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Statistics on Maharashtra

 

Item

(1)

1960-61

(2)

1970-71

(3)

1980-81

(4)

1990-91

(5)

1998-99*

(6)

Sugarcane Area

155

204

319

536

609

Sugarcane Harvested area

N.A.

167

258

442

530

Cotton

2,500

2,750

2,550

2,721

3,199

Groundnut

1,083

904

695

864

543

Production of principal crops (In thousand tonnes)

 

 

 

 

 

Rice

1,369

1,662

2,315

2,344

2,468

Wheat

401

440

886

909

1,309

Jowar

4,224

1,557

4,409

5,929

4,484

Bajri

489

824

697

1,115

1,493

All cereals

6,755

4,737

8,647

10,740

10,514

All Pulses

989

677

825

1,441

2,257

All food grains

7,744

5,414

9,472

12,181

12,771

Sugarcane

10,404

14,443

23,706

38,154

47,151

Cotton (lint)

288

82

208

319

442

Groundnut

800

586

451

979

667

Index number of agriculture production @

-

-

-

136.5

153.4

Agricultural Census

 

(1970-71)

(1980-81)

(1985-86)

(1990-91)

Number of operational holdings (In thousand)

-

4,951

6,863

8,101

9,470

Area of operational holdings (In thousand)

-

21,179

21,362

21,352

20,925

Average size of operational holdings (hectares)

-

4.28

3.11

2.64

2.21

Livestock Census

(1961)

(1966)

(1978)

(1987)

(1997)*

Total livestock (In thousand)

26,048

25,449

29,642

34,255

39,793

Total poultry (In thousand)

10,577

9,902

18,791

24,839

34,984

Tractor

1,427

3,274

12,917

34,529

79,893

Forest Area (Sq.Km.)

63,544

62,311

64,222

63,798

63,018

Factories 
@ @

(1960)

(1970)

(1980)

(1990)

(1998)

Working Factories

8,010

9,803

15,170

23,410

28,874

Average daily employment (In thousand)

746

952

1,177

1,163

1,252

Employment per lakh of population

1,886

2,031

1,958

1,483

1,397

Electricity- (Million KWH)

 

 

 

 

 

Total generation

3,268

9,134

18,751

37,311

57,973

Total  Consumption

2,720

7,650

14,034

30,775

51,695

Industrial consumption

1,853

5,312

8,130

14,706

18,099

Agricultural consumption

15

356

1,723

6,604

16,286

Domestic consumption

260

732

1,779

5,065

9,931



*
Provisional

@ Base: Triennial Average 1979-82=100

@@ Covered under Factories Act, 1948

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