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

Area - '000 Hectares
Production - '000 Tonnes
Yield - Kg/Hectare
State	2009-10*			2008-09			Area Under Irrigation % (2008-09*)
	Area	Production	Yield	Area	Production	Yield
Andhra Pradesh	199.00	360.00	1809	171.00	314.00	1836	27.3
Gujarat	62.00	101.00	1629	49.20	70.10	1425	86.4
Karnataka	118.00	91.00	771	108.00	52.00	481	12.8
Uttar Pradesh	23.39	79.76	3410	23.69	82.76	3493	100.0
Bihar	9.24	17.25	1867	9.90	12.90	1303	82.0
Tamil Nadu	7.05	10.74	1523	5.40	8.20	1519	99.8
Maharashtra	5.00	7.00	1400	5.00	7.00	1400	16.4
Others	20.60	25.74	1250	18.50	21.70	1173	-
All India	444.28	692.49	1559	390.69	568.66	1456	46.0

@ - Since Area/ Production is low, yield rate is not worked out.                         * Provisional.

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

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