How do you access Ag Census 2015–16 data?

Ag Census 2015–16 is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.

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Agriculture Census

Agriculture Census 2015–16

Name: Agriculture Census 2015–16
Creator: Ministry of Agriculture

The Agriculture Census is used to study operational holdings, farm size, irrigation, and land structure.

Open downloadLargeGood starting dataset

agriculture land

Host / institution

Agriculture Census Division · Ministry of Agriculture

Geography

India, state

Time coverage

2015–16

Update frequency

Quintennial

What this is best for

Canonical farm-structure baseline

Main limitations

Tables/reports more than unit-level microdata

Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is Ag Census 2015–16 used for?: Canonical farm-structure baseline
How do you access Ag Census 2015–16 data?: Ag Census 2015–16 is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.
What geography and time does Ag Census 2015–16 cover?: Geography: India, state. Time coverage: 2015–16.
What are the main limitations of Ag Census 2015–16?: Tables/reports more than unit-level microdata

Guides for using this data

Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.

1 link

PortalAgriculture Census portalagcensus.nic.in/

Variables5

Live-fetch blocked/unavailable (skip recorded 2026-07-09); representative fields from catalog host materials — confirm on official portal. Representative fields for the page table — verify the full dictionary on the official site.

Sourced from live host documentation

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Name / code	Description	Group
operational holdings	Operational holdings	Source fields
size class	Size class	Source fields
irrigation	Irrigation	Source fields
tenancy	Tenancy	Source fields
land use	Land use	Source fields

Formats

tables · reports

Technical tags

public tablesquintennial

Example uses

Landholding distribution and irrigation status

Research and articles using this data

Verified examples that analyze, reuse, introduce, or visualize this dataset. Search matches without evidence are not published here.

3 verified sources

Scholarly works3

Journal articleAnalyzes data
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural production, livelihoods, and food security in India: baseline results of a phone survey
Lindsay M. Jaacks, Divya Veluguri, Rajesh Serupally · et al. · Food Security · 2021
Analyzes Ag Census 2015–16 data in the context of: "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural production, livelihoods, and food security in India: baseline results of a phone survey".
Journal articleAnalyzes data
Impacts of a national lockdown on smallholder farmers’ income and food security: Empirical evidence from two states in India
Francisco Ceballos, Samyuktha Kannan, Berber Kramer · World Development · 2020
Analyzes Ag Census 2015–16 data in the context of: "Impacts of a national lockdown on smallholder farmers’ income and food security: Empirical evidence from two states in India".
ReportAnalyzes data
Going Beyond Agricultural GDP to Farmers’ Incomes
Ashok Gulati, Shweta Saini, Ranjana Roy · India studies in business and economics · 2021
Analyzes Ag Census 2015–16 data in the context of: "Going Beyond Agricultural GDP to Farmers’ Incomes".

Scholarly checked:: 10 Sept 2026
Web checked:: Not checked yet

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