Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Kharif crop sowing exceeds 1121 lakh hectare
Boost expected in millet production as Maize sowing area increases by more than 12 % this year
Urad sowing area registered growth of 6.5%
A healthy nation beckons as Coarse cereals’ sowing area zooms ahead
Posted On:
06 OCT 2025 6:13PM by PIB Delhi
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on 3rd October 2025.
Area: In lakh hectare
|
S.
No.
|
Crop
|
Normal Area (2019-20 to 2023-24)
|
Area Sown
|
Increase(+)/
Decrease(-) over 2024-25
|
|
|
2025 - 26
|
2024-25
|
|
|
1
|
Rice
|
403.09
|
441.58
|
435.68
|
5.90
|
|
|
2
|
Pulses
|
129.61
|
120.41
|
119.04
|
1.37
|
|
|
a
|
Tur
|
44.71
|
46.60
|
46.45
|
0.15
|
|
|
b
|
Kulthi
|
1.72
|
0.72
|
0.56
|
0.16
|
|
|
c
|
Urad
|
32.64
|
24.37
|
22.87
|
1.50
|
|
|
d
|
Moong
|
35.69
|
34.87
|
34.96
|
-0.09
|
|
|
e
|
Other Pulses
|
5.15
|
4.62
|
4.58
|
0.05
|
|
|
f
|
Moth Bean
|
9.70
|
9.24
|
9.63
|
-0.39
|
|
|
3
|
Coarse Cereals
|
180.71
|
194.67
|
183.54
|
11.13
|
|
|
a
|
Jowar
|
15.07
|
14.07
|
14.21
|
-0.14
|
|
|
b
|
Bajra
|
70.69
|
68.44
|
68.65
|
-0.21
|
|
|
c
|
Ragi
|
11.52
|
11.81
|
11.96
|
-0.15
|
|
|
d
|
Maize
|
78.95
|
94.95
|
84.30
|
10.65
|
|
|
e
|
Other Small Millets
|
4.48
|
5.39
|
4.42
|
0.97
|
|
|
4
|
Oilseeds
|
194.63
|
190.13
|
200.75
|
-10.62
|
|
|
a
|
Groundnut
|
45.10
|
48.36
|
49.96
|
-1.60
|
|
|
b
|
Sesamum
|
10.32
|
10.51
|
11.07
|
-0.56
|
|
|
c
|
Sunflower
|
1.29
|
0.71
|
0.73
|
-0.02
|
|
|
d
|
Soybean
|
127.19
|
120.45
|
129.55
|
-9.10
|
|
|
e
|
Niger Seed
|
1.08
|
1.04
|
0.98
|
0.06
|
|
|
f
|
Castor Seed
|
9.65
|
8.98
|
8.39
|
0.60
|
|
|
g
|
Other Oilseeds
|
0.00
|
0.08
|
0.08
|
0.00
|
|
|
5
|
Sugarcane
|
52.51
|
59.07
|
57.22
|
1.86
|
|
|
6
|
Jute and Mesta
|
6.60
|
5.56
|
5.75
|
-0.18
|
|
|
7
|
Cotton
|
129.50
|
110.03
|
112.97
|
-2.94
|
|
|
Total
|
1096.65
|
1121.46
|
1114.95
|
6.51
|
37.39
|
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