Describe the geographical conditions for growth of wheat in India. Mention the areas where it is grown.

The geographical conditions for wheat are as given below:
(l) Wheat requires a cool growing season and a bright sunshine at the time of ripening.
(ii) It requires 50 to 75 cm of annual rainfall evenly distributed over the growing season.
(iii) Two important wheat growing zones in the country are the Ganga-Satluj plains in the north-west and black soil region of the Deccan.
(iv) The major wheat producing states are Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and parts of Madhya Pradesh.