Spices

District-wise Area and Production of Spices, 2017-18:

(Area in Ha, Production in MT & Yield in MT/Ha)

Sl No	Name of Crops	South Tripura		Gomati		Sepahijala		West Tripura		Khowai
Sl No	Name of Crops	Area	Prod.	Area	Prod.	Area	Prod.	Area	Prod.	Area	Prod.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Ginger	426	3556	356	2934	178	1478	232	1878	143	1187
2	Turmeric	250	2012	201	1588	122	914	151	1123	101	768
3	chilly	701	1476	530	1201	301	704	345	734	278	611
4	Black pepper	67	212	47	156	30	93	31	89	26	85
5	Onion	16	102	18	126	27	179	42	278	28	183
6	Betel vine	188	2559	125	1622	56	750	70	913	50	667
	Total	1648	9917	1277	7627	714	4118	871	5015	626	3501

Contd.

Sl No	Name of Crops	Dhalai		Unakoti		North Tripura		Tripura
Sl No	Name of Crops	Area	Prod.	Area	Prod.	Area	Prod.	Area	Prod.	Yield
1	2	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1	Ginger	173	1613	153	1289	215	1808	1876	15743	8.39
2	Turmeric	504	1075	142	1059	187	1541	1658	10080	6.08
3	chilly	401	1145	98	212	113	229	2767	6312	2.28
4	Black pepper	32	111	27	57	34	105	294	908	3.09
5	Onion	22	143	4	21	6	21	163	1053	6.46
6	Betel vine	50	822	25	307	26	344	590	7984	13.53
	Total	1182	4909	449	2945	581	4048	7348	42080	5.73

Source: Directorate of Horticulture & Soil Conservation, Govt. of Tripura

Year-wise Area, Production & Average yield of Some Spices in Tripura, 1995-96 to 2015-16:

(Area in hect., Production in tones and Yield in kg. per hector)

Year	Chillies			Turmeric (Dry)			Ginger
Year	Area	Production	Yield	Area	Production	Yield	Area	Production	Yield
1995-96	1530	830	542	1400	2770	1978	990	1815	1833
1996-97	1600	900	560	1420	2840	2000	1005	1850	1840
1997-98	1850	1045	565	1440	2718	1890	1100	2190	1990
1998-99	2000	1200	600	1500	2800	1867	1200	2400	2000
1999-00	1910	1140	597	1460	2840	1945	1060	2050	1934
2000-01	1845	1025	550	1440	2540	1760	1150	2260	1960
2001-02	1585	2200	1388	1512	6550	4332	1350	2805	2077
2002-03	1680	2405	1432	1480	4290	2900	1330	4140	2030
2003-04	1635	2260	1380	1470	4820	3270	1320	2700	2040
2004-05	1700	16279	9576	1102	3571	3240	1180	2774	2351
2005-06	1940	2910	1500	1108	3750	3384	1364	2895	2122
2006-07	1833	2085	1137	1149	3381	2943	1415	4170	2947
2007-08	2033	2520.92	1240	844.17	4028	4770	1415	7159.9	5060
2008-09	2168	2799	1290	841.17	5663.8	6730	1408.34	7122.77	5060
2009-10	2278	3042	1340	841.17	5965	7090	1508	7932	5260
2012-13	4038	16604	4112	1386	10287	7422	1973	15522	7867
2013-14	4442	17972	4046	1907	14875	7800	1821	15041	8260
2014-15	2804	5692	2030	1959	15280	7800	1893	15636	8260
2015-16	3052	6463	2118	1800	10732	5962	2037	16898	8295

Source: Statistical Abstract of Tripura 2016

District-wise Area, Production & Average yield of Some Spices in Tripura, 2015-16:

(Area in hect., Production in tones and Yield in kg. per hector)

District/ State	Chillies			Turmeric (Dry)			Ginger
District/ State	Area	Production	Yield	Area	Production	Yield	Area	Production	Yield
North	115	230	2000	200	1600	8000	230	1840	8000
Unokoti	95	171	1800	150	1122	7480	170	1360	8000
Dhalai	427	1172	2745	555	1043	1879	182	1700	9341
Khowai	280	556	1986	110	844	7673	160	1301	8131
West	405	822	2030	160	1248	7800	240	1982	8258
Sepahijala	340	690	2029	130	1014	7800	195	1611	8262
Gomati	630	1279	2030	225	1755	7800	390	3221	8259
South	760	1543	2030	270	2106	7800	470	3882	8260
Total	3052	6463	2118	1800	10732	5962	2037	16898	8295

Source: Statistical Abstract of Tripura 2016