Marginal landowners
account for 75 per cent of the total
rural households in India.But, own just under 30 per cent of the land area.
In contrast,
households with small, semi-medium, medium & large landholdings form a
quarter of rural households & own 70 per cent of the remaining area.
A total of 92.36
million hectares (107.22 ha in 2002-03) was estimated to be under household
ownership in rural India during agricultural year ended June 2013, with the
average area owned per household estimated at 0.592 hectares (0.725 ha in
2002-03)
Src: ET
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