Mention the important cotton-growing areas in India show them on the map of India.

Solution

There are three cotton growing areas in India:
(i)Parts of Punjab, Haryana and northern Rajasthan in north-west, Gujarat and Maharashtra in the west and plateaus of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in south.
(ii)Leading producers of this crop are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana.
(iii)Per hectare output of cotton is high under irrigated conditions in north-western region of the country. Its yield is very low in Maharashtra where it is grown under rainfed conditions.

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