Irrigation

District and Source-wise Net Irrigated Area in Tripura, 2015-16 to 2018-19 and 2022-23:

(Area in Hectare)

District	Canal			Tank	Well			Other Source	Total
District	Govt.	Private	Total	Tank	Tube well	Other Well	Total	Other Source	Total
2022-23
Dhalai	280	-	280	89	232	-	232	5598	6199
Gomati	3340	-	3340	126	1353	322	1675	12090	17231
Khowai	150	-	150	79	943	188	1131	8566	9926
North Tripura	-	-	-	73	475	-	475	6323	6871
Sepahijala	216	-	216	1133	1653	10	1663	9162	12174
South Tripura	2522	-	2522	210	2015	158	2173	15150	20055
Tripura Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unakoti	-	-	-	72	245	-	245	4355	4672
West Tripura	521	-	521	223	2220	125	2345	10008	13097
Total	7029		7029	2005	9136	803	9939	71252	90225
District	Canal			Tank	Well			Other Source	Total
District	Govt.	Private	Total	Tank	Tube well	Other Well	Total	Other Source	Total
2018-19
Dhalai	250	-	250	85	239	-	239	6136	6710
Gomati	3340	-	3340	136	823	345	1168	13786	18430
Khowai	80	-	80	75	714	80	794	5438	6387
North Tripura	-	-	-	76	462	-	462	6947	7485
Sepahijala	216	-	216	1153	2020	8	2028	9175	12572
South Tripura	1822	-	1822	220	926	60	986	14856	17884
Unakoti	-	-	-	66	264	-	264	4466	4796
West Tripura	521	-	521	233	2319	120	2439	9693	12886
Total	6229	-	6229	2044	7767	613	8380	70497	87150
District	Canal			Tank	Well			Other Source	Total
District	Govt.	Private	Total	Tank	Tube well	Other Well	Total	Other Source	Total
2017-18
Dhalai	250	-	250	85	80	-	80	7085	7500
Gomati	3440	-	3440	95	664	345	1009	10794	15338
Khowai	120	-	120	75	555	2145	2700	6455	9350
North Tripura	-	-	-	48	297	-	297	6005	6350
Sepahijala	316	-	316	154	1861	45	1906	9990	12366
South Tripura	1922	-	1922	189	997	67	1064	10864	14039
Unakoti	-	-	-	30	105	-	105	5038	5173
West Tripura	521	-	521	233	2160	-	2160	7060	9974
Total	6569	-	6569	909	6719	2602	9321	63291	80090
District	Canal			Tank	Well			Other Source	Total
District	Govt.	Private	Total	Tank	Tube well	Other Well	Total	Other Source	Total
2016-17
Dhalai	-	-	-	88	98	-	98	7099	7285
Gomati	3575	-	3575	163	25	-	25	15429	19192
Khowai	180	-	180	144	263	140	403	5908	6635
North Tripura	-	-	-	78	219	-	219	6100	6397
Sepahijala	328	-	328	1153	2285	5	2290	9870	13641
South Tripura	1920	-	1920	213	1005	79	1084	10387	13604
Unakoti	-	-	-	31	105	-	105	5012	5148
West Tripura	550	-	550	260	2269	-	2269	7092	10171
Total	6553	-	6553	2130	6269	224	6493	66897	82073
District	Canal			Tank	Well			Other Source	Total
District	Govt.	Private	Total	Tank	Tube well	Other Well	Total	Other Source	Total
2015-16
Dhalai	-	-	-	88	98	-	98	7099	7285
Gomati	5000	-	5000	38	-	-	-	11500	16538
Khowai	82	-	82	78	650	2045	2695	6020	8875
North Tripura	-	-	-	78	219	-	219	6100	6397
Sepahijala	328	-	328	1153	2285	5	2290	9870	13641
South Tripura	1828	-	1828	213	1005	79	1084	10387	13512
Unakoti	-	-	-	31	105	-	105	5012	5148
West Tripura	560	-	560	260	2179	-	2179	7092	10091
Total	7798	-	7798	1939	6541	2129	8670	63080	81487

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

District and Source-wise Gross Irrigated Area in Tripura, 2015-16 to 2018-19 and 2022-23:

(Area in Hectare)

District	Canal			Tank	Well			Other Source	Total
District	Govt.	Private	Total	Tank	Tube well	Other Well	Total	Other Source	Total
2022-23
Dhalai	350	-	350	176	348	-	348	7860	8734
Gomati	4792	-	4792	258	2524	572	3096	14204	22350
Khowai	220	-	220	152	1291	276	1567	10095	12034
North Tripura	-	-	-	130	767	-	767	9227	10124
Sepahijala	512	-	512	2322	2950	64	3014	12401	18249
South Tripura	3022	-	3022	302	3278	150	3428	16566	23318
Unakoti	-	-	-	165	583	-	583	5999	6747
West Tripura	756	-	756	440	2792	180	2972	11245	15413
Total	9652		9652	3945	14533	1242	15775	87597	116969
District	Canal			Tank	Well			Other Source	Total
District	Govt.	Private	Total	Tank	Tube well	Other Well	Total	Other Source	Total
2018-19
Dhalai	350	-	350	180	401	-	401	9216	10147
Gomati	5212	-	5212	280	2424	569	2993	14520	23005
Khowai	180	-	180	149	1333	280	1613	9950	11892
North Tripura	-	-	-	133	597	-	597	8893	9623
Sepahijala	512	-	512	2322	3110	44	3154	11289	17277
South Tripura	3225	-	3225	299	2878	152	3030	16223	22777
Unakoti	-	-	-	165	496	-	496	5724	6385
West Tripura	756	-	756	439	3766	180	3946	11200	16341
Total	10235	-	10235	3967	15005	1225	16230	87015	117447
District	Canal			Tank	Well			Other Source	Total
District	Govt.	Private	Total	Tank	Tube well	Other Well	Total	Other Source	Total
2017-18
Dhalai	350	-	350	180	190	-	190	9216	9936
Gomati	5212	-	5212	112	2313	569	2882	11622	19828
Khowai	180	-	180	149	1223	3145	4368	7250	11947
North Tripura	-	-	-	133	457	-	457	8893	9483
Sepahijala	512	-	512	356	2999	99	3098	18742	22708
South Tripura	3225	-	3225	199	2767	152	2919	15769	22112
Unakoti	-	-	-	165	206	-	206	5224	5595
West Tripura	756	-	756	439	3655	-	3655	10200	15050
Total	10235	-	10235	1733	13810	3965	17775	86916	116659
District	Canal			Tank	Well			Other Source	Total
District	Govt.	Private	Total	Tank	Tube well	Other Well	Total	Other Source	Total
2016-17
Dhalai	-	-	-	200	391	-	391	8650	9241
Gomati	5718	-	5718	301	29	-	29	16012	22060
Khowai	1560	-	1560	178	650	2045	2695	6020	10453
North Tripura	-	-	-	139	473	-	473	9108	9720
Sepahijala	512	-	512	2319	3338	88	3426	15506	21763
South Tripura	4303	-	4303	291	2500	102	2602	13000	20196
Unakoti	-	-	-	184	212	-	212	5864	6260
West Tripura	786	-	786	487	4931	-	4931	12071	18275
Total	12879	-	12879	4099	12524	2235	14759	86231	117968
District	Canal			Tank	Well			Other Source	Total
District	Govt.	Private	Total	Tank	Tube well	Other Well	Total	Other Source	Total
2015-16
Dhalai	-	-	-	198	387	-	387	9433	10018
Gomati	5718	-	5718	298	-	-	-	12985	19001
Khowai	180	-	180	143	1250	3140	4390	6350	11063
North Tripura	-	-	-	138	468	-	468	8929	9535
Sepahijala	512	-	512	2296	3338	88	3426	18800	25034
South Tripura	4303	-	4303	288	2500	102	2602	15000	22193
Unakoti	-	-	-	182	210	-	210	5980	6372
West Tripura	787	-	787	482	3681	-	3681	9200	14150
Total	11500	-	11500	4025	11834	3330	15164	86677	117366

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

District-wise Irrigated Area under Cereals and Millets in Tripura, 2022-23:

(Area in Hectare)

District	Rice				Maize	Wheat	Total Cereals and Millets
District	Autumn	Winter	Summer	Total	Maize	Wheat	Total Cereals and Millets
Dhalai	2200	1207	550	3957	560		4517
Gomati	750	2026	11322	14098	956		15054
Khowai	750	1252	4165	6167	215	10	6392
North Tripura	3550	1680		5230	91		5321
Sepahijala	300	2120	9900	12320	299		12619
South Tripura	880	2425	12000	15305	372		15677
Unakoti	1550	1129	350	3029	250	2	3281
West Tripura	38	1667	6900	8605	485		9090
Total	10018	13506	45187	68711	3228	12	71951

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

District-wise Irrigated Area under Cereals and Millets in Tripura, 2018-19:

(Area in Hectare)

District	Rice				Maize	Wheat	Total Cereals and Millets
District	Autumn	Winter	Summer	Total	Maize	Wheat	Total Cereals and Millets
Dhalai	2734	1489	995	5218	256	10	5484
Gomati	266	1976	12314	14556	686	28	15270
Khowai	443	1256	5164	6863	322	1	7186
North Tripura	1922	1630	488	4040	987	9	5036
Sepahijala	60	2013	11330	13403	137	9	13549
South Tripura	189	2633	13310	16132	122	10	16264
Unakoti	1370	1229	241	2840	560	10	3410
West Tripura	122	1672	6987	8781	396	6	9183
Total	7106	13898	50829	71833	3466	83	75382

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

District-wise Irrigated Area under Pulses in Tripura, 2022-2023:

(Area in Hectare)

District	Gram	Arhar (Tur)	Other Pulses			Total Pulses
District	Gram	Arhar (Tur)	Kharif	Rabi	Total	Total Pulses
Dhalai	5	-	-	450	450	455
Gomati	16	-	-	690	690	706
Khowai	12	-	-	360	360	372
North Tripura		-	-	156	156	156
Sepahijala	4	-	-	550	550	554
South Tripura	12	-	-	530	530	542
Unakoti	12	-	-	480	480	492
West Tripura	4	-	-	353	353	357
Total	65	-	-	3569	3569	3634

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

District-wise Irrigated Area under Pulses in Tripura, 2018-19:

(Area in Hectare)

District	Gram	Arhar (Tur)	Other Pulses			Total Pulses
District	Gram	Arhar (Tur)	Kharif	Rabi	Total	Total Pulses
Dhalai	7	-	-	282	282	289
Gomati	21	-	-	333	333	354
Khowai	3	-	-	361	361	364
North Tripura	40	-	-	589	589	629
Sepahijala	-	-	-	213	213	213
South Tripura	19	-	-	459	459	478
Unakoti	12	-	-	489	489	501
West Tripura	-	-	-	290	290	290
Total	102	-	-	3016	3016	3118

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

District-wise Irrigated Area under Other Food Crops in Tripura, 2022-23:

(Area in Hectare)

Districts	Sugarcane	Total Condiments and Spices	Total Fruits & Vegetables
Dhalai	95	102	3226
Gomati	55	368	5500
Khowai	96	136	4690
North Tripura	28	42	4225
Sepahijala	63	125	4520
South Tripura	98	390	6002
Unakoti	40	78	2523
West Tripura	20	190	5360
Total	495	1431	36046

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

District-wise Irrigated Area under Other Food Crops in Tripura, 2018-19:

(Area in Hectare)

Districts	Sugarcane	Total Condiments and Spices	Total Fruits & Vegetables
Dhalai	60	103	3687
Gomati	43	353	6659
Khowai	22	138	3838
North Tripura	82	140	2956
Sepahijala	12	42	3388
South Tripura	112	390	4929
Unakoti	31	152	1918
West Tripura	16	202	6432
Total	378	1520	33807

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

District-wise Irrigated Area under Oilseeds in Tripura, 2022-23:

(Area in Hectare)

District	Groundnut	Sesamum	Rapeseed & Mustard	Total Oilseeds
Dhalai	89	-	250	339
Gomati	135	-	532	667
Khowai	38	-	310	348
North Tripura		-	352	352
Sepahijala	22	-	346	368
South Tripura	156	-	453	609
Unakoti	60	-	273	333
West Tripura	98	-	298	396
Total	598	-	2814	3412

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

District-wise Irrigated Area under Oilseeds in Tripura, 2018-19:

(Area in Hectare)

District	Groundnut	Sesamum	Rapeseed & Mustard	Total Oilseeds
Dhalai	205	55	264	524
Gomati	30	-	296	326
Khowai	43	-	301	344
North Tripura	92	143	545	780
Sepahijala	5	-	68	73
South Tripura	92	-	512	604
Unakoti	99	31	243	373
West Tripura	56	-	162	218
Total	622	229	2391	3242

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

Status of Irrigation over the Plan Period till 2022-23: (up to 31st March 2023)

Sl. No	Plan	Period	Command Area (Hec)	Cumulative CA (Hec)
1	I-Plan	1952-57	0	0
2	II-Plan	1957-62	0	0
3	III-Plan	1962-67	346	346
4	IV-Plan	1967-72	1610	1956
5	V-Plan	1972-77	2427	4383
6	VI-Plan+	1977-85	9353	13736
7	VII-Plan	1985-90	7184	20920
7	VII-Plan	1990-92	3919	24839
8	VIII-Plan	1992-97	4599	29438
9	IX-Plan	1997-02	37840	67278
10	X-Plan	2002-07	23575	90853
11	XI-Plan	2007-12	19671	110524
12	XII-Plan	2012-17	5321	115845
13	2017-18		774	116619
14	2018-19		885	1,17,504
15	2019-20		350	1,17,854
16	2020-21		114	1,17,968
17	2021-22		696	1,18,664
18	2022-23		961	1,19,625

Source: Economic Review of Tripura, 2022-23

Minor & Medium Irrigation in Tripura, 2005-06 to 2021-22:

(Area in Ha)

Year	Potential Creation	Net Potential Utilization
2005-06	86793	64677
2006-07	60940	51018
2007-08	-	2707
2008-09	-	2458
2009-10	4096	4096
2010-11	108646	74796
2011-12	110524	76250
2012-13	1220	945
2013-14	1015	786
2014-15	792	523
2015-16	1245	847
2016-17	1002	686
2017-18	814	557
2018-19	885	797
2019-20	350	315
2020-21	114	91
2021-22	696	557

Source: Some Basic Statistics of Tripura 2018 and 2022

District-wise Minor & Medium Irrigation in Tripura, 2017-18, 2020-21 and 2021-22:

(Area in Ha)

District	Potential Creation	Net Potential Utilization
2021-22
West Tripura	82	66
Sepahijala	72	58
Khowai	8	6
Gomati	120	96
South Tripura	55	44
Unakoti	80	64
North Tripura	10	8
Dalai	269	215
Tripura	696	557
District	Potential Creation	Net Potential Utilization
2020-21
West Tripura	0	0
Sepahijala	0	0
Khowai	0	0
Gomati	0	0
South Tripura	9	7
Unakoti	0	0
North North Tripura	0	0
Dalai	105	84
Tripura	114	91
District	Potential Creation	Net Potential Utilization
2017-18
West Tripura	115.10	79
Sepahijala	65.80	45
Khowai	40.10	27
Gomati	199.00	136
South Tripura	188.00	129
Unakoti	66.50	46
North Tripura	32.50	22
Dhalai	107.00	73
Tripura	814	557

Source: Some Basic Statistics of Tripura 2018 and 2022

Minor Irrigation Statistics in Tripura, 2007-08 to 2015-16:

Years	Minor Irrigation Potential created Cumulative at the end of year (NET)				Net Potential Utilized
Years	Lift Irrigation	Deep Tube well	Diversion	Medium Irrigation	Net Potential Utilized
2007-08	1630.51	70	77	508	2285.51
2008-09	1288.8	48	242	630	2208.8
2009-10	1679.83	47	299	2070	4095.83
2010-11	940	372	120	819	1782
2011-12	820	168	545	195	1454
2012-13	371	588	21	100	945
2013-14	350	179	386	100	788
2014-15	197	183	212	200	523
2015-16	25	20	0	1200	847

Source: Statistical Abstract of Tripura, 2016

District-wise Minor Irrigation Statistics in Tripura, 2015-16:

Districts/State	Minor irrigation potential created cumulative at the end of year (NET)				Net Potential Utilized
Districts/State	Lift Irrigation	Deep Tube well	Diversion	Medium irrigation	Net Potential Utilized
Dhalai	-	-	-	-	-
Gomati	25	-	-	800	-
Khowai	-	-	-	-	271
North Tripura	-	-	-	-	-
Sepahijala	-	20	-	-	15
South Tripura	-	-	-	400	561
Unokoti	-	-	-	-	-
West Tripura	-	-	-	-	-
Tripura	25	20	0	1200	847

Source: Statistical Abstract of Tripura, 2016

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