TANK IRRIGATION :
Tank irrigation has a special significance in the stony peninsular India.
There is no permeation of water in the ground. If the contribution of tank irrigation in
the total irrigated area of a state is estimated.
- Tamil Nadu -19.17% of the total irrigated land.
- Orissa (14.60%),
- Andhra Pradesh (13.40%),
- Kerala (13.26%),
- Karnataka (9.47%),
- West Bengal (7.37%),
- Chhattisgarh (4.78%) and Bihar (3.24%)
- Tamil Nadu has the largest number of tanks. The district of Tiruchinapally in Tamil
Nadu has largest number of tanks.