Pragnya IAS · Map 70 · People & economy
India: distribution of wheat (detailed) map study
The finer wheat map: why the crop stops at the Narmada and concentrates in the northwest.
STUDY NOTE 1
The thermal limit
Wheat needs cool winters; yields fall sharply in the warm south. The crop’s southern boundary roughly follows the Narmada–Chotanagpur line.
STUDY NOTE 2
The surplus belt
Punjab, Haryana and western UP produce the marketable surplus that fills central procurement — the FCI’s map is essentially this wheat map.
STUDY NOTE 3
MP’s rise
Madhya Pradesh expanded wheat through irrigation and new varieties, becoming a major producer — crop maps change with technology and policy.
Map reading task
Draw wheat’s approximate southern limit and name the three surplus states feeding procurement.
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What does this india: distribution of wheat (detailed) lesson explain?
Wheat needs cool winters; yields fall sharply in the warm south. The crop’s southern boundary roughly follows the Narmada–Chotanagpur line.
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