The study to examine the An Economic Analysis and Compound Growth Rate of Major Pulses in Northern Tribal Belt of Chhattisgarh finite to Jaspur district of Chhattisgarh state. The study took 60 sample farms during the year 2016-17. A formal survey method was used to collect the required information from the sample area. The objectives were achieved using exponential function, regression, and perception analyses. The finding reveals that only area under pigeon pea in Northern hills part and Jashpur district simultaneously increased with a significant growth rate 1.59 and 1.85 percent/annum respectively. Still, the production in Jashpur district has a huge significant growth with 3.05 percent /annum and in case of production of chickpea Jashpur district has recorded a positively significant growth (4.54%). In pigeon pea, the per hectare Cost-A1, Cost-A2, Cost-B1, Cost-B2, Cost-C1, Cost-C2 and Cost-C3 at the overall level were ` 8080.31, ` 8080.31, ` 8505.16, ` 14755.16, ` 10024.21, ` 16274.21and ` 17901.63 per hectare, and in chickpea, these were ` 7853.03, ` 7853.03, ` 8274.38, ` 14524.38, ` 9827.56, ` 16077.56 and ` 17685.32 per hectare, respectively, on the sample farms. The overall family labor income, farm business income, farm investment income, and input-output ratio at farm size and at overall in the study area for pigeon pea were recorded `/ha. 4572.05, `/ha. 11246.91, `/ha. 9727.86 and 1:1.2 and in chickpea, these were `/ha. 8789.65, `/ha.15461.01, `/ha. 13831.54 and 1:1.45, respectively. In the cultivation of major pulses, high labor charges (86.57%) ranks first among all constraints, followed by the non- dedication of the farmers to the farming activities (76.67 %) and poor soil health (73.33 %) were the major constraints. It is suggested that there is a need to smoothen the process of farmer credit by financial agencies in the study area. Also, the availability of cheap transportation facilities will help to strengthen the marketing channel of the study area.

Highlights

• It focuses the trend and pattern of different costs of major pulses across major producing district of northern part of the states form formation of the state.
• The trends of growth in area, production and yield of major pulses in the northern part of state appears to be positive behaviour
• More growth rate was observed in production of major pulses
• Cost of cultivation was comparable among all the farm holdings
• Net returns were lower in marginal farmers in comparison to other farm groups.
• Return over cost ratio was found to be proportional to operational holding.