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Extent of wastelands (million hectares)
| Territory |
Total wasteland |
Degraded forest area (a) |
Degraded non-forest area (b) |
| Saline/alkaline area |
Wind eroded area |
Water eroded area |
Total area |
| India |
129.57 |
35.85 |
7.17 |
12.92 |
73.58 |
93.66 |
| Andhra Pradesh |
11.42 |
3.73 |
0.24 |
– |
7.44 |
7.68 |
| Assam |
1.73 |
0.79 |
– |
– |
0.93 |
0.93 |
| Bihar |
5.46 |
1.56 |
0.004 |
– |
3.9 |
3.9 |
| Gujarat |
7.84 |
0.68 |
1.21 |
0.7 |
5.23 |
7.14 |
| Haryana |
2.48 |
0.07 |
0.52 |
1.6 |
0.28 |
2.4 |
| Himachal Pradesh |
1.96 |
0.53 |
– |
– |
1.42 |
1.42 |
| Jammu and Kashmir |
1.56 |
1.03 |
– |
– |
0.53 |
0.53 |
| Karnataka |
9.16 |
2.04 |
0.4 |
– |
6.72 |
7.12 |
| Kerala |
1.28 |
0.23 |
0.02 |
– |
1.04 |
1.06 |
| Madhya Pradesh |
20.14 |
7.19 |
0.24 |
– |
12.7 |
12.94 |
| Maharashtra |
14.4 |
2.84 |
0.53 |
– |
11.02 |
11.55 |
| Manipur |
1.44 |
1.42 |
– |
– |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| Meghalaya |
1.92 |
1.1 |
– |
– |
0.81 |
0.81 |
| Nagaland |
1.39 |
0.88 |
– |
– |
0.51 |
0.51 |
| Orissa |
6.38 |
3.23 |
0.4 |
– |
2.75 |
3.15 |
| Punjab |
1.23 |
0.08 |
0.7 |
– |
0.46 |
1.16 |
| Rajasthan |
19.93 |
1.93 |
0.73 |
10.62 |
6.66 |
18.01 |
| Sikkim |
0.28 |
0.15 |
– |
– |
0.13 |
0.13 |
| Tamil Nadu |
4.4 |
1.01 |
0.004 |
– |
3.39 |
3.39 |
| Tripura |
0.97 |
0.86 |
– |
– |
0.11 |
0.11 |
| Uttar Pradesh |
8.06 |
1.43 |
1.3 |
– |
5.34 |
6.64 |
| West Bengal |
2.54 |
0.36 |
0.85 |
– |
1.33 |
2.18 |
| Union territory |
3.6 |
2.71 |
0.02 |
– |
0.87 |
0.89 |
| Notes: a : Degraded forest area refers to the land under recorded forest
area. Barren area notified as forests not included in the above figures
b : The data comes from the Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (1984), New
Delhi |
| Source: Anon undated, Developing
India’s Wastelands, National Wastelands Development Board 1985 to 1989, Ministry of
Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi, pp 68-69. |
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