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TABLE-2 . CULTIVATED AREA - BY ROVINCE.
(Area in Million Acres)

A dministrative Cultivated Area Cultivated Area
u nit as Percent of
Total Net Sown Current Fallow Total Farm Area
1 2 3 4 5

Pakistan 38 . 6.3 37.02 1.61 81
NWFP 4.21 3.96 0.24 72
Punjab 24.45 23.57 0.87 90
Sindh 7.10 6.94 0~16 82
Baloc;:histan 2.87 2.54 0.34 49

Tenure Classification Qf possession of these three categories
Farms and Farm Area of farms is 30.73 million acres
(65%), 8.98 million acres (19%) and
Out of a total of 5.07 million 7.61 million acres (16%)
privately managed farms in the respectively.
country, 3.49 million (69%) are
operated by owner cultivators, 0.63 Tenure classification of farms
million (12%) by owner-cum-tenant and farm area by provinces is given
~nd the remaining 0.95 ~illion (19%) below in Table-3.
by tenants. The area under ·

TABLE-3 TENURE CLASSIFICATION OF FARMS AND FARM AREA - BY PROVINCE
(Number in Million and Area in Million Acres)

Number of Farms Farm Area
A dminis-
t rative Total Owner Owner- Tenant Total . owner Owner- Tenan t
u nit cum- cum-
Tenant Tenant
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Pakistan 5.07 3.49 0.63 0.95 47.32 30.73 8.98 7.61
NWFP 1.07 0.84 0.09 0.15 5.83 4.25 0.90 0.67
Punjab 2.96 2.05 0.46 0.44 27.11 16.66 6.60 3_~ 85

Sindh 0.80 0.41 0.06 0.33 8.60 5.10 1.04 2.47
Balochistari 0.24 0.20 0.01 0.04 5.78 4.72 0.44 0.62

owner Operated and acres and 12.54 million acres,
~enant Operated Area representing 74 percent and 26
·percent of the total privately
The area operated · by owner- managed farm area respectiyely. Out
cum-tertant class of farmers as area of total tenanted area, the major
owned and area tenanted when added portion is area sha~e cropped
to the respective ~lasses of land amounting to 9. 07 million acres
operated by owner and tenants, the (72%), followed by 3.21 million
over all owner operated and tenant acres (26%) of area taken on lease
operated area becomes 34. 78 million and 0. 26 miilion acres (2%) operat~d
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