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Table 2.13: Percentage Distribution of Farmer Households -
Liking and Not Liking Farming as a Profession
Number of Farmer Households per 1000 farmer Households
Total
Number
Farmer
Households
(' 00)
Liking
Farming
Not Liking Farming due to Reason
Not
Profitable
Lack
of
Social
Status
Risky Others Total
n.r.
All
Northern Region
Haryana
603
299 13 46 24 382 15 1000
19445
Himachal Pradesh
649
184
7 122 38 351
0 1000
9061
Jammu & Kashmir
615
209 77 90
9 385
0 1000
9432
Punjab
608
272 16 23 58 369 23 1000
18442
Rajasthan
612
215 11 84 78 388
0 1000
53080
North-Eastern Region
Arunachal Pradesh
721
107 29
5 109 250 29 1000
1227
Assam
590
212 21 131 45 409
1 1000
25040
Manipur
674
282 20 18
4 324
2 1000
2146
Meghalaya
774
152
5 61
8 226
0 1000
2543
Mizoram
508
341 79 62
4 486
6 1000
780
Nagaland
676
268 17 12 15 312 12 1000
805
Tripura
525
202 25 170 56 453 22 1000
2333
Eastern Region
Bihar
486
352 22 107 24 505
9 1000
70804
Jharkhand
528
302 22 89 57 470
2 1000
28238
Orissa
531
338
4 89 36 467
2 1000
42341
Sikkim
646
302 45
5
2 354
0 1000
531
West Bengal
538
354 18 47 36 455
7 1000
69226
Central Region
Chattisgarh
537
242 26 174 21 463
0 1000
27598
Madhya Pradesh
595
214 36 114 39 403
2 1000
63206
Uttar Pradesh
588
240 35 98 32 405
7 1000
171575
Uttranchal
468
423
8 43 58 532
0 1000
8962
Western Region
Gujarat
668
254 10 50 15 329
3 1000
37845
Maharashtra
607
286 10 74 23 393
0 1000
65817
Southern Region
Andhra Pradesh
754
167
6 52 17 242
4 1000
60339
Karnataka
567
279 11 109 34 433
0 1000
40413
Kerala
666
279
6 20 25 330
4 1000
21946
Tamil Nadu
689
250
9 39 12 310
1 1000
38880
Uts
656
246 48 19 31 344
0 1000
732
All India
594
265 19 83 34 401
5 1000
No. of persons (' 00)
531168 234039 17404 73338 29265 358503 3834 893505
893504
n.r. = not reported.
Source:
NSSO (2005): (Situation Assessment Survey of Farmers):
Some Aspects of Farming
, 59th Round (Jan-Dec
2003), Report No. 496.
