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Statewise land-use: 1995-96 (provisional) (million hectares)

Territory	Geographica area	Reporting area for land utilisation (col 4+7+11+14+15)	Forests	Not available for cultivation			Other uncultivated land excluding fallow lands				Fallow lands			Sown area			Irrigated area
Territory	Geographica area	Reporting area for land utilisation (col 4+7+11+14+15)	Forests	Area put to non-agricultural uses	Barren and unculturable unculturable land	Total(col 5+6)	Permanent pastures and other grazing lands	Land under waste- tree crops and groves not area sown	Culturable wasteland	Total col 8+9+10)	Fallow lands other than current fallows	Current fallows	Total (col 12+13)	Net area sown	Area sown more than once	Total cropped area(col 15+16)	Net irrigated area	Gross irrigated area
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
All India	328.73	304.89	68.83	22.35	19.03	41.38	11.05	3.49	14.1	28.64	10.01	13.81	23.82	142.21	44.35	186.56	53.51	71.51
Andhra Pradesh	27.5	27.44	6.15	2.15	2.51	4.65	0.75	0.23	0.78	1.77	1.67	2.54	4.23	10.64	2.41	13.04	4.12	5.3
Arunachal Pradesh (a)	8.37	5.5	5.15	(b)	0.048	0.048	(c)	0.044		0.044	0.036	0.028	0.064	0.18	0.06	0.24(d)	0.036	0.036
Assam (e)	7.84	7.85	2.01	1.02	1.43	2.45	0.16	0.21	0.091	0.46	0.07	0.074	0.14	2.78	1.16	3.94(d)	0.57(f)	0.57(f)
Bihar	17.39	17.34	2.95	2.33	1.01	3.34	0.11	0.34	0.36	0.82	0.97	1.93	2.9	7.32	2.7	10.02	3.54	4.4
Goa	0.37	0.42	0.13	0.037	–	0.037	0.001	<500 ha	0.058	0.059	(g)	(g)	(g)	0.14	0.03	0.16	0.023	0.036
Gujarat (h)	19.6	18.83	1.89	1.13	2.6	3.73	0.85	0.004	1.98	2.83	0.028	0.74	0.76	9.61	0.47	10.08(d)	3.002	3.66
Haryana	4.42	4.37	0.11	0.4	0.094	0.49	0.024	0.004	0.023	0.051	<500ha	0.16	0.16	3.59	2.39	5.97	2.72	4.59
Himachal Pradesh (h)	5.57	3.4	1.05	0.2	0.15	0.35	1.19	0.05	0.12	1.36	0.021	0.056	0.077	0.57	0.4	0.97(d)	0.1	0.17
Jammu and Kashmir	22.22	4.5 (I)	2.75 (j)	0.29	0.29	0.58	0.13	0.072	0.14	0.34	0.007	0.097	0.1	0.73	0.34	1.07	0.305	0.43
Karnataka	19.18	18.86	3.06	1.26	0.8	2.01	1.03	0.32	0.44	1.79	0.44	1.28	1.72	10.42	1.54	11.96	2.33	2.92
Kerala	3.89	3.89	1.08	0.31	0.043	0.36	0.001	0.027	0.074	0.1	0.029	0.051	0.08	2.26	0.8	3.07	0.36	0.51
Madhya Pradesh	44.34	44.35	14.67	2.49	1.74	4.23	2.68	0.022	1.46	4.2	0.79	0.74	1.52	19.75	5.29	25.04	5.82	6.07
Maharashtra	30.77	30.76	5.28	1.24	1.71	2.95	1.36	0.22	0.89	2.47	1.11	1.04	2.15	17.91	3.42	23.33	2.57(e)	3.15(e)
Manipur (k)	2.23	2.21	0.6	0.026	1.42	1.44		0.024		0.024	–	–	–	0.24	0.04	0.18	0.065	0.075
Meghalaya	2.24	2.24(l)	0.94	0.085	0.14	0.23	–	0.16	0.47	0.64	0.16	0.066	0.23	0.21	0.04	0.25	0.045(m)	0.045(m)
Mizoram	2.11	2.1	1.6	–	0.04	0.04	–	–	0.174	0.174	0.16	–	0.16	0.11	–	0.11	0.007	0.009
Nagaland	1.66	1.55	0.86	0.057	–	0.057	–	0.13	0.074	0.2	0.097	0.11	0.21	0.21	0.02	0.23	0.062	0.072
Orissa (e)	15.57	15.57	5.72	0.86	0.55	1.41	0.51	0.71	0.43	1.66	0.35	0.21	0.56	6.21	3.46	9.67(h)	2.09	2.63
Punjab	5.04	5.03	0.29	0.4	0.09	0.49	0.006	0.012	0.024	0.042	0.012	0.063	0.075	4.14	3.61	7.75	3.85	7.38
Rajasthan	34.22	34.24	2.46	1.68	2.66	4.34	1.74	0.016	5.1	6.86	1.97	2.04	4.01	16.57	3.1	19.67	5.23	6.36
Sikkim (n)	0.71	0.71	0.26	0.097	0.17	0.27	0.069	0.005	0.001	0.075	0.009	0.004	0.013	0.095	0.047	0.14	0.016(o)	0.016(o)
Tamil Nadu	13.01	13	2.14	1.91	0.49	2.4	0.12	0.22	0.35	0.69	1.13	1.29	2.42	5.34	0.92	6.27	2.62	3.18
Tripura	1.05	1.05	0.61	0.13	(p)	0.13	(c)	0.027	0.001	0.028	0.001	0.004	0.005	0.28	0.15	0.43(d)	0.035	0.06
Uttar Pradesh	29.44	29.8	5.16	2.54	0.97	3.52	0.3	0.53	0.96	1.79	0.86	1.08	1.93	17.4	8.39	25.79	11.67	16.97
West Bengal	8.88	8.69	1.2	1.6	0.04	1.64	0.007	0.079	0.058	0.14	0.031	0.22	0.25	5.46	3.51	8.97	1.91(n)	2.49(n,q)
Union territory
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (h)	0.82	0.79	0.695	0.022	0.002	0.024	0.004	0.016	0.012	0.032	0.003	0.001	0.004	0.038	0.011	0.049(d)	-	–
Chandigarh (e)	0.011	0.007	<500 ha	0.004	(r)	0.004	–	<500 ha	<500 ha	<500 ha	0.001	<500 ha	0.001	0.002	0.002	0.004	0.002(p)	0.002(p)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	0.049	0.049	0.02	0.004	<500 ha	0.004	0.001	–	<500 ha	0.001	<500 ha	0.001	0.001	0.023	0.004	0.027	0.005	0.005
Daman and Diu (s)	0.011	0.01	–	0.001	0.002	0.003	<500 ha	0.001	0.002	0.003	(g)	(g)	(g)	0.004	0.001	0.005(t)	0.001	0.001
Delhi	0.15	0.15	0.001	0.073	0.01	0.083	<500 ha	0.001	0.007	0.008	0.008	<500ha	0.008	0.047	0.02	0.067	0.044	0.064
Lakshadweep (h)	0.003	0.003	–	<500 ha	–	<500 ha	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.003	0.001	0.004	–	0.035
Pondicherry	0.049	0.049	–	0.015	<500 ha	0.015	<500 ha	0.001	0.003	0.004	0.002	0.002	0.004	0.026	0.019	0.045	0.023
Notes: a : As per agricultural census 1990-91 except total cropped area and irrigated area. Area under ‘not available for cultivation’ is as per 1985-86 agricultural census b : Included under the head ‘barren and unculturable land’ c : Included under the head ‘land under miscellaneous tree crops and groves, etc.’ d : Forecast data has been utilised in estimating gross cropped area. e : Relates to the period 1993-94 f : Relates to the period 1953-54 g : Not available separately, included under culturable wastelands h : Relates to the period 1994-95 i : Excludes area under the illegal occupation of China and Pakistan j : Includes forest area of 2,089 thousand hectares reported by the chief coservator of forests of the state in 1983-84 k : As per 1972-73 ad-hoc estimates l : Excludes area under the municipality and town committee m : Relates to the period 1991-92 n : Relates to the period 1985-86 0 : Relates to the period 1984-85 p : Relates to the period 1987-88 q : Relates to the period 1988-89 r : Included under the head ‘area put to non agricultural uses’ s : Relates to the period 1989-90, except total cropped area t : Relates to the period 1992-93
Source: Anon 1998, Land-use Statistics (Part-I): Land-use Classification and Irrigated Area 1994-95 and 1995-96 (Provisional), Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi, pp 1-9.