State-wise Area of Arable Land/Degraded Land and Land Affected by
Natural Calamities in India (2010-2011) |
(Area in Thousand Hectares) |
States/UTs |
Degraded Land* |
Arable Land** |
Area Affected by Natural
Calamities*** |
Percentage of arable land
affected by Natural Calamities |
Andhra
Pradesh |
14992 |
15928 |
1207 |
7.58 |
Arunachal
Pradesh |
4503 |
422 |
164 |
38.86 |
Assam |
2213 |
3211 |
187 |
5.82 |
Bihar |
6283 |
6637 |
1941 |
29.25 |
Chhattisgarh |
# |
5581 |
0 |
0 |
Goa |
162 |
197 |
0 |
0 |
Gujarat |
8133 |
12422 |
67 |
0.54 |
Haryana |
1467 |
3728 |
131 |
3.51 |
Himachal
Pradesh |
4178 |
822 |
26 |
3.16 |
Jammu
and Kashmir |
7020 |
1044 |
14 |
1.34 |
Jharkhand |
# |
4289 |
741 |
17.28 |
Karnataka |
7631 |
12892 |
10 |
0.01 |
Kerala |
2608 |
2305 |
3 |
0.01 |
Madhya
Pradesh |
26210 |
17322 |
0 |
0 |
Maharashtra |
13055 |
21148 |
0 |
0 |
Manipur |
952 |
243 |
0 |
0 |
Meghalaya |
1208 |
1053 |
0 |
0 |
Mizoram |
1881 |
377 |
2 |
0.5 |
Nagaland |
995 |
659 |
0 |
0 |
Orissa |
6122 |
7126 |
878 |
12.32 |
Punjab |
1280 |
4215 |
84 |
1.99 |
Rajasthan |
11368 |
25578 |
0 |
0 |
Sikkim |
234 |
150 |
0 |
0 |
Tamil
Nadu |
5334 |
8146 |
417 |
5.11 |
Tripura |
628 |
310 |
0 |
0 |
Uttarakhand |
# |
1547 |
502 |
32.45 |
Uttar
Pradesh |
15324 |
19179 |
815 |
4.25 |
West
Bengal |
2752 |
5689 |
1625 |
28.56 |
Andaman
and Nicobar Islands |
- |
47 |
0 |
0 |
Chandigarh |
- |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Dadra
and Nagar Haveli |
- |
24 |
0 |
0 |
Daman
and Diu |
- |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Lakshadweep |
287 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Pondicherry |
- |
30 |
0 |
0 |
Delhi |
- |
54 |
0 |
0 |
India |
146820 |
182385 |
8814 |
4.83 |
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Note : # :
Degraded area of Bihar includes Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh includes |
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Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh includes Uttarakhand. |
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Source : Lok
Sabha Starred Question No. 270, dated on 15.03.2011. |
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