Percentage Distribution of Area under Principal Crops for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India 
(1990-1991)

Item

Scheduled Castes

Scheduled Tribes

Irrigated

Un-irrigated

Total

Irrigated

Un-irrigated

Total

Cereals

72.4

58.2

62.6

71.9

68.8

69.2

(78.0)

(63.1)

(67.2)

(79.5)

(71.3)

(72.1)

Pulses

4.3

15.8

12.2

4.5

12.3

11.2

(3.8)

(15.5)

(12.3)

(4.5)

(12.2)

((l.5)

Foodgrains

76.7

74.0

74.8

76.4

81.1

80.4

(81.8)

(78.6)

(79.5)

(84.0)

(83.5)

(83.6)

Sugarcane

3.8

0.4

1.4

3.1

0.1

0.5

(3.5)

(0.03)

(1.2)

(1.8)

(0.1)

(0.3)

Fruits and Vegetables

3.6

1.7

2.3

3.9

1.5

1.9

(3.0)

(1.5)

(1.9)

(3.5)

(1.5)

(1.6)

Other Food Crops

1.4

1.1

1.2

3.2

1.0

1.3

(10.1)

(0.6)

(0.7)

(2.2)

(0.8)

(0.9)

All Food Crops

85.5

77.1

79.7

86.6

83.7

84.1

(89.3)

(81.0)

(83.3)

(91.5)

(85.9)

(86.4)

Oilseeds

7.9

12.4

11.0

9.8

9.8

9.8

(4.9)

(9.0)

(7.9)

(4.8)

(8.0)

(7.8)

Fibres

3.2

4.8

4.3

2.7

3.9

3.8

(2.8)

(4.7)

(4.2)

(1.6)

(3.3)

(3.1)

Fodder Crops

1.7

4.7

3.8

0.4

2.0

1.8

(1.7)

(4.4)

(3.6)

(1.4)

(2.3)

(2.2)

Other Non-Food Crops

1.7

1.0

1.2

0.5

0.6

0.5

(1.3)

(0.9)

(1.0)

(0.7)

(0.5)

(0.5)

All Non-food Crops

14.5

22.9

20.3

13.4

16.3

15.9

(10.7)

(19.0)

(16.7)

(8.5)

(14.1)

(13.6)

Gross Cropped Area

(100.0)

(100.0)

(100.0)

(100.0)

(100.0)

(100.0)

Net Area Sown

73.5

80.4

78.2

85.2

87.8

87.4

(78.7)

(81.7)

(80.9)

(87.7)

(89.2)

(89.1)