Gross Irrigated Area as % of Cropped Area

Share of cultivated land with access to irrigation. Higher irrigation coverage reduces dependence on rainfall and improves crop yields.

%Source: MoA&FW ↗Data year: 2021↑ Higher is betterWeight: 1x

State Rankings — Gross Irrigated Area as % of Cropped Area

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#	State / UT	Value	Score	Tier
1	Ladakh(UT)	100.0%	100.0	Champion
2	Haryana	95.0%	98.4	Champion
3	Punjab	93.5%	96.9	Champion
4	Puducherry(UT)	84.6%	87.6	Champion
5	Uttar Pradesh	81.3%	84.2	Champion
6	Delhi(UT)	80.9%	83.7	Champion
7	Bihar	78.4%	81.1	Champion
8	Gujarat	74.0%	76.5	Champion
9	Telangana	69.8%	72.2	Contender
10	West Bengal	66.5%	68.7	Contender
11	Tamil Nadu	60.2%	62.2	Contender
12	Uttarakhand	56.5%	58.3	Rising
13	Madhya Pradesh	56.3%	58.1	Rising
14	Andhra Pradesh	53.4%	55.1	Rising
15	Rajasthan	44.7%	46.0	Rising
16	Karnataka	42.5%	43.7	Developing
17	Jammu & Kashmir(UT)	42.2%	43.4	Developing
18	Meghalaya	39.3%	40.4	Developing
19	Chhattisgarh	36.1%	37.0	Developing
20	Odisha	32.2%	33.0	Developing
21	Goa	29.5%	30.2	Developing
22	Nagaland	26.0%	26.5	Developing
23	Tripura	24.1%	24.5	Developing
24	Maharashtra	23.4%	23.8	Developing
25	Himachal Pradesh	23.0%	23.4	Developing
26	Kerala	20.4%	20.7	Developing
27	Arunachal Pradesh	18.7%	18.9	Developing
28	Chandigarh(UT)	18.7%	18.9	Developing
29	Jharkhand	17.1%	17.2	Developing
30	Assam	15.1%	15.2	Developing
31	Manipur	15.0%	15.1	Developing
32	Mizoram	14.0%	14.0	Developing
33	Sikkim	9.6%	9.4	Developing
34	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu(UT)	5.7%	5.4	Developing
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands(UT)	0.8%	0.3	Developing
36	Lakshadweep(UT)	0.0%	0.0	Developing