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CATEGORY-WISE WASTELANDS OF INDIA (Area in sq. km.) |
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S. No. |
Category | Wastelands |
% to Total Geographical Area covered |
Change | |||||||
| 1986-2000 | 2003 | 1986-2000 | 2003 | Area | % | ||||||
| 1 | Gullied and/or Ravinous land | 20553.35 | 19039.34 | 0.65 | 0.60 | -1514.01 | -0.05 | ||||
| 2 | Land with or without scrub | 194014.29 | 187949.49 | 6.13 | 5.94 | -6064.80 | -0.19 | ||||
| 3 | Waterlogged and Marshy land | 16568.45 | 9744.97 | 0.52 | 0.31 | -6823.48 | -0.22 | ||||
| 4 | Land affected by salinity/alkalinity-coastal/inland | 20477.38 | 12024.05 | 0.65 | 0.38 | -8453.33 | -0.27 | ||||
| 5 | Shifting Cultivation Area | 35142.20 | 18765.86 | 1.11 | 0.59 | -16376.34 | -0.52 | ||||
| 6 | Under utilised/degraded notified forest land | 140652.31 | 126551.81 | 4.44 | 4.00 | -14100.50 | -0.45 | ||||
| 7 | Degraded pastures/grazing land | 25978.91 | 19344.30 | 0.82 | 0.61 | -6634.61 | -0.21 | ||||
| 8 | Degraded land under plantation | 5828.09 | 2138.24 | 0.18 | 0.07 | -3689.84 | -0.12 | ||||
| 9 | Sands-Inland/Coastal | 50021.65 | 33984.20 | 1.58 | 1.07 | -16037.45 | -0.51 | ||||
| 10 | Mining/Industrial wastelands | 1252.13 | 1977.35 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 725.21 | 0.02 | ||||
| 11 | Barren rocky/stony waste/sheet rock area | 64584.77 | 57747.11 | 2.04 | 1.82 | -6837.65 | -0.22 | ||||
| 12 | Steep sloping area | 7656.29 | 9097.38 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 1441.10 | 0.05 | ||||
| 13 | Snow covered and/or glacial area | 55788.49 | 54328.16 | 1.76 | 1.72 | -1460.33 | -0.05 | ||||
| Total Wasteland Area | 638518.31 | 552692.26 | 20.17 | 17.45 | -85826.05 | -2.71 | |||||
| Source: 1:50,000 scale wasteland maps-1986-2000 prepared based on Landsat Thematic Mapper / IRS LISS II and map-2003 prepared based on IRS-LISS III data Note: 1,20,849.00 sq. km. in Jammu & Kashmir is not mapped and hence not considered for calculating the percentage. | |||||||||||
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