Economy of Uttarakhand is highly depended on its agriculture and farming. 67 % of the total land of Uttarakhand is covered with forests. 7.93 lakh hectare lands are cultivable in Uttarakhand, which counts around 14 percent of the total area. Uttarakhand is a land blessed with beautiful vallies and snow-clad peaks. Bio-diversity, soil and environmental diversity, of this region are the prominent characteristic of the state. Almost all types of important crops are exported from here.
Wheat, paddy, maize, are highly popular agriculture cultivated in the regions. To talk about the Agriculture of Uttarakhand is to speak mainly of its manduwa, sanwa, urad, gram, pea, masoor, razma and gahath in pulses and mustard, soyabean, groundnut in oil seeds.
Prominent agriculture cultivation of Uttarakhand:
Cereals |
Pulses |
Oil Seeds |
Rice |
Urad |
Rape and Mustard |
Wheat |
Masoor, Bhatt (Black Soyabeen) |
Seasmum |
Barley |
Peas, Rajma |
Groundnut |
Maize , Sanwan |
Gahat (Kulthi) |
Soyabean |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Chandigarh |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Daman and Diu |
| Lakshadweep | National Capital Territory of Delhi |
| Puducherry |




