Water-Intensive crops dominate cultivation in most Indian states

Tamil Nadu leads as water-intensive crops occupy 66.11% of its area under cultivation.

This data includes only states where the crops cultivated are water-intensive with respect to the state's groundwater availability.
Chart: Aishwarya MohantySource: Area, Production & Yield - Reports : Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers WelfareGet the dataEmbed Created with Datawrapper