Water Requirement of Crop in India -2001 | ||||
(Millimeters) | ||||
Crop | Consumption | Humid | Semi Arid | Arid Tropical |
Cereals | ||||
Rice | 300-950 | 750 | 1200 | 2500 |
Jowar | 350-650 | 600 | 950 | 1300 |
Maize | 400-750 | 700 | 1220 | 1530 |
Wheat | 300-450 | 400 | 650 | 900 |
Pulses | ||||
Peas | 370-475 | 600 | 920 | 1220 |
Soyabean | 500-860 | 680 | ||
Fruits | ||||
Coconut | - | 1200 | 1800 | - |
Banana | 700-1700 | 1500 | 2800 | - |
Grapes | 450-900 | 700 | 1220 | 1830 |
Mango | - | 1200 | 1750 | 2500 |
Guava | - | 600 | 800 | 1100 |
Citrus | 600-950 | - | 1220 | 1830 |
Dates | 900-1300 | 950 | 1340 | 1700 |
Vegetables | ||||
Tomato | 290-430 | 400 | 630 | 900 |
Brinjal | - | 650 | 750 | 850 |
Ladyfinger | - | 600 | 700 | 800 |
Beans | 250-500 | 450 | 914 | 1220 |
Potatoes | 350-625 | 450 | 900 | 1200 |
Beets | 280-430 | 380 | 600 | 600 |
Cabbage | 290-460 | 400 | 650 | 700 |
Cauliflower | 440-540 | 460 | 700 | 800 |
Melon | 760-1040 | 900 | 1350 | 1750 |
Onion | 229-460 | 360 | 500 | 700 |
Others | ||||
Sugarcane | 1000-1500 | 1200 | 2700 | - |
Sugar beat | 450-850 | - | 1220 | 1830 |
Sisal | 350-450 | 400 | 450 | 500 |
Cotton | 550-950 | 760 | 1220 | 1830 |
Coffee | 800-1200 | 1000 | - | - |
Tobacco | - | 400 | 600 | - |
Pastures | - | 680 | 910 | 1220 |
Source : Ministry of Agricultural Govt. of India. |