Table 2.02: Area under Wheat,Maize, Barley and Other
	Cereals from 1971-72 to 2004-05
			(Figures in thousand hectare)
Year	Wheat	Maize	Barley	*Other	Total
				Cereals
1	2	3	4	5	6
1971-72	127.10	2.80	28.70	67.60	226.20
1972-73	120.20	2.80	25.90	45.50	194.40
1973-74	123.40	2.80	24.30	45.60	196.10
1974-75	125.80	2.60	25.50	69.70	223.60
1975-76	150.10	2.40	25.50	65.50	243.50
1976-77	159.80	2.40	23.50	63.50	249.20
1977-78	189.00	2.40	21.40	64.90	277.70
1978-79	264.60	2.00	19.80	57.00	343.40
1979-80	433.00	2.00	19.40	53.90	508.30
1980-81	591.20	2.02	18.20	54.00	665.42
1981-82	533.70	2.03	15.00	54.80	605.53
1982-83	519.10	2.00	12.50	44.80	578.40
1983-84	526.00	4.05	28.70	119.70	678.45
1984-85	676.10	3.64	24.70	134.70	839.14
1985-86	540.20	3.24	21.80	130.50	695.74
1986-87	584.70	3.24	19.40	108.20	715.54
1987-88	597.20	3.24	17.80	93.70	711.94
1988-89	560.00	3.37	18.60	94.90	676.87
1989-90	592.00	3.46	18.60	91.30	705.36
1990-91	598.90	3.11	17.80	90.70	710.51
1991-92	574.60	3.60	16.20	88.60	683.00
1992-93	636.90	5.06	12.10	86.60	740.66
1993-94	615.10	6.40	10.10	42.00	673.60
1994-95	639.40	9.94	9.30	62.70	721.34
1995-96	700.90	10.13	9.30	80.90	801.23
1996-97	707.80	12.67	9.30	78.90	808.67
1997-98	804.57	14.93	9.27	78.03	906.80
1998-99	882.44	18.49	8.57	60.28	969.78
1999-00	832.80	22.55	9.22	75.15	939.72
2000-01	772.87	25.98	5.67	72.87	877.39
2001-02	741.80	30.05	4.05	72.87	848.77
2002-03	706.48	29.06	2.43	41.68	779.65
2003-04	641.87	50.05	1.88	37.78	731.58
2004-05	556.00	93.18
Source : Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)
Note:
*Other Cereals means Joar, Bazra, Cheena & Kaon