Agro-ecological Region Map of India
India is divided into regions below based on rainfall, crops, physical properties, soils etc. This regional categories helps to manage agricultural requirements of farmers and government policies.
| AEZ No. | Agro-ecological region | Geographical area (million ha) | Gross cropped area (million ha) | Physiography | Precipitation (mm) | PET (mm) | Length of growing period (days) | Major crops |
| 1. | Cold arid ecoregion with shallow skeletal soils | 15.2 (4.7%) | 0.07 | Western Himalayas | < 150 | <800 | < 90 | Vegetables, millets, wheat, fodder, barley, pulses |
| 2. | Hot arid ecoregion with desert and saline soils | 31.9 (9.7%) | 20.85 | Western Plain & Kachchha Peninsula | < 300 | 1500–2000 | < 90 | Millets, fodder, pulses |
| 3. | Hot arid ecoregion with red and black soils | 4.9 (1.9%) | 4.18 | Deccan Plateau | 400–500 | 1800–1900 | < 90 | Sorghum, safflower, cotton, groundnut, sunflower, sugar cane |
| 4. | Hot semi-arid ecoregion with alluvium-derived soils | 32.2 (9.8%) | 30.05 | Northern Plain & Central Highlands including parts of Gujarat Plains | 500–800 | 1400–1900 | 90–150 | Millets, wheat, pulses, maize; irrigated cotton & sugar cane |
| 5. | Hot semi-arid ecoregion with medium and deep black soils | 17.6 (5.4%) | 11.04 | Central (Malwa) Highlands,Gujarat Plains & Kathiawar Peninsula | 500–1000 | 1600–2000 | 90–150 | Millets, wheat, pulses |
| 6. | Hot semi-arid ecoregion with shallow and medium (dominant) black soils | 31.0 (9.5%) | 25.02 | Deccan Plateau | 600–1000 | 1600–1800 | 90–150 | Millets, cotton, pulses, sugar cane under irrigation |
| 7. | Hot semi-arid ecoregion with red and black soils | 16.5 (5.2%) | 6.19 | Deccan (Telangana) Plateau & Eastern Ghats | 600–1000 | 1600–1700 | 90–150 | Millets, oilseeds, rice, cotton & sugar cane under irrigation |
| 8. | Hot semi-arid ecoregion with red loamy soils | 19.1 (5.8%) | 6.96 | Eastern Ghats (Tamil Nadu uplands) & Deccan Plateau (Karnataka) | 600–1000 | 1300–1600 | 90–150 | Millets, pulses, oilseeds (groundnut), sugar cane & rice under irrigation |
| 9. | Hot subhumid (dry) ecoregion with alluvium-derived soils | 12.1 (3.7%) | 11.62 | Northern Plain | 1000–1200 | 1400–1800 | 150–180 | Rice, wheat, pigeon pea, sugar cane, mustard, maize |
| 10. | Hot subhumid ecoregion with red and black soils | 22.3 (5.8%) | 14.55 | Central Highlands (Malwa & Bundelkhand) | 1000–1500 | 1300–1500 | 150–180 | Rice, wheat, sorghum, soybean, gram, pigeon pea |
| 11. | Hot subhumid ecoregion with red and yellow soils | 11.1 (4.3%) | 6.47 | Eastern Plateau (Chhattisgarh Region) | 1200–1600 | 1400–1500 | 150–180 | Rice, millets, wheat, pigeon pea, green gram, black gram |
| 12. | Hot subhumid ecoregion with red and lateritic soils | 26.8 (8.2%) | 12.09 | Eastern (Chhota Nagpur) Plateau and Eastern Ghats | 1000–1600 | 1400–1700 | 150–180 | Rice, pulses, millets |
| 13. | Hot subhumid (moist) ecoregion with alluvium-derived soils | 11.1 (3.4%) | 10.95 | Eastern Plains | 1400–1600 | 1300–1500 | 180–210 | Rice, wheat, sugar cane |
| 14. | Warm subhumid to humid with inclusion of perhumid ecoregion with brown forest and podzolic soils | 18.2 (5.6%) | 3.20 | Western Himalayas | 1600–2000 | 800–1300 | 180–210 | Wheat, millets, maize, rice |
| 15. | Hot subhumid (moist) to humid (inclusion of perhumid) ecoregions with alluvial-derived soils | 12.1 3.7%) | 8.99 | Bengal Basin and Assam Plain | 1400–2000 | 1000–1400 | > 210 | Rice, jute, plantation crops |
| 16. | Warm perhumid ecoregion with brown and red hill soils | 9.6 (2.9%) | 1.37 | Eastern Himalayas | 2000–4000 | <1000 | > 210 | Rice, millets, potato, maize, sesame, Jhum* cultivation is common |
| 17. | Warm perhumid ecoregion with red and lateritic soils | 10.6 (3.3%) | 1.56 | North-Eastern Hills | 1600–2600 | 1000–1100 | > 210 | Rice, millets, potato, plantation crops, Jhum* cultivation is common |
| 18. | Hot subhumid to semi-arid ecoregion with coastal alluvium-derived soils | 8.5 (2.6%) | 6.12 | Eastern Coastal Plains | 900–1600 | 1200–1900 | 90>210 | Rice, coconut, black gram, lentil, sunflower, groundnut |
| 19. | Hot humid perhumid ecoregion with red, lateritic and alluvium-derived soils | 11.1 (3.6%) | 5.70 | Western Ghats and Coastal Plains | 2000–3200 | 1400–1600 | > 210 | Rice, tapioca, coconut, spices |
| 20. | Hot humid / perhumid island ecoregion with red loamy and sandy soils | 0.8 (0.3%) | 0.05 | Islands of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep | 1600–3000 | 1400–1600 | > 210 | Rice, coconut, areca nut, oil palm |
Original Source for this map is www.fao.org
This information is provided to develop an awareness among public regarding Indian Agricultural Regions.
