4.

11 (a): All-India Area, Production and Yield of Maize

from 1950-51 to 2006-07 alongwith percentage
coverage under Irrigation
Area - Million Hectares
Production - Million Tonnes
Yield - Kg./Hectare
Year Area Production Yield % Coverage
Under
Irrigation
1 2 3 4 5
1950-51 3.16 1.73 547 11.4
1951-52 3.31 2.08 627 16.4
1952-53 3.61 2.87 796 14.0
1953-54 3.87 3.04 785 11.5
1954-55 3.75 2.98 794 14.6
1955-56 3.70 2.60 704 11.8
1956-57 3.76 3.08 819 13.1
1957-58 4.08 3.15 772 13.4
1958-59 4.27 3.46 812 10.5
1959-60 4.34 4.07 938 9.9
1960-61 4.41 4.08 926 12.6
1961-62 4.51 4.31 957 9.5
1962-63 4.64 4.61 992 11.5
1963-64 4.58 4.56 995 11.4
1964-65 4.62 4.66 1010 12.1
1965-66 4.80 4.82 1005 16.1
1966-67 5.07 4.89 964 15.6
1967-68 5.58 6.27 1123 11.9
1968-69 5.72 5.70 997 19.5
1969-70 5.86 5.67 968 18.2
1970-71 5.85 7.49 1279 15.9
1971-72 5.67 5.10 900 14.3
1972-73 5.84 6.39 1094 18.8
1973-74 6.02 5.80 965 14.7
1974-75 5.86 5.56 948 21.0
1975-76 6.03 7.26 1203 16.2
1976-77 6.00 6.36 1060 17.7
1977-78 5.68 5.97 1051 16.3
1978-79 5.76 6.20 1076 16.3
1979-80 5.72 5.60 979 24.0
1980-81 6.01 6.96 1159 20.1
1981-82 5.94 6.90 1162 19.8
1982-83 5.72 6.55 1145 21.7
1983-84 5.86 7.92 1352 16.9
1984-85 5.80 8.44 1456 17.5
1985-86 5.80 6.64 1146 18.7
1986-87 5.92 7.59 1282 21.2
1987-88 5.56 5.72 1029 21.2
1988-89 5.90 8.23 1395 21.0
1989-90 5.92 9.65 1632 20.8
1990-91 5.90 8.96 1518 19.7
1991-92 5.86 8.06 1376 22.5
1992-93 5.96 9.99 1676 21.5
1993-94 6.00 9.60 1602 22.4
1994-95 6.14 8.88 1570 20.5
1995-96 5.98 9.53 1595 22.6
1996-97 6.26 10.77 1720 20.6
1997-98 6.32 10.82 1711 20.6
1998-99 6.20 11.15 1797 21.7
1999-00 6.42 11.51 1792 22.9
2000-01 6.61 12.04 1822 22.4
2001-02 6.58 13.16 2000 20.5
2002-03 6.64 11.15 1681 19.5
2003-04 7.34 14.98 2041 19.1
2004-05 7.43 14.17 1907 NA
2005-06 7.59 14.71 1938 NA
2006-07* 7.77 13.85 1783 NA
* Advance Estimates as on 04.04.2007
Note : The yield rates given above have been worked out on the basis of production & area
figures taken in '000 units.