TABLE 8

2 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE= 2.23 HOLDINGS WITH IRRIGATION AND AREA IRRIGATED B= Y SOURCE OF WATER, ECOLOGICAL BELT, NEPAL 1991/92 - 2001/02
					Number of holdings in thousands
Source of irrigation water	1991/92	2001/02
Nepal	Mountain	Hill	Tarai	Nepal	Mountain	Hill	Tarai
All land holdings	2703.9	259.9	1351.3	1092.8	3337.4	297.2	1581.4	1458.8

Holdings with irrigation	1377.5	150.5	681.8	545.3	1998.00	172.9	902.1	923.1
% to total land holdings	50.94	57.91	50.46	49.90	59.87	58.18	57.04	63.28
% Increase (1991/92 to 2001/02)=	…	…	…	…	45.0	14.9	32.3	69.3

Tube well/bore	119.9	0.6	5.1	114.2	303.4	1.5	12.4	289.5
Canal (permanent)	474.3	55.6	259.7	159	747.8	77.5	386.8	283.5
Canal (seasonal)	787.1	102.6	439	245.5	1092.8	112.7	561.7	418.4
Pond/tank	51.7	1.9	9.2	40.5	71.8	1.8	18.8	51.3
Others	129.6	11.5	42.5	75.6	115.7	2	36.7	77.0
Mixed sources	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	25.7	2.1	9.3	14.4

Total area of holdings ('000 ha)	2597.4	176.8	1046.2	1374.3	2653.9	218.7	1038.6	1396.6
							Contd…

2 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE= 2.23 HOLDINGS WITH IRRIGATION AND AREA IRRIGATED B= Y SOURCE OF WATER, ECOLOGICAL BELT, NEPAL 1991/92 - 2001/02
				Area under irrigation in thousand hectares
Source of irrigation water	1991/92	2001/02
Nepal	Mounta= in	Hill	Tarai<= o:p>	Nepal	Mounta= in	Hill	Tarai<= o:p>
Area Irrigat= ed ('000 ha.)	882.4	41.8	245.5	595.1	1168.3	62.1	304.9	801.3
%&nbs= p; to total area of holdings	33.97	23.64	23.47	43.30	44.02	28.40	29.36	57.38
% Increase
(1991/92 to 2001/02)=	…	…	…	…	32.4	48.6	24.2	34.6
Tube well/bore	99.8	0.1	0.9	98.8	214.9	0.3	2.4	212.2
Canal (permanent)	245.8	13.7	84.1	148	346.8	20.8	118.3	207.6
Canal (seasonal)	436.7	24.5	144.0	268.2	521.3	39.2	172.3	309.7
Pond/tank	25.4	0.5	1.8	23.2	23.9	0.6	2.8	20.4
Others	74.7	3.0	14.8	56.9	46.9	0.3	7.4	39.2
Mixed sources	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	14.6	0.8	1.6	39.2

Some holdings availed of more t= han one source of irrigation water.

Source : Central Bureau of Statistics.

&nbs= p;