.17                                                  | 1.17*                                                 |
| 17                                                    | Karnataka                                             | 1.55                                                  | 1.35                                                  |
| 18                                                    | Kerala                                                | 0.22                                                  | 0.18                                                  |
| 19                                                    | Lakshadweep                                           | 0.27                                                  | 0.26                                                  |
| 20                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                        | 1.78                                                  | 1.57                                                  |
| 21                                                    | Maharashtra                                           | 1.44                                                  | 1.35*                                                 |
| 22                                                    | Manipur                                               | 1.14                                                  | 1.14                                                  |
| 23                                                    | Meghalaya                                             | 1.37                                                  | 1.29                                                  |
| 24                                                    | Mizoram                                               | 1.14                                                  | 1.25                                                  |
| 25                                                    | Nagaland                                              | 6.02                                                  | 5.06                                                  |
| 26                                                    | Odisha                                                | 1.04                                                  | 0.95                                                  |
| 27                                                    | Puducherry                                            | 0.66                                                  | 0.62                                                  |
| 28                                                    | Punjab                                                | 3.77                                                  | 3.62                                                  |
| 29                                                    | Rajasthan                                             | 3.07                                                  | 2.73                                                  |
| 30                                                    | Sikkim                                                | 1.42                                                  | 1.13                                                  |
| 31                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                            | 0.8                                                   | 0.75                                                  |
| 32                                                    | Telangana                                             | 1.12                                                  | 1                                                     |
| 33                                                    | Tripura                                               | 0.49                                                  | 0.49                                                  |
| 34                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                         | 0.76                                                  | 0.73                                                  |
| 35                                                    | Uttarakhand                                           | 0.89                                                  | 0.85                                                  |
| 36                                                    | West Bengal                                           | 0.77                                                  | 0.76                                                  |
| All                                                   | India                                                 | 1.15                                                  | 1.08                                                  |