Agriculture Census 2015-16

Agriculture Census 2015-16

MH Specific

Maharashtra — 10th Agriculture Census data on operational holdings by size class, land use, tenancy, and irrigation at district level. Maharashtra: 15.29M holdings, 20.51M ha

Build a land fragmentation analysis tool for Maharashtra that models the impact of shrinking farm sizes on agricultural productivity.
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Quick Start

# Download from https://agcensus.nic.in/
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv('agriculture_census_2015_16.csv')
mh = df[df['State'] == 'Maharashtra']
print(f"Maharashtra records: {len(mh)}")
print(mh.groupby('Size_Class')['Number_Holdings'].sum())
Modality
Tabular (PDF/XLS)
Size
15.29M holdings; all MH districts
License
Format
CSV
Language
en
Update Frequency
static
Organization
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India

Schema

FieldTypeDescription
statestringState name
districtstringDistrict name
size_classstringLand holding size class (marginal, small, semi-medium, medium, large)
number_holdingsintNumber of operational holdings
area_hectaresfloatTotal area under holdings in hectares

Build With This

Create a farmer typology classifier for Maharashtra that segments farmers by holding size for targeted subsidy design
Develop a cooperative farming opportunity mapper that identifies clusters of marginal farmers who could benefit from joint operations
Build a land consolidation simulator that models the economic impact of land reform policies in Maharashtra districts

AI Use Cases

Land fragmentation analysissmallholder targetingrural credit risk models
Last verified: 2026-03-07