Litchi cultivation in India
January 2 , 2024
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- Litchi is now being cultivated across 19 Indian states.
- The sweet and juicy fruit earlier restricted to Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
- The fruit mainly grows in the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand.
- Litchi cultivation is spread across over 32,000 hectares in Bihar alone.
- This accounts for nearly 40 per cent of India’s litchi production.
- Bihar is followed by West Bengal (12 per cent of the total) and Jharkhand (10 per cent).
- Muzaffarpur of Bihar is known as the “Sweet City of India” due to its abundant production of litchis.
- Muzaffarpur is one of India’s leading litchi producers.
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