Indian agriculture had reached the stage of development and maturity much before now advanced countries of the world embarked on the path of progress. The share of agriculture in national income is often taken as an indicator of the economic development. Significant facts about the cropping pattern in India are having great role. This paper made an attempt to know the cropping pattern system in Karnataka, Agriculture land holding policies in Karnataka etc…. for this purpose the data has been collected from secondary sources such as books journals and websites. This paper is also made an attempt to identify the factors which influence the cropping pattern in various state in India.

Keywords :Cropping pattern system, factors, Land holding.