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Statewise extent of common lands: 1995-96 (provisional) (million hectares)

Territory	Geographical area	Reporting area for land utilisation	Biomass producing common land				Biomass producing private land (c)	Biomass producing common land as % of reporting area
Territory	Geographical area	Reporting area for land utilisation	Total	Forest	Culturable wasteland (a)	Biomass Permanent pastures and grazing lands (b)	Biomass producing private land (c)	Biomass producing common land as % of reporting area
India	328.73	304.89	93.98	68.83	14.1	11.05	169.52	30.82
Andhra Pradesh	27.5	27.44	7.68	6.15	0.78	0.75	15.11	27.99
Arunachal Pradesh (d)	8.37	5.49	5.15	5.15	–	–	0.29	93.64
Assam (e)	7.84	7.85	2.26	2.01	0.09	0.16	3.14	28.79
Bihar	17.39	17.33	3.42	2.95	0.36	0.11	10.56	19.73
Goa	0.37	0.36	0.19	0.13	0.06	0.001	0.14	52.78
Gujarat (f)	19.6	18.82	4.72	1.89	1.98	0.85	10.38	25.08
Haryana	4.42	4.37	0.15	0.11	0.02	0.024	3.75	3.43
Himachal Pradesh (f)	5.57	3.4	2.36	1.05	0.12	1.19	0.7	69.41
Jammu and Kashmir	22.22	4.5(g)	3.02	2.75(h)	0.14	0.13	0.91	67.11
Karnataka	19.18	19.05	4.53	3.06	0.44	1.03	12.46	23.78
Kerala	3.89	3.88	1.15	1.08	0.07	0.001	2.37	29.64
Madhya Pradesh	44.34	44.35	18.81	14.67	1.46	2.68	21.3	42.41
Maharashtra	30.77	30.76	7.53	5.28	0.89	1.36	20.28	24.48
Manipur (i)	2.23	2.21	0.6	0.6	–	–	0.16	27.15
Meghalaya	2.24	2.24	1.41	0.94	0.47	–	0.6	62.95
Mizoram	2.11	2.1	1.77	1.6	0.17	–	0.27	84.28
Nagaland	1.66	1.55	0.93	0.86	0.07	–	0.55	60
Orissa (e)	15.57	15.57	6.66	5.72	0.43	0.51	7.49	42.77
Punjab	5.04	5.03	0.32	0.29	0.02	0.01	4.23	6.36
Rajasthan	34.22	34.24	9.3	2.46	5.1	1.74	20.6	27.16
Sikkim (j)	0.71	0.71	0.33	0.26	0.001	0.07	0.11	46.48
Tamil Nadu	13.01	13	2.61	2.14	0.35	0.12	7.99	20.08
Tripura (e)	1.05	1.05	0.61	0.61	0.001	–	0.31	58.09
Uttar Pradesh	29.44	29.8	6.42	5.16	0.96	0.3	19.86	21.54
West Bengal	8.87	8.69	1.27	1.2	0.06	0.01	5.79	14.61
Union territory
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (f)	0.82	0.79	0.71	0.695	0.012	0.004	0.06	89.87
Chandigarh (e)	0.01	0.007	0.001	<500 ha	< 500 ha	–	0.003	14.28
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	0.05	0.05	0.02	0.02	< 500 ha	0.001	0.02	40
Daman and Diu (k)	0.01	0.01	0.002	0	0.002	< 500 ha	0.005	20
Delhi	0.15	0.15	0.01	0.001	0.01	< 500 ha	0.06	6.67
Lakshadweep (f)	0.003	0.003	0	0	0	0	0.003	0
Pondicherry	0.05	0.05	0.003	-	0.003	<500 ha	0.03	6
Notes: a : Culturable wastelands can be revenue lands, which have been distributed for private use or are being used as public wastelands. Some culturable wastelands can also come under panchayat lands depending on the rules in different states. A lot of culturable wastelands have also been encroached upon. As a result, the actual quantity of biomass-producing common lands may be smaller than the figures shown above b : Permanent pastures and grazing lands are usually managed by panchayats c : Biomass producing private land includes net area sown, fallow lands and land under miscellaneous tree, crops and groves not included in net area sown d : As per agricultural census 1990-91 e : Relates to the period 1993-94 f : Relates to the period 1994-95 g : Excludes area under the illegal occupation of China and Pakistan h : Includes forest area of 2,089 thousand hectares reported by the chief coservator of forests of the state in 1983-84 i : As per 1972-73 ad-hoc estimates j : Relates to the period 1985-86 k : Relates to the period 1989-90, except total cropped area
Source: Anon 1998, Land-use Statistics (Part-I): Land-use Classification and Irrigated area 1994-95 and 1995-96 (Provisional), Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi, pp 1-9.