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1,17,000 hector Irrigable area in Tripura

Udaipur (Tripura), Feb 25 (UNI) The report ‘Tripura at a Glance-2019’ has reported that a total of 1,17,000 hector area is irrigable area where the cultivable area is 2,55,241 hector and a total of 1,17,544 hector area has bought by the government department under irrigation and a total of 80701 hector area already utilized for irrigation.
The state Tripura is primarily an agrarian State, with about 42pc of the population depending on agriculture and allied activities. However, only about 27pc of the land is cultivable, rest being hilly and forested. Rice is the major crop in the State. The climate of the State is suitable for a variety of horticultural/ plantation crops, including pineapple, jackfruit, tea, rubber, bamboo etc. A section of the indigenous population practices jhum (slash and burn) method of cultivation.
Tripura has a total cultivable land of 2,71,764 hectares and irrigation potential of 1,40,383 hectares. Out of the available water resources, 80,469 hectares net potential area utilized under the assured irrigation against the total potential created up to 1,16,659 hectors till 2017-18.
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