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INFRASTRUCTURE
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Power (31.03.1998)
Inhabited villages electrified:
100%
Generation of Electricity:
12,528 MUS
Total Metered Sale Within the
State: 11,386 MUS
Export to other States:
948.07 MUS
Per capita consumption of Power:
774 kwH
Roads
(31.03.1999)
National Highways:
1,198 kms
Provincial Highways:
41,559 kms
Total: 42,757 kms
Villages linked with roads:
12,334
Percentage of villages linked
with roads: 99.24
(Click
here for list on highways of Punjab)
Railway
The length of the rail routes passing through the State
is around 3,715.47 km.
(Click
here for list on important trains through Punjab)
Irrigation
(31.03.1999)
Gross Area Irrigated (000,
hec.) (P): 7442
Net Area Irrigated (000, hec.)
(P): 4019
No. of tubewells (P):
9.50 lakhs
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ECONOMY
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AGRICULTURE
Geographical Area (as per Village
Papers): 50.33 lakh hec.
Cultivated Area (P):
42.03 lakh hec.
Percentage to geographical Area:
84
Cropping Intensity:
184
Fertiliser Consumption:
1,375,000 tonnes (1998-99)
Food Grains Production:
226.91 lakh tonnes [1998-99(P)]
Area, Average yield & Production
of Wheat [1998-99 (P)]: 3278,000 hec/4,332
kg per hec/14,192,000 tonnes
Area, Average yield & Production
of Rice [1998-99 (P)]: 2,518,000 hec/3,152
kg per hec/7,993,000 tonnes
Area, Average yield & Production
of Sugarcane [1998-99 (P)]: 103,000 hec/5,952
kg per hec/608,000 tonnes
Area,
Average yield & Production of Cotton [1998-99 (P)]:
563,000 hec/180 kg per hec/596,000 bales (1 Bale=170 Kgs)
INDUSTRY
(31.03.1999)
Large
& Med. scale units: 604
Capital investment in crores:
Rs 11,000.00
Registered small scale units:
1.97 lakh
Capital investment in crores:
Rs 3342.00
No. of workers (large,med.,&
small units): 10.90 lakh
EXPORT:
Rs 3,629.13 crore (1998-99)
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