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Part VII :
Agriculture
National Dairy Development Board
Dairying in MAHARASHTRA
A Statistical Profile
2015
VII.4. Land Holding andWater Resources
TABLE VII.4.1: Operational Holdings in Maharashtra-2010-11
Size of Holding
(ha)
Total Holdings
Average Size of Holding
(ha)
Number
(‘000)
Area
(‘000 ha)
Marginal
6,709
3,186
0.47
Small
4,052
5,739
1.42
Semi-medium
2,159
5,765
2.67
Medium
711
3,993
5.62
Large
68
1,084
15.94
All Classes
13,699
19,767
1.44
Source: Agricultural Census Database, 2010-11, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India.
TABLE VII.4.2: Net Irrigated Area under Different Sources of Irrigation
(‘000 ha)
Particulars
1997-98 2000-01 2003-04 2005-06 2007-08 2008-09 2011-12 2012-13
Net Irrigated Area
3,140
3,249
3,260
3,268
3,268
3,259
3,252
3,244
Net Sown Area
17,722 17,844 17,432 17,473 17,473 17,422 17,386 17,344
Gross Sown Area
21,384 21,619 22,190 22,556 22,655 22,454 22,011 21,874
Sources
(net irrigated area)
Canals
1,050
988
1,085
1,088
1,088
1,085
1,082
1,080
Tanks
Wells and Tube Wells 2,090
2,262
2,175
2,180
2,180
2,174
2,169
2,164
Other Sources
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare , Govt. of India.
TABLE VII.4.3: Major River Basins of Maharashtra
Name of
the River
Origin
Length
(km)
Catchment Area
(sq km)
States Falling in the Catchment Area
Narmada Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh) 1,312
98,796
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat
Tapi
Betul (Madhya Pradesh)
724
65,145
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat
Mahanadi Nazri Town (Madhya Pradesh)
851
141,589
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar,
Chhattisgarh and Orissa
Godavari
Nasik (Maharashtra)
1,465
312,812
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Orissa and Pondicherry
Krishna Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra)
1,401
258,948
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
Source: Hydrology and Water Resources Information System for India, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee.