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.
