Kanyakumari District accounts for more than 95% of the production of natural rubber in the state of Tamil Nadu. Rubber is cultivated mainly in the hilly areas (on the western ghats) in the interior, while paddy fields and other crops are mainly found on the plains, near the coast.
Major crops under cultivation -
- Rice - 400 km²
- Coconut - 210 km²
- Rubber - 194.78 km²
- Tapioca - 123.50 km²
- Banana - 50 km²
- Pulses - 30 km²
- Cashew - 20 km²
- Mango - 17.70 km²
- Palmyrah - 16.31 km²
- Tamarind - 13.33 km²
- Arecanut - 9.80 km²
- Jack Fruit - 7.65 km²
- Clove - 5.18 km²
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