INDIA – LAND AND WATER RESOURCES : FACTS

329 M ha.

• GEOGRAPHICAL AREA LOCATION Latitude 80 –4’ & 370-06’ North

Longitude 680 – 7’ & 970 – 25’ East

• POPULATION 2001 CENSUS ESTIMATED 1027 Million

100 mm in Western most regions to 11000 mm in

• RAINFALL VARIATION
Eastern most region

MAJOR RIVER BASIN (CATCHMENT AREA MORE THAN

• 12 Nos. having catchment area 253 M ha.
20,000 SQ.KM.)

MEDIUM RIVER BASIN (CATCHMENT AREA BETWEEN

• 46 nos. having catchments area 25 M ha.
2000 AND 20,000 SQ.KM.)

• TOTAL NAVIGABLE LENGTH OF IMPORTANT RIVERS 14464 Km.

WATER RESOURCES

• AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL (1998-2002) 3693.59 BCM

• MEAN ANNUAL NATURAL RUN-OFF 1869 BCM

• ESTIMATED UTILISABLE SURFACE WATER POTENTIAL 690 BCM

• TOTAL REPLENISHABLE GROUND WATER RESOURCES 432 BCM

GROUND WATER RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR

• 360 BCM
IRRIGATION

GROUND WATER POTENTIAL AVAILABLE FOR

• 71 BCM (approx)
DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER PURPOSES

• ULTIMATE IRRIGATION POTENTIAL 140 M ha.

• IRRIGATION POTENTIAL FROM SURFACE WATER 76 M ha.

• IRRIGATION POTENTIAL FROM GROUND WATER 64 M ha.

STORAGE AVAILABLE DUE TO COMPLETED MAJOR &

• MEDIUM PROJECTS (INCLUDING LIVE CAPACITY LESS 213 BCM
THAN 10 M.CUM)

ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL LIKELY LIVE STORAGE

• AVAILABLE DUE TO PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 184 BCM
CONSIDERATION

LAND RESOURCES (2000-01)

• TOTAL CULTIVABLE LAND 183.1 M ha.

• GROSS SOWN AREA 187.0 M ha.

• NET SOWN AREA 141.1 M ha.

• GROSS IRRIGATED AREA 75.1 M ha.

• NET IRRIGATED AREA 54.7 M ha.

HYDROPOWER

• ULTIMATE HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL (ESTIMATED) 84044 M.W. at 60% L.F.

• POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BY 1ST APRIL, 2003 14299 M.W. at 60% L.F.