Area, Production and Yield of maize during 2008-09 and 2009-10 in major Producing States along with  coverage under Irrigation

Area - Million Hectares
Production - Million Tonnes
Yield - Kg./ Hectare
State	Area	2009-10 Production	Yield	Area	2008-09 Production	Yield	Area Under Irrigation (%) 2008-09*
Karnataka	1.24	3.01	2430	1.07	3.03	2833	41.3
Andhra Pradesh	0.78	2.76	3527	0.85	4.15	4873	49.4
Maharashtra	0.79	1.83	2302	0.66	1.56	2382	14.7
Bihar	0.63	1.48	2341	0.64	1.71	2676	60.6
Rajasthan	1.10	1.15	1044	1.05	1.83	1736	1.3
Tamil Nadu	0.24	1.14	4686	0.29	1.26	4389	47.9
Madhya Pradesh	0.83	1.05	1256	0.84	1.14	1361	1.8
Uttar Pradesh	0.71	1.04	1465	0.80	1.20	1499	34.5
Himachal Pradesh	0.30	0.54	1839	0.30	0.68	2273	8.8
Gujarat	0.50	0.53	1072	0.50	0.74	1481	9.6
Jammu & Kashmir	0.31	0.49	1566	0.32	0.63	2005	7.3
Punjab	0.14	0.48	3417	0.15	0.51	3404	64.5
West Bengal	0.10	0.39	3943	0.09	0.34	3782	17.4
Jharkhand	0.16	0.19	1169	0.22	0.30	1407	2.4
Others	0.43	0.65	@	0.41	0.64	@	-
All India	8.26	16.72	2024	8.17	19.73	2414	25.2

@ - Since area/ production are low in individual states, yield rate is not worked out.

Note: States have been arranged in descending order of percentage share of production during 2009-10. 

*  Provisional

Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.