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 138 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — INDIA AND DEPENDENCIES

The following table shows the land surveyed under the two types of tenure, and the land revenue assessed in 1918-19 : —

Province

Zamindari and Village Communities

Raiya twirl, Ac.

Area Surveyed.

Population of Surveyed

Revenue

Area Surveyed.

Population of Surveyed

Revenue £

Acres

Area

Acres

Area

Bengal

50,454,866

44,588,115

1,957,046

_

Madras

29,586,469

11,979,339

555, 9S9

61,461,888

29,426,065

3,981,135

Bombay

8,910,279

(a)

(a)

44,732,430

15,133,597

2,190,128

8ind.

—

—

—

30,098,076

3,513,435

678,648

Agra.

52,996,987

34,613,795

3,298,016

—

—

—

Oudh.

15,306,720

12,558,004

1,187,493

—

—

—

Bihar and Orissa

52,802,785

34,490,038

1,087,138

Punjab

56,351,813

19,554,295

3,049,848

—

—

—

Upper Burma.

—

—

—

54,990,970

4,112,894

1,083,402

Lower Burma.

—

—

—

55,206,000

6,471,277

2,235,913

Central Provinces

40,452,2S3

10,872,772

781,175

12,140,2471

(b)

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Berar

—

—

—

11, 374,651*

3,067,153 554,964

Assam

5,592,673

(a)

77,453

25,712,901

(3,713,635 4S3,845

N.-W. Pron.Prov.

8,437,801

2,255,073

170,320

—

— —

Ajmer-Merwara.

1,770,921

501,395

24,363

—

—

Delhi.

368,758

412,821

•26,102

—

— —

Coorg

—

—

—

1,012,260

174,976 : 25,351

Pargami Manpur

—

—

—

31,346

6,609 i 1,053

(a) Included under Raiyatwari, &c. (b) Included under Zamindari.

1 Includes 10,240,417 acres of Government Forest.

2 Includes 2,130,209 acres of Government Forest.

The following table shows the total acreage under the chief crops and the production in three years : —

Name of crops

1917-18

1918-19

1919-20 Provisional

Area Sown

Yield

Area Sown

Yield

Area Sown

Tield

Acres

Tons ,

Acres

Tons

Acres

Tons

Rice.

80,342,000

36,228,000

77,019,000

24,201.000

78,394,000

34,199,000

Wheat i.

35,487,000

9,922,000 Bales

23,798,000

7,608,000 Bales

29,976,000

10,092,000 Bales

Cotton i.

25,299,000

4.065,000 Tons

21,038,000

3,978,000

29,063,600

5,845,000

Tons

Tons

Linseed, pure.

3,102,000

398,000

1,668,000

176,000

2,541,000

328,000

„ mixed

695,000

117,000

321,000

59,000

560,000

105,000

Rape & mustard

pure „ mixed

4,811,000

750,300

3,044,000

4*4,700

3,580,000

671,800

2,815,000

405,000

1,848,000

388,000

2,480,000

503,000

Sesamum, pure

3,429,000

314,000

2,660,000

240.000

3,184,000

376,000

, mixed

850,000

67,000

925,000

88,000

975,000

98,000

Groundnut

1,936,000

1,057,000 Bales

1,407,000

626,000 Bales

1,570,000

884,000

l!;i!es

Jute 2

2,736,000

8,867,200 InCVt*.of Dye

2,500,400

6,955,700 InCwta.of Dye


 * s,000

In i nt a. of Dye

Indigo

710,200

120.S00 Tons

296,700

43,700 Tons

233,300

Tons

Sugarcane

2,809,000

8,312,000

lbs.

2,861,000

2,859,000 lbs.

2,695,000

2,989,000 lbs.

Tea.

667,100

371,296,300 676,500

380,469,000

691,800

377,028,500

i Including Native States.

' Excluding Nepal, for which no estimate of irea or yield is available. The figures of imports from Nepal are, however, 92,000 bales in 1915, 70,000 in 1916, and 41,000 in 1917, 73,000 in 1918, and 60,000 iu 1919.

The total area cropped in British India in 1918-19 was 228,178,723 acres, and the net area (deducting areas cropped more than once) was 201,210,113.