Table 5.02 Cropping Intensity by Geater Districts 2002-03 to  2004-05
									( Area in thousand hectare )
	Name of	Total Area	Net Area  Sown			Total Cropped			Cropping
	greater district								Intensity
			2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Bandarban	447.98	26.71	26.71	26.30	37.64	38.04	36.42	140.92	142.42	138.48
	Chittagong	823.52	278.41	283.67	272.75	498.96	507.06	484.80	179.22	178.75	177.75
	Comilla	671.77	502.20	484.80	448.78	955.44	890.29	791.95	190.25	183.64	176.47
	Khagrachari	269.92	25.90	29.13	26.30	40.87	48.97	43.70	157.80	168.11	166.16
	Noakhali	617.13	312.00	309.17	290.56	587.18	576.26	528.91	188.20	186.39	182.03
	Rangamati	611.47	40.87	41.28	40.47	63.13	64.75	61.92	154.47	156.86	153.00
	Sylhet	1259.76	674.19	654.36	682.69	981.74	944.52	1,016.96	145.60	144.34	148.96
	Dhaka	743.80	402.25	383.63	394.56	707.37	672.97	681.88	175.85	175.42	172.82
	Faridpur	698.47	448.78	476.71	443.93	817.04	887.45	812.99	182.06	186.16	183.13
	Jamalpur	339.52	231.07	229.45	229.45	461.73	456.48	458.50	199.82	198.95	199.83
	Kishoregonj	558.46	359.35	337.09	346.81	577.07	526.89	545.91	160.59	156.31	157.41
	Mymensingh	436.24	299.86	304.72	303.10	584.35	597.30	596.50	194.87	196.02	196.80
	Tangail	341.55	241.19	237.95	227.83	452.02	445.96	424.50	187.41	187.42	186.32
	Barisal	825.54	448.78	447.16	429.36	765.24	755.13	713.85	170.52	168.87	166.26
	Jessore	656.79	413.16	430.58	447.57	825.94	873.69	933.19	199.91	202.91	208.50
	Khulna	1239.12	405.08	409.93	396.99	552.30	564.93	534.57	136.34	137.81	134.66
	Kushtia	348.43	220.95	221.76	210.43	434.62	447.57	423.29	196.71	201.83	201.15
	Patuakhali	503.82	335.07	351.67	344.38	509.08	550.36	537.41	151.93	156.50	156.05
	Bogra	388.49	288.13	293.39	296.63	602.56	636.55	636.96	209.13	216.96	214.73
	Dinajpur	665.29	463.35	464.57	463.35	868.03	872.89	869.65	187.34	187.89	187.69
	Pabna	486.02	299.05	301.89	310.79	580.30	595.28	619.96	194.05	197.18	199.48
	Rajshahi	944.11	686.73	691.19	706.97	1,057.42	1,070.78	1,104.77	153.98	154.92	156.27
	Rangpur	961.92	627.65	619.97	633.32	1,254.91	1,206.34	1,242.36	199.94	194.58	196.17
	Bangladesh	14839.14	8030.73	8030.78	7973.32	14214.94	14230.46	14100.95	177.01	177.20	176.85
	Source : Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)
	Table 4.04d Intensity of Cropping By Former Districts
	Name of
	Regions
		2000-01			2000-01			2000-01			2000-01
	Bandarban	1107			70			101			144.286
	Chittagong	2035			683			1225			179.356
	Comilla	1660			1190			2266			190.42
	Khagrachari	667			55			88			160
	Noakhali	1525			746			1398			187.399
	Rangamati	1511			98			151			154.082
	Sylhet	3113			1666			2463			147.839
	Dhaka	1838			1012			1760			173.913
	Faridpur	1726			1127			2049			181.81
	Jamalpur	839			572			1133			198.077
	Kishoregonj	1380			904			1486			164.381
	Mymensingh	1078			789			1547			196.071
	Tangail	844			592			1151			194.426
	Barisal	2040			1115			1906			170.942
	Jessore	1623			1078			2107			195.455
	Khulna	3062			958			1283			133.925
	Kushtia	861			558			1084			194.265
	Patuakhali	1245			869			1303			149.942
	Bogra	960			670			1405			209.701
	Dinajpur	1644			1177			2254			191.504
	Pabna	1201			731			1400			191.518
	Rajshahi	2333			1727			2597			150.376
	Rangpur	2377			1583			3198			202.021
	Bangladesh	36669			19970			35355			177.041
	Source: BBS