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Table 5: Regional Distribution of Farm Households and PACS
As of January-December 2003 Percentage
of Indebted
Farmer
Households
As of March 1999
Estimated
Number of
Farmer
Households
('00)
Estimated
Number of
Indebted Farmer
Households
('00)
Number of
PACS*
Membership
of PACS*
(' 000)
NORTHERN REGION 109460 (12.3) 56260 (13.0)
51.40 13510 (14.5) 10715 (11.1)
Haryana
19445 (2.2) 10330 (2.4)
53.12 2337 (2.5)
2144 (2.2)
Himachal Pradesh
9061 (1.0)
3030 (0.7)
33.44 2116 (2.3)
934 (1.0)
Jammu & Kashmir
9432 (1.1)
3003 (0.7)
31.84
Punjab
18442 (2.1) 12069 (2.8)
65.44 3586 (3.9)
2169 (2.3)
Rajasthan
53080 (5.9) 27828 (6.4)
52.43 5240 (5.6)
5418 (5.6)
Chandigarh
33 (0.0)
4 (0.0)
Delhi
198 (0.2)
47 (0.0)
NORTH-EASTERN
REGION
34874 (3.9)
6870 (1.6)
19.70 2720 (2.9) 2805 (2.9)
Arunachal Pradesh
1227 (0.1)
72 (0.0)
5.87
32 (0.0)
16 (0.0)
Assam
25040 (2.8)
4536 (1.0)
18.12 1482 (1.6)
2223 (2.3)
Manipur
2146 (0.2)
533 (0.1)
24.84 191 (0.2)
129 (0.1)
Meghalaya
2543 (0.3)
103 (0.0)
4.05 152 (0.2)
83 (0.1)
Mizoram
780 (0.1)
184 (0.0)
23.59 115 (0.1)
4 (0.0)
Nagaland
805 (0.1)
294 (0.1)
36.52 364 (0.4)
15 (0.0)
Tripura
2333 (0.3)
1148 (0.3)
49.21 384 (0.4)
335 (0.3)
EASTERN REGION
211140 (23.6) 84396 (19.4)
39.97 17607 (18.9) 6527 (6.8)
Bihar
70804 (7.9) 23383 (5.4)
33.02 7057 (7.6)
7 (0.0)
Jharkhand
28238 (3.2)
5893 (1.4)
20.87
Orissa
42341 (4.7) 20250 (4.7)
47.83 2758 (3.0)
3723 (3.9)
Sikkim
531 (0.1)
174 (0.0)
32.77
West Bengal
69226 (7.7) 34696 (8.0)
50.12 7748 (8.3)
2796 (2.9)
Andaman&Nicobar Islands
44 (0.0)
1 (0.0)
CENTRAL REGION
271341 (30.4) 113045 (26.0)
41.66 15228 (16.4) 21222 (22.0)
Chhattisgarh
27598 (3.1) 11092 (2.6)
40.19
Madhya Pradesh
63206 (7.1) 32110 (7.4)
50.80 6751 (7.3)
7486 (7.8)
Uttar Pradesh
171575 (19.2) 69199 (15.9)
40.33 8477 (9.1) 13736 (14.3)
Uttaranchal
8962 (1.0)
644 (0.1)
7.19
WESTERN REGION 103662 (11.6) 55742 (12.8)
53.77 27865 (29.9) 12561 (13.0)
Goa
88 (0.1)
91 (0.1)
Gujarat
37845 (4.2) 19644 (4.5)
51.91 7430 (8.0)
2880 (3.0)
Maharashtra
65817 (7.4) 36098 (8.3)
54.85 20326 (21.8)
9540 (9.9)
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
8 (0.0)
36 (0.0)
Daman & Diu
13 (0.0)
13 (0.0)
SOUTHERN REGION 161578 (18.1) 117470 (27.1)
72.70 16085 (17.3) 42391 (44.0)
Andhra Pradesh
60339 (6.8) 49493 (11.4)
82.02 4678 (5.0) 16026 (16.6)
Karnataka
40413 (4.5) 24897 (5.7)
61.61 4437 (4.8)
4821 (5.0)
Kerala
21946 (2.5) 14126 (3.3)
64.37 2398 (2.6) 12177 (12.6)
Tamil Nadu
38880 (4.4) 28954 (6.7)
74.47 4572 (4.9)
9368 (9.7)
Lakshadweep
Pondicherry
ALL-INDIA
893504 (100.0) 434242 (100.0)
48.60 93071 (100.0) 96289 (100.0)
* Includes Farmers services societies and LAMPS Figures in brackets are percentage to All-India total as of March 1999.
Source:
NSSO (2005), Indebtedness of Farmer Households, Report No. 498(59/33/1), NSS 59th Round (January-December 2003)
NABARD (2003), Statistical Statements Relating to The Co-operative Movement in India 1998-99, Part-1 Credit Societies
