Crop Cultivation Patterns and Major Crops of India
India’s major population is engaged in agricultural activities. India is geographically diversified country so it has various food crops cultivated in three main seasons: Rabi, Kharif and Zaid.
Classification of crop:
- Food crop – Rice, Wheat, Millets, Maize and Pulses etc.
- Cash crop – Sugarcane, Oilseeds, Horticulture crops, Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Cotton and Jute etc.
Sr.No. | Season | Time of Cultivation | Crop | State |
1 | RABI | Sown: October-December | Wheat, Barley, Peas, Gram, Mustard etc. | Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh |
2 | KHARIF | Sown: June-July | Rice, Maize, Jowar, Bajra, Tur, Moong, Urad, Cotton, Jute, Groundnut, Soybean etc. | Assam, West Bengal, coastal regions of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra |
3 | ZAID | Sown and harvested: March-July | Seasonal Fruits, Vegetables, Fodder crops etc. | Most of the Northern and North Western states |
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