5.25 Area Irrigated Under Different Crops
| (Thousand acres) | |||||||
| Crop | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | ||
| Rice | |||||||
| Aus | 319 | 307 | 284 | 276 | 251 | ||
| Aman | 649 | 794 | 730 | 752 | 828 | ||
| Boro | 5741 | 5910 | 6252 | 6430 | 6803 | ||
| Total rice | 6709 | 7011 | 7266 | 7458 | 7882 | ||
| Wheat | 672 | 699 | 741 | 792 | 854 | ||
| Other cereals | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Oilseeds | 38 | 44 | 47 | 54 | 63 | ||
| Potato | 218 | 237 | 249 | 268 | 280 | ||
| Vegetable | 218 | 220 | 218 | 230 | 247 | ||
| Sugarcane | 31 | 35 | 34 | 38 | 39 | ||
| Cotton | 17 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 23 | ||
| Others | 206 | 188 | 188 | 243 | 273 | ||
| Total | 8126 | 8472 | 8778 | 9124 | 9498 | ||