Lok Sabha Question No. 4000 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Cultivable and Barren Land
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4000

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  MARCH, 2018

## CULTIVABLE AND BARREN LAND

4000.        SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the area of cultivable and barren land out of the total geographical area of the country in each State/Union Territory; and
- (b) the details of area of land diverted for real estate purpose in each State/Union Territory during each of the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a): As  per  the  latest  data  available  on  land  use  statistics,  State-wise  details  of  'cultivable (agricultural) land' and 'barren and unculturable land' out of the reporting area by the states for the year 2014-15 is given at Annexure I. The reporting area stands for the area for which data on land use classification is available. There may be variation in the total reported area by some states and the geographical area due inaccessibility of certain lands.
- (b): While there is shift in agricultural land for non agricultural purposes including real estate, non-agricultural  land  is  also  being  brought  under  agricultural  uses.  As  such,  the  details  of agricultural  land  diverted  to  non-agricultural  uses  including  real  estate  are  not  maintained separately.  However,  as  per  report  on  Land  Use  Statistics  for  2014-15  (latest  available),  the State-wise details of area under non- agricultural uses during the last four years i.e. 2011-12 to 2014-15 are given at Annexure-II.

## Annexure I

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4000 due for answer on 20.03.2018

State-wise details of Reporting Area, Cultivable (Agricultural) Land and Barren and Unculturable land in the country for the year 2014-15 (latest available)

(Thousand Hectares)

| STATES/Uts                |   Reporting Area |   Cultivable/ Agricultural land | Barren and Unculturable land   |
|---------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH            |            16276 |                            9047 | 1351                           |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |             7228 |                             423 | 37                             |
| ASSAM                     |             7844 |                            3364 | 1190                           |
| BIHAR                     |             9360 |                            6579 | 432                            |
| CHHATTISGARH              |            13790 |                            5558 | 288                            |
| GOA                       |              361 |                             197 |                                |
| GUJARAT                   |            19069 |                           12661 | 2552                           |
| HARYANA                   |             4371 |                            3656 | 119                            |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH          |             4576 |                             812 | 777                            |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR           |             4058 |                            1075 | 305                            |
| JHARKHAND                 |             7970 |                            4343 | 568                            |
| KARNATAKA                 |            19052 |                           12827 | 787                            |
| KERALA                    |             3886 |                            2266 | 13                             |
| MADHYA PRADESH            |            30756 |                           17252 | 1357                           |
| MAHARASHTRA               |            30758 |                           21099 | 1727                           |
| MANIPUR                   |             2117 |                             390 | 1                              |
| MEGHALAYA                 |             2242 |                            1056 | 129                            |
| MIZORAM                   |             2039 |                             367 | 6                              |
| NAGALAND                  |             1652 |                             694 | 2                              |
| ODISHA                    |            15518 |                            6784 | 1078                           |
| PUNJAB                    |             5033 |                            4285 | 58                             |
| RAJASTHAN                 |            34267 |                           25511 | 2403                           |
| SIKKIM                    |              442 |                              97 |                                |
| TAMIL NADU                |            13033 |                            8112 | 489                            |
| TELANGANA                 |            11208 |                            6877 | 607                            |
| TRIPURA                   |             1049 |                             272 |                                |
| UTTARAKHAND               |             5993 |                            1549 | 228                            |
| UTTAR PRADESH             |            24170 |                           18939 | 462                            |
| WEST BENGAL               |             8683 |                            5655 | 11                             |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS |              757 |                              28 | 2                              |
| CHANDIGARH                |                7 |                               1 |                                |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      |               49 |                              24 | 0                              |
| DAMAN & DIU               |                3 |                               3 |                                |
| DELHI                     |              147 |                              53 | 18                             |
| LAKSHADWEEP               |                3 |                               2 |                                |
| PUDUCHERRY                |               49 |                              29 | 0                              |
| ALL INDIA                 |           307818 |                          181886 | 16996                          |

Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

Note:'0' relates to the area below 500 Hectares

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## Annexure II

## Annexure referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4000 due for answer on 20.03.2018

State-wise details of Area under non-agricultural uses in the country for the last four years 2011-12 to 2014-15 (latest available)

(Thousand Hectares)

| STATES/Uts                | 2011-12   | 2012-13   |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH            | 2803      | 2873      |      2095 |      2002 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 26        | 26        |        26 |        25 |
| ASSAM                     | 1212      | 1262      |      1274 |      1271 |
| BIHAR                     | 1703      | 1708      |      1712 |      1712 |
| CHHATTISGARH              | 725       | 734       |       738 |       741 |
| GOA                       | 37        | 37        |        37 |        37 |
| GUJARAT                   | 1171      | 1171      |      1171 |      1171 |
| HARYANA                   | 500       | 542       |       537 |       534 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 350       | 350       |       350 |       350 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR           | 260       | 267       |       267 |       266 |
| JHARKHAND                 | 775       | 710       |       706 |       706 |
| KARNATAKA                 | 1433      | 1436      |      1444 |      1461 |
| KERALA                    | 513       | 508       |       512 |       526 |
| MADHYA PRADESH            | 2119      | 2126      |      2162 |      2149 |
| MAHARASHTRA               | 1451      | 1456      |      1460 |      1482 |
| MANIPUR                   | 26        | 26        |        26 |        26 |
| MEGHALAYA                 | 107       | 108       |       108 |       111 |
| MIZORAM                   | 87        | 87        |        91 |        69 |
| NAGALAND                  | 93        | 93        |        93 |        93 |
| ODISHA                    | 1234      | 1305      |      1280 |      1318 |
| PUNJAB                    | 447       | 429       |       498 |       430 |
| RAJASTHAN                 | 1884      | 1864      |      1889 |      1940 |
| SIKKIM                    | 10        | 10        |        10 |        10 |
| TAMIL NADU                | 2181      | 2184      |      2190 |      2199 |
| TELANGANA                 | _         | _         |       895 |       885 |
| TRIPURA                   | 143       | 144       |       145 |       146 |
| UTTARAKHAND               | 218       | 221       |       222 |       224 |
| UTTAR PRADESH             | 2893      | 2893      |      3027 |      3046 |
| WEST BENGAL               | 1794      | 1822      |      1834 |      1842 |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 7         | 7         |         7 |         7 |
| CHANDIGARH                | 5         | 5         |         5 |         5 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      | 4         | 4         |         4 |         4 |
| DAMAN & DIU               | 0         | 0         |         0 |         0 |
| DELHI                     | 75        | 75        |        75 |        75 |
| LAKSHADWEEP               | 1         | 1         |         1 |         1 |
| PUDUCHERRY                | 18        | 19        |        19 |        19 |
| ALL INDIA                 | 26308     | 26504     |     26913 |     26883 |

Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

Note:'0' relates to the area below 500 Hectares