Water
Submitted by admin on 6 May 2008 - 1:38am
The State-wise total irrigation potential created (IPC) upto
March 2007
(
in
thousand hectare)
|
State |
IPC |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
6864.64 |
|
Arunachal |
119.08 |
|
Assam |
948.38 |
|
Bihar |
7717.78 |
|
Chhatishgarh |
2503.61 |
|
Goa |
62.16 |
|
Gujarat |
4241.92 |
|
Haryana |
3829.03 |
|
Himachal |
186.54 |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
1794.64 |
|
Jharkhand |
1057.86 |
|
Karnataka |
2807.61 |
|
Kerala |
3388.60 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
2052.52 |
|
Maharashtra |
6799.75 |
|
Manipur |
197.24 |
|
Meghalaya |
61.76 |
|
Mizoram |
18.08 |
|
Nagaland |
94.17 |
|
Orissa |
3626.67 |
|
Punjab |
6034.75 |
|
Rajasthan |
5358.25 |
|
Sikkim |
33.43 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
3695.54 |
|
Tripura |
158.68 |
|
Uttarakhand |
806.19 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
32357.78 |
|
West Bengal |
5823.46 |
|
Union |
57.41 |
The average annual water availability in the country is estimated
to be of the order of 1869 Billion Cubic Meter (BCM)
as per the assessment made by Central Water Commission. The river basin wise average annual water availability
is given below:
|
S.N. |
River Basin |
Average Annual Water Availability |
|
|
Indus |
73.31 |
|
|
Ganga-Brahmaputra-Barak |
|
|
|
a. |
525.02 |
|
|
b. |
585.60 |
|
3. |
Godavari |
110.54 |
|
4. |
Krishna |
78.12 |
|
5. |
Cauvery |
21.36 |
|
6. |
Pennar |
6.32 |
|
7. |
East Flowing Rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar |
22.52 |
|
8. |
East Flowing Rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari |
16.46 |
|
9. |
Mahanadi |
66.86 |
|
10. |
Brahmani |
28.48 |
|
11. |
Subarnrekha |
12.37 |
|
12. |
Sabarmati |
3.81 |
|
13. |
Mahi |
11.02 |
|
14. |
West Flowing Rivers of Kutchh, Saurashtra including Luni |
15.10 |
|
15. |
Narmada |
45.64 |
|
16. |
Tapi |
14.88 |
|
17. |
West Flowing Rivers from Tapi to Tadri |
87.41 |
|
18. |
West Flowing Rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari |
113.53 |
|
19. |
Area of Inland Drainage in Rajasthan |
Negl. |
|
20. |
Minor River Basins Draining into Bangladesh |
31.00 |
|
|
Total (National) |
1869.37 |
The Ministry also conducts census of minor irrigation
schemes. The State-wise details of the
number of water bodies used for irrigating culturable
command area of 2000 hectares or less is given below, which is based on the 3rd
Minor Irrigation Census.
|
Sl. No. |
Name of States/UTs |
Total no. of Water Bodies for Irrigation |
Irrigation Potential (Ha.) |
||||
|
|
|
In use |
Not in use |
Total |
In use |
Not in use |
Total |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
51547 |
24014 |
75561 |
1289000 |
351572 |
1640572 |
|
2 |
Arunachal |
174 |
125 |
299 |
5894 |
3062 |
8956 |
|
3 |
Assam |
755 |
265 |
1020 |
24611 |
5365 |
29976 |
|
4 |
Bihar |
11879 |
2676 |
14555 |
224506 |
70294 |
294800 |
|
5 |
Chattisgarh |
36125 |
6592 |
42717 |
174251 |
28883 |
203134 |
|
6 |
Goa |
2779 |
98 |
2877 |
5026 |
219 |
5245 |
|
7 |
Gujarat |
1990 |
2160 |
4150 |
226649 |
34060 |
260709 |
|
8 |
Haryana |
526 |
35 |
561 |
2813 |
143 |
2956 |
|
9 |
Himachal |
669 |
43 |
712 |
4708 |
255 |
4963 |
|
10 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
693 |
88 |
781 |
55327 |
7737 |
63064 |
|
11 |
Jharkhand |
37839 |
4371 |
42210 |
130421 |
9528 |
139949 |
|
13 |
Kerala |
10963 |
678 |
11641 |
99945 |
8020 |
107965 |
|
14 |
Madhya pradesh |
35129 |
4702 |
39831 |
260579 |
32319 |
292898 |
|
15 |
Maharashtra |
61413 |
8218 |
69631 |
475702 |
27190 |
502892 |
|
16 |
Manipur |
2 |
0 |
2 |
210 |
0 |
210 |
|
17 |
Meghalaya |
194 |
76 |
270 |
1715 |
1653 |
3368 |
|
18 |
Mizoram |
440 |
170 |
610 |
1045 |
277 |
1322 |
|
19 |
Nagaland |
136 |
25 |
161 |
1335 |
188 |
1523 |
|
20 |
Orissa |
25082 |
5569 |
30651 |
510258 |
53356 |
563614 |
|
21 |
Punjab |
424 |
25 |
449 |
2417 |
109 |
2526 |
|
22 |
Rajasthan |
1365 |
1448 |
2813 |
105233 |
62278 |
167511 |
|
23 |
Sikkim |
363 |
65 |
428 |
8873 |
3743 |
12616 |
|
24 |
Tamil Nadu |
31624 |
7119 |
38743 |
834378 |
121700 |
956078 |
|
25 |
Triupura |
419 |
49 |
468 |
7548 |
1028 |
8576 |
|
26 |
Uttar Pradesh |
3233 |
745 |
3978 |
24005 |
8512 |
32517 |
|
27 |
Uttaranchal |
6331 |
3359 |
9690 |
68077 |
14495 |
82572 |
|
28 |
West Bengal |
109421 |
8855 |
118276 |
397034 |
69301 |
466335 |
|
29 |
A&N |
746 |
306 |
1052 |
2250 |
835 |
3085 |
|
30 |
Chandigarh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
31 |
D&N Haveli |
44 |
0 |
44 |
236 |
0 |
236 |
|
32 |
Daman & Diu |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
33 |
Delhi |
54 |
0 |
54 |
239 |
0 |
239 |
|
34 |
Lakshadweep |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
35 |
Pondicherry |
14753 |
3 |
14756 |
8643 |
1 |
8644 |
|
|
Total |
470794 |
85807 |
556601 |
5281935 |
984745 |
6266680 |
Source: Report
on 3rd Minor Irrigation Census
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