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AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY 139

The following Table shows, in acres, according to Provinces, the Surveyed Area and also the Total Areas of British India that were in 1918-19 cultivated and uncultivated, so far as returns can be obtained: and the area under irrigation.

Administrations Area according to Survey Net Area according to Survey Cultivated Uncultivated Forests Area Irrigated
Net Area actually Cropped Current Fallows Culturable Waste other than Fallow Not available for Cultivation
Acres Acres Acres Acres Аcres Acres Acres
Bengal 58,931,504 50,454,866 24,350,400 4,642,836 6,021,847 11,164,805 4,275,478 2,216,844
Madras 97,851,130 91,048,857 31,769,279 10,587,018 12,846,485 21,990,163 12,967,117 9,001,070
Bombay Presidency 85,716,891 48,710,491 22,589,594 10,744,771 1,034,138 5,788,837 8,553,656 1,081,016
Bomby Sind 83,986,247 30,114,247 2,711,183 6,416,231 6,234,666 18,928,058 824,109 2,532,788
United Provinces - Agra 57,842,219 52,996,987 22,960,895 6,010,041 7,823,229 7,732,799 8,708,545 8,498,471
Ondh 15,306,720 15,306,720 8,562,010 1,249,175 2,834,366 2,217,106 612,841 2,708,905
Bihar and Orissa 71,124,558 52,789,883 28,182,400 7,503,653 6,535,548 7,968,514 7,599,718 5,490,410
Punjab 86,367,819 61,855.935 19,006,870 10,664,707 15,786,819 12,582,810 2,442,726 11,878,965
Burma Upper 58,866,106 54,990,976 5,346,675 4,240,077 10,671,864 21,567,797 13,164,563 997,846
Lower 55,206,000 55,206,000 9,381,754 897,490 14,385,801 28,177,709 7,413,246 219,648
Central Provinces 72,552,216 52,591,873 16,669,450 3,892,002 18,506,887 3,946,246 14,578,495 1,251,918
Berar 11,874,651 11,374,651 6,592,389 1,553,268 134,931 957,854 2,136,209 33,500
Assam 89,300,454 31,830,534 5,680,076 2,700,444 13,978,881 5,510,500 3,460,633 196,585
N.-W. Frontier Prov. 8,578,601 8,487,801 1,905,310 967,258 2,706,368 2,626,072 366,201 939,369
Ajmer-Merwarn 1,770,921 1,770,921 218,198 384,924 276,794 844,223 96,782 71,501
Delhi 368,758 368,758 146,186 85,118 65,948 71,511 — 66,180
Coorg 1,012,260 1,012,260 139,774 169,947 11,809 333,979 357,251 3,884
Mánpur Parganá 31,346 31,346 6,670 904 7,222 881 15,669 144
Total 750,187,896 620,392,556 201,219,113 72,659,354 113,812,548 142,850,864 87,568,248 47,188,434
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