Table 5.05 : Irrigated Area Under different Crops 1979-80 to 2002-03
								(Figures in thousand hectare)
Year	Aus	Aman	Boro	Wheat	Potato	Vegetables	*Others	Total	Total Cropped	%  of Irrigated
									Area	Area
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1979-80	91.90	128.60	1008.40	172.50	64.60	40.00	63.10	1569.10
1980-81	119.79	140.40	998.60	184.80	71.40	43.50	80.60	1639.09	13160.00	12.46
1981-82	113.00	184.30	1041.70	189.60	76.90	46.90	73.40	1725.80	13200.00	13.07
1982-83	125.30	194.30	1139.90	193.50	73.10	50.10	71.80	1848.00	13000.00	14.22
1983-84	145.00	158.80	1197.80	214.50	73.80	44.40	85.70	1920.00	13360.00	14.37
1984-85	140.60	156.20	1285.30	283.30	69.80	49.20	88.30	2072.70	13150.00	15.76
1985-86	164.50	190.00	1258.90	267.00	67.80	53.30	96.10	2097.60	13540.00	15.49
1986-87	164.00	190.20	1363.10	253.60	68.40	57.30	102.40	2199.00	13340.00	16.48
1987-88	118.70	159.80	1678.00	196.39	56.60	33.70	104.30	2347.49	13820.00	16.99
1988-89	144.50	211.30	1865.20	260.50	76.60	62.60	116.70	2737.40	13710.00	19.97
1989-90	141.50	213.86	2050.30	277.40	78.40	70.16	105.70	2937.32	14060.00	20.89
1990-91	137.66	214.55	2127.46	282.46	81.89	74.87	109.12	3028.01	14030.00	21.58
1991-92	152.79	235.50	2314.40	260.30	79.90	77.80	109.91	3230.60	13810.00	23.39
1992-93	145.58	241.10	2320.10	271.20	82.40	82.60	110.92	3253.90	13700.00	23.75
1993-94	132.40	262.70	2323.00	271.63	88.20	86.20	125.64	3289.77	13480.00	24.40
1994-95	125.53	321.50	2391.90	283.02	94.79	89.15	123.89	3429.78	13520.00	25.37
1995-96	114.80	295.60	2530.10	298.40	100.60	82.45	131.95	3553.90	13510.00	26.31
1996-97	111.90	304.50	2631.25	316.10	104.60	90.20	109.70	3668.25	13800.00	26.58
1997-98	105.26	338.87	2681.76	345.75	113.36	98.45	86.05	3769.50	14090.00	26.75
1998-99	95.95	291.90	2822.02	361.94	145.43	115.63	106.93	3939.80	13960.00	28.22
1999-00	109.20	320.45	2941.36	372.25	163.15	117.40	162.75	4186.56	14270.00	29.34
2000-01	93.48	316.06	3196.97	383.64	150.14	117.76	161.06	4419.11	14300.00	30.90
2001-02	98.74	311.60	3343.87	401.85	152.16	121.40	166.72	4596.34	14194.56	32.38
2002-03	89.78	317.22	3450.28	394.30	160.45	123.42	189.69	4725.14	14174.55	33.34
Source : Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)
*Others Means Others Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds, Sugarcane, Cotton and others crops