*Research Scholar, Department of Applied Geography, School of Regional Studies & Earth Sciences, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Orissa, India
**Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Bankura Christian College, Bankura University, Bankura, West Bengal, India
***Research Scholar, Department of Applied Geography, School of Regional Studies & Earth Sciences, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Orissa, India
Online published on 27 September, 2019.
Agriculture is an essential wing for the economic development in India and the Agricultural Productivity is the major and vital aspect of development of this sector. Agricultural productivity is generally expressed as the ratio of agricultural outputs to agricultural inputs. It plays a key role in the process of industrialization and leads to modernization and social development. The present study attempts to identify the spatial dimension of the Agricultural productivity in Bankura district, West Bengal. The statistical technique formulated by Yang (1965) has been used to determine the variation in the Agricultural productivity of Bankura district. The study concludes that the eastern and some south-eastern regions of the district have maximum Agricultural productivity compared to the northern and western region of the district. This variation is mainly due to the terrain characteristics, soil fertility, irrigation facilities and other physical, socio-economic factors in this district.
Agricultural productivity, Economic development, Soil fertility, Irrigation
