Irrigation by Methods, 1979-80 to 1999-00, Bangladesh

Area in '000 hectare

Year

LLP

DTP

STW

T.TUBE-WELL

CANAL

TRADITIONAL

TOTAL

1979-80

621.40

180.50.

55.10

235.60

122.20

589.90

1,569.10

1980-81

665.80

259.50

99.20

358.70

150.30

464.20

1,639.00

1981-82

704.20

323.40

202.10

525.50

163.30

332.80

1,725.80

1982-83

746.50

390.10

298.70

688.80

160.30

252.40

1,848.00

1983-84

666.70

415.40

303.50

718.90

134.00

400.40

1,920.00

1984-85

680.50

441.20

300.40

741.60

147.50

503.10

2,072.70

1985-86

608.70

358.50

534.50

893.00

163.10

432.90

2,097.70

1986-87

659.60

387.50

521.20

908.70

155.50

475.20

2,199.00

1987-88

527.20

432.30

868.50

1,300.80

115.20

404.20

2,347.40

1988-89

657.70

501.90

899.10

1,401.00

169.70

509.00

2,737.40

1989-90

657.30

428.10

1,045.10

1,473.20

177.52

629.30

2,937.32

1990-91

674.80

615.50

1,131.11

1,746.61

172.90

433.70

3,028.01

1991-92

684.70

656.00

1,293.40

1,949.40

170.60

425.90

3,230.60

1992-93

686.20

645.40

1,337.70

1,983.10

158.80

425.80

3,253.90

1993-94

627.60

693.70

1,431.10

2,124.80

154.90

382.47

3,289.77

1994-95

656.96

667.96

1,572.90

2,240.86

159.16

372.80

3,429.78

1995-96

677.50

676.80

1,680.00

2,356.80

154.00

365.60

3,553.90

1996-97

570.30

475.40

2,104.15

2,579.55

358.60

185.60

3,694.05

1997-98

621.70

464.90

2,181.90

2,646.80

368.40

214.52

3,851.42

1998-99

668.76

661.94

2,111.74

2,773.68

358.60

185.60

3,986.64

1999-00

645.05

517.55

2,696.69

3,214.44

365.49

281.34

4,506.32

Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (upto 1998-99) and Water Dev. Board, NMIDP, DAE, MOA and Quoted from the Handbook of Agricultural Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture