Table 5.06 : Irrigation by Methods 1979-80 to 2002-03
				(Figures in thousand hectare)
Year	LLP	DTW	STW	Total	Canal	Traditional	Total
				TubeWell
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1979-80	621.40	180.50	55.10	235.60	122.20	589.90	1569.10
1980-81	665.80	259.50	99.20	358.70	150.30	464.20	1639.00
1981-82	704.20	323.40	202.10	525.50	163.30	332.80	1725.80
1982-83	746.60	390.10	298.70	688.80	160.30	252.40	1848.10
1983-84	666.70	415.40	303.50	718.90	134.00	400.40	1920.00
1984-85	580.50	441.20	300.40	741.60	147.50	503.10	1972.70
1985-86	608.70	358.50	534.50	893.00	163.10	432.90	2097.70
1986-87	659.60	387.50	521.20	908.70	155.50	475.20	2199.00
1987-88	527.20	432.30	868.50	1300.80	115.20	404.20	2347.40
1988-89	657.70	501.90	899.10	1401.00	169.70	509.00	2737.40
1989-90	657.30	428.10	1045.10	1473.20	177.52	629.30	2937.32
1990-91	674.80	615.50	1131.11	1746.61	172.90	433.70	3028.01
1991-92	684.70	656.00	1293.40	1949.40	170.60	425.90	3230.60
1992-93	686.20	645.40	1337.70	1983.10	158.80	425.80	3253.90
1993-94	627.60	693.70	1431.10	2124.80	154.90	382.47	3289.77
1994-95	656.96	667.96	1572.90	2240.86	159.16	372.80	3429.78
1995-96	677.50	676.80	1680.00	2356.80	154.00	365.60	3553.90
1996-97	670.30	475.40	2104.15	2579.55	155.80	362.60	3768.25
1997-98	621.70	464.90	2181.90	2646.80	162.68	338.32	3769.50
1998-99	668.76	661.94	2111.74	2773.68	167.13	330.23	3939.80
1999-00	741.80	664.10	2290.98	2955.08	172.40	317.28	4186.56
2000-01	756.75	693.62	2437.39	3131.01	177.25	354.09	4419.10
2001-02	768.08	677.43	2632.44	3309.87	162.68	355.71	4596.34
2002-03	783.34	697.65	2764.78	3462.43	145.68	334.18	4725.63
Source : Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)