TURMERIC India is the world’s largest producer,

consumer and exporter of turmeric. Here’s

TERRITORY a look at the top growers within the country
Major turmeric growing states
1. Telangana 00 Area (hectares) 00 Production (tonnes)
2018-19 Districts marked for turmeric under the
53,104 I 345,270 government’s One District One Product initiative
2019-20 Turmeric varieties that have been granted
55,444 I 386,596 GI status or have applied for one
2020-21* Bilaspur XX % Curcumin level
49,000 I 313,000
Lakadong turmeric
Pithoragarh Lower Dibang valley
12 6.8 to 7.5 %
2. Maharashtra Papum Pare*
2018-19
17,224 I 38,310 Bongaigaon 11
Samastipur
2019-20 Lalitpur Kangpokpi
54,248 I 218,873 Rewa
Mamit Kolasib
10 Shahdol Hnahthial
2020-21*
6 Surajpur 7 9 Saiha Lunglei
57,669 I 226,714
Wardha 8
Yavatmal Kandhamal East
3. Karnataka Hingoli Jantia 4. Tamil Nadu
2018-19 2 Nanded hills 2018-19
26,579 I 153,770 Nizamabad 23,351 I 92,360
Sangli 1 Kandhamal
2019-20 turmeric haladi West 2019-20
20,740 I 132,668 3.45% Guntur 3.2 to Jantia 18,432 I 96,254
2020-21* Prakasam 4.2% Hills 2020-21*
21,496 I 130,928 3 5 20,894 I 86.513
Waigaon turmeric
Chamarajnagar 6.12%
5. Andhra Pradesh Erode 6. Madhya Pradesh
2018-19 4 2018-19
28,921 I 69,410 13,666 I 47,660
2019-20 Erode manjal 2019-20
29,717 I 71,321 2.5 to 16,272 I 57,067
2020-21* 4.5% 2020-21*
30,518 I 73,244 17,053 I 60,097

7. West Bengal 8. Odisha 9. Mizoram 10. Gujarat

2018-19 2018-19 2018-19 2018-19
17,737 I 45,460 27,869 I 43,615 7,738 I 29,820 4,425 I 17,386
2019-20 2019-20 2019-20 2019-20
17,812 I 45,648 27,869 I 43,615 7,653 I 29,510 4,570 I 18,181
2020-21* 2020-21* 2020-21* 2020-21*
17,749 I 45,698 27,867 I 43,611 7,653 I 29,510 7,653 I 29,510

11. Assam 12. Haryana Total including others Grand total all spices
2018-19 2018-19 2018-19 2018-19
15,896 I 19,395 921 I 2,195 261,922 I 957,130 4,032,115 I 9,211,058
2019-20 2019-20 2019-20 2019-20
17,629 I 22,829 1,753 I 4,061 296,181 I 1,178,750 4,317,552 I 10,125,880
2020-21* 2020-21* 2020-21* 2020-21*
16,359 I 20,885 1,331 I 3,009 294,542 I 1,101,920 4,517,720 I 10,485,100
Note: Data for 2019-20 and 2020-21 is provisional
SOURCE: http://www.indianspices.com/sites/default/files/majorspicestatewise2021.pdf

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