Chandigarh

Chandigarh:
The Union Territory, Chandigarh has a limited area under agriculture. The agriculture land is being gradually acquired for the expansion of Chandigarh City. The Cultivated area has shrunk from 5441 hectares in 1966 to 1300 hectares in 2005-06. 880 farming families cultivate this area. The holdings wise details of farming families are as under:

No. of families having land up to 2.1/2acres 600
No. of families having land up to 5acres 215
No. of families having land above 5acres 65
Total 880

Out of 1300 hectares cultivated land, 1285 hectares is irrigated. The main sources of irrigation are deep-bore tube-wells installed by the Chandigarh Administration and shallow tube-wells installed by individual farmers. The farmers of Union Territory, Chandigarh who keep large number of milch cattle have taken to fodder cultivation to cater the demand of milch cattle. Therefore, the area under food grain crops are decreasing. The main food grain is wheat and its sown nearly in about 600 hectares and the fodder is sown nearly in about 1000 hectares in both the season