In Tripura the net cropped area as per 2018-19 Government of Tripura…

Concept

"Net cropped area" (net sown area) is the total physical land actually put under crops at least once in an agricultural year, counting each plot only once regardless of how many crops it bears. It is distinct from gross cropped area, which counts the same land multiple times when more than one crop is grown on it in a year. For Tripura the governing official source for this land-use figure is the Government of Tripura's Directorate of Economics & Statistics / Department of Agriculture (reflected in the Economic Review and the Agriculture-at-a-glance statistics).

Application

As per the Government of Tripura 2018-19 statistics, the net cropped area of the State is about 2.55 lakh hectares, which is roughly 24% of the State's geographical area (the remainder being dominated by forest and hilly terrain). The precisely reported land-use figure for this period is 255548 ha.

Cross-check

• Tripura's Department of Agriculture "Agriculture at a glance" states net cropped area = 2.55 lakh ha (24% of geographical area), consistent with 255548 ha.

• Directorate of Economics & Statistics land-use series (as compiled by data aggregators) places net area sown at about 255-256 thousand ha for 2018-19, again matching 255548 ha.

• The cropping intensity of the State is high (about 191%), so the gross cropped area is far larger than the net cropped area; the question asks specifically for the net figure.

Hence the net cropped area of Tripura per 2018-19 Government of Tripura statistics is 255548 ha.