Land Revenue Records maintained in India have categorized land-use

Land Revenue Records maintained in India have categorized land-use into

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According to the standard land use classification maintained in India by the Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES), Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, land use is categorized into 9 categories. These are: 1. Forests, 2. Area under Non-agricultural Use, 3. Barren and Unculturable Land, 4. Permanent Pastures and Other Grazing Lands, 5. Land Under Misc. Tree Crops etc. not included in Net Sown Area, 6. Culturable Waste-Land, 7. Fallow lands other than current fallows, 8. Current Fallows, 9. Net Sown Area.

– India’s official land use statistics are collected and maintained based on a specific classification system.
– This system divides the total geographical area into 9 distinct land use categories.
– These categories help in analyzing land utilization patterns and trends across the country.

This classification system has been in use for several decades and is based on the village-level land records maintained by revenue departments in states. The Net Sown Area represents the area cultivated within a given agricultural year. The total area under crops (Gross Cropped Area) is the Net Sown Area plus the area sown more than once in the same year.

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