ASSAM

Agriculture is the dominant land use category in the state. It account for about for about 54.11 per cent of
the total geographical area of the state. Including persons dependent on plantation, more than 80 per cent
of the total population of Assam is dependent on agriculture. A short glimpse of the Agriculture profile
of Assam.

Total Area :- 78,438 Sq Km

Geographical Area : 78.44 lakh hectares (1.23% urban)

Total cultivable land : 30.16 lakh hectares (98.77% rural)
Net cropped area : 28.11 lakh hectares (36 % of geographical area)
Gross cropped area : 40.99 lakh hectares
Area cultivated once : 15.22 lakh hectares
Area cultivated twice or more : 12.89 lakh hectares
Cropping intensity : 146%
Area under HYV rice : 67% of the total rice area
Area under Hybrid rice (2011 - 12) : 2.4% of total rice area
Area chronically affected by natural calamity : 5.70 lakh hectare (20% of net cropped area)
Farm families : 27.50 lakh
Small and marginal farm families : 85.30%
Area under assured irrigation : 8.10 lakh hectare (29% of net cropped area)
Cultivable wasteland : 0.77 lakh hectare
Water logged area : 0.39 lakh hectare
Cultivable area under char : 2.42 lakh hectare (8% of total cultivable land of the state)
Chronically flood prone area : 4.75 lakh hectare (16.9% of net area sown)
Chronically drought prone area : 0.94 lakh hectare

The alluvial soils of the Brahmaputra and the Barak valley are highly fertile and are very much
suitable for raising of varieties of crops round the year such as cereals, pulses, oilseeds,
plantation crops etc. The well drained, deep, acidic alluvial soils of upper Assam with good
proportion of phosphoric content are mostly suitable for the plantation. New alluvial soils
occurring in the charlands of the Brahmaputra are most suitable for growing oilseeds, pulses and
rabi crops. The alluvium of the plains offers excellent opportunity for cultivating rice and
vegetable. The soils occurring in the upper reaches of the hill slopes are very suitable for
horticulture.
2 Assam
Barpeta 7.18 7.28 6.73
Bongaigaon 7.93 8.04 7.43
Cachar 7.93 8.04 7.43
Chirang - 8.04 7.43
Darrang 5.62 5.70 5.27 182
Dhemaji - 8.04 7.43
Dhubri 3.57 3.62 3.35
Dibrugarh 7.93 8.04 7.43
Goalpara 3.57 3.62 3.35
Golaghat 7.93 8.04 7.43
Jorhat 7.93 8.04 7.43
Kamrup 7.93 8.04 7.43
Kamrup - 8.04 7.43
Karimganj 5.62 5.70 5.27
Lakhimpur 7.93 8.04 7.43
Marigaon 5.62 5.70 5.27
Nagaon 7.93 8.04 7.43
Nalbari 5.62 5.70 5.27
Sonitpur 7.93 8.04 7.43
Tinsukia 7.93 8.04 7.43
Udalguri - 8.04 7.43