Land Use Pattern

Land Resources and Land Utilization

S.No. Contents Area (Ha.)
1 Total Geographical Area: i) by Professional Survey
ii) by Village Papers
55,67,300
45,77,984
2 Forests 11,23,800
3 Barran and Unculturable Land 7,65,774
4 Land Put to Non-Agriculture Use 3,65,258
5 Permanent Pastures and Other Grazing Lands 15,02,648
6 Land under Misc. Trees Crops not Included in Area Sown 67,643
7 Cultivable Waste Lands 1,24,853
8 Other Fallow Lands 23,270
9 Current Fallows 78,844
10 Net Area Sown 5,25,894
11 Area Sown More than Once 3,72,689
12 Total Cropped Area 8,98,583
13 Cropping Intensity  170.87%
14 Net Irrigated Area 1,20,186

Distribution of Land Holdings

Size of Holdings (Ha.) Category (Farmers) Number of Holdings (Lacs) Area (Lacs Ha.) Average Size of Holding (Ha.)
Below 1.0 Marginal 7.12 (71.41%) 2.86 (30.30%) 0.40
1.0 – 2.0 Small 1.74 (17.45%) 2.42 (25.63%) 1.39
2.0 – 4.0 Semi Medium 0.82 (8.23%) 2.23 (23.62%) 2.72
4.0 – 10.0 Medium 0.26 (2.61%) 1.46 (15.47%) 5.62
10.0 – Above Large 0.03 (0.30%) 0.47 (4.98%) 15.67
  TOTAL 9.97 (100%) 9.44 (100%) 0.95