Almost a quarter of India's land area is prone to drought. Areas that get up to 60 centimetres of rainfall annually are the most drought prone. The drought is almost directly linked to the areal variation in the monsoon, the effect of which lasts for much longer than the actual span of the monsoon.NORTHJammu and Kashmir - LadakhHimachal Pradesh - Lahaul and SpitiPunjab - South west, MalwaHaryana - South westUttarakhand - KumaonUttar Pradesh - BundelkhandWESTRajasthan - Marwar, parts of MewarGujarat - Kachchh, north KathiwarMadhya Pradesh - Malwa,Maharashtra - leeward side of Western GhatsSOUTHKarnataka - North eastTamil Nadu - central districts on leeward side of Anamalai RangeAndhra Pradesh - Rayalseema, south TelenganaEASTChattisgarh - North, BastarOrissa - western interior districts eg Kalahandi Jharkhand - east Singhbhum, PalamauWest Bengal - Purulia
