Rice Cultivation is widely distributed in India. Its cultivation is concentrated in River valleys, deltas, flood plains, low lying coastal areas of North-Eastern & Southern India etc are important rice growing areas.
1. West Bengal :West Bengal is the largest producer of rice in India
- About three fourth of the Total state’* cropped area is under the rice cultivations
- Rice is growing in three seasons. They are called in different names.
(i) Aus (ii) Aman and (iii) Boro, Mediipur, Bardhaman 24 Parganas, Bankura & Cochbehar are important rice producing districts in the state West Bengal producer 14.2% under total production of Rice in India.
2. Uttar Pradesh : This is second largest producer of rice in India.
- The rice cultivated area is concentrated in Gorakhpur, Basti, Varanasi, Allahabad, Shaharanpur, Azamgarh & Shajahanpur etc are important districts & major rice growing areas.
- Uttar Pradesh produces 13.44% f Rice under total production of Rice in India.
3. Andhra Pradesh : It is the third largest producer of rice in India.
- The delta of Godavari -Krishna & coastal plains are suitable for rice cultivation in the state.
- It contributes 12.35 % of Rice under total production of rice in India.
4. Punjab : Punjab is the fourth largest producer of rice in India.
- Amritsar, Patiala, Ropar, Firozepur districts are the major produces of rice in Punjab.
- Its share 10.11 % under total production of Rice in India.
5. Bihar: Bthar is fifth leading producer of rice in India. ,
- Gaya, Rohtas, Bhajpur, Darbhanga, Champaran, Purenea, Bhagalpur & Patna districts.
- It produces 6.90% under total output of rice in india.
6. Tamil Nadu: It is the sixth largest producer of rice in India.
- Tirunelveli, Tiruchirapalli, Salem, Madhural, Coimbatore.
- Its production is 6.61% under total production of total Rice in India.
7. Chattisgarh: It is the important producer of rice in country.
- Bastar, Bilaspur, Durg, Sarguja, Raipur, Raigarh & Janjgir are the main rice producing districts.
- Its production is 5.78% under total production of Rice in India.
8. Karnataka : Karnataka has rapid progress in rice cultivation during last few years. The important rice producing districts are Raichur, Davangere, Mysore, Bellary, Shimoga, Mandhya & Koppal.
Its production is 3.87% under total production of Rice.
Production of rice : India is the second largest producer of rice in the world next to the China. It produceses 104.3 million tonnes of rice during 2011-12, it accounts for 22% of the worlds production. Now India is self sufficient in rice production.
