The total water area in Bihar is 3 52 lakh hectares which is what percentage of the total geographic...........

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The total water area in Bihar is 3.52 lakh hectares, which is what percentage of the total geographical area?

3.8 percent

5.2 percent

6.4 percent

8.5 percent

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Explanation:

Overall irrigated area has increased continuously in Bihar during the last 10 years, the total irrigated area was 44.33 lakh hectare in 2009-10 which has increased at an annual rate of 2.12 percent to 54.93 lakh hectare in the year 2018-19. Tube wells are the main source of irrigation in Bihar, which is responsible for irrigating 63.5 percent of the total irrigated area, in the year 2018-19, the area under irrigation from canals was 16.6 lakh hectares, which is 30.2 percent of the total irrigated area.