Wastelands Atlas of India nrsc

Wastelands Atlas of India 2011

Change Analysis Based on Temporal Satellite Data of 2005-06 and 2008-09

2011

Land Use & Cover Monitoring Division (LRUMG)

Remote Sensing & GIS Applications Area Department of Land Resources National Remote Sensing Centre
National Remote Sensing Centre Ministry of Rural Development Indian Space Research Organisation
Indian Space Research Organisation Government of India Dept. of Space, Govt. of India
Dept. of Space, Govt. of India Hyderabad - 500 625
New Delhi - 110 011
Hyderabad - 500 625
 Wastelands Atlas of India
2011
(Change Analysis based on temporal satellite data of 2005-06 and 2008-09)

Department of Land Resources

Ministry of Rural Development
Govt. of India
New Delhi

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Remote Sensing & GIS Applications Area
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Indian Space Research Organisation
Dept. of Space, Govt. of India
Hyderabad
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 NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING CENTRE
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1. Security Classification UNRESTRICTED

2. Distribution GENERAL
3. Report / Document version (a)Issue No. 01 (b) Revision & Date R01. April 25, 2011 VERSION NO. 1.0
4. Report / Document Type ATLAS
5. Document Control Number NRSC-RSGISAA-LRG-LUD-April11-TR250
6. Title WASTELANDS ATLAS OF INDIA 2011
(CHANGE ANALYSIS BASED ON MULTI-TEMPORAL SATELLITE DATA OF 2005-06 AND 2008-09)
7. Particulars of collation Pages Figures Tables References
290 51 36 34
8. Author(s) LAND USE DIVISION, LRUMG, RS&GIS APPLICATIONS AREA
9. Affiliation of authors NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING CENTRE, ISRO (DOS), GOVT. OF INDIA
10. Scrutiny mechanism Compiled by Reviewed by Approved / Controlled by
LAND USE DIVN. DY. DIRECTOR (RS&GIS-AA) DY. DIRECTOR (RS&GIS-AA)
11. Originating unit NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING CENTRE, DOS, GOVT. OF INDIA, HYDERABAD
12. Sponsor(s) / Name and Address MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVT. OF INDIA, NEW DELHI
13. Date of Initiation APRIL 2010
14. Date of Publication AUGUST 2011
15. Abstract (with Keywords): The study was taken up at the instance of Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development,
Government of India, to map the wasteland extent of the country in 2008-09 and record the spatial changes in wastelands between
2005-06 and 2008-09, using three-season Resourcesat-1 LISS III data on 1:50000 scale. To facilitate this, uniform mapping procedures and
digital database standards, similar to those of 2005-06 have been adopted. The digital wasteland layer of 2005-06 was overlaid
with the geo-rectified satellite data of 2008-09 and the wasteland polygons of 2005-06 were updated and the change areas were identified.
Limited ground checks were conducted and the updated wasteland layer of 2008-09 was generated. Spatial statistics on various
categories of wastelands in 2008-09 were tabulated and the changes that have occurred during the time period were analysed. The database
is expected to provide spatial information on the distribution, extent and temporal behaviour of wastelands useful for various user agencies
involved in planning and implementation of development strategies for reclamation of wastelands.

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
ANITA CHAUDHARY
FOREWORD
Availability of a reliable database on the wastelands of the country
is pre-requisite before embarking upon planning strategies for their
development. Information on the extent, nature and location wastelands
helps in designing interventions targeted at the resource-poor sections of
the rural population. It is towards this end that DoLR initiated an exercise
for carrying out the mapping of wastelands in entire country in phases,
using remote sensing technology.
First phase of mapping the wastelands was completed by NRSC is 2000
by using single-season satellite data of 1986-2000. The next phase of
mapping was undertaken in 2003, with an objective of updating the earlier
wasteland information using single-season satellite data. The results
were published in the form of Wasteland atlas 2005, which reported the
extent of wastelands in the country as 55.64 million hectares. The third
phase of mapping the wastelands was intiated by DoLR through NRSC in
2005-06. The results of study were published in ‘Wastelands Atlas of India
2010’. As per this study, the spatial extent of wastelands was estimated
at 47.22 million hectares, constituting 14.91 percent of total geographic
area of the country. Classification system of 23 categories of wastelands
and three-season satellite data was adopted in the Wasteland atlas 2010.
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- 110 011
SECRETARY
Government of India
Department of Land Resources
Ministry of Rural Development
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi - 110 011
Since the previous atlas of 2005 was based on single-season data, It
was not possible to make direct comparison with the data of the Atlas of
2010. Moreover the issue of non-availability of requisite data regarding
conversion of wastelands into cultivable land was not addressed. This
necessitated the current study on Wasteland Change Analysis, with an
objective to map the spatial changes of various wasteland categories using
three season satellite data of 2008-2009 and adopting the classification
system of 2005-2006. This study has enabled to show wasteland changes
in spatial and temporal dimension for the entire country on 1:50000
scale.
I appreciate the efforts put in by NRSC / ISRO for completing the study
and making available the results in the form of the present Wasteland Atlas
2011. I hope this publication will be useful for the planners in government
and non-governmental organizations involved in implementing various
land resources development programmes in the country.
New Delhi
Date:07th July, 2011 (ANITA CHAUDHARY)

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  GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

 DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

Antariksh Bhavan, New BEL Road
 Bangalore - 560 231, India
 560 231 Grams : Space Fax : +91-80-23415328
+91-80-23415328 Telephone : +91-80-23415241, 22172333
+91-80-23415241, 22172333 e-mail : chairman@isro.gov.in

Dr. K. Radhakrishnan
Secretary
PREFACE
Management of natural resources, especially land resources, is the key to
attain food, water and environmental security. This has special relevance
since per capita availability of agricultural land in India is decreasing rapidly
due to population growth, industrialization and urban expansion. Amongst
the various options available for improving land productivity, development
of wastelands is one of the most viable options. This calls for preparing
comprehensive spatial database on wastelands, their types and spatial
distribution so that such lands can be put under appropriate use like
greening, reclamation so that more land is available for productive use.
National Wastelands Atlases during 2000, 2005 and 2010, depicting the
types and spatial distribution of wastelands in the country for the periods
1986 - 2000, 2003 and 2005 - 2006 respectively.
This report brings out an assessment of the spatial changes in the
wastelands of the country during 2005-06 and 2008-09 periods. My
compliments to the entire project team at NRSC and all the Partner
Institutions for successful completion of this project in the given time
frame.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has amply demonstrated the l sincerely hope this publication will provide valuable inputs to all
use of satellite remote sensing technology for mapping and monitoring the stakeholders involved in the national endeavour of wastelands
wastelands, their characterization and prioritization for planning, development.
reclamation measures etc. At the behest of Ministry of Rural Development
(MRD), National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)/ISRO has brought out August 24, 2011 (K. Radhakrishnan)

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V. K. Dadhwal
Director PREAMBLE
It is my pleasure to introduce the “Atlas of Wastelands Change Analysis”
2005-06 to 2008-09 period. As you are aware National Remote Sensing
Centre (NRSC) has already completed three mapping cycles of wastelands
for the country using remote sensing satellite data on 1: 50,000 scale
during 1986 - 2005 at the instance of Department of Land Resources
(DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), Government of India (GOI)
in collaboration with various State and Central Departments.
The first Wastelands Atlas was brought out in the year 2000 where
wastelands were mapped using rabi season Landsat TM / IRS LISS-II,
LISS-III data on 1:50,000 scale with 13 wastelands categories as decided
by a Task Force constituted by the National Wastelands Development
Board (NWDB) under the chairmanship of Prof. M. G. K. Menon, the then
Member (Science), Planning Commission, GOI. The total wastelands
area reported was 63.85 million hectares. The second Atlas was brought
out in 2005 where wastelands mapping had been carried for the year
2003 using rabi season satellite data with 28 categories as decided by a
Committee chaired by the Additional Secretary, DoLR, MRD. An area of
55.64 million hectares was reported under various wasteland categories
during 2003.
Government of India
Department of Space
National Remote Sensing Centre
Balanagar, Hyderabad-500 625, A P, India
Telephone : +040-23878360
+040-23884000-04
Fax : +040-23877210
The previous Atlas was published in 2010 where an area of 47.22 million
hectares was reported under 23 categories of wastelands for the year 2005
- 2006. In this exercise, for the first time three season satellite data was
employed in mapping wastelands where temporal behavior of wasteland
classes was also taken into consideration. The mapping protocol was also
standardized keeping ‘open series map’ policy for wider public use. The
current exercise has also adopted identical map projection and datum
parameters, data sources (3-season LISS-III satellite data belonging to
kharif, rabi and zaid seasons of 2008 - 09), classification system, mapping
methodology and digital database standards, as were adopted for 2005 -
06 study. Wastelands mapping has been carried out using three season
satellite data for the period 2008 - 09.
Thus, the current exercise ‘National Wastelands Change Analysis’ is a
‘watershed’ in the entire wastelands mapping since it facilitates objective
comparison of wastelands between 2005 - 06 and 2008 - 09. The changes
in wastelands is presented in the form of change matrices. The decrease
in wastelands of 3.2 million hectares was observed, spread over 112057
locations (polygons), while simultaneously an increase in wastelands of
2.7 million hectares in 42886 locations was observed. Thus, the net result
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- 09 as compared to 2005 - 2006, when aggregated for the entire country
and wasteland classes. The results of the study have been presented in
a lucid format, to be easily understood by the users.

I am sure, this Atlas will be useful for all stakeholders concerned with
wastelands mapping, monitoring and reclamation.

July 29, 2011 (V.K.DADHWAL)

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The current study on National Wastelands Change Analysis was entrusted Our sincere thanks are due to all the External Quality Team Members and
to National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), by the Department of Land External Quality Experts with whose active involvement quality outputs
Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. The could be realized.
Project Team would like to acknowledge with great appreciation for this
A project of this magnitude could be completed with the active support
initiative and unstinted support extended by the Department of Land
and association of Regional Remote Sensing Centres, North Eastern
Resources. Special thanks are due to Ms. Anita Chaudhary, Secretary and
Space Applications Centre, State Remote Sensing Applications Centres,
Shri Chinmay Basu, Additional Secretary, Government of India, Department
Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS), Anna University, Chennai and
of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, for evincing keen
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune. The
interest in the study.
support extended by all Directors of the Partner Institutions is gratefully
The Project Team acknowledges the guidance and encouragement given acknowledged.
by Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of
Timely support provided by Dr. R. Nagaraja, Group Director, NRSC Data
Space, Govt of India.
Centre and his Team in providing the satellite data is duly acknowledged.
The Team profoundly thanks Dr. V.K. Dadhwal, Director, NRSC and Thanks are also due for the excellent support rendered by the Staff of Map
Dr. V. Jayaraman, Former Director, NRSC for their support and guidance Printing Facility in bringing out the atlas in the present form.
in realizing the project in time.
The project has been coordinated by Dr. G. Ravi Shankar, Dr. S.V.C.
The Team would like to place on record the valuable support extended Kameswara Rao and Mr. B. Shyam Sunder from NRSC who deserve
by Dr. R.M. Misra, Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural appreciation for the successful completion of the project.
Development, Dr. V.S. Hegde, Former Scientific Secretary, ISRO and
Lastly, the Project Team would like to acknowledge the support extended by
Former Director, Earth Observation Systems and Dr. P.G. Diwakar,
Staff from various Areas/Divisions of NRSC in completing the project.
Director, Earth Observation Systems, ISRO in completing the project.

The Project Team gratefully acknowledges the contributions of Dr. P.S.

Roy, Director, IIRS who had been the guiding force during the initial phases
of the project as Project Director. G. BEHERA
Dy. Director, RS & GIS -AA , NRSC &
Project Director, NWCA on behalf of the Project Team

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 Contents
Foreword v
Preface vii
Preamble ix
Acknowledgements xi
List of figures xv
List of tables xviii
Executive summary xxi
Introduction 01
Classification System 02
Methodology 04
Results 08
Conclusions 14
Bibliography 15
Explanation/guidelines for interpretation of change matrix tables 17
Wasteland map of India (2008-09) 19
Wasteland change map 20
All India wasteland statistics at a glance 21
Maps and Tables of States and Union Territories 31
Changes in wastelands (Illustrative examples) 243
Annexure 259
Project teams 265

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 List of Figures
1. Methodology of the study 05
2. Wasteland categories updating procedure - positive change 05
3. Wasteland categories updating procedure - negative change 06
3a. Increase in wasteland area
3b. Increase in wasteland area
4. Wasteland categories updating procedure - category change 06
5. Wasteland categories updating procedure - no change 06
6. Wasteland map of India - 2008 - 2009 19
7. India - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 20
8a. Andhra Pradesh - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 33
8b. Andhra Pradesh - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 34
9a. Arunachal Pradesh - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 40
9b. Arunachal Pradesh - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 41
10a. Assam - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 46
10b. Assam - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 47
11a. Bihar - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 53
11b. Bihar - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 54
12a. Chhatisgarh - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 62
12b. Chhatisgarh - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 63
13a. Delhi - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 68
13b. Delhi - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 69
14a. Goa - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 72
14b. Goa - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 73
15a. Gujarat - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 76
15b. Gujarat - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 77
16a. Haryana - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 84
16b. Haryana - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 85
17a. Himachal Pradesh - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 91

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18a. Jammu & Kashmir - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 97
18b. Jammu & Kashmir - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 98
19a. Jharkhand - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 103
19b. Jharkhand - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09 104

20a. Karnataka - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 111

20b. Karnataka - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 112
21a. Kerala - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 119
21b. Kerala - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 120
22a. Madhya Pradesh - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 125
22b. Madhya Pradesh - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 126
23a. Maharashtra - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 136
23b. Maharashtra - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 137
24a. Manipur - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 145
24b. Manipur - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 146
25a. Meghalaya - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 150
25b. Meghalaya - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 151
26a. Mizoram - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 155
26b. Mizoram - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 156
27a. Nagaland- Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 160
27b. Nagaland - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 161
28a. Orissa - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 165
28b. Orissa - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 166
29a. Punjab - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 174
29b. Punjab - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 175
30a. Rajasthan - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 181
30b. Rajasthan - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 182
31a. Sikkim - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 190
31b. Sikkim - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 191

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32a. Tamilnadu - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 194
32b. Tamilnadu - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 195
33a. Tripura - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 203
33b. Tripura - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 204
34a. Uttarakhand - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 207
34b. Uttarakhand - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 208
35a. Uttar Pradesh - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 213
35b. Uttar Pradesh - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 214
36a. West Bengal - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 228
36b. West Bengal - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 229
37a. Union Territories - Spatial distribution of wastelands 2008 – 2009 235
37b. Union Territories - Wastelands change map (2005-06 and 2008-09) 238

Wasteland changes – Illustrations from Satellite Images

38a. & b. Dense forest (2005-06) changed to snow cover (2008-09) in Arunachal Pradesh 245
39a & b. Dense forest (2005-06) changed to Shifting Cultivation (2008- 09) in Arunachal Pradesh 246
40a & b. Barren rocky area (2005-06) changed to snow cover (2008-09) in Jammu & Kashmir 247
41a & b From snow cover (2005-06) to degraded forest (2008-09) in Jammu & Kashmir 248
42 a & b From desertic sand (2005-06) to crop land (2008-09) in Rajasthan 249
43 a & b From open scrub (2005-06) to crop land (2008-09) in Rajasthan 250
44 a & b From degraded forest (2005-06) to forest plantation (2008-09) in Rajasthan 251
45 a & b From crop land (2005-06) to Industrial land (2008-09) in Rajasthan 252
46 a & b From crop land (2005-06) to waterlogged-seasonal (2008-09) in Bihar 253
47 a & b From crop land (2005-06) to riverine sand (2008-09) in Bihar 254
48 a & b From shifting cultivation (2005-06) to dense/open forest (2008-09) in Tripura 255
49 a & b From dense forest (2005-06) to shifting cultivation (2008-09) in Tripura 256
50 a & b From open scrub (2005-06) to industrial wasteland (2008-09) in Madhya Pradesh 257
51 a & b From open scrub (2005-06) to waterbody (2008-09) in Madhya Pradesh 258

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 List of Tables
Table 1: Wasteland Classification System 03
Table 2: Non-wasteland classes of 2008-09 into which the wasteland classes of 2005-06 were converted. 03
Table 3: Total wasteland area (Sq. Km.) in different states of India in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 and net change during the period. 21
Table 4: Category-wise total area under wastelands (Sq. Km) under wastelands in India during 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 22
and net change in different categories.
Table 5: Change matrix showing inter-class area changes (Sq. Km) in different wasteland categories in India 23
during 2005-06 and 2008-09.
Table 6: State-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands in India in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06. 24

For individual States

a. Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09
b. District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06

States:
7a. Andhra Pradesh - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 35
7b Andhra Pradesh - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 36
8a. Arunachal Pradesh - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 43
8b Arunachal Pradesh - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 44
9a. Assam - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 48
9b. Assam - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 49
10a. Bihar - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 55
10b. Bihar - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 56
11a. Chhattisgarh - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 64
11b. Chhattisgarh - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 65
12a. Delhi - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 70
12b. Delhi - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 71
13a. Goa - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 74

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14a. Gujarat - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 78
14b. Gujarat - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 79
15a. Haryana - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 86
15b. Haryana - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 87
16a. Himachal Pradesh - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 93
16b. Himachal Pradesh - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 94
17a. Jammu & Kashmir - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 99
17b. Jammu & Kashmir - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 100
18a. Jharkhand - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 105
18b. Jharkhand - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 106
19a. Karnataka - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 113
19b. Karnataka - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 114
20a. Kerala - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 121
20b. Kerala - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 122
21a. Madhya Pradesh - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 127
21b. Madhya Pradesh - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 128
22a. Maharashtra - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 138
22b. Maharashtra - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 139
23a. Manipur - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 147
23b. Manipur - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 148
24a. Meghalaya - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 152
24b. Meghalaya - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 153
25a. Mizoram - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 157
25b. Mizoram - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 158
26a. Nagaland - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 162
26b. Nagaland - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 163
27a. Orissa - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 168
27b. Orissa - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 169
28a. Punjab - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 176

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29a. Rajasthan - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 183
29b. Rajasthan - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 184
30a. Sikkim - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 192
30b. Sikkim - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 193
31a. Tamil Nadu - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 196
31b. Tamil Nadu - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 197
32a. Tripura - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 205
32b. Tripura - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 206
33a. Uttarakhand - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 209
33b. Uttarakhand - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 210
34a. Uttar Pradesh- Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 215
34b. Uttar Pradesh - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 216
35a. West Bengal - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 230
35b. West Bengal - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 231
36a. Union Territories - Change Matrix pertaining to inter-class area changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 239
36b. Union Territories - District-wise / category-wise distribution of wasteland area (Sq. Km) in 2008-09 vis-à-vis 2005-06 240

Annexures

Annexure 1: Definitions of Wasteland Classes adopted in the Study. 259

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 Executive Summary
Department of Land Resources (DoLR, formerly National Wasteland
Development Board - NWDB ) under the Ministry of Rural Development
(MRD), Government of India, vested with the responsibility of wastelands
development in the country, requested Department of Space, Government
of India to generate spatial information on wastelands, using remote
sensing techniques, with respect to their distribution, extent, nature,
degree of degradation and temporal behaviour to facilitate the planning
and implementation of development strategies for reclamation of
wastelands.
National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC, formerly NRSA) was at the
instance of NWDB initiated mapping of wastelands at 1:50000 scale in
1986 and completed the mapping task for entire country in the next 14
years in a phased manner using satellite data. Later, two more mapping
cycles were executed by NRSC in 2003 and 2006 with an objective to
update and monitor the status of wastelands, using satellite data of
different time periods. However, due to certain technical limitations like
differences in the data sources, class definitions, projection and datum
parameters, etc., the spatial changes in wasteland status could not be
brought out in the earlier studies.
The present study has been taken up to bridge the above gap and report
the spatial changes in wastelands between 2005-06 and 2008-09 using
3-season Resourcesat-1 LISS-III data on 1:50000 scale. To facilitate
this, uniform mapping procedures and digital database standards, similar
to those of 2005-06, have been adopted in the study. The 3-season
(belonging to Kharif, Rabi and Zaid seasons of 2008-09) satellite data
was geo-rectified with that of 2005-06. The wasteland vector layer of
2005-06 was overlaid with the geo-rectified satellite data of 2008-09.
The wasteland polygons of 2005-06 were updated using satellite data
of 2008-09 and the change areas / categories / polygons were identified.
These changes were later confirmed using limited ground checks
and the wasteland change vector layer of 2008-09 was generated.
Spatial statistics on various categories of wastelands in 2008-09 were
tabulated and the changes that have occurred during the time period
were analysed.
Highlights of the study are presented in the following paragraphs.
 About 32,000 Sq. Km. of wasteland has undergone a positive
change in the entire country during the period, by getting
converted into non-wasteland. The declining trend was observed
in 21 states of the country. Majority of the change areas have been
found in the states of Rajasthan(10264 sq.km), Mizoram(2669
sq.km.), Manipur(2391 sq.km.), Gujarat (2858 sq.km.), Bihar(1895
sq.km.), Karnataka(1478 sq.km.), Andhra Pradesh (1682 sq.km.)
and Uttar Pradesh(1269 sq.km.).
 Bulk of area (20,000 Sq. Km.) from different wasteland
categories has changed into ‘cropland’ (including ‘fallow’) class.
A considerable area change in case of ‘degraded forest-scrub
dominant’ has been noticed getting converted into ‘forest-dense/
open’ & ‘forest plantation’ classes (9,600 Sq. Km.) during the
period of study. About 800 Sq. Km. of wasteland has been
converted into other plantations.
 However, at the same time, a slight increase in total wasteland
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 area was recorded in 8 states, where non-wasteland has been
observed to have changed into wasteland, bringing down the net
decrease in wastelands during 2008-09 to about 0.17 percent,
compared to 2005-06.

 The temporal comparison of the wasteland estimates with respect

to individual classes has revealed the significant influence of
seasonal dynamics of snowfall and rainfall on some of the
wasteland classes resulting in considerable inter- and intra-class
changes among them during the period of study. Area under ‘
snow covered / glacial ‘ and ‘ barren rocky / stony waste ‘ classes
in Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir states and ‘ seasonally
waterlogged’ class in Bihar showed marked fluctuations during
the period of study, leading to only a marginal change in the net
decrease of wastelands(5240 sq.km, the net balance out of total
decrease of 32340 sq.km and total increase of 27099 sq.km. of
wastelands in the country).

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1.0 Introduction
Due to increasing population pressure, there is an excessive demand for
land and land-based products/services for agricultural as well as non-
agricultural purposes all over the world, which far outstrips the supply.
In India, this widening gap had led to over-utilization of land resources
regardless of their potential and limitations, resulting in the creation
of vast stretches of wastelands affected by soil salinity, water logging,
desertification, soil erosion etc., and thus progressive decrease in per
capita cultivable land. Ecological imbalance is also another manifestation
of excessive pressure on land resources. To arrest this negative trend
and to bring the wastelands back to their productive capabilities, for
sustaining the current production levels, adoption of appropriate and
innovative technologies for wasteland amelioration has to be planned on
a scientific basis, which hinges on the information base to be generated on
wastelands, i.e., their spatial distribution, severity of the problem, current
utilization status etc.
Remote Sensing data has an important role to play in wastelands inventory,
planning and monitoring. The experience of utilization of remote sensing
data for the above stated purposes has been highly rewarding in the
fields of agriculture, water resources, ground water targeting, watershed
development etc. The information obtained from satellite platform is timely,
reliable, accurate and cost-effective. Also, due to its availability on a
repetitive mode, it is useful for monitoring the status periodically.
1.1 Project Background
National Wastelands Development Board (currently Department of
Land Resources - DoLR), under Ministry of Rural Development (MRD),
Government of India, formed in 1985 and vested with the overall
responsibility of planning and implementation of various wasteland
development programmes in the country, approached Department of
Space, Government of India to provide large scale maps(1:50000 scale)
showing the spatial distribution of wastelands, in respect of their nature
and extent, in the country, enabling to plan reclamation measures. To
meet this requirement, NRSC, in collaboration with different State, Central
Government Departments and Institutions has completed many mapping
exercises of wastelands for the country using remote sensing satellite
data on 1: 50,000 scale during 1986-2006. These maps were of immense
help in identifying different types of wastelands, their spatial distribution
and extent for undertaking appropriate reclamation measures. However,
in these mapping exercises, spatial comparison in the distribution of
wastelands of the country and changes in their status over time could not
be done, because of some technical difficulties like classification scheme
of wastelands and their definitions, adoption of different mapping methods,
different datums and map projection systems, use of different datasets
etc in these mapping exercises.
During the last exercise of mapping wastelands using multi-season satellite
data of 2005-06, DoLR of MRD had finally adopted a classification system
with 23 categories of wastelands and the results of this study have been
published as an Atlas in 2010.Then, the DoLR has decided to adopt the
same classification systemand definitions of wasteland classes and similar
datasets for 2008-09 and mapping method so as to make comparison
of spatial distribution of wastelands between 2005-06 and 2008-09.
Accordingly, MRD had requested NRSC to take up the task of studying
the spatial distribution of wastelands for the whole country, using IRS
LISS-III data of 2008-09 and comparing the estimates to those of 2005-
06, to enable detection of change, if any, in their status and analyzing the
changes.
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 1.2 Goal and Objectives 2.0 Classification System

The main goal of the study is to bring out the spatial changes of various
wasteland categories during 2005 - 06 and 2008 - 09 for the whole country
on 1:50,000 scale. The following objectives have been set forth for the
study, in view of the above-stated goal.
 To generate spatial information on different classes of wastelands
of 2008 - 09 at district, state and national levels, by updating the
wasteland vector layer of 2005 - 06.
 To Identify and depict areas with major wasteland changes between
2005 - 06 and 2008 - 09.
 Preparation of category-wise spatial change statistics at national,
state and district levels and summation in the form of an atlas.
1.3 Deliverables
The wasteland classification system for 1: 50,000 scale that has been
followed in the project is given in Table 1. The description of individual
classes is given as Annexure. In order to facilitate an objective comparison
between the two temporal wasteland vector datasets with respect to
different classes and their spatial statistics and to identify the type of
change, the number of wasteland classes in 2008-09 was kept the same
as it was in 2005-06. Thus, the number of wasteland classes during
both the mapping cycles remained 23. 9 non-wastelands classes have
been shortlisted to identify the probable change of wastelands to these
classes during the course of change analysis (table-2). The schema for
classification was finalized after elaborate discussions with DoLR, MRD.
Feature codes for all the categories were discussed and finalized, keeping
in view, the NNRMS standards.

As this project has attempted to capture the wasteland changes that have
taken place between two mapping exercises of 2005-06 and 2008-09, the
following outputs formed the major deliverables of the project:

1. State wise seamless updated Wasteland layer of 2008-09 in GIS

format
2. Wasteland change area layer (2005-06 and 2008-09) in GIS
format
3. Atlas with maps and statistics

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 Table 1: Wasteland Classification system Table 2. Probable non-wasteland classes in 2008-09
considered for change analysis
Wasteland
Wastelandclasses
classes
S.No
S.NoChange
ChangeCategory
Category WL0809
WL0809 Non-Wasteland
Non-Wastelandclasses
classes
1 1 Gullied and/
Gullied or or
and/ ravinous land
ravinous (Medium)
land (Medium) 1 1 2424 Built - Up
Built - Up 2424
2 2 Gullied and/
Gullied or or
and/ ravinous land
ravinous (Deep)
land (Deep) 2 2 2525 Industrial
IndustrialArea
Area 2525
3 3 Land
Landwith Dense
with Dense Scrub
Scrub 3 3 2626 Cropland
Cropland 2626
4 4 Land with
Land Open
with Scrub
Open Scrub 4 4 2727 Fallow Land
Fallow Land 2727
5 5 Waterlogged and
Waterlogged Marshy
and land
Marshy (Permanent)
land (Permanent) 5 5 2828 Plantation
Plantation 2828
6 6 Waterlogged and
Waterlogged Marshy
and land
Marshy (Seasonal)
land (Seasonal) 6 6 2929 Forest (Dense/
Forest Open)
(Dense/ Open) 2929
7 7 Land affected
Land byby
affected salinity/alkalinity(Moderate)
salinity/alkalinity(Moderate) 7 7 3030 Forest Plantation
Forest Plantation 3030
8 8 Land affected
Land byby
affected salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 8 8 3131 Grasslands
Grasslands 3131
9 9 Shifting Cultivation
Shifting - Current
Cultivation Jhum
- Current Jhum 9 9 3232 Waterbodies
Waterbodies 3232
1010 Shifting Cultivation
Shifting - Abandoned
Cultivation Jhum
- Abandoned Jhum 1010
1111 Under-utilised/degraded forest
Under-utilised/degraded (Scrub
forest domin)
(Scrub domin) 1111
1212 Under-utilised/degraded forest
Under-utilised/degraded (Agriculture)
forest (Agriculture) 1212
1313 Degraded
Degraded pastures/
pastures/ grazing
grazing land
land 1313
1414 Degraded
Degraded land
land under
under plantation
plantation crop
crop 1414
1515 Sands
Sands - Riverine
- Riverine 1515
1616 Sands
Sands - Coastal
- Coastal 1616
1717 Sands
Sands - Desertic
- Desertic 1717
1818 Sands
Sands - Semi
- Semi Stab.
Stab. - Stab
- Stab > 40
> 40 mm 1818
1919 Sands
Sands - Semi
- Semi Stab.
Stab. - Stab
- Stab 1515 - 40
- 40 mm 1919
2020 Mining
Mining Wastelands
Wastelands 2020
2121 Industrial
Industrial Wastelands
Wastelands 2121
2222 Barren
Barren Rocky
Rocky Area
Area 2222
2323 Snow
Snow Covered/
Covered/ Glacial
Glacial Area
Area 2323

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 3.0 Methodology
3.1 Input Data
The following input data have been used for carrying out the study.
 Wasteland vector layer created using multi-temporal satellite
data of 2005-06
 Resourcesat-1 LISS-III imagery for year 2005-06 belonging to all
three major cropping seasons of India (kharif, rabi and zaid).
 Resourcesat-1 LISS-III imagery for year 2008-09 belonging to all
three major cropping seasons of India (kharif, rabi and zaid).
 Survey of India topomaps on 1:50000 scale for reference
 Ancillary data like earlier land use maps, reports, atlases etc.
 Limited ground truth
3.2 Input Data Preparation
Geo-rectification: The radiometry-corrected satellite data products
for 2008-09 were geometrically corrected before they were used in the
analysis.
The coordinate system parameters like projection, datum, ellipsoid etc.
of the input data used in this study (2005-06 wasteland vector layer,
2005-06 satellite data and 2008-09 satellite data) have been maintained
uniform for facilitating the geo-referencing of satellite data, overlay of
vector data onto the images and generation of spatial statistics.
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The projection system followed is LCC / TM with the following
parameters:
Projection : Lambert Conformal Conic / TM
Spheroid : WGS84
Datum : WGS84
3.3 Approach
The approach basically involved overlay of wasteland vector data
of 2005-06 onto the 2008-09 LISS-III geo-referenced imagery and
updating of wasteland categories by redrawing the boundary of ‘change’
areas through on- screen visual interpretation techniques.
Methodology involved the following steps:
1. Overlay of 2005-06 wastelands vector layer on to the
georectified images of 2008-09 with same projection (LCC /
TM) and datum
2. Updating of wasteland categories depicted in 2005-06 layer with
that of 2008 – 09 satellite data to find out the ‘change’ areas
3. Extraction of wasteland change areas
4. Random sample ground checks
5. Extraction of area statistics and tabulation
6. Atlas and reports.
 3.4 Image Interpretation

A copy of the WL05-06 vector layer was overlaid on the 2008-09 Rabi
WL Vector data. Changes in the polygons - decrease, increase, new areas and
of 2005-06
change from one class to another class are observed and polygons
Observations
Overlay on 3 season 2008-09 Image
are modified accordingly. The procedure is followed for the entire
image grid-wise using the 15’ x 15’ grid. For new areas from non-
Increase of Decrease of New Wastelands Change from one class wastelands category to a wasteland class, the new polygons are
Wastelands Area Wastelands Area Area to another class
drawn and appropriately recoded. For change from one wastelands
class to another, the polygons are selected and the attribute table is
updated to an appropriate class.
Modifications & recoding in New coding in
2008-09 vector layer 2008-09 vector layer

The polygon updating procedure is graphically depicted in Figure 2

to Figure 5.

POSITIVE CHANGE

Change from Wasteland class to

IQC & EQC 3 non-wasteland class

Geodatabase Description WL- WL-

finalisation 0506 0809

Land with Dense 3 26

WL change vector map of
2005-06 and 2008-09 Scrub - Cropland

3 26
WL map of 2008-09

Figure 1: Methodology of the study Figure 2: Wasteland polygon updating procedure-

Positive Change

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 CHANGE FROM WASTELAND CLASS TO
NON-WASTELAND CLASS

Figure 3: Wasteland polygon updating procedure- Figure 4: Wasteland categories updating procedure-
Negative Change Category change
Figure 3(a): Increase in wasteland area

NEGATIVE CHANGE
CHANGE FROM ONE WL CLASS TO ANOTHER
Change from Non-Wasteland class to 1 WL
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wasteland class
No change in wasteland status
Description WL- WL-
Description WL- WL-
0506 0809
0506 0809
9 Non-wasteland - Shifting 999 9
Gullied land - Land with 1 3
Cultivation (current)
Dense scrub
9
3

Figure 5: Wasteland categories updating procedure-

Figure 3(b): Increase in wasteland area
No change

NEW WASTELANDS AREA

Change from non wasteland class to NO CHANGE
wasteland class 6
999
(Another form of negative change) (No change in wasteland status)

Description WL- WL-

0506 0809 Description WL- WL-
0506 0809
Non-wasteland - Mining 999 20
Wastelands Waterlogged (Seasonal) - 6 6
Waterlogged (Seasonal)

20 6

999

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Once the modification of the wasteland polygons is complete for rabi
season, then the data is updated using the satellites images of other two
seasons. The change map between 2005-06 and 2008-09 was made
ready after updating with 3-season satellite data, and the new attribute
codes of wasteland polygons are generated. Change statistics and
change matrix tables are generated from the attribute data.
3.5 Ground Truth Collection
Once the polygons were updated with a WL_Code, the doubtful classes
/ areas in the database were verified on the ground for improving the
accuracy of interpretation. It was ensured that at least 20% ground
truth collection of the change areas was done
3.6 Geodatabase creation
Geodatabase consists of vector data on various wasteland categories
and an associated metadata, which describes the data content. The
outputs are stored in LCC / TM projection system using WGS84
datum.
3.7 Quality Assurance Mechanism
A two-fold quality assurance mechanism involving in-process quality
control by the Internal Quality Checking (IQC) team members at Partner
Institutions and external quality audit by External Quality Assurance
Team (EQAT) was adopted. Internal QAS team consisted of experts
from participating organisation (organisation involved in mapping
exercise or a specific study area) and external QAS team composed of
serving as well as retired experts from ISRO / DOS centers. The digital
database quality standards finalized under NNRMS Programme of
Natural Resources Repository (NRR) were followed in this project. The
QAS standards included parameters such as geo-rectification accuracy,
interpretation, classification, area estimation, geodatabase etc.
IQC was done for all the input and output products. Once the IQC
Team cleared the outputs and other intermediate products, the EQAT
evaluated the quality assurance of the product, by evaluating a minimum
of 20% of the products. The products whose samples did not meet
the quality standards were reworked for incorporation of necessary
corrections in the sample as well as in rest of the products. On
incorporating the suggested changes in all the products based on the
advice of the EQAT, the IQAT gives a certificate to that effect and then
the products are accepted. Only those outputs meeting the accuracy
standards were cleared for incorporation in the geo database.
3.8 Database Organisation
All the databases were first checked for edge-matching across inter-
district and inter-state borders so that data gaps and overlaps are
eliminated amongst the datasets of different states. The wasteland
feature classes are also matched across these borders to maintain the
data continuity and to facilitate generation of a seamless dataset for
the entire country. NNRMS spatial framework has been used to create
the seamless data.
3.9 Spatial Statistics Generation
The area statistics on various wasteland classes for 2008-09 and
changes observed in wasteland status during 2008-09 vis-a vis 2005-
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 06 (Category-wise; and state-wise at national level; category-wise
and district-wise at state level; and category-wise at individual district
level) were generated. A change matrix table depicting the inter-class
change during 2008-09 and 2005-06 has also been generated at
national and state levels. The data are presented in tables (Table 3
to Table.36). The area estimation has been done adopting individual
district geographical area as per earlier Wasteland Atlas 2010 (based
on multi-season satellite data of 2005-06) records. For individual states,
the spatial distribution of wasteland classes for 2008-09 and the spatial
changes during 2005-06 and 2008-09 were depicted in the form of
maps (Fig 6 to Fig.37). Some of the wasteland changes, as observed
on satellite images, have been captured and presented in the Atlas
(Changes in wastelands, Fig.38 to Fig.51), for visual appreciation and
better understanding of the results.
4.0 Results
Results from the analysis of the tables are presented in this chapter
and discussed for drawing valid conclusions from the study.
Table 3 reveals that the spatial extent of different classes of wastelands
was 4,67,021 Sq. Km. in 2008-09, compared to 4,72,262 sq.km.
in 2005-06. It was observed that during this period, a total area of
32,340 Sq. Km. of different wasteland categories has changed into
non-wasteland category. Bulk of the wasteland area of 2005-06 that
underwent change was recorded under ‘cropland’ class (including fallow
class) in 2008-09(Table 5). A considerable area change has also been
noticed getting converted into forest & forest plantations classes (9,600
Sq. Km.) during the period of study. Approximately 1300 sq.km area of
additional waterbodies was created in 2008-09 out of the wastelands
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of 2005-06. About 800 Sq. Km. of wasteland has been recorded as
got converted into miscellaneous plantations. Among the wasteland
classes, inter-class changes have taken place between snow covered/
glacial and barren rocky / degraded forest classes, gullied land and
scrubland, scrubland and scrub dominant forest, shifting cultivation-
current and shifting cultivation-abandoned, waterlogged-permanent
and waterlogged- seasonal classes. During the same period, an area
of 27,098 Sq. Km. of non-wasteland has been converted into different
wasteland classes.
When the wasteland statistics of different states were compared
(Table 6), reduction trend was observed in as many as 21 states.
While Rajasthan recorded the largest decrease (about 8,700 Sq.
Km.) because of reduction in sandy areas, Arunachal Pradesh
registered the highest increase (9,100 Sq, Km.) in wasteland area,
due to increase in snow / glacial area. Jammu & Kashmir and Bihar
also registered an increase in total wasteland area during the period,
because of significant increases in ‘snow / glacial’ and ‘seasonally
waterlogged’ classes respectively.
When category-wise change in the spatial extents of wasteland classes
for the entire country was analysed (Table 4), it was noticed that major
change was observed with respect to ‘snow / glacial’ class, which
increased by about 17,000 Sq. Km. in 2008-09. A similar increase
of about 3,900 Sq. Km. was recorded with respect to ‘seasonally
waterlogged’ class. Conversely, ‘barren rocky / stony waste’ and ‘land
with dense scrub’ categories registered a marked decrease of about
9,600 Sq. Km. and 6,300 Sq. Km. in their spatial extents respectively in
2008-09, compared to 2005-06. ‘Degraded forest (scrub-dominant)’,
‘semi-stabilised sand dunes (more than 40 m height)’ are the other
major classes that recorded significant reductions in their spatial extents
during the period of this study. A general reduction in spatial extent has
been observed in most of the other wasteland classes, during 2005-06
and 2008-09.
The increase in snow / glacial class may be attributed to the seasonal
dynamics of snowfall pattern, which exhibits inter-annual variations
(Fig.38 and Fig.40). This increase has come expectedly from the
surrounding ‘barren rocky / stony waste’ and ‘degraded forest (scrub
dominant)’ classes, whose spatial extents decreased marked,
upon inclusion into snow class. Similarly, the significant increase in
‘seasonally waterlogged’ class(Fig.46 and 47) may be attributed to
flooding of low-lying areas caused by higher rainfall during 2008-09,
compared to 2005-06.
From the analysis of change matrix table(Table 5), it can be inferred
that because of the dynamic nature of many of the wasteland classes
explained as above, the real picture of reduction in total wasteland area
of the country has been obscured and only a net reduction of 5240
sq.km. is observed.
Observations on salient changes in each of the states are presented
in the following paragraphs.
4.1 Andhra Pradesh
Out of the total decrease of 1682 Sq. Km. in wasteland area (Table
7a&b), 3 districts namely - Vizianagaram, Cuddapah and Nalgonda
districts alone accounted for the largest areas of change (about 700
sq.km). Scrubland (including both dense and open) and degraded forest
(scrub dominant) classes accounted for the maximum change areas.
The reduction in wastelands has been found to be associated with a
corresponding increase in cropland and forest plantation classes.
4.2 Arunachal Pradesh
The total wasteland area in the state during 2008-09 recorded as
14,895 Sq. Km. was much higher (about 5,743 Sq. Km, constituting 11
% change) than that recorded during 2005-06(Table 8a). It was found
that ‘snow / glacial area’ category alone contributed to this increase
in Anjaw, Upper Dibang, Upper Siang. Karung Kumer, East Kameng,
Upper Subansiri and West Siang district (8374 Sq. Km) followed by
‘degraded forest-scrub dominant’ class (1,177 Sq. Km.) in Kurung
Kumey, Papampare, West Kameng and Upper Dibang districts (Table
8b). The increase in snow covered area is attributed to the seasonal
dynamics of the snowfall, while increase in scrub forest area was
attributed to revision of forest boundaries resulting in scrubland areas
getting included in Recorded Forest Area. ‘Shifting cultivation area -
abandoned’ category also recorded an increase of about 500 sq.km
resulting in increase of wasteland (Fig.39). The conversion of wasteland
area into non-wasteland is only marginal (108 Sq. Km.) during the
period of study.
4.3 Assam
A marginal net reduction of 862 Sq. Km. in total wasteland area (Table
9 a&b) was observed during 2008-09 compared to 2005-06. While the
scrubland recorded an overall increase, the waterlogged area (including
both permanent and seasonal) showed a net decrease. ‘Degraded
forest (scrub dominant) and ‘agriculture in notified forest boundary‘
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 categories showed a decrease during the period of study. There was
corresponding increase in ‘cropland ‘ and ‘forest plantation’ classes of
non-wasteland area.
4.4 Bihar
The total decrease in wasteland area during the study period was
about 1895 sq.km. However, floods in Kosi river in the northern Bihar
increased the extent of wasteland to about 4654 Sq.Km in 2008-09,
mainly in the spatial extent of ‘seasonally waterlogged area’ class(Table
10 a&b). Districts of and overall higher rainfall in the state (1,026
mm during June – November, 2008 compared to 965 mm in the same
period during 2005-06) were responsible for the increase in seasonally
waterloged area in the districts of Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura, Araria,
Khagaria, Begusarai, Darbhanga, Katihar, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur,
Nalanda, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur and Saran.
The conversion of wastelands into non-wastelands has been mainly
observed in the classes of ‘ cropland ‘ and ‘ water bodies ‘.
4.5 Chhattisgarh
A marginal reduction of 379 sq.km in the total wasteland area of the
state was noticed. The wasteland area has been observed to be
converted into ‘ cropland ‘ class mainly.
4.6 Goa
The net change in the wasteland status is negligible (7 sq.km decrease)
in the state.
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4.7 Gujarat
A total reduction of 2858 sq.km, was noticed in the wasteland area of
the state during 2008-09 and 2005-06 (Table 14 a&b).
Bulk of the conversion was found to be into the ‘cropland ‘ and ‘forest
plantation’ classes. However, a significant area of 1,600 Sq. Km. has
been observed to be converted from non-wasteland area into different
wasteland classes during the same period.
4.8 Haryana
A negligible decrease in the total wasteland area (232sq.km) was
recorded in the state (Table 15 a&b). The decrease was mainly in
‘degraded pastures’ and ‘open scrub’ classes, with a corresponding
increase in ‘cropland’. Considerable increases were also observed in
‘forest’ and ‘built-up’ classes of non-wasteland category, which might
have come from the wasteland areas
4.9 Himachal Pradesh
A minor reduction in the total wasteland area (197 sq.km) was observed
during 2008-09 (Table 16 a&b). An interchange of area between ‘barren
rocky / stony waste’ and ‘snow / glacial’ classes was observed, which
may be attributed to seasonal dynamics of snowfall. An area of 2,600
sq.km under seasonal snow cover increased, while corresponding area
was reduced in barren rocky class.
There was a significant increase in ‘grassland‘class of non-wasteland
area which might have come from ‘barren rocky‘ class of wasteland.
4.10 Jammu & Kashmir
The total decrease in wasteland area was 1191 sq.km. This was offset
by a total increase in wasteland area to the extent of 2872 sq. Km.
resulting in net increase of 1681sq.km.(Table 17 a&b). It has been
found that this increase was mainly because of the increase in ‘snow
covered area’ class. The overlay analysis of vector data with satellite
image revealed that non-wasteland area (good forest area / alpine
grassland area) during 2005-06 has been covered with snow cover
during February / March of 2009 (Fig 40).
At the same time, considerable areas from ‘gullied land’ and ‘dense
scrub’ classes of wasteland seemed to have been converted into
‘cropland’. Also, there was a marked increase in ‘open / dense forest’
class of non-wasteland areas(Fig.41).
4.11 Jharkhand
A total reduction of about 1183 Sq. Km. in the wasteland area (Table 18
a&b) was observed in the state during the period of study, a significant
area from wastelands to ‘cropland’ class. A considerable area (about
600 Sq. Km.) from ‘barren rocky’ class of wasteland was observed to
be decreased which was found converted into other wasteland classes
– degraded scrub forest and scrublands (dense and open), indicating
an overall increase in vegetal cover.
4.12 Karnataka
A net marginal reduction of about 1,400 Sq. Km. in wasteland
area(Table19a&b) was observed in the state with a considerable
decrease in the areas of ‘dense scrubland’ and ‘barren rocky’ classes.
This was associated with a corresponding increase in ‘cropland’ and
‘forest plantation’ classes of non-wasteland category.
4.13 Kerala
No significant change was noticed in the overall wasteland area(Table
20a&b) of the state during the period of study. However, a significant
area (200 Sq. Km.) under ‘degraded pastures’ class was observed,
which might have come from the scrubland classes (including dense
as well as open) of 2005-06
4.14 Madhya Pradesh
The overall status in wasteland area did not show any marked change
during 2005-06 and 2008-09 (Table 21 a&b). Slight decreases in the
areas of ‘gullied land’, ‘agriculture in forest’ and ‘barren rocky’ classes
were noticed with a corresponding increase in ‘degraded forest’
category. Some of the changes were shown in Figs. 50 and 51.
4.15 Maharashtra
A slight decrease (469 Sq. Km.) in the total area of wastelands was
noticed during the period of study (Table 22 a&b ), chiefly occurring in
‘gullied land’, ‘degraded scrub forest’ and both classes of ‘scrublands’.
These have mainly been converted into ‘cropland’ class in 2008-09.
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 4.16 Manipur
A significant wasteland area of 2391 Sq. Km. was found reduced in
the state (Table 23a&b) mainly under ‘scrubland-dense’ and ‘current
shifting cultivation’ classes, while an area of 1012 Sq. Km. increased
under ‘open scrubland’ and ‘degraded forest’ class.
4.17 Meghalaya
An increase in wasteland area (355 sq.km) was recorded under ‘shifting
cultivation’ and ‘open scrubland’ classes (Table 24 a&b). Area under
‘scrubland (open)’ and ‘abandoned shifting cultivation’ classes was
found decreased marginally (93 Sq. Km.).
4.18 Mizoram
Total area under wasteland showed a reduction of 2669 sq.km’ (Table
25 a&b) mainly under ‘shifting cultivation’ (both current and abandoned)
class in Mizoram state. However, an area of 1606 sq.km from non-
wasteland area was converted into wasteland leading to an overall
reduction.
4.19 Nagaland
It was noticed that the total wasteland decreased by 721 sq.km (Table26
a&b) mainly under ‘scrubland’ and ‘abandoned shifting cultivation’
categories. However, an increase (1172Sq. Km.) in the total wasteland
area in ‘current shifting cultivation’ category had offset the decrease,
leading to overall increase.
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4.20 Orissa
The overall reduction in wasteland area in the state during the period
of study was 223 Sq. Km (Table 27 a&b). Individual class-wise,
‘gullied land’ recorded a significant decrease in area (239 Sq. Km.),
while ‘degraded forest–scrub dominant’ class registered an increase
of 340 Sq. Km.
4.21 Punjab
The reduction in the total wasteland area of the state during the study
period (Table 28 a&b) was found to be negligible (112 Sq. Km.) which
occurred mainly in the ‘sands – desertic’ class getting converted to
‘cropland’.
4.22 Rajasthan
A significant reduction in total wasteland area (10264 Sq. Km.) was
noticed in Rajasthan state during 2005-06 and 2008-09 (Table 29 a&b).
Most of the change was noticed in the three classes ‘desertic sands’
(4,500 Sq. Km.), which have been converted into ‘cropland’. Marked
decrease was also recorded in the spatial extents of ‘dense scrubland’,
‘gullied land’, ‘degraded forest’, ‘degraded pastures’ and ‘barren rocky’
classes. Correspondingly, increase in non-wasteland classes of
‘plantations’ and ‘forest plantations’ were recorded, indicating the trend
of change. A few of these changes are shown in Figures 42 – 45.
4.23 Sikkim
The notable observation regarding wasteland area in the state has been
the interclass change dynamics between ‘snow covered / glacial ‘and‘
barren rocky ‘classes which exhibited an increase and a corresponding
decrease respectively, over a spatial extent of about 200 Sq. Km (Table
30 a&b).
4.24 Tamil Nadu:
The total decrease in wasteland extent in the state during the period
of study was 426 Sq. Km. (Table 31 a&b) The wasteland classes –
‘degraded pastures’, ‘degraded forest (scrub dominant)’, ‘salt affected
land (including moderate and strong)’ and ‘scrubland’ contributed to
the decrease. Most of these areas were recorded to be converted into
‘cropland’ and ‘plantations’.
4.25 Tripura
The state has recorded a total reduction of 486 Sq. Km. of area(Table
32 a&b) under wastelands, in 2008-09. Decrease in areas under
‘shifting cultivation’ class (including both current and abandoned) and
‘degraded forest (scrub dominant)’ classes mainly contributed to the
reduction which was associated with a corresponding area increase
in ‘dense / open forest‘class of non-wasteland category. Figures 48
and 49 depict some of the changes taken place in the state during
the period of study.
4.26 Uttarakhand
Though a total decrease of 440 sq.km was observed in wasteland
extent, Uttarakhand registered a slight overall increase (about 70 Sq.
Km.) in the total wasteland area between 2005-06 and 2008-09 (Table33
a&b). Individual class-wise, ‘snow covered / glacial area’ recorded a
reduction of 136 Sq. Km., while ‘degraded pastures’ and ‘barren rocky’
classes together recorded an increase of about 125 Sq. Km., which
might be due to the seasonal dynamics of snowfall. ‘Degraded forest’
and ‘agriculture in degraded forest’ showed an increase in their spatial
extents, while ‘open scrubland’ class registered a decrease in area.
4.27 Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh recorded a marked decrease of about 1,269 Sq. Km.
in the total wasteland area during the period of study (Table34 a&b).
Major reductions were recorded in ‘gullied land‘, ‘waterlogged’ and
‘salt-affected’ categories. Most of the area from these classes was
observed to be converted into ‘cropland’ and ‘waterbodies’ of non-
wasteland classes. At the same time, about 169 sq.km of non-wasteland
was converted into wasteland, bringing down the overall reduction to
1100 sq.km. during the period of study.
4.28 West Bengal
The overall decrease in wasteland extent of the state during 2005-06
and 2008-09 is only about 93 Sq. Km (Table 35 a&b). The reduction
was mainly in ‘dense scrub’ and ‘degraded forest (scrub dominant)’
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 categories. Majority of the wasteland area has been reported to be
converted into ‘cropland’, ‘forest plantation’ and ‘other plantations’
classes of non-wasteland.
4.29 Union Territories
There has been a negligible reduction of 27 Sq. Km. in the total
wasteland area of all union territories (Table 36 a&b). ‘Degraded
forest (scrub dominant)’ class accounted for majority of the change
area (20 Sq. Km). Among the Union Territories, Andaman & Nicobar
Islands recorded the maximum change area in ‘degraded forest’ and
‘coastal sand’ categories. Most of these wasteland patches have been
converted into ‘dense / open forest’ and ‘cropland’ categories.
5.0 CONCLUSIONS
From the results of the study, the following conclusions were drawn
regarding Remote Sensing & GIS Applications in Wastelands Change
Analysis.
 Use of 3 – season Resourcesat-1 LISS-III data along with
limited field checks has facilitated better discrimination of various
categories of wastelands.
 Geographical Information System (GIS) enabled Updation of
previous mapping cycle wasteland vector layer with current
season satellite data and identification of change if any, in their
status and spatial extent.
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 The spatial analysis of wasteland change in different states of
the country shows that about 32,000 Sq. Km. of wastelands
got changed into non-wasteland class, while 27,000 Sq. Km. of
non-wasteland was converted into wasteland category during
the period of study. The temporal analysis of the change in the
total area of wastelands between 2008-09 and 2005-06 showed
an aggregate reduction of 5,240 Sq. Km. (0.52 million ha), which
is equivalent to decrease of 0.17 % of the wastelands in 2005-
06.
 Most of the area that showed change from wastelands to non-
wastelands has been converted into cropland (including fallow
land) during 2008-09.
 Considerable extent of wasteland was recorded converting into
forest and forest plantations and other plantations classes.
The database will serve as a good reference on wastelands for studying
their temporal behaviour and for evaluating the effectiveness of various
wasteland development programmes, being funded by the Department
of Land Resources (DoLR) under the Ministry of Rural Development
(MRD), Government of India.
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 Explanation/guidelines for interpretation of change matrix tables - A
The table, depicting the changes in the spatial extents of different wasteland classes during the study period, contains data in a matrix form.
For easy interpretation and understanding of the contents of the table, an example is illustrated here.
Table-5: Change matrix showing inter-class area changes (sq.km) in different wasteland categories in India during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Total Total
1 5035.88 21.78 642.63 406.40 -- 0.35 6.93 0.10 -- -- 242.70 0.32 0.10 -- 3.29 -- 1.25 -- -- 0.30 -- 4.62 -- 7.73 0.75 477.52 80.84 56.05 7.60 2.28 -- 6.05 7005.48
2 28.89 1219.27 315.77 59.28 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.65 -- 0.45 -- -- -- 0.81 -- -- -- -- 0.12 18.78 9.30 -- 41.25 13.76 -- 0.57 1.78 -- 0.64 1715.31
3 55.78 0.04 75594.40 5085.50 3.18 28.93 253.14 -- 152.40 30.24 1341.16 98.16 12.40 33.39 5.97 0.13 4.08 -- 39.65 19.45 -- 161.65 12.30 140.33 22.37 3433.86 2966.89 355.47 2252.01 987.00 14.34 268.74 93372.98
4 32.11 9.18 3275.45 80140.81 3.88 43.80 247.13 2.66 155.43 45.69 809.55 12.77 12.12 0.93 8.98 0.05 1.78 58.30 29.46 37.29 2.11 99.03 436.77 213.99 48.91 3789.46 1204.50 219.52 395.80 79.68 5.79 222.37 91645.32
5 0.31 -- 4.63 33.84 1507.19 465.19 5.05 0.58 -- -- 0.30 0.48 0.01 -- 0.91 3.86 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16.45 0.42 280.71 6.62 3.20 0.13 -- 2.10 201.18 2533.17
6 0.85 -- 76.56 84.15 91.82 1853.40 8.26 0.18 -- -- 2.44 23.00 1.29 -- 17.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 57.93 2.72 635.87 13.86 9.96 2.35 4.06 7.24 101.11 2994.10
7 12.59 0.05 39.69 141.16 4.50 13.82 4594.58 15.90 -- -- 1.70 -- 0.27 5.31 1.95 1.44 0.01 -- 0.62 2.04 0.03 1.33 -- 22.75 9.36 479.62 87.53 4.93 0.18 0.59 -- 9.68 5451.64
8 0.14 0.01 3.32 25.64 2.62 1.87 147.28 1366.60 -- -- 0.54 -- -- 0.59 0.22 -- -- -- -- 0.53 -- 0.16 -- 13.31 2.91 117.14 17.58 13.05 -- -- -- 24.22 1737.73
9 -- -- 403.06 628.63 -- -- -- -- 1567.66 2162.52 58.78 0.55 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.16 -- 48.24 -- 11.77 2.78 0.07 737.94 1.83 -- 0.08 5625.07
10 -- -- 596.34 845.07 -- -- -- -- 387.85 1908.30 188.49 0.07 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.80 -- 13.46 -- 7.58 0.14 -- 640.34 20.21 -- 0.02 4608.67
11 16.44 2.44 1725.21 1235.20 0.80 4.38 -- -- 113.21 6.96 77660.96 497.14 26.27 6.89 1.19 -- -- -- -- 2.65 0.04 25.96 79.73 34.18 8.33 397.96 37.24 42.33 3125.87 682.38 0.41 54.42 85788.56
12 702.30 -- 10.24 10.56 0.02 0.39 -- -- 0.05 -- 460.23 14593.31 -- 0.26 -- -- -- -- -- 3.91 -- 7.64 -- 17.95 3.13 188.07 228.57 0.12 34.78 66.44 11.84 41.56 16381.37 472262.73
13 -- 0.48 117.83 179.38 0.07 0.58 0.92 0.30 -- -- 11.30 0.90 6233.79 0.07 0.96 -- 7.99 0.83 4.05 0.99 0.13 0.20 13.23 29.61 3.14 315.44 193.57 26.06 1.22 0.44 26.87 26.63 7196.94
14 -- -- 19.98 10.85 -- 1.38 -- -- -- -- 0.73 0.14 0.21 215.88 -- 0.40 -- -- 0.01 -- -- -- -- 4.05 0.46 23.05 1.09 18.63 11.17 1.93 3.67 0.52 314.14
15 1.98 -- 87.21 86.15 0.86 0.49 0.63 0.06 -- -- 0.17 -- 1.68 -- 1990.03 -- -- -- -- 0.46 -- 0.77 0.49 1.77 1.75 59.95 15.99 2.81 -- -- -- 186.22 2439.45
16 -- -- 8.03 8.99 -- 0.32 1.66 -- -- -- 4.56 0.13 -- 0.92 0.10 635.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.38 -- 10.92 0.83 19.62 0.08 0.19 -- 16.85 719.51
17 -- -- 111.58 83.62 0.23 -- -- 0.06 -- -- 0.03 -- 2.59 -- 1.05 -- 3565.82 0.08 111.66 -- 0.05 1.57 0.57 0.97 0.49 875.46 504.58 0.56 0.13 2.78 -- 16.19 5280.07
18 -- -- 179.15 59.48 0.43 5.34 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.90 -- -- -- 70.93 9151.68 1147.19 -- -- -- -- -- -- 357.73 211.88 2.27 -- 0.29 0.94 -- 11188.21
19 -- -- 303.86 69.87 -- 0.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.48 -- 0.18 -- 89.16 66.99 12772.23 -- -- 3.19 -- 0.43 -- 1667.12 616.94 6.63 -- 27.83 -- 0.02 15627.06
20 -- -- 9.68 14.22 0.72 0.06 0.35 -- -- -- 1.25 -- 0.02 0.14 0.04 -- -- -- -- 451.76 -- 0.07 -- 1.74 9.43 6.90 0.36 5.71 -- -- -- 4.14 506.59
21 -- -- 0.02 3.83 -- -- 0.28 -- -- -- 0.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.05 50.39 -- -- 5.53 1.82 0.78 0.05 -- -- -- -- 0.17 64.05
22 64.28 9.85 584.10 888.51 0.72 0.01 0.12 -- 0.41 -- 542.81 61.56 12.46 -- 14.79 -- -- -- -- 14.46 0.66 56785.11 9906.11 36.99 21.69 219.84 54.28 20.17 28.48 5.65 13.60 85.92 69372.58
23 -- -- 1.22 81.94 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1007.22 -- 105.11 1.41 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1746.21 37178.99 -- -- 3.35 -- -- 436.80 0.06 131.90 0.54 40694.74
999 194.41 2.96 2869.98 2849.92 140.02 4525.87 148.19 4.66 2437.67 56.75 1360.00 391.74 420.02 12.75 65.27 12.67 192.97 1.88 168.16 58.77 4.58 642.69 10536.48 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 6145.96 1266.06 86979.91 93033.00 1757.07 6946.31 5414.53 1391.09 4814.68 4210.46 83699.71 15680.26 6832.17 278.53 2111.96 654.47 3934.80 9279.75 14273.03 593.65 58.00 59482.29 58183.44 687.08 137.66 13401.35 6259.87 807.16 7675.48 1885.43 218.70 1267.27
(2008-09)
Grand Total
467021.16
(2008-09)

Reduction from
0506 to 0809
Increase from
0506 to 0809
Explanation to wastelands change matrix table
WL
The row totals
Category
Area
givenNoinof the last
Area
columnNo ofis the total wasteland area in sq. km for 2005-06 for the category of wasteland specified in the first column. The column

at the polygons
totals1 given 638.82 bottom
1978
row (for
194.41
polygons
column
271
1Wastelands
to 23) isbecoming
the total wasteland
Non-wastelands (-) area in sq. km
32340.00 Greenfor 2008-09
denotes Changefor
fromthe category
wasteland of wasteland
to non-wasteland specified in the top row.
(32340.00)
2 67.29 158 2.96 11 Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 27098.43 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands (27098.43)
Figures
3 in blue
10441.02 color28424
along the
2869.98diagonal
4676 are wasteland
NET Decrease (-)area in sq. km. of a 5241.57
particularBlue
wasteland
denotes nocategory
change in thecorresponding to that row and column for the year
wasteland category (396073.97)
4 6180.03 30051 2849.92 7221
2005-06
5 as 510.82
well as for 1977the year
140.02 2008-09.
534 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands (43848.76)
6 835.10 3163 4525.87 4827

Figures
7
8
in brown
614.64
188.21
color
5249
1333
in any148.19
particular
4.66
325
26
row Wasteland
are theClasseswasteland area in sq.
1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
km. which has changed from
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum
the wasteland category
17. Sands-Desertic
18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
(in 2005-06) specified in the
Non-Wasteland Classes
24. Built-up
row beginning to the categories of wasteland2. Gullied
9 802.71 4960 2437.67 16396 (in 2008-09)
and/ or ravinousin sq.
land km. as specified
(Deep) in the column
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrubbeginning.
domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
10 681.75 3945 56.75 1055
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 4383.12 11862 1360.00 4113
Figures
12 in brown
592.47 color895in any391.74
particular441column are
4. Land withthe
Openwasteland
Scrub area in 13.
sq.Degraded
km belonging
pastures/ grazingto that wasteland
land category
21. Industrial wastelands (in 2008-09) asLand
27. Fallow mentioned in the column
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
head14 which comes
13 622.96
64.58
from
4279
307
wasteland
420.02
12.75
categories
406
31
(in 2005-06) as mentioned15.against
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
the row.
Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
15 268.48 902 65.27 370 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
Figures
16 in green
58.87 in a 356
particular
12.67 row are
172 the wastelands in sq. km.(Strong)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity belonging to the wasteland category (in 2005-06) as stated in the row beginning but have
31. Grasslands
17 1401.16 5826 192.97 199
changed
18 to non-wasteland
573.11 679 categories
1.88 (in
10 2008-09)as mentioned in the column head. 32. Waterbodies

19 2318.97 3301 168.16 254

Figures
20
21
in red at the bottom
28.29
8.34
263
25
row
58.77
4.58
against
285
20
category 999 are non-wasteland in 2005-06. These have become wasteland in 2008-09 as per the categories in the
column
22 heads.
486.62 2042 642.69 931
23 572.65 82 10536.48 312
Total 32340.00 112057 27098.43 42886 17
 23 -- -- 1.22 81.94 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1007.22 -- 105.11 1.41 -- --
999 194.41 2.96 2869.98 2849.92 140.02 4525.87 148.19 4.66 2437.67 56.75 1360.00 391.74 420.02 12.75 65.27 12.67 192
Category
Total 6145.96 1266.06 86979.91 93033.00 1757.07 6946.31 5414.53 1391.09 4814.68 4210.46 83699.71 15680.26 6832.17 278.53 2111.96 654.47 3934
(2008-09)
Grand Total
467021.16
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from

WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Area Area
polygons polygons
Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 32340.
1 638.82 1978 194.41 271
2 67.29 158 2.96 11 Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 27098.
3 10441.02 28424 2869.98 4676 NET Decrease (-) 5241.
4 6180.03 30051 2849.92 7221
5 510.82 1977 140.02 534
6 835.10 3163 4525.87 4827
7 614.64 5249 148.19 325 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting C
8 188.21 1333 4.66 26 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting C
9 802.71 4960 2437.67 16396
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-ut
10 681.75 3945 56.75 1055
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-ut
11 4383.12 11862 1360.00 4113
12 592.47 895 391.74 441
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degrade
13 622.96 4279 420.02 406 5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degrade
14 64.58 307 12.75 31 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-R
15 268.48 902 65.27 370 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-C
16 58.87 356 12.67 172 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
17 1401.16 5826 192.97 199
18 573.11 679 1.88 10
19 2318.97 3301 168.16 254
20 28.29 263 58.77 285
21 8.34 25 4.58 20
22 486.62 2042 642.69 931
23 572.65 82 10536.48 312
Total 32340.00 112057 27098.43 42886

This table has five columns. The first column gives wasteland categories.
The second column gives figures in sq. km. of area that has reduced from wasteland
categories (in 2005-06) to non-wastelands in the year 2008-09.
The third column gives the number of polygons which have undergone changes from
wastelands in 2005-06 to non- wasteland in 2008-09.
The fourth column gives figures in sq. km. of area that has changed from non-wasteland in
2005-06 to wasteland in 2008-09.
The fifth column gives the number of polygons which have undergone changes from non-
wasteland (2005-06) to wasteland in 2008-09.
Note: Variations in decimals in some tables is due to rounding off to second decimal place

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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
India
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

.
Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check

Sponsored by
Coordination
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 3166414 sq. km.
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
Total wasteland area: 467021.16 sq. km. G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI
Wasteland area: 14.75%
Figure - 6 Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
India

LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(32340 sq. km)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(43848 sq. km)

Non Wastelands to Wasteland

(27098 sq. km)

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season

IRS P6 LISS-III data & limited field check

Sponsored by
Coordination
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
Figure - 7 ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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Table-3: Category wise total area under wastelands (sq.km) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06 and change in different categories
Total WL Total Total % to TGA % Change
Sl. No. State Name No of Dist TGA Change
2005-06 2008-09 Reduction Increase 2005-06 2008-09 over 2005-06
1 Andhra Pradesh 23 275068 38788.22 37296.62 -1491.60 1682.10 190.46 14.10 13.56 -0.54
2 Arunachal Pradesh 16 83743 5743.83 14895.24 9151.41 108.48 9259.89 6.86 17.79 10.93
3 Assam 23 78438 8778.02 8453.86 -324.15 862.56 538.04 11.19 10.78 -0.41
4 Bihar 37 94171 6841.09 9601.01 2759.92 1895.09 4654.41 7.26 10.20 2.93
5 Chattisgarh 16 135194 11817.82 11482.18 -335.64 379.06 43.15 8.74 8.49 -0.25
6 Delhi 1 1483 83.34 90.21 6.87 3.62 10.27 5.62 6.08 0.46
7 Goa 2 3702 496.27 489.08 -7.18 11.48 3.99 13.41 13.21 -0.19
8 Gujarat 25 196024 21350.38 20108.06 -1242.32 2858.99 1616.67 10.89 10.26 -0.63
9 Haryana 21 44212 2347.05 2145.98 -201.07 232.20 31.92 5.31 4.85 -0.45
10 Himachal Pradesh 12 55673 22470.05 22347.88 -122.17 197.25 75.57 40.36 40.14 -0.22
11 Jammu & Kashmir * 14 101387 73754.38 75435.77 1681.39 1191.48 2872.78 72.75 74.40 1.66
12 Jharkhand 24 79706 11670.14 11017.38 -652.76 1183.50 531.16 14.64 13.82 -0.82
13 Karnataka Karnataka 27 191791 14438.12 13030.62 -1407.50 1477.98 70.82 7.53 6.79 -0.73
14 Kerala 14 38863 2458.69 2445.62 -13.07 247.55 234.44 6.33 6.29 -0.03
15 Madhya Pradesh 48 308252 40042.98 40113.27 70.29 258.95 329.25 12.99 13.01 0.02
16 Maharashtra 35 307690 38262.81 37830.82 -431.99 469.93 38.22 12.44 12.30 -0.14
17 Manipur 9 22327 7027.47 5648.53 -1378.94 2391.10 1012.14 31.48 25.30 -6.18
18 Meghalaya 7 22429 3865.76 4127.43 261.67 93.86 355.13 17.24 18.40 1.17
19 Mizoram 8 21081 6021.14 4958.64 -1062.50 2669.27 1606.71 28.56 23.52 -5.04
20 Nagaland 7 16579 4815.18 5266.72 451.55 721.37 1172.60 29.04 31.77 2.72
21 Orissa 30 155707 16648.27 16425.76 -222.51 271.75 48.69 10.69 10.55 -0.14
22 Punjab 20 50362 1019.50 936.83 -82.67 112.70 30.56 2.02 1.86 -0.16
23 Rajasthan 32 342239 93689.47 84929.10 -8760.37 10264.60 1503.37 27.38 24.82 -2.56
24 Sikkim 4 7096 3280.88 3273.15 -7.73 11.83 4.29 46.24 46.13 -0.11
25 Tamilnadu 30 130058 9125.56 8721.79 -403.77 426.78 22.74 7.02 6.71 -0.31
26 Tripura 4 10486 1315.17 964.64 -350.53 486.15 135.07 12.54 9.20 -3.34
27 Uttarakhand 13 53483 12790.06 12859.53 69.47 440.35 509.86 23.91 24.04 0.13
28 UttarPradesh 70 240928 10988.59 9881.24 -1107.35 1269.71 163.08 4.56 4.10 -0.46
29 West Bengal 19 88752 1994.41 1929.20 -65.21 92.98 28.46 2.25 2.17 -0.07
30 Union Territory 8 9490 337.30 315.00 -22.30 27.33 4.68 3.55 3.32 -0.23
Total 599 3166414 472261.94 467021.16 -5240.78 32340.00 27098.43 14.91 14.75 -0.17

Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 32340.00 * Un mapped areas (J&K) 120849.00

Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 27098.43 Total geographical area 3287263.00
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 Table-4: Category wise total area under wastelands (sq.km) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06 and change in different categories
Total WL % to TGA
Sl.No. Category
2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 Gullied and/or ravinous land-Medium 7005.47 6145.96 -859.51 0.22 0.19 -0.03
2 Gullied and/or ravinous land-Deep/very deep ravine 1714.80 1266.06 -448.74 0.05 0.04 -0.01
3 Land with dense scrub 93372.62 86979.91 -6392.71 2.95 2.75 -0.20
4 Land with open scrub 91645.83 93033.00 1387.17 2.89 2.94 0.04
5 Waterlogged and Marshy land-Permanent 2532.46 1757.07 -775.38 0.08 0.06 -0.02
6 Waterlogged and Marshy land-Seasonal 2994.22 6946.31 3952.09 0.09 0.22 0.12
7 Land affected by salinity/alkalinity-Moderate 5451.63 5414.53 -37.10 0.17 0.17 0.00
8 Land affected by salinity/alkalinity-Strong 1737.81 1391.09 -346.72 0.05 0.04 -0.01
9 Shifting cultivation area-Current Jhum 5625.07 4814.68 -810.38 0.18 0.15 -0.03
10 Shifting cultivation area-Abandoned Jhum 4608.44 4210.46 -397.98 0.15 0.13 -0.01
11 Under utilised/degraded forest-Scrub dominated 85787.78 83699.71 -2088.08 2.71 2.64 -0.07
12 Agricultural land inside notified forest land 16381.53 15680.26 -701.27 0.52 0.50 -0.02
13 Degraded pastures/grazing land 7197.14 6832.17 -364.97 0.23 0.22 -0.01
14 Degraded land under plantation crops 314.14 278.53 -35.61 0.01 0.01 0.00
15 Sands- Riverine 2439.86 2111.96 -327.90 0.08 0.07 -0.01
16 Sands- Coastal sand 719.31 654.47 -64.84 0.02 0.02 0.00
17 Sands- Desert Sand 5280.07 3934.80 -1345.27 0.17 0.12 -0.04
18 Sands- Semi-stabilized to stabilized (>40m) dune 11188.21 9279.75 -1908.46 0.35 0.29 -0.06
19 Sands- Semi-stabilized to stabilized moderately high (15- 40m) dune 15627.63 14273.03 -1354.59 0.49 0.45 -0.04
20 Mining Wastelands 506.58 593.65 87.07 0.02 0.02 0.00
21 Industrial wastelands 63.99 58.00 -5.99 0.00 0.00 0.00
22 Barren rocky area 69372.54 59482.29 -9890.24 2.19 1.88 -0.31
23 Snow cover and/or glacial area 40694.80 58183.44 17488.64 1.29 1.84 0.55
Total 472261.94 467021.16 -5240.78 14.91 14.75 -0.17

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
22
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin)
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture)
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land
14. Degraded land under plantation crop
15. Sands-Riverine
16. Sands-Coastal
17. Sands-Desertic
18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
20. Mining Wastelands
21. Industrial wastelands
22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
23. Snow covered /Glacial area
 Table-5: Change matrix showing inter-class area changes (sq.km) in different wasteland categories in India during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Total Total
1 5035.88 21.78 642.63 406.40 -- 0.35 6.93 0.10 -- -- 242.70 0.32 0.10 -- 3.29 -- 1.25 -- -- 0.30 -- 4.62 -- 7.73 0.75 477.52 80.84 56.05 7.60 2.28 -- 6.05 7005.48
2 28.89 1219.27 315.77 59.28 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.65 -- 0.45 -- -- -- 0.81 -- -- -- -- 0.12 18.78 9.30 -- 41.25 13.76 -- 0.57 1.78 -- 0.64 1715.31
3 55.78 0.04 75594.40 5085.50 3.18 28.93 253.14 -- 152.40 30.24 1341.16 98.16 12.40 33.39 5.97 0.13 4.08 -- 39.65 19.45 -- 161.65 12.30 140.33 22.37 3433.86 2966.89 355.47 2252.01 987.00 14.34 268.74 93372.98
4 32.11 9.18 3275.45 80140.81 3.88 43.80 247.13 2.66 155.43 45.69 809.55 12.77 12.12 0.93 8.98 0.05 1.78 58.30 29.46 37.29 2.11 99.03 436.77 213.99 48.91 3789.46 1204.50 219.52 395.80 79.68 5.79 222.37 91645.32
5 0.31 -- 4.63 33.84 1507.19 465.19 5.05 0.58 -- -- 0.30 0.48 0.01 -- 0.91 3.86 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16.45 0.42 280.71 6.62 3.20 0.13 -- 2.10 201.18 2533.17
6 0.85 -- 76.56 84.15 91.82 1853.40 8.26 0.18 -- -- 2.44 23.00 1.29 -- 17.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 57.93 2.72 635.87 13.86 9.96 2.35 4.06 7.24 101.11 2994.10
7 12.59 0.05 39.69 141.16 4.50 13.82 4594.58 15.90 -- -- 1.70 -- 0.27 5.31 1.95 1.44 0.01 -- 0.62 2.04 0.03 1.33 -- 22.75 9.36 479.62 87.53 4.93 0.18 0.59 -- 9.68 5451.64
8 0.14 0.01 3.32 25.64 2.62 1.87 147.28 1366.60 -- -- 0.54 -- -- 0.59 0.22 -- -- -- -- 0.53 -- 0.16 -- 13.31 2.91 117.14 17.58 13.05 -- -- -- 24.22 1737.73
9 -- -- 403.06 628.63 -- -- -- -- 1567.66 2162.52 58.78 0.55 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.16 -- 48.24 -- 11.77 2.78 0.07 737.94 1.83 -- 0.08 5625.07
10 -- -- 596.34 845.07 -- -- -- -- 387.85 1908.30 188.49 0.07 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.80 -- 13.46 -- 7.58 0.14 -- 640.34 20.21 -- 0.02 4608.67
11 16.44 2.44 1725.21 1235.20 0.80 4.38 -- -- 113.21 6.96 77660.96 497.14 26.27 6.89 1.19 -- -- -- -- 2.65 0.04 25.96 79.73 34.18 8.33 397.96 37.24 42.33 3125.87 682.38 0.41 54.42 85788.56
12 702.30 -- 10.24 10.56 0.02 0.39 -- -- 0.05 -- 460.23 14593.31 -- 0.26 -- -- -- -- -- 3.91 -- 7.64 -- 17.95 3.13 188.07 228.57 0.12 34.78 66.44 11.84 41.56 16381.37 472262.73
13 -- 0.48 117.83 179.38 0.07 0.58 0.92 0.30 -- -- 11.30 0.90 6233.79 0.07 0.96 -- 7.99 0.83 4.05 0.99 0.13 0.20 13.23 29.61 3.14 315.44 193.57 26.06 1.22 0.44 26.87 26.63 7196.94
14 -- -- 19.98 10.85 -- 1.38 -- -- -- -- 0.73 0.14 0.21 215.88 -- 0.40 -- -- 0.01 -- -- -- -- 4.05 0.46 23.05 1.09 18.63 11.17 1.93 3.67 0.52 314.14
15 1.98 -- 87.21 86.15 0.86 0.49 0.63 0.06 -- -- 0.17 -- 1.68 -- 1990.03 -- -- -- -- 0.46 -- 0.77 0.49 1.77 1.75 59.95 15.99 2.81 -- -- -- 186.22 2439.45
16 -- -- 8.03 8.99 -- 0.32 1.66 -- -- -- 4.56 0.13 -- 0.92 0.10 635.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.38 -- 10.92 0.83 19.62 0.08 0.19 -- 16.85 719.51
17 -- -- 111.58 83.62 0.23 -- -- 0.06 -- -- 0.03 -- 2.59 -- 1.05 -- 3565.82 0.08 111.66 -- 0.05 1.57 0.57 0.97 0.49 875.46 504.58 0.56 0.13 2.78 -- 16.19 5280.07
18 -- -- 179.15 59.48 0.43 5.34 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.90 -- -- -- 70.93 9151.68 1147.19 -- -- -- -- -- -- 357.73 211.88 2.27 -- 0.29 0.94 -- 11188.21
19 -- -- 303.86 69.87 -- 0.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.48 -- 0.18 -- 89.16 66.99 12772.23 -- -- 3.19 -- 0.43 -- 1667.12 616.94 6.63 -- 27.83 -- 0.02 15627.06
20 -- -- 9.68 14.22 0.72 0.06 0.35 -- -- -- 1.25 -- 0.02 0.14 0.04 -- -- -- -- 451.76 -- 0.07 -- 1.74 9.43 6.90 0.36 5.71 -- -- -- 4.14 506.59
21 -- -- 0.02 3.83 -- -- 0.28 -- -- -- 0.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.05 50.39 -- -- 5.53 1.82 0.78 0.05 -- -- -- -- 0.17 64.05
22 64.28 9.85 584.10 888.51 0.72 0.01 0.12 -- 0.41 -- 542.81 61.56 12.46 -- 14.79 -- -- -- -- 14.46 0.66 56785.11 9906.11 36.99 21.69 219.84 54.28 20.17 28.48 5.65 13.60 85.92 69372.58
23 -- -- 1.22 81.94 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1007.22 -- 105.11 1.41 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1746.21 37178.99 -- -- 3.35 -- -- 436.80 0.06 131.90 0.54 40694.74
999 194.41 2.96 2869.98 2849.92 140.02 4525.87 148.19 4.66 2437.67 56.75 1360.00 391.74 420.02 12.75 65.27 12.67 192.97 1.88 168.16 58.77 4.58 642.69 10536.48 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 6145.96 1266.06 86979.91 93033.00 1757.07 6946.31 5414.53 1391.09 4814.68 4210.46 83699.71 15680.26 6832.17 278.53 2111.96 654.47 3934.80 9279.75 14273.03 593.65 58.00 59482.29 58183.44 687.08 137.66 13401.35 6259.87 807.16 7675.48 1885.43 218.70 1267.27
(2008-09)
Grand Total
467021.16
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from

WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Area Area
polygons polygons
Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 32340.00 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland (32340.00)
1 638.82 1978 194.41 271
2 67.29 158 2.96 11 Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 27098.43 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands (27098.43)
3 10441.02 28424 2869.98 4676 NET Decrease (-) 5241.57 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category (396073.97)
4 6180.03 30051 2849.92 7221
5 510.82 1977 140.02 534 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands (43848.76)
6 835.10 3163 4525.87 4827
7 614.64 5249 148.19 325 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
8 188.21 1333 4.66 26 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
9 802.71 4960 2437.67 16396
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
10 681.75 3945 56.75 1055
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 4383.12 11862 1360.00 4113
12 592.47 895 391.74 441
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
13 622.96 4279 420.02 406 5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
14 64.58 307 12.75 31 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
15 268.48 902 65.27 370 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
16 58.87 356 12.67 172 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
17 1401.16 5826 192.97 199 32. Waterbodies
18 573.11 679 1.88 10
19 2318.97 3301 168.16 254
20 28.29 263 58.77 285
21 8.34 25 4.58 20
22 486.62 2042 642.69 931
23 572.65 82 10536.48 312
Total 32340.00 112057 27098.43 42886

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 Table-6: India
State-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chattisgarh
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 405.48 381.81 -23.67 -- -- -- -- -- -- 71.83 71.44 -0.39 142.90 74.68 -68.22
2 2.89 3.00 0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.50 15.50
3 10323.01 9613.83 -709.18 957.70 633.27 -324.43 1956.80 2008.32 51.53 954.39 543.97 -410.42 1049.85 979.44 -70.41
4 7416.17 7153.17 -263.00 2162.04 1554.94 -607.10 1626.68 2111.47 484.79 2761.16 1948.44 -812.72 3052.58 2962.15 -90.42
5 109.07 108.01 -1.06 -- 0.15 0.15 494.69 317.67 -177.02 694.65 358.39 -336.25 -- 0.74 0.74
6 -- 0.22 0.22 -- 1.60 1.60 1025.46 570.39 -455.07 869.40 5379.36 4509.96 -- -- --
7 1215.10 1165.63 -49.47 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.28 0.28 --
8 504.83 490.12 -14.72 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.97 1.65 -2.32 -- -- --
9 15.15 16.14 0.98 1025.07 961.04 -64.02 160.15 258.86 98.71 -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02
10 1.30 1.76 0.46 506.39 1078.52 572.13 79.41 136.33 56.92 -- -- -- -- 0.14 0.14
11 13123.06 12843.74 -279.33 20.46 1197.77 1177.31 1300.80 929.51 -371.29 1198.63 1090.42 -108.21 2943.76 2954.52 10.76
12 1835.48 1743.79 -91.69 -- 3.91 3.91 2132.50 2063.03 -69.47 76.85 46.64 -30.21 3616.45 3596.66 -19.79
13 132.37 132.41 0.04 186.11 220.29 34.18 -- 2.84 2.84 60.63 34.57 -26.06 -- -- --
14 37.79 35.31 -2.48 -- -- -- -- -- -- 11.54 1.32 -10.22 -- -- --
15 32.12 28.20 -3.92 -- 0.04 0.04 0.01 52.64 52.63 6.82 17.98 11.15 179.10 174.10 -5.00
16 318.72 298.62 -20.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 3.76 4.34 0.58 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- 0.35 0.35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 14.39 15.52 1.12 -- -- -- 1.51 2.13 0.62 0.22 3.78 3.57 5.91 5.97 0.06
21 1.77 2.39 0.61 -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.66 6.29 -0.37 -- 0.12 0.12
22 3295.73 3258.27 -37.46 150.09 133.67 -16.42 -- 0.66 0.66 124.35 96.77 -27.58 827.00 717.85 -109.15
23 -- -- -- 735.98 9110.04 8374.06 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 38788.22 37296.62 -1491.60 5743.83 14895.24 9151.41 8778.02 8453.86 -324.15 6841.09 9601.01 2759.92 11817.82 11482.18 -335.64
TGA 275068.00 83743.00 78438.00 94171.00 135194.00
% to TGA 14.10 13.56 -0.54 6.86 17.79 10.93 11.19 10.78 -0.41 7.26 10.20 2.93 8.74 8.49 -0.25

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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Table-6: India contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 0.72 0.73 0.01 -- -- -- 398.46 337.74 -60.72 -- 1.22 1.22 170.23 167.79 -2.45
2 6.12 6.18 0.06 -- -- -- 1.70 0.93 -0.78 0.96 0.96 -- 4.52 14.37 9.85
3 7.51 8.77 1.26 51.89 87.90 36.01 11597.91 9817.36 -1780.55 2.98 30.06 27.08 1103.65 1036.37 -67.28
4 56.09 60.93 4.84 216.38 199.53 -16.85 6670.86 6539.36 -131.50 837.95 762.90 -75.05 2268.19 2319.10 50.90
5 5.29 4.54 -0.75 42.79 40.64 -2.15 -- 0.21 0.21 20.86 18.37 -2.49 -- -- --
6 -- 2.60 2.60 9.48 12.15 2.66 83.98 23.67 -60.31 51.22 30.48 -20.74 10.45 6.17 -4.28
7 0.15 0.06 -0.09 -- -- -- 718.36 1129.73 411.38 69.61 66.21 -3.40 -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 23.26 19.77 -3.49 -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 7.42 6.37 -1.05 58.78 56.71 -2.07 1392.12 1796.44 404.32 171.02 135.07 -35.95 1290.43 1272.29 -18.15
12 -- -- -- 3.24 3.58 0.34 150.82 244.63 93.80 -- 10.13 10.13 -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- 44.88 15.20 -29.69 914.58 859.95 -54.63 164.36 164.20 -0.16
14 -- -- -- 14.69 10.18 -4.51 50.97 48.04 -2.93 75.63 52.26 -23.37 -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.90 0.90 1.79 1.03 -0.76 49.38 39.36 -10.02
16 -- -- -- 3.39 3.39 -- 75.69 66.82 -8.87 -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.63 0.63 -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41.19 22.13 -19.06 -- -- --
20 0.04 0.04 -- 30.95 22.86 -8.09 16.52 14.13 -2.40 35.36 33.18 -2.18 7.46 7.98 0.52
21 -- -- -- 0.35 0.35 -- -- -- -- 2.51 1.62 -0.89 -- -- --
22 -- -- -- 64.33 51.79 -12.53 148.09 72.92 -75.17 98.13 100.01 1.88 5314.17 2620.17 -2694.00
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12087.20 14700.10 2612.90
Total WL 83.34 90.21 6.87 496.27 489.08 -7.18 21350.38 20108.06 -1242.32 2347.05 2145.98 -201.07 22470.05 22347.88 -122.17
TGA 1483.00 3702.00 196024.00 44212.00 55673.00
% to TGA 5.62 6.08 0.46 13.41 13.21 -0.19 10.89 10.26 -0.63 5.31 4.85 -0.45 40.36 40.14 -0.22

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-6: India contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 423.14 226.24 -196.90 106.14 191.47 85.34 127.11 67.97 -59.14 -- -- -- 1493.69 1444.79 -48.90
2 553.24 503.09 -50.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.37 8.47 0.09
3 1617.25 1411.66 -205.59 2074.06 2811.69 737.63 4745.46 3178.98 -1566.48 725.62 609.50 -116.12 6361.08 6785.52 424.44
4 2280.70 2117.23 -163.47 3600.33 2515.75 -1084.58 1656.52 2452.96 796.44 787.78 718.32 -69.46 16231.47 15886.04 -345.43
5 74.67 84.79 10.12 0.36 0.41 0.05 13.23 9.57 -3.67 5.06 2.05 -3.01 -- -- --
6 0.86 0.95 0.09 -- 0.31 0.31 4.63 8.97 4.34 14.91 6.18 -8.73 -- -- --
7 16.65 15.47 -1.18 -- -- -- 512.97 346.58 -166.39 -- -- -- -- -- --
8 56.68 52.66 -4.02 -- -- -- 0.35 0.20 -0.15 -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.24 0.24 -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 4019.26 5165.47 1146.21 4400.59 4555.44 154.85 5245.32 5133.94 -111.38 572.25 560.05 -12.21 12256.23 12417.22 160.99
12 238.29 221.99 -16.30 518.99 620.94 101.95 644.85 764.44 119.59 -- -- -- 3136.55 3084.65 -51.90
13 125.55 123.04 -2.51 -- -- -- 6.36 6.45 0.09 -- 208.10 208.10 20.19 20.23 0.04
14 41.61 48.91 7.30 -- -- -- 9.04 8.32 -0.72 -- 0.18 0.18 -- -- --
15 1671.02 1468.58 -202.44 -- 0.02 0.02 11.62 9.80 -1.82 16.48 16.14 -0.34 -- 3.26 3.26
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.22 8.63 -0.58 28.70 25.99 -2.71 -- -- --
17 226.07 209.51 -16.56 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 3.88 3.70 -0.18 7.82 27.37 19.56 28.36 27.62 -0.74 0.20 12.91 12.71 75.72 98.68 22.95
21 4.98 4.64 -0.34 0.29 0.62 0.33 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.48 1.48 --
22 46379.45 41314.61 -5064.84 961.56 293.35 -668.21 1423.09 1005.95 -417.14 307.68 286.20 -21.49 458.19 362.95 -95.24
23 16021.09 22463.22 6442.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 73754.38 75435.77 1681.39 11670.14 11017.38 -652.76 14438.12 13030.62 -1407.50 2458.69 2445.62 -13.07 40042.98 40113.27 70.29
TGA 101387.00 79706.00 191791.00 38863.00 308252.00
% to TGA 72.75 74.40 1.66 14.64 13.82 -0.82 7.53 6.79 -0.73 6.33 6.29 -0.03 12.99 13.01 0.02

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-6: India contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 547.03 510.89 -36.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 11251.44 11041.61 -209.83 3718.87 2267.01 -1451.86 454.43 579.08 124.65 -- 2265.82 2265.82 972.55 944.79 -27.77
4 13242.14 13118.20 -123.93 900.54 2412.01 1511.47 2640.10 2683.48 43.38 36.32 472.25 435.93 1011.02 1948.90 937.88
5 59.03 59.30 0.28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 1.76 1.74 -0.01 -- -- -- -- 0.41 0.41 -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02
7 41.00 41.06 0.06 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 26.36 26.36 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- 752.10 270.31 -481.79 291.87 272.52 -19.35 1028.53 612.71 -415.82 1239.09 1514.95 275.86
10 -- -- -- 100.10 201.32 101.22 157.12 268.11 110.99 1589.03 1049.37 -539.66 1588.65 842.47 -746.18
11 10026.96 9956.45 -70.51 1555.86 495.45 -1060.41 67.11 68.88 1.77 3367.26 558.12 -2809.14 -- 0.12 0.12
12 1189.18 1206.16 16.98 -- 2.44 2.44 -- 0.40 0.40 -- 0.37 0.37 -- 13.39 13.39
13 149.72 148.95 -0.77 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 21.25 20.67 -0.58 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 3.65 3.61 -0.04 -- -- -- -- 0.16 0.16 -- -- -- -- -- --
16 29.48 29.99 0.51 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 30.45 40.62 10.18 -- -- -- -- 0.04 0.04 -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 1643.37 1625.19 -18.18 -- -- -- 255.13 254.34 -0.79 -- -- -- 3.87 2.09 -1.78
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 38262.81 37830.82 -431.99 7027.47 5648.53 -1378.94 3865.76 4127.43 261.67 6021.14 4958.64 -1062.50 4815.18 5266.72 451.55
TGA 307690.00 22327.00 22429.00 21081.00 16579.00
% to TGA 12.44 12.30 -0.14 31.48 25.30 -6.18 17.24 18.40 1.17 28.56 23.52 -5.04 29.04 31.77 2.72

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-6: India contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Orissa Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamilnadu

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 671.19 431.29 -239.91 82.12 79.49 -2.63 1020.17 1087.52 67.35 -- -- -- 107.97 125.29 17.32
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 864.75 437.49 -427.27 -- -- -- 0.91 0.91 --
3 5445.08 5158.18 -286.90 109.94 131.35 21.41 23661.70 21086.05 -2575.65 -- -- -- 2128.14 2082.87 -45.26
4 1383.29 1591.41 208.12 95.29 85.08 -10.21 14619.38 15359.37 739.99 6.37 20.23 13.87 2027.41 1981.04 -46.38
5 424.04 333.46 -90.58 78.01 76.49 -1.52 64.88 48.00 -16.88 -- -- -- 55.31 54.06 -1.24
6 35.56 68.95 33.39 34.39 41.70 7.31 54.94 70.36 15.42 -- -- -- 68.25 65.27 -2.98
7 8.47 5.36 -3.11 30.14 28.63 -1.51 347.12 323.84 -23.28 -- -- -- 296.00 239.59 -56.41
8 23.09 20.76 -2.32 27.87 23.52 -4.34 269.12 226.57 -42.55 -- -- -- 83.82 28.19 -55.64
9 1023.83 874.70 -149.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 421.61 563.44 141.83 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 4781.34 5122.53 341.19 69.47 60.78 -8.69 11365.78 10962.97 -402.81 60.96 61.18 0.23 2600.55 2519.76 -80.79
12 1842.28 1677.57 -164.71 -- 0.28 0.28 854.34 159.68 -694.66 -- -- -- 61.13 75.81 14.68
13 -- 1.42 1.42 -- -- -- 3918.42 3438.40 -480.03 -- -- -- 1041.74 934.07 -107.67
14 1.88 -- -1.88 -- -- -- -- 0.89 0.89 -- -- -- 41.88 31.84 -10.04
15 2.79 2.53 -0.26 97.92 86.94 -10.98 196.69 112.78 -83.90 -- -- -- 34.15 32.73 -1.42
16 34.15 23.14 -11.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 200.63 180.89 -19.75
17 -- -- -- 394.35 322.57 -71.78 4655.88 3397.75 -1258.13 -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- 11188.21 9279.75 -1908.46 -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- 15586.44 14250.55 -1335.89 -- -- -- -- -- --
20 7.90 7.96 0.06 -- -- -- 106.86 116.18 9.32 -- -- -- 90.18 94.97 4.79
21 10.67 10.75 0.08 -- -- -- 9.06 13.67 4.61 -- -- -- 3.94 4.07 0.13
22 531.11 532.31 1.21 -- -- -- 4905.72 4557.27 -348.45 579.90 362.22 -217.67 283.56 270.43 -13.12
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2633.66 2829.51 195.85 -- -- --
Total WL 16648.27 16425.76 -222.51 1019.50 936.83 -82.67 93689.47 84929.10 -8760.37 3280.88 3273.15 -7.73 9125.56 8721.79 -403.77
TGA 155707.00 50362.00 342239.00 7096.00 130058.00
% to TGA 10.69 10.55 -0.14 2.02 1.86 -0.16 27.38 24.82 -2.56 46.24 46.13 -0.11 7.02 6.71 -0.31

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
 Table-6: India contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Tripura Uttarakhand UttarPradesh West Bengal Union Territory Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- 0.60 0.60 -- -- -- 1216.48 923.99 -292.49 20.56 20.66 0.10 0.26 0.35 0.10 7005.47 6145.96 -859.51
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 264.63 274.59 9.96 0.58 0.58 -- 6.12 -- -6.12 1714.80 1266.06 -448.74
3 229.44 193.59 -35.85 211.28 246.29 35.01 1160.19 939.01 -221.18 497.68 471.80 -25.88 2.72 15.80 13.08 93372.62 86979.91 -6392.71
4 298.41 250.23 -48.18 1073.12 1004.20 -68.92 1835.12 1975.49 140.37 802.46 789.20 -13.26 49.97 39.62 -10.35 91645.83 93033.00 1387.17
5 0.68 1.22 0.54 -- -- -- 376.54 226.76 -149.78 12.55 12.25 -0.29 0.77 -- -0.77 2532.46 1757.07 -775.38
6 -- 5.90 5.90 -- 1.92 1.92 721.12 638.97 -82.15 7.37 8.04 0.67 0.44 -- -0.44 2994.22 6946.31 3952.09
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2193.28 2051.89 -141.39 -- -- -- 2.50 0.20 -2.30 5451.63 5414.53 -37.10
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 718.46 501.29 -217.17 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1737.81 1391.09 -346.72
9 89.28 33.20 -56.08 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5625.07 4814.68 -810.38
10 164.83 68.99 -95.84 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4608.44 4210.46 -397.98
11 522.52 384.50 -138.02 714.54 789.32 74.78 1857.31 1843.65 -13.66 534.85 509.21 -25.64 263.14 251.81 -11.33 85787.78 83699.71 -2088.08
12 -- 16.67 16.67 15.95 54.43 38.48 64.61 64.07 -0.54 -- 4.58 4.58 -- -- -- 16381.53 15680.26 -701.27
13 -- -- -- 410.76 512.41 101.65 21.47 9.66 -11.81 -- -- -- -- -- -- 7197.14 6832.17 -364.97
14 -- 5.53 5.53 1.98 0.54 -1.44 3.48 12.15 8.67 2.40 2.40 -- -- -- -- 314.14 278.53 -35.61
15 10.01 4.00 -6.01 0.31 0.48 0.17 109.92 48.01 -61.91 16.10 8.69 -7.40 -- -- -- 2439.86 2111.96 -327.90
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.94 9.89 1.95 11.39 7.11 -4.28 719.31 654.47 -64.84
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5280.07 3934.80 -1345.27
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11188.21 9279.75 -1908.46
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15627.63 14273.03 -1354.59
20 -- -- -- 1.61 1.60 -0.01 16.16 26.75 10.59 25.09 29.66 4.57 -- -- -- 506.58 593.65 87.07
21 -- 0.20 0.20 1.48 1.51 0.03 18.07 10.24 -7.83 2.72 -- -2.72 -- 0.05 0.05 63.99 58.00 -5.99
22 -- -- -- 1142.16 1166.26 24.10 411.75 334.72 -77.03 64.12 62.25 -1.87 -- 0.06 0.06 69372.54 59482.29 -9890.24
23 -- -- -- 9216.87 9080.58 -136.29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40694.80 58183.44 17488.64
Total WL 1315.17 964.64 -350.53 12790.06 12859.53 69.47 10988.59 9881.24 -1107.35 1994.41 1929.20 -65.21 337.30 315.00 -22.30 472261.94 467021.16 -5240.78
TGA 10486.00 53483.00 240928.00 88752.00 9490.00 3166414.00
% to TGA 12.54 9.20 -3.34 23.91 24.04 0.13 4.56 4.10 -0.46 2.25 2.17 -0.07 3.55 3.32 -0.23 14.91 14.75 -0.17

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 MAPS AND TABLES
OF
STATES
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UNION TERRITORIES

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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Andhra Pradesh
Adilabad
MAHARSHTRA Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
ORISSA plantation crop (14)
Nizamabad
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Karimnagar
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Warangal Vizianagram Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
Vishakapatnam Sands - Semi Stab. -
- Seasonal (6)
HYDERABAD Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
Khammam Sands - Semi Stab. -
/alkalinity - Moderate (7)
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Rajahmundry Land affected by salinity
Mahbubnagar /alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
Vijayawada Industrial Wastelands (21)
Narsapur - current (9)
Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
Kurnool
Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

State boundary Railway line

Anantapur District Boundary Major roads

Cuddapah
Nellore

KARNATAKA Tirupati Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Chittore AP State Remote Sensing Application Centre
TAMIL NADU Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 8th Floor, HMDA - Swarnajayanthi Complex
1%
9% 1%
1%
9% 1% Ameerpet
Kuppam 5% 16
1
27% 5% 16 1
26% Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500 038
22 12 22
12 3 3

Sponsored by
11
4
11
11 4 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
34% 34%
7 19%
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 275068 sq. km. National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
87 8
1% 3%
19%
1% 3%
Total wasteland area :37296.62 sq. km. ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 8a Wasteland area: 13.56 % Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
MAHARSHTRA
Adilabad
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Andhra Pradesh

Nizamabad ORISSA

Karimnagar LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

Warangal Vizianagram (1682.10 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

Vishakapatnam (331.71 sq. km.)
HYDERABAD
Khammam Non Wasteland to Wasteland
(190.46 sq. km.)
Rajahmundry
Mahbubnagar State boundary

District Boundary
Vijayawada
Narsapur Railway line

Major roads
Kurnool

Anantapur

Cuddapah
Nellore

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

AP State Remote Sensing Application Centre
Tirupati 8th floor, HMDA Swarna Jayanthi Complex
KARNATAKA Ameerpet, Hyderabad
Chittoor Andhra Pradesh, 500 038

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
TAMIL NADU National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
Kuppam
Figure - 8b ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-7 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Andhra Pradesh during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32
Total Total
1 378.54 -- 0.50 0.92 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.48 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 -- 9.63 6.77 8.07 -- 0.19 0.35 405.48
2 -- 2.89 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.89
3 2.39 -- 9600.22 160.42 -- -- 4.49 -- -- -- 0.18 0.79 -- 0.67 -- 0.04 -- 0.30 0.72 -- 5.40 5.88 3.08 249.61 219.03 51.13 0.04 -- 18.61 10323.01
4 0.30 -- 6.93 6960.09 -- -- 37.13 1.88 -- -- 0.08 0.04 -- 0.14 -- -- 0.97 0.05 0.35 -- 5.93 8.62 6.20 136.67 187.97 34.36 0.44 -- 28.01 7416.17
5 -- -- -- -- 108.01 0.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.58 0.26 -- -- -- -- 109.07
7 -- -- 0.06 0.81 -- -- 1122.29 -- -- -- 1.40 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.36 -- 53.79 31.94 0.15 -- 0.48 2.82 1215.10
8 -- -- -- 0.58 -- -- -- 488.23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.22 0.39 8.89 4.14 0.14 -- -- 2.23 504.83
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.15
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 -- -- 1.30
11 -- -- -- 0.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 12826.01 50.68 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.76 1.67 0.62 2.47 9.75 0.86 20.44 192.61 17.03 13123.06 38788.26
12 -- -- -- 1.31 -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.89 1566.06 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04 -- -- 1.71 -- 0.45 221.10 -- -- 35.14 0.78 1835.48
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 132.41 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 132.41
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33.57 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.96 -- -- 0.26 37.79
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 28.20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.77 0.89 0.26 -- -- -- 32.12
16 -- -- 0.01 -- -- -- 1.66 -- -- -- -- 0.13 -- 0.92 -- 298.58 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.64 0.69 7.04 -- 0.05 1.99 318.72
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.37 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.39 -- -- -- -- -- 3.76
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.39 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.39
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.72 -- -- -- -- 0.05 -- -- -- -- 1.77
22 0.57 -- 0.74 22.37 -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.20 2.39 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.66 3193.41 16.19 0.57 -- -- 6.12 -- -- 46.50 3295.73
999 -- 0.11 5.36 6.52 -- -- 0.06 -- 0.98 0.48 0.48 123.70 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 -- 52.76 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 381.81 3.00 9613.83 7153.17 108.01 0.22 1165.63 490.12 16.14 1.76 12843.74 1743.79 132.41 35.31 28.20 298.62 4.34 0.35 15.52 2.39 3258.27 35.67 10.87 472.89 682.59 112.07 20.93 228.47 118.59
(2008-09)
Grand Total
37296.62
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from

WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809 Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-)1682.10 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
Category
Area
No of
Area
No of Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 190.46 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
polygons polygons
1 25.02 231 -- 0 NET Decrease (-) 1491.64 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
2 -- 0 0.11 1 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
3 547.38 3566 5.36 44
4 402.28 3451 6.52 45
5 0.84 6 -- 0
7 90.54 737 0.06 1
8 16.02 182 -- 0
9 -- 0 0.98 15
10 0.01 1 0.48 2 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
11 245.45 305 0.48 57 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
12 259.18 21 123.70 36 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
13 -- 0 -- 0 3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
14 4.22 30 -- 0 4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
15 3.92 32 -- 0 5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
16 17.41 154 -- 0 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
17 0.39 5 -- 0 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
20 -- 0 0.02 1 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
21 0.05 1 -- 0 32. Waterbodies
22 69.37 43 52.76 7
Total 1682.10 8765 190.46 209

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 Table-7 (b): Andhra Pradesh
District - wise distribution and category-wise distribution of wasteland area (sq.km) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-6
WL Adilabad Anantapur Chittoor Cuddapah East Godavari Guntur
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 61.20 56.49 -4.71 0.56 0.56 -- 25.16 24.14 -1.03 10.63 9.97 -0.66 18.39 18.62 0.23 0.09 0.35 0.26
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 286.88 246.61 -40.27 781.38 751.19 -30.19 945.21 882.61 -62.60 1115.94 1076.41 -39.54 153.75 127.53 -26.22 127.84 111.70 -16.15
4 202.31 189.06 -13.25 697.94 687.33 -10.61 726.10 749.88 23.78 1242.08 1216.93 -25.15 46.36 36.40 -9.96 209.03 187.49 -21.54
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36.04 36.16 0.12 12.06 10.40 -1.66
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- 270.09 225.93 -44.15 82.41 70.34 -12.07 14.02 17.16 3.13 -- -- -- 1.13 2.19 1.06
8 -- -- -- 81.98 79.66 -2.32 12.45 14.46 2.01 5.52 5.52 -- -- -- -- 17.13 17.85 0.72
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.03 15.22 0.19 -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.13 1.14 0.01 -- -- --
11 1056.08 1026.78 -29.30 1202.46 1232.42 29.95 1343.91 1332.73 -11.18 1485.53 1425.14 -60.39 167.93 158.42 -9.50 335.90 324.54 -11.36
12 393.38 412.21 18.82 2.36 3.45 1.09 15.31 15.83 0.53 5.74 8.32 2.58 18.06 25.63 7.57 43.05 47.05 4.00
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35.38 35.61 0.23 -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13.54 12.62 -0.91 -- -- --
15 0.06 0.06 -- 7.12 6.72 -0.40 0.23 0.23 -- 1.22 0.94 -0.28 -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 47.51 42.10 -5.41 8.49 7.63 -0.86
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- 0.35 0.35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.32 0.32 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.27 0.62 0.35 -- 0.22 0.22 -- -- --
21 0.70 0.65 -0.05 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.04 0.87 -0.17
22 33.05 30.86 -2.20 539.42 539.39 -0.03 272.68 267.64 -5.04 288.61 277.13 -11.48 0.56 0.38 -0.17 486.79 460.14 -26.65
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 2033.99 1963.39 -70.60 3583.32 3526.65 -56.67 3423.47 3357.86 -65.60 4169.57 4038.12 -131.44 553.66 510.07 -43.59 1242.55 1170.21 -72.34
TGA 16128.00 19130.00 15152.00 15359.00 10807.00 11391.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-7 (b): Andhra Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Hyderabad Karimnagar Khammam Krishna Kurnool Mahbubnagar

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 13.57 12.58 -0.99 43.28 42.69 -0.59 -- -- -- 40.44 34.94 -5.50 2.68 2.68 -0.01
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 0.44 0.35 -0.09 318.28 287.48 -30.80 163.44 122.23 -41.21 97.08 91.14 -5.94 601.51 528.40 -73.11 404.30 388.87 -15.43
4 1.07 0.39 -0.68 469.85 416.32 -53.53 14.33 11.10 -3.23 49.54 42.10 -7.44 253.24 261.08 7.84 312.99 300.39 -12.60
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 54.21 56.58 2.37 -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- 6.54 6.54 -- 6.89 6.89 -- 0.30 0.30 219.46 210.17 -9.28 186.63 183.90 -2.73
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.06 0.06 -- -- -- 96.70 95.19 -1.51 61.37 60.89 -0.48
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- 402.81 392.50 -10.31 99.61 77.67 -21.94 211.17 200.90 -10.27 665.37 674.29 8.92 850.70 826.02 -24.69
12 -- -- -- 31.40 34.78 3.38 327.22 356.79 29.56 21.99 27.40 5.41 31.50 31.97 0.47 68.79 68.96 0.17
13 0.17 0.44 0.27 -- -- -- 3.13 3.69 0.56 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.91 8.68 -1.23 -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- 0.26 0.15 -0.11 -- -- -- 0.23 0.13 -0.10 -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16.97 16.84 -0.13 -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.95 10.97 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.81 0.81 --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- 74.26 74.06 -0.20 37.17 36.64 -0.53 3.60 3.32 -0.28 735.43 740.08 4.64 235.98 239.86 3.88
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 1.68 1.17 -0.50 1310.44 1224.42 -86.02 699.13 668.73 -30.41 464.71 447.40 -17.31 2643.65 2576.11 -67.54 2124.27 2072.37 -51.90
TGA 217.00 11823.00 16029.00 8727.00 17658.00 18432.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-7 (b): Andhra Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Medak Nalgonda Nellore Nizamabad Prakasam Rangareddy

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 1.73 1.44 -0.30 1.19 0.88 -0.31 20.13 19.67 -0.46 12.47 12.81 0.34 26.35 24.91 -1.43 0.33 0.33 --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 494.62 477.36 -17.26 550.26 485.70 -64.56 631.44 589.00 -42.45 289.94 268.83 -21.11 1025.39 925.87 -99.52 316.39 325.79 9.40
4 421.86 427.88 6.02 156.38 151.31 -5.07 444.62 411.94 -32.68 419.07 389.32 -29.75 584.36 594.92 10.56 128.08 128.23 0.15
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.49 0.49 -- -- -- -- 2.49 1.61 -0.88 -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- 57.72 49.62 -8.10 248.24 238.36 -9.88 -- -- -- 135.40 136.47 1.07 -- 0.20 0.20
8 -- -- -- 51.02 48.28 -2.74 59.23 54.67 -4.56 -- -- -- 119.42 113.54 -5.89 -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 330.22 328.02 -2.20 608.93 575.14 -33.80 792.22 791.43 -0.80 556.47 536.32 -20.15 957.42 969.01 11.59 242.40 247.51 5.11
12 6.55 9.02 2.47 33.57 35.90 2.32 17.61 22.94 5.33 27.85 51.53 23.68 19.34 33.67 14.33 68.49 62.65 -5.84
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33.10 32.73 -0.37
14 3.25 2.08 -1.17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.88 1.54 0.67 -- 0.01 0.01
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 20.31 17.28 -3.04 0.49 0.46 -0.03 0.12 0.06 -0.06 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 162.18 153.26 -8.93 -- -- -- 35.99 31.32 -4.67 -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.65 0.27 -0.39 -- -- -- 3.11 4.08 0.97 -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.13 0.13 -- -- -- 0.11 0.11 -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.17 0.17 -- -- --
22 65.59 65.49 -0.10 164.35 161.94 -2.41 8.95 9.03 0.07 44.76 44.42 -0.34 116.57 122.40 5.83 57.69 57.38 -0.31
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 1323.82 1311.29 -12.53 1623.43 1508.75 -114.67 2406.10 2308.45 -97.65 1351.05 1303.69 -47.36 3026.95 2959.68 -67.27 846.49 854.85 8.36
TGA 9699.00 14240.00 13076.00 7956.00 17626.00 7493.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-7 (b): Andhra Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Srikakulam Visakhapatnam Vizianagaram Warangal West Godavari Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 9.61 11.83 2.22 73.38 67.02 -6.37 37.02 33.51 -3.51 3.31 2.53 -0.78 3.94 3.87 -0.07 405.48 381.81 -23.67
2 -- -- -- 2.89 3.00 0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.89 3.00 0.11
3 277.48 285.46 7.98 1091.88 1095.30 3.42 330.77 269.07 -61.70 265.82 225.38 -40.45 52.96 51.57 -1.39 10323.01 9613.83 -709.18
4 184.11 184.31 0.21 379.45 351.35 -28.10 78.69 61.93 -16.77 386.81 345.63 -41.19 7.87 7.89 0.01 7416.17 7153.17 -263.00
5 -- -- -- 0.64 0.44 -0.20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.14 2.32 -0.82 109.07 108.01 -1.06
6 -- -- -- -- 0.22 0.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.22 0.22
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 17.55 17.55 -- -- -- 1215.10 1165.63 -49.47
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 504.83 490.12 -14.72
9 -- 0.14 0.14 -- 0.48 0.48 -- 0.18 0.18 -- -- -- 0.13 0.13 -- 15.15 16.14 0.98
10 -- 0.18 0.18 0.17 0.44 0.27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.30 1.76 0.46
11 310.20 294.77 -15.43 676.96 683.85 6.89 344.88 290.13 -54.75 477.20 453.11 -24.09 4.69 3.05 -1.64 13123.06 12843.74 -279.33
12 18.29 29.63 11.34 184.66 192.12 7.47 256.86 12.33 -244.53 203.30 220.11 16.81 40.16 41.51 1.35 1835.48 1743.79 -91.69
13 -- -- -- 54.63 54.52 -0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.96 5.41 -0.55 132.37 132.41 0.04
14 9.46 9.61 0.14 0.42 0.44 0.02 -- -- -- 0.32 0.32 -- -- -- -- 37.79 35.31 -2.48
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.99 1.99 -0.01 0.07 0.17 0.10 32.12 28.20 -3.92
16 23.58 23.50 -0.08 18.67 18.52 -0.14 2.21 2.75 0.53 -- -- -- 3.13 2.70 -0.42 318.72 298.62 -20.10
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.76 4.34 0.58
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.35 0.35
20 -- -- -- 1.15 1.19 0.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.79 1.15 0.37 14.39 15.52 1.12
21 -- 0.35 0.35 -- -- -- -- 0.31 0.31 -- -- -- 0.03 0.03 -- 1.77 2.39 0.61
22 8.94 10.16 1.22 11.91 13.24 1.34 23.02 17.78 -5.24 86.31 86.77 0.46 0.10 0.17 0.07 3295.73 3258.27 -37.46
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 841.66 849.94 8.28 2496.81 2482.14 -14.67 1073.45 687.99 -385.46 1425.07 1353.38 -71.69 122.96 119.97 -3.00 38788.22 37296.62 -1491.60
TGA 5837.00 11161.00 6539.00 12846.00 7742.00 275068.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Arunachal Pradesh
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
CHINA Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Anini Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
Tezu
Pasighat
Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

MYANMAR Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area
ASSAM
State boundary Railway line
BHUTAN
Tirap District Boundary Major roads
Bomdilla ITANAGAR

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

State Remote Sensing Application Centre
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Science & Tech.
3% 4%
13%
22
17% 10% Maung-Phi Complex, ESS Sector, Viveknagar
3
23 3 4 6% Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, 791 113
9% 9
10

Sponsored by
23 10 7%
9 4
61% 11 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
8%
19%
39%
22
1% Total Geog. Area (TGA): 83743 sq. km. National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
1% Total wasteland area :14895.24 sq. km. ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 9a Wasteland area: 17.79 % Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Arunachal Pradesh

CHINA LEGEND

Anini Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(108.48 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(2444.50 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

(9259.89 sq. km.)

State boundary

District Boundary
Tezu
Pasighat
Railway line

Major roads

MYANMAR

ASSAM
BHUTAN Tirap
Bomdilla ITANAGAR

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

State Remote Sensing Application Centre
Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Science & Tech.
Maung-Phi Complex, ESS Sector, Viveknagar
Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, 791 113

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
Figure - 9b ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-8 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Arunachal Pradesh during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 22 23 24 26 28 29 32
Total Total
3 345.17 194.91 -- -- 18.47 -- 345.28 -- -- -- 0.03 3.27 0.15 0.44 -- 50.00 -- 957.70
4 273.50 1201.84 -- -- 23.26 -- 247.31 -- 0.49 -- 1.14 370.57 11.09 8.42 0.57 23.14 0.71 2162.04
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 4.86 9.92 -- -- 315.40 684.61 1.81 -- -- -- 1.05 -- 6.43 0.70 -- 0.29 0.01 1025.07
10 5.94 16.11 -- -- 24.78 392.71 60.98 -- -- -- 0.80 -- 4.79 0.21 -- 0.05 -- 506.39 5743.83
11 0.16 0.45 -- -- 1.10 -- 17.77 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.16 -- 0.82 -- 20.46
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 2.05 23.57 -- -- -- -- 2.07 -- 158.05 -- -- -- -- 0.06 0.31 -- -- 186.11
22 1.59 8.47 -- -- -- -- 31.84 -- -- -- 107.97 0.09 -- -- -- -- 0.13 150.09
23 -- 74.90 -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.70 -- 1.43 651.96 -- -- -- -- -- 735.98
999 -- 24.78 0.15 1.60 578.04 1.19 490.72 3.91 54.06 0.04 21.25 8084.16 -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 633.27 1554.94 0.15 1.60 961.04 1078.52 1197.77 3.91 220.29 0.04 133.67 9110.04 22.46 9.99 0.88 74.30 0.85
(2008-09)
Grand Total
14895.24
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 108.48 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 9259.89 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
No of No of
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Increase (+) 9151.41 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
3 50.58 28 -- 0 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
4 43.93 68 24.78 124
5 -- 0 0.15 1
6 -- 0 1.60 1 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
9 7.43 162 578.04 7446 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
10 5.05 42 1.19 3 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 0.98 12 490.72 1602
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
12 -- 0 3.91 1
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
13 0.37 3 54.06 83
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
22 0.13 2 21.25 463 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
23 -- 0 8084.16 123 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
Total 108.48 317 9259.89 9848 32. Waterbodies

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Table-8 (b): Arunachal Pradesh
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Anjaw Changlang East Kameng East Siang Kurungkumey Lohit
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- 20.55 20.55 -- 0.83 0.83 20.49 14.39 -6.10 72.41 41.52 -30.89 335.69 104.90 -230.78 5.10 10.77 5.67
4 2.16 2.12 -0.04 7.13 14.31 7.18 22.19 15.34 -6.85 57.36 65.27 7.91 199.48 53.60 -145.88 28.72 24.21 -4.51
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- 0.07 0.07 -- -- -- -- 0.66 0.66 -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 72.63 33.08 -39.56 65.34 47.84 -17.50 52.14 63.67 11.53 12.33 20.69 8.36 65.50 20.03 -45.47 4.02 0.69 -3.32
10 43.70 92.80 49.11 39.85 52.59 12.74 0.22 26.84 26.62 9.53 13.97 4.44 11.01 81.84 70.83 0.50 2.48 1.97
11 -- 53.01 53.01 -- 34.20 34.20 0.25 9.69 9.44 0.16 45.63 45.47 0.23 418.57 418.34 1.01 9.30 8.29
12 -- -- -- -- 0.86 0.86 -- 0.30 0.30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- 0.41 0.41 -- -- -- -- -- -- 86.22 129.04 42.82 -- -- -- 92.93 81.68 -11.25
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 21.65 23.94 2.29 5.39 5.59 0.19 6.01 6.10 0.09 7.70 4.92 -2.78 8.18 1.91 -6.27 38.70 37.77 -0.93
23 374.46 2216.89 1842.44 -- 18.19 18.19 108.01 427.06 319.05 -- -- -- 77.35 525.87 448.52 10.11 54.86 44.75
Total 514.59 2442.79 1928.20 117.71 174.47 56.76 209.31 563.39 354.07 245.71 321.70 75.99 697.44 1206.73 509.29 181.09 221.76 40.67
TGA 6982.00 5069.00 4134.00 4687.00 7141.00 4420.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-8 (b): Arunachal Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Lower Dibang Lower Subansiri Papumpare Tawang Tirap Upper Dibang

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 0.14 1.55 1.41 163.73 154.61 -9.12 68.26 13.82 -54.44 101.85 62.16 -39.69 -- -- -- -- 0.58 0.58
4 70.14 27.81 -42.32 214.01 112.56 -101.45 2.29 10.67 8.39 903.29 559.11 -344.18 2.79 3.03 0.24 41.48 17.41 -24.07
5 -- 0.15 0.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- 0.59 0.59 -- -- -- -- 0.08 0.08 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 11.02 8.91 -2.12 108.79 111.75 2.96 45.26 132.16 86.90 17.71 20.87 3.17 187.79 199.36 11.57 125.46 71.68 -53.78
10 5.07 5.63 0.56 46.14 74.06 27.91 22.57 31.39 8.82 8.58 8.63 0.05 186.62 336.32 149.70 44.86 111.19 66.34
11 1.21 76.72 75.51 -- 53.81 53.81 3.67 84.41 80.74 12.27 42.13 29.86 1.10 33.67 32.57 0.55 98.83 98.27
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.72 2.72 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 6.94 1.38 -5.56 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.70 7.70
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 26.70 12.96 -13.74 3.38 3.28 -0.10 2.39 2.50 0.11 6.84 6.58 -0.26 0.07 0.07 -- 1.78 4.86 3.08
23 6.60 132.25 125.64 -- -- -- -- 0.04 0.04 1.65 710.30 708.64 -- -- -- 30.15 2624.10 2593.95
Total 127.83 267.95 140.12 536.05 510.08 -25.97 144.43 277.82 133.39 1052.19 1409.78 357.59 378.38 572.45 194.08 244.28 2936.34 2692.06
TGA 4070.00 2994.00 2875.00 2172.00 1955.00 8959.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-8 (b): Arunachal Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Upper Siang Upper Subansiri West Kameng West Siang Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 21.72 6.48 -15.24 -- 8.89 8.89 162.97 181.34 18.37 5.33 10.88 5.55 957.70 633.27 -324.43
4 15.43 68.43 53.01 0.78 0.81 0.04 568.36 483.70 -84.66 26.45 96.55 70.09 2162.04 1554.94 -607.10
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.15 0.15
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.20 0.20 -- 1.60 1.60
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 11.91 28.00 16.09 59.96 68.63 8.67 58.41 43.49 -14.92 126.79 90.18 -36.61 1025.07 961.04 -64.02
10 9.70 18.46 8.77 18.68 52.19 33.51 22.40 35.75 13.35 36.95 134.37 97.42 506.39 1078.52 572.13
11 -- 41.37 41.37 -- 25.63 25.63 -- 143.74 143.74 -- 27.06 27.06 20.46 1197.77 1177.31
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.03 -- -- -- -- 3.91 3.91
13 0.01 0.09 0.07 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 -- -0.01 186.11 220.29 34.18
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.01 -- 0.04 0.04
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 6.12 8.68 2.56 1.13 0.19 -0.94 8.01 7.15 -0.85 6.04 7.17 1.12 150.09 133.67 -16.42
23 76.02 940.70 864.68 -- 846.47 846.47 3.69 117.91 114.23 47.94 495.41 447.47 735.98 9110.04 8374.06
Total WL 140.91 1112.22 971.31 80.55 1002.82 922.27 823.84 1013.12 189.28 249.52 861.82 612.30 5743.83 14895.24 9151.41
TGA 6188.00 7032.00 7422.00 7643.00 83743.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Assam
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Dibrugarh Land with open scrub (4)
ARUNACHAL PRADESH Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)

Sibsagar Waterlogged and marshy

- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
BHUTAN Stab > 40 m (18)
Jorhat Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Tezpur Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Golaghat Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Nowgaon
Barpeta Shifting cultivation
NAGALAND - current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
GAUHATI
Shifting cultivation
Dhubri - abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
Lumding Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
MEGHALAYA Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

State boundary Railway line

District Boundary Major roads
MANIPUR
Silchar

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Assam Remote Sensing Application Centre (ARSAC)
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 ASTE Council, Bigyan Bhavan
24% 22%
1% G.S. Road
24%
24% 15
Guwahathi, Assam, 781 005
12 3 12 3

Sponsored by
4
11 11 4 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
15% 6 5 18% 11%
10
9 10 9 6
25%
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 78438 sq. km. National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
1% 2% 5
2% 12% 6% 3% 7%
4%
Total wasteland area :8453.86 sq. km. ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 10a Wasteland area: 10.78 % Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Assam

Dibrugarh
ARUNACHAL PRADESH LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(862.56 sq. km.)
Sibsagar
BHUTAN Wastelands to another Wasteland
Jorhat (1326.44 sq. km.)

Tezpur Non Wasteland to Wasteland

Golaghat (538.04 sq. km.)

Nowgaon
State boundary
Barpeta
NAGALAND
GAUHATI District Boundary

Dhubri Railway line

Lumding Major roads

MEGHALAYA

MANIPUR
Silchar

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Assam Remote Sensing Application Centre (ARSAC)
ASTE Council, Bigyan Bhavan
G.S. Road
Guwahathi, Assam, 781 005

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 10b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-9 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Assam during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 20 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Total Total
3 1650.76 268.06 0.14 0.47 5.91 -- 7.92 -- -- 0.47 -- -- 1.79 -- 20.18 0.37 -- 0.74 -- -- -- 1956.80
4 168.66 1404.11 1.44 2.99 8.98 -- 0.56 0.60 0.27 1.52 -- -- 3.20 -- 28.13 2.41 2.41 0.07 -- -- 1.34 1626.68
5 0.13 20.77 236.46 79.73 -- -- 0.30 0.48 0.01 0.33 -- -- 11.15 -- 140.95 1.43 0.46 0.09 -- 2.10 0.31 494.69
6 19.37 58.04 66.01 382.57 -- -- 1.00 22.86 0.65 13.26 -- -- 39.81 0.06 403.86 4.67 2.33 2.25 0.79 7.24 0.67 1025.46
9 0.49 20.89 -- -- 60.33 77.33 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.11 -- 0.11 -- -- 0.89 -- -- -- 160.15
10 2.30 2.39 -- -- 13.47 58.99 0.11 -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 -- -- -- -- 2.09 -- -- -- 79.41
8778.38
11 163.05 185.57 0.47 1.20 3.37 -- 805.50 7.75 1.29 0.43 -- -- 5.25 -- 13.77 1.44 0.35 110.70 -- -- 0.65 1300.80
12 -- 0.45 0.02 0.39 -- -- 94.27 1989.05 -- -- -- -- 12.82 -- 35.14 -- -- -- 0.14 0.03 0.19 2132.50
13 -- 0.26 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.37
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.50 -- -- 0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.51
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
999 3.57 150.94 13.13 103.04 166.80 0.01 19.84 42.29 0.50 36.64 0.63 0.66 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 2008.32 2111.47 317.67 570.39 258.86 136.33 929.51 2063.03 2.84 52.64 2.13 0.66 74.18 0.07 642.14 10.31 5.56 116.84 0.93 9.37 3.16
(2008-09)
Grand Total
8453.86
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 862.56 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 538.04 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
No of No of
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Decrease (-) 324.52 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
3 23.07 131 3.57 16 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
4 37.57 220 150.94 706
5 156.49 609 13.13 132
6 461.69 1273 103.04 369 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
9 1.10 17 166.80 1446 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
10 2.14 44 0.01 3 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 132.17 473 19.84 67
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
12 48.32 109 42.29 54
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
13 -- 0 0.50 2
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
15 -- 0 36.64 91 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
20 0.01 1 0.63 2 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
22 -- 0 0.66 1 32. Waterbodies
Total 862.56 2877 538.04 2889

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Table-9 (b): Assam
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Barpeta Bongaigaon Cachar Darrang Dhemaji Dhubri
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 2.31 1.02 -1.29 5.15 6.00 0.85 0.08 1.90 1.82 1.91 2.42 0.51 -- 15.75 15.75 7.02 7.82 0.80
4 19.30 9.29 -10.01 18.70 18.13 -0.57 -- 43.18 43.18 9.14 8.99 -0.15 -- 35.06 35.06 3.27 14.69 11.41
5 28.62 15.92 -12.70 24.66 15.92 -8.74 37.17 22.54 -14.63 4.95 12.47 7.52 16.45 12.48 -3.97 31.79 20.09 -11.70
6 42.88 23.10 -19.78 6.55 5.05 -1.50 133.87 32.28 -101.59 19.02 14.79 -4.23 124.86 67.09 -57.77 9.45 3.01 -6.44
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.02 15.53 1.51 -- -- -- -- 0.06 0.06 -- 0.08 0.08
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12.94 12.94 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 20.67 19.28 -1.39 22.40 3.54 -18.86 33.20 10.88 -22.32 0.22 0.98 0.76 8.37 3.18 -5.19 60.03 24.05 -35.98
12 22.00 22.57 0.57 36.11 6.97 -29.14 21.00 21.53 0.53 25.57 45.48 19.91 -- 0.78 0.78 2.31 4.29 1.98
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- 2.48 2.48 -- 1.14 1.14 -- -- -- -- 0.13 0.13 -- 34.47 34.47 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 135.78 93.67 -42.11 113.57 56.74 -56.83 239.34 160.78 -78.56 60.81 85.26 24.45 149.68 168.87 19.19 113.88 74.03 -39.84
TGA 3245.00 2510.00 3786.00 3481.00 3237.00 2838.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-9 (b): Assam contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Dibrugarh Goalpara Golaghat Hailakandi Jorhat Kamrup

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- 0.94 0.94 -- 29.45 29.45 -- 3.16 3.16 -- 0.90 0.90 -- 2.76 2.76 0.80 109.45 108.65
4 -- 3.35 3.35 -- 18.88 18.88 -- 8.54 8.54 -- 6.15 6.15 -- 8.16 8.16 8.35 28.44 20.09
5 2.66 2.17 -0.49 23.80 15.79 -8.01 21.02 8.14 -12.88 7.23 7.49 0.26 50.93 13.38 -37.55 66.09 58.38 -7.71
6 34.77 21.11 -13.66 30.55 17.19 -13.36 41.29 28.35 -12.94 21.09 9.36 -11.73 20.56 25.81 5.25 83.88 74.58 -9.30
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02 27.99 57.18 29.19 -- 0.63 0.63 -- 3.42 3.42
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 19.93 19.93 -- -- -- 14.80 9.12 -5.68
11 30.28 24.49 -5.79 79.59 8.09 -71.50 2.71 0.02 -2.69 20.83 13.41 -7.42 12.12 1.51 -10.61 206.63 64.52 -142.11
12 0.24 0.54 0.30 4.79 4.53 -0.26 565.34 558.92 -6.42 27.45 29.64 2.19 -- 0.44 0.44 24.94 24.38 -0.56
13 -- -- -- -- 1.80 1.80 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- 0.01 0.01 -- 0.10 0.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.51 2.51
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 67.95 52.63 -15.32 138.73 95.83 -42.90 630.36 607.14 -23.22 104.59 144.04 39.45 83.61 52.69 -30.92 405.49 374.79 -30.70
TGA 3381.00 1824.00 3502.00 1327.00 2851.00 4345.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-9 (b): Assam contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Karbi-Anglong Karimganj Kokrajhar Lakhimpur Morigaon Nagaon

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 1263.26 1109.18 -154.08 -- 0.48 0.48 2.34 2.85 0.51 -- -- -- -- 0.88 0.88 27.56 41.58 14.02
4 953.49 1167.05 213.56 -- 0.41 0.41 -- 4.27 4.27 -- 13.07 13.07 1.90 0.73 -1.17 22.74 11.64 -11.10
5 -- 0.12 0.12 20.48 26.49 6.01 7.07 4.44 -2.63 19.66 5.30 -14.36 39.31 18.59 -20.72 43.08 30.44 -12.64
6 0.04 0.21 0.17 69.30 18.78 -50.52 6.19 1.24 -4.95 114.01 32.11 -81.90 27.39 7.96 -19.43 65.22 67.44 2.22
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 47.22 91.42 44.20 27.52 14.02 -13.50 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.17 0.17 -- -- 0.10 0.10
10 33.58 30.87 -2.71 -- 22.11 22.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.01
11 334.71 328.94 -5.77 12.67 13.06 0.39 64.28 18.45 -45.83 13.20 12.17 -1.03 4.12 0.58 -3.54 15.53 103.91 88.38
12 37.49 38.38 0.89 24.51 24.47 -0.04 422.28 439.57 17.29 36.44 37.99 1.55 4.02 5.23 1.21 152.15 66.70 -85.45
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.92 0.92
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 -- -0.01 -- 0.78 0.78 -- 0.25 0.25 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.66 0.66
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 2669.79 2766.17 96.38 154.48 119.82 -34.66 502.17 470.82 -31.34 183.31 101.42 -81.89 76.91 34.39 -42.52 326.28 323.40 -2.88
TGA 10434.00 1809.00 3129.00 2277.00 1704.00 3831.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-9 (b): Assam contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Nalbari North Cachar Hills Sivasagar Sonitpur Tinsukia Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- 646.37 660.60 14.23 -- 0.89 0.89 -- 1.61 1.61 -- 8.68 8.68 1956.80 2008.32 51.53
4 0.85 -- -0.85 588.94 641.27 52.33 -- 7.90 7.90 -- 18.09 18.09 -- 44.19 44.19 1626.68 2111.47 484.79
5 13.73 12.52 -1.21 -- -- -- 1.46 1.84 0.38 15.49 6.77 -8.72 19.04 6.38 -12.66 494.69 317.67 -177.02
6 27.49 16.21 -11.28 -- -- -- 62.15 40.41 -21.74 18.32 17.46 -0.86 66.58 46.88 -19.70 1025.46 570.39 -455.07
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- 43.23 72.91 29.68 -- 2.98 2.98 -- -- -- -- 0.35 0.35 160.15 258.86 98.71
10 -- -- -- 31.03 41.24 10.21 -- 0.08 0.08 -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.03 79.41 136.33 56.92
11 51.21 44.76 -6.45 179.85 179.48 -0.37 2.57 0.73 -1.84 50.41 32.08 -18.33 75.20 21.42 -53.78 1300.80 929.51 -371.29
12 12.65 16.24 3.59 -- -- -- 52.47 63.36 10.89 600.91 607.08 6.17 59.83 43.93 -15.90 2132.50 2063.03 -69.47
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.12 0.12 -- 2.84 2.84
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 0.01 -- -0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.78 10.78 -- -- -- 0.01 52.64 52.63
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.51 2.13 0.62 1.51 2.13 0.62
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.66 0.66
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 105.94 89.72 -16.22 1489.42 1595.50 106.08 118.65 118.19 -0.46 685.13 693.86 8.73 222.16 174.10 -48.06 8778.02 8453.86 -324.15
TGA 2257.00 4888.00 2668.00 5324.00 3790.00 78438.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Bihar
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Raxual Sands - Coastal (16)
NEPAL Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Bettiah
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Muzaffarpur Darbhanga
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
UTTAR PRADESH Purnea Barren Rocky Area (22)
Chapara - abandoned (10)

PATNA Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
Arrah Katihar forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Barauni
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area
Bhagalpur
State boundary Railway line
District Boundary Major roads
Sasaram
WEST BENGAL
Gaya
Aurangabad

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

JHARKHAND LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 Geomatics Solution Development Group
1% 1% NSG IT Park, Sarja Hotel Lane, Aundh
11% 1% 1
6%
24% 15 24% 22
3
Pune, Maharashtra, 411 007
20%
3 11

Sponsored by
12 4

11 6 5 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources

4 4%
11%
10 9 6 Total Geog. Area (TGA): 94171 sq. km. National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
2%
3% 7%
5 25%
Total wasteland area :9601.01 sq. km. ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
4%
56%
Figure - 11a Wasteland area: 10.20 % Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Bihar

LEGEND
Raxual
NEPAL
Wastelands to Non Wastelands
Bettiah (1895.09 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(620.79 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

(4654.41 sq. km.)

Muzaffarpur Darbhanga State boundary

District Boundary

UTTAR PRADESH Railway line

Chapara Purnea
Major roads
PATNA
Arrah Katihar
Barauni

Bhagalpur

Sasaram
WEST BENGAL
Gaya
Aurangabad

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check
JHARKHAND

Coordination Partner Inst.

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
Geomatics Solution Development Group
NSG IT Park, Sarja Hotel Lane, Aundh
Pune, Maharashtra, 411 007

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure -11b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-10 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Bihar during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 3 4 5 6 8 11 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32
Total Total
1 65.05 -- 1.68 -- -- -- 1.08 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.90 -- -- -- -- 0.11 71.83
3 -- 476.35 101.55 0.91 20.34 -- 0.12 0.09 -- -- 0.79 -- -- 0.08 7.06 0.27 223.74 1.92 0.06 -- 2.96 118.15 954.39
4 1.79 37.52 1646.71 0.40 30.77 -- 53.22 2.17 -- -- 1.27 1.02 0.76 1.54 13.76 5.69 837.03 11.58 3.36 -- 1.53 111.05 2761.16
5 -- 0.34 1.39 273.19 256.83 -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 -- -- -- 1.11 0.42 0.42 1.10 0.05 -- -- 159.75 694.65
6 -- 3.04 1.81 7.60 719.20 -- -- 0.10 -- -- 0.05 -- -- -- 10.95 1.59 34.15 3.55 0.11 -- -- 87.25 869.40
8 -- -- 0.55 -- -- 1.65 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.64 1.00 -- -- -- -- -- 3.84
11 1.20 0.34 7.51 -- -- -- 1022.81 8.38 24.52 -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.23 0.08 31.89 0.20 96.67 0.30 -- 4.70 1198.85
6841.69
12 -- -- 0.56 -- -- -- 0.74 7.84 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.10 -- 65.24 -- 0.19 -- -- 2.23 76.90
13 -- 0.72 13.89 -- -- -- 0.06 -- 9.78 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.83 -- -- -- 24.03 6.31 60.63
14 -- 0.44 4.75 -- -- -- 0.13 0.10 -- 1.32 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.80 -- -- -- -- -- 11.54
15 -- -- 1.77 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.89 -- -- -- -- -- 2.94 -- -- -- -- 0.21 6.82
20 -- -- -- -- 0.06 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.22
21 -- -- 0.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.50 -- -- 0.84 -- -- -- -- -- 0.17 6.66
22 0.07 -- 15.98 -- -- -- 10.48 -- -- -- -- 0.06 -- 94.50 0.16 0.10 0.22 0.06 3.11 -- -- 0.09 124.82
999 3.32 25.23 150.13 76.29 4352.16 -- 1.78 27.95 0.27 -- 13.92 2.70 0.02 0.63 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 71.44 543.97 1948.44 358.39 5379.36 1.65 1090.42 46.64 34.57 1.32 17.98 3.78 6.29 96.77 33.37 9.80 1211.16 18.40 103.53 0.30 28.52 490.00
(2008-09)
Grand Total
9601.01
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 1895.09 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 4654.41 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Increase (+) 2759.32 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
1 4.01 23 3.32 5 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
3 354.15 1500 25.23 226
4 984.00 4454 150.13 737
5 162.85 682 76.29 294 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
6 137.60 647 4352.16 4299 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
8 1.64 21 -- 0 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 134.06 394 1.78 32
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
12 67.76 148 27.95 36
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
13 36.17 123 0.27 2 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
14 4.80 18 -- 0 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
15 3.16 10 13.92 68 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
20 0.16 1 2.70 3 32. Waterbodies
21 1.01 3 0.02 1
22 3.73 36 0.63 9
Total 1895.09 8060 4654.41 5712

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 Table-10 (b): Bihar
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Araria Aurangabad Banka Begusarai Bhabua Bhagalpur
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 11.97 12.14 0.17 -- -- -- 3.92 14.37 10.45 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 36.06 22.49 -13.57 0.03 0.37 0.34 9.50 7.65 -1.85 3.89 16.31 12.42 7.47 1.43 -6.04 7.06 4.61 -2.45
4 27.91 10.83 -17.08 58.93 59.52 0.59 644.63 521.06 -123.57 16.81 12.45 -4.36 55.18 54.33 -0.85 50.11 60.19 10.08
5 4.40 3.55 -0.85 2.77 4.63 1.86 -- -- -- 31.60 33.27 1.67 0.17 -- -0.17 14.69 18.15 3.46
6 11.86 116.57 104.71 14.95 15.52 0.57 -- -- -- 12.08 154.13 142.05 0.26 1.10 0.84 29.99 333.59 303.60
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- 39.22 32.83 -6.39 13.42 13.02 -0.40 -- -- -- 402.19 398.62 -3.57 -- -- --
12 -- -- -- 0.23 0.21 -0.02 0.17 0.67 0.50 -- -- -- 1.33 4.20 2.87 -- -- --
13 -- -- -- 31.38 -- -31.38 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.24 1.01 -4.23 -- -- --
15 -- 0.23 0.23 -- -- -- 1.12 -- -1.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.94 1.94 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.25 0.25 -- -- -- -- 5.27 5.10 -0.17
22 -- -- -- 5.28 3.49 -1.79 21.30 15.01 -6.29 -- -- -- 11.48 8.63 -2.85 0.96 0.96 --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 80.23 153.67 73.44 152.79 116.55 -36.23 702.11 571.49 -130.62 64.63 216.41 151.78 487.24 483.70 -3.54 108.08 422.62 314.53
TGA 2792.00 3305.00 3018.00 1889.00 3369.00 2561.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-10 (b): Bihar contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Bhojpur Buxar Darbhanga Gaya Gopalganj Jamui

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.04 6.86 0.82 -- -- -- 30.69 27.59 -3.10
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 0.43 1.29 0.86 2.57 4.49 1.92 15.70 2.83 -12.87 4.36 4.22 -0.14 26.86 25.55 -1.31 10.46 9.88 -0.58
4 25.91 23.56 -2.35 20.93 12.05 -8.88 25.09 5.83 -19.26 225.15 100.89 -124.26 28.61 14.20 -14.41 731.89 514.31 -217.58
5 0.21 -- -0.21 0.43 -- -0.43 16.45 20.03 3.58 -- -- -- 27.24 10.35 -16.89 -- -- --
6 0.33 1.20 0.87 6.54 21.07 14.53 21.62 258.73 237.11 -- 4.42 4.42 21.29 124.31 103.02 0.74 -- -0.74
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 216.29 215.57 -0.72 -- -- -- 12.78 36.34 23.56
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 22.28 6.34 -15.94 -- -- -- 7.51 3.15 -4.36
13 5.60 6.35 0.75 1.82 1.82 -- 1.76 0.11 -1.65 -- -- -- 1.71 -- -1.71 -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 0.39 0.34 -- -- -- -- 0.37 0.37 0.56 0.35 -0.21
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 25.47 24.55 -0.92 -- -- -- 9.09 7.41 -1.68
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 32.48 32.41 -0.07 32.29 39.43 7.14 80.67 287.93 207.26 499.59 362.85 -136.74 105.71 174.77 69.06 803.72 599.03 -204.69
TGA 2474.00 1624.00 2279.00 4976.00 2033.00 3143.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-10 (b): Bihar contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Jehanabad Katihar Khagaria Kishanganj Lakhisarai Madhepura

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 0.04 -- -0.04 140.79 76.31 -64.48 5.35 3.28 -2.07 86.00 49.22 -36.78 11.43 0.74 -10.69 52.10 23.67 -28.43
4 5.53 18.50 12.97 26.99 29.37 2.38 6.26 2.25 -4.01 19.29 13.95 -5.34 24.57 22.09 -2.48 16.62 11.85 -4.77
5 0.09 -- -0.09 47.51 7.67 -39.84 12.27 1.30 -10.97 5.19 1.50 -3.69 0.32 -- -0.32 1.96 1.42 -0.54
6 3.67 11.73 8.06 78.92 453.48 374.56 13.30 287.26 273.96 5.26 5.30 0.04 -- 122.48 122.48 124.02 277.80 153.78
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 0.75 0.73 -0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 0.05 -- -0.05 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.32 0.32
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 2.05 1.36 -0.69 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.36 7.75 -2.61 -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 12.18 32.32 20.14 294.21 566.83 272.62 37.18 294.09 256.91 115.74 69.98 -45.76 46.68 153.06 106.38 194.70 315.06 120.36
TGA 1569.00 3057.00 1482.00 1936.00 1882.00 1792.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-10 (b): Bihar contd... Area in sq.km.

Pashchim
WL Madhubani Munger Muzaffarpur Nalanda Nawada
Champaran
class
2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 0.40 0.54 0.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.93 6.92 -0.01 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 6.39 8.66 2.27 25.62 18.49 -7.13 18.53 3.42 -15.11 -- -- -- 4.55 0.66 -3.89 148.96 96.98 -51.98
4 21.18 9.98 -11.20 49.37 22.82 -26.55 45.23 18.76 -26.47 0.57 1.17 0.60 51.44 20.55 -30.89 85.47 89.55 4.08
5 5.30 8.09 2.79 1.47 0.18 -1.29 81.33 58.68 -22.65 -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.43 1.76 -6.67
6 7.39 199.06 191.67 1.44 57.42 55.98 24.44 186.80 162.36 1.30 162.30 161.00 -- 0.50 0.50 12.04 113.47 101.43
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.84 0.64 -0.20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- -- 5.48 5.48 -- -- -- 0.37 1.18 0.81 95.35 94.04 -1.31 199.90 73.02 -126.88
12 -- -- -- 1.13 0.02 -1.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.63 7.73 0.10 36.57 24.31 -12.26
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.61 25.41 22.80
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.11 -- -0.11 -- -- --
15 2.56 0.29 -2.27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.06 0.06 0.22 -- -0.22
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.84 -- -0.84 -- -- -- 0.14 0.76 0.62
22 -- -- -- 4.01 2.77 -1.24 -- -- -- 0.49 0.33 -0.16 21.65 14.20 -7.45 -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 42.82 226.08 183.26 83.44 107.72 24.28 170.37 268.30 97.93 3.57 164.97 161.40 187.66 144.67 -42.99 494.34 425.27 -69.07
TGA 3501.00 1397.00 3172.00 2367.00 2494.00 5228.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-10 (b): Bihar contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Patna Purba Champaran Purnia Rohtas Saharsa Samastipur

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11.88 3.02 -8.86 -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 1.59 0.74 -0.85 47.01 38.96 -8.05 73.60 43.14 -30.46 12.25 2.81 -9.44 28.78 8.41 -20.37 1.22 0.86 -0.36
4 39.26 27.80 -11.46 49.38 35.99 -13.39 84.60 17.46 -67.14 64.84 66.28 1.44 15.89 7.34 -8.55 23.71 7.39 -16.32
5 1.43 0.26 -1.17 32.37 11.96 -20.41 11.96 5.08 -6.88 0.07 0.14 0.07 17.37 17.95 0.58 14.41 11.32 -3.09
6 4.52 422.95 418.43 33.74 169.34 135.60 129.17 331.81 202.64 0.51 2.17 1.66 110.63 231.59 120.96 9.01 561.77 552.76
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.63 -- -0.63 -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 219.11 220.32 1.21 -- -- -- -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 8.19 -- -8.19 -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.29 0.04 -5.25 0.03 -- -0.03 1.49 0.08 -1.41
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.19 0.31 -5.88 -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- 0.63 0.18 -0.45 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.43 0.43 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- 1.79 1.79 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.15 0.15 -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12.21 10.29 -1.92 -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 54.99 453.54 398.55 163.13 256.43 93.30 299.33 397.48 98.15 333.13 305.52 -27.60 172.70 265.72 93.02 49.84 581.44 531.60
TGA 3202.00 3968.00 3200.00 3844.00 1194.00 2904.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-10 (b): Bihar contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Saran Sitamarhi Siwan Supaul Vaishali Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 71.83 71.44 -0.39
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 49.36 40.58 -8.78 0.57 0.39 -0.18 22.10 7.37 -14.73 93.17 16.39 -76.78 0.60 1.79 1.19 954.39 543.97 -410.42
4 46.54 25.69 -20.85 25.96 8.97 -16.99 25.68 21.16 -4.52 82.02 50.13 -31.89 39.61 30.17 -9.44 2761.16 1948.44 -812.72
5 129.26 27.02 -102.24 5.07 2.63 -2.44 114.49 77.33 -37.16 14.98 4.12 -10.86 91.41 29.99 -61.42 694.65 358.39 -336.25
6 17.30 219.29 201.99 5.25 86.37 81.13 37.78 126.51 88.73 28.31 109.45 81.14 101.75 209.87 108.12 869.40 5379.36 4509.96
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 1.52 0.20 -1.32 -- -- -- 0.84 0.82 -0.02 -- -- -- 0.15 -- -0.15 3.97 1.65 -2.32
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1198.63 1090.42 -108.21
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 76.85 46.64 -30.21
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.03 -- -- -- 60.63 34.57 -26.06
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11.54 1.32 -10.22
15 -- -- -- 1.82 0.50 -1.32 -- -- -- 0.03 14.92 14.89 -- -- -- 6.82 17.98 11.15
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.22 3.78 3.57
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.66 6.29 -0.37
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 124.35 96.77 -27.58
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 243.98 312.77 68.79 38.66 98.86 60.20 200.89 233.19 32.30 218.51 195.03 -23.48 233.52 271.82 38.31 6841.09 9601.01 2759.92
TGA 2641.00 2643.00 2219.00 2980.00 2036.00 94171.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
JHARKHAND Chattishgarh
Ramgarh Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
MADHYA PRADESH Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
Ambikapur
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Bilaspur Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Raigarh Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Saraipali
Durg Raipur Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
Dhamtari
Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Kanker Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

State boundary Railway line

District Boundary Major roads

MADHYA PRADESH
ORISSA

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA
Wastelands - 2005-06 Sukma Wastelands - 2008-09 National Remote Sensing Centre
1% 7% 1% 9% 2% 6% 9% Dept. of Space, GOI, Balanagar
1
17 22
1
3
17
22 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500 625
3

Sponsored by
4 26%
31% 12 4 26% 31% 12
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
11 Total Geog. Area (TGA): 135194 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
11 National Remote Sensing Centre
Total wasteland area :11482.18 sq. km.
Figure - 17a Wasteland area: 8.49 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
25% Figure - 12a 26%
GOI, New Delhi - 110 011
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Chattishgarh

LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(379.06 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(102.91 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

(43.15 sq. km.)

State boundary

District Boundary

Railway line

Major roads

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA
National Remote Sensing Centre
Dept. of Space, GOI, Balanagar
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500 625

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 12b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-11 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Chhatisgarh during 2005-06 and 2008-09

WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)

WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 15 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 32
Total Total
1 74.60 15.50 0.73 12.25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29.66 10.16 -- -- -- 142.90
2 -- -- -- 0.26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.26
3 -- -- 953.10 3.36 -- -- -- -- 6.44 0.46 -- -- -- -- 3.17 -- 76.23 2.40 -- 4.15 0.55 1049.85
4 -- -- 7.73 2893.03 -- -- -- -- -- 3.09 2.27 -- 0.12 -- 15.11 0.99 117.10 9.43 1.95 -- 1.74 3052.58
7 -- -- -- -- -- 0.28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.28
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11818.08
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2935.13 0.33 -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.30 -- -- -- -- 2943.76
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.31 3591.84 -- -- -- -- 2.76 -- 16.87 -- -- -- 1.66 3616.45
15 -- -- -- 0.31 -- -- -- -- -- -- 171.82 -- -- -- -- -- 3.23 -- -- -- 3.73 179.10
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.91 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.91
22 -- -- 5.59 39.39 0.72 -- -- -- 0.10 0.95 -- -- -- 710.39 8.33 0.52 57.03 3.34 0.34 -- 0.31 827.00
999 0.08 -- 12.30 13.54 0.02 -- 0.02 0.14 9.53 -- -- 0.06 -- 7.46 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 74.68 15.50 979.44 2962.15 0.74 0.28 0.02 0.14 2954.52 3596.66 174.10 5.97 0.12 717.85 29.37 1.51 308.42 25.33 2.29 4.15 7.99
(2008-09)
Grand Total
11482.18
(2008-09)

Reduction from 0506 to Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 379.06 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
Increase from 0506 to 0809
WL 0809
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 43.15 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Category No of No of
Area
polygons
Area
polygons
NET Decrease (-) 335.91 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
1 39.82 32 0.08 1
Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
2 -- 0 -- 0
3 86.50 184 12.30 6
Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
4 146.33 491 13.54 46
1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
7 -- 0 -- 0
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
10 -- 0 0.14 1 3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 8.30 3 9.53 29 4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
12 21.29 20 -- 0 5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
15 6.96 17 -- 0 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
20 -- 0 0.06 1
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
22 69.86 224 7.46 69
32. Waterbodies
Total 379.06 971 43.15 153

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Table-11 (b): Chhattisgarh
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Bastar Bilaspur Dantewada Dhamtari Durg Janjgir Champa
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.39 0.38 --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 85.39 61.78 -23.60 133.19 125.75 -7.44 6.89 9.82 2.93 0.10 2.26 2.16 218.58 201.44 -17.14 5.21 2.30 -2.91
4 32.31 46.90 14.58 183.54 293.00 109.46 0.88 0.96 0.09 24.76 23.44 -1.32 118.02 118.20 0.18 351.41 194.01 -157.40
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- 0.02 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- 0.08 0.08 -- -- -- -- 0.06 0.06 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 146.96 155.45 8.49 98.58 104.87 6.29 576.69 572.01 -4.68 59.88 59.40 -0.49 60.39 66.00 5.62 30.69 22.87 -7.82
12 249.29 249.97 0.68 100.21 102.70 2.49 995.27 992.09 -3.18 63.76 59.74 -4.02 38.54 38.48 -0.07 3.19 0.89 -2.31
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 0.49 0.49 -- 6.69 18.69 12.00 1.61 0.50 -1.10 4.66 3.43 -1.23 9.42 7.36 -2.06 75.74 69.68 -6.05
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.04 2.04 -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- 0.12 0.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 16.42 1.33 -15.09 6.03 6.35 0.32 -- -- -- 6.46 4.29 -2.17 156.84 150.20 -6.64 5.78 3.17 -2.62
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 530.87 516.03 -14.84 528.25 651.48 123.23 1581.33 1575.45 -5.88 159.63 152.56 -7.07 603.82 583.72 -20.11 472.41 293.29 -179.12
TGA 14974.00 7215.00 17634.00 4049.00 8537.00 3672.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-11 (b): Chhattisgarh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Jashpur Kanker Kabeerdham* Korba Koriya Mahasamund

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 123.47 73.90 -49.58 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.76 -- -15.76 -- 0.08 0.08
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.40 15.40 -- -- --
3 21.75 91.09 69.34 167.61 130.39 -37.22 0.17 0.38 0.20 44.05 43.99 -0.06 101.31 96.74 -4.57 10.08 10.08 --
4 21.38 70.75 49.37 3.86 6.72 2.85 3.16 10.97 7.81 254.51 254.49 -0.03 207.45 198.46 -8.99 30.07 29.77 -0.30
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.12 0.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 48.65 53.34 4.69 132.47 131.54 -0.92 75.25 40.04 -35.21 189.64 192.27 2.63 60.24 62.57 2.33 40.46 42.75 2.29
12 44.99 47.60 2.61 150.07 142.82 -7.25 89.24 74.22 -15.02 181.42 180.62 -0.79 190.97 190.98 0.01 77.73 77.65 -0.08
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 7.63 7.04 -0.58 0.32 0.32 -- 3.87 3.05 -0.82 13.02 13.95 0.93 11.19 11.05 -0.14 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.87 3.87 -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 70.93 69.37 -1.57 8.10 0.48 -7.62 43.56 14.32 -29.24 22.15 22.24 0.09 57.50 54.24 -3.26 89.13 88.31 -0.81
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 338.81 413.09 74.28 462.43 412.27 -50.16 215.26 142.98 -72.27 704.91 707.67 2.76 648.29 633.31 -14.97 247.47 248.64 1.17
TGA 5838.00 6506.00 4223.00 9010.00 6604.00 4702.00
* Earlier Kawardha

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-11 (b): Chhattisgarh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Raigarh Raipur Rajnandgaon Surguja Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 2.96 -- -2.96 0.32 0.32 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 142.90 74.68 -68.22
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.10 0.10 -- 15.50 15.50
3 88.11 19.72 -68.40 1.94 8.91 6.97 10.37 8.16 -2.21 155.10 166.64 11.54 1049.85 979.44 -70.41
4 439.75 402.31 -37.44 264.46 232.11 -32.35 240.31 204.16 -36.15 876.70 875.91 -0.79 3052.58 2962.15 -90.42
5 -- 0.02 0.02 -- 0.72 0.72 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.74 0.74
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 0.13 0.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04 0.04 -- 0.28 0.28 --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.14 0.14
11 96.33 94.63 -1.70 382.15 376.62 -5.52 90.86 133.17 42.32 854.52 846.98 -7.54 2943.76 2954.52 10.76
12 68.66 67.15 -1.52 331.91 327.41 -4.50 157.01 178.79 21.78 874.17 865.55 -8.63 3616.45 3596.66 -19.79
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 27.69 23.33 -4.36 10.29 8.83 -1.46 1.95 1.98 0.02 4.53 4.39 -0.14 179.10 174.10 -5.00
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.06 0.06 -- -- -- 5.91 5.97 0.06
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.12 0.12
22 98.24 91.87 -6.38 133.88 127.21 -6.66 77.03 49.75 -27.28 34.96 34.72 -0.23 827.00 717.85 -109.15
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 821.88 699.16 -122.72 1124.93 1082.14 -42.80 577.52 576.07 -1.45 2800.01 2794.32 -5.69 11817.82 11482.18 -335.64
TGA 7086.00 12507.00 6904.00 15733.00 135194.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Delhi
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Pithampura Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
UTTAR PRADESH
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
HARYANA Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
New Delhi - abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

State boundary Railway line

IGI Airport District Boundary Major roads

Mehrauli

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09
National Remote Sensing Centre
9% 1% 7% 7% 7% Dept. of Space, GOI, Balanagar
3%
6% 1 9% 5%
6 11 2
10% Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500 625
11 2 3
5 3 5

Sponsored by
4 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 1483 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
4 National Remote Sensing Centre
Total wasteland area :90.21 sq. km.
Wasteland area: 6.08 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
68% 68% Figure - 13a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Delhi

Pithampura
LEGEND

UTTAR PRADESH Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(3.62 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

HARYANA (5.55 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

(10.27 sq. km.)

State boundary

District Boundary

Railway line
New Delhi
Major roads

IGI Airport

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

Mehrauli LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA
National Remote Sensing Centre
Dept. of Space, GOI, Balanagar
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500 625

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 13b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-12 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Delhi during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 20 24 26 29 32
Total Total
1 0.72 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.72
2 -- 6.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.12
3 -- -- 6.22 1.26 -- -- -- -- -- 0.10 -- -- -- 7.59
4 -- -- 2.48 51.65 0.51 0.23 -- -- -- 0.93 0.28 -- -- 56.09
83.55
5 -- -- -- 0.47 3.27 0.60 -- -- -- 0.22 0.68 -- 0.11 5.35
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.15 -- -- 0.15
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.37 -- 0.35 -- 0.78 -- 7.50
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04 -- -- -- -- 0.04
999 0.01 0.06 0.07 7.55 0.76 1.76 0.06 -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 0.73 6.18 8.77 60.93 4.54 2.60 0.06 6.37 0.04 1.61 1.12 0.78 0.11
(2008-09)
Grand Total
90.21
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 3.62 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 10.27 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
No of No of
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Increase (+) 6.65 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
1 -- 0 0.01 0 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
2 -- 0 0.06 1
3 0.10 1 0.07 1
4 1.22 7 7.55 3 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
5 1.01 4 0.76 3 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
6 -- 0 1.76 2 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
7 0.15 1 0.06 1 3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
11 1.13 4 -- 0
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
20 -- 0 -- 0
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
Total 3.62 17 10.27 11 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
32. Waterbodies

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Table-12 (b): Delhi
Category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Delhi
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 0.72 0.73 0.01
2 6.12 6.18 0.06
3 7.51 8.77 1.26
4 56.09 60.93 4.84
5 5.29 4.54 -0.75
6 -- 2.60 2.60
7 0.15 0.06 -0.09
8 -- -- --
9 -- -- --
10 -- -- --
11 7.42 6.37 -1.05
12 -- -- --
13 -- -- --
14 -- -- --
15 -- -- --
16 -- -- --
17 -- -- --
18 -- -- --
19 -- -- --
20 0.04 0.04 --
21 -- -- --
22 -- -- --
23 -- -- --
Total WL 83.34 90.21 6.87
TGA 1483.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin)
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture)
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land
14. Degraded land under plantation crop
15. Sands-Riverine
16. Sands-Coastal
17. Sands-Desertic
18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
20. Mining Wastelands
21. Industrial wastelands
22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
23. Snow covered /Glacial area
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
MAHARASHTRA Goa
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Mapuca Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
PANAJI - Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Marmagao Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
ARABIAN SEA - current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
Madgaon
Shifting cultivation
Sanvordem - abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

State boundary Railway line

Poonawaddoo District Boundary Major roads

KARNATAKA

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

EOS Office, ISRO Head Quarters
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 Antariksh Bhavan
13% 10% 11%
18%
New BEL Road
6%
5%
1% Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560 231
22 3 2% 16 20 22 3
1% 16 20 1% 14

Sponsored by
3% 14
12% 11
12%
11 4
6 5
4 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 3702 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
6 5 44% 2%
National Remote Sensing Centre
2% Total wasteland area :489.08 sq. km.
9%
8% 41%
Figure - 14a Wasteland area: 13.21 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
MAHARASHTRA From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Goa

Mapuca LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(11.48 sq. km.)
PANAJI Wastelands to another Wasteland
(66.33 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

Marmagao (3.99 sq. km.)

State boundary

District Boundary

Railway line
ARABIAN SEA
Major roads
Madgaon
Sanvordem

Poonawaddoo

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

EOS Office, ISRO Head Quarters
KARNATAKA Antariksh Bhavan
New BEL Road
Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560 231

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 14b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-13 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Goa during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
3 4 5 6 11 12 14 16 20 21 22 24 25 26 28 29 32
Total Total
3 48.67 1.72 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.87 0.61 -- -- 51.86
4 32.38 177.00 -- -- 0.62 -- -- -- 2.72 -- -- 0.28 -- 1.70 1.33 0.25 0.10 216.38
5 -- 0.10 40.55 0.68 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.67 -- -- 0.80 42.79
6 0.39 -- 0.09 8.82 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.40 -- -- 0.04 9.74
11 0.23 3.22 -- -- 55.03 0.29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.10 -- 0.01 -- 58.88
12 -- -- -- -- -- 3.24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.24 496.58
14 0.32 0.17 -- 1.38 -- -- 10.18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.64 -- -- 14.69
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.39 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.39
20 2.46 7.77 -- -- -- -- -- -- 19.75 -- -- 0.20 -- 0.17 -- -- 0.59 30.95
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.35
22 3.20 8.39 -- -- 0.12 -- -- -- 0.06 -- 51.79 0.55 -- -- -- 0.18 -- 64.30
999 0.25 1.15 -- 1.27 0.93 0.05 -- -- 0.33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 87.90 199.53 40.64 12.15 56.71 3.58 10.18 3.39 22.86 0.35 51.79 1.02 -- 3.91 4.57 0.44 1.53
(2008-09)
Grand Total
(2008-09) 489.08

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 11.48 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
WL Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 3.99 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Category No of No of
Area
polygons
Area
polygons NET Decrease (-) 7.49 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
3 1.47 6 0.25 2 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
4 3.66 27 1.15 11
5 1.47 10 -- 0
6 0.44 5 1.27 6 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
11 0.11 2 0.93 26 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
12 -- 0 0.05 2
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
14 2.64 7 -- 0
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
16 -- 0 -- 0 5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
20 0.96 12 0.33 6 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
21 -- 0 -- 0 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
22 0.73 5 -- 0 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
Total 11.48 74 3.99 53 32. Waterbodies

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Table-13 (b): Goa
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL North Goa South Goa Total
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 22.63 50.41 27.78 29.25 37.49 8.24 51.89 87.90 36.01
4 129.47 109.73 -19.75 86.91 89.80 2.89 216.38 199.53 -16.85
5 32.49 30.58 -1.91 10.30 10.06 -0.24 42.79 40.64 -2.15
6 7.19 10.62 3.43 2.30 1.53 -0.77 9.48 12.15 2.66
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 25.57 22.95 -2.62 33.21 33.77 0.55 58.78 56.71 -2.07
12 0.60 0.93 0.33 2.64 2.65 0.01 3.24 3.58 0.34
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 9.70 5.73 -3.97 4.99 4.45 -0.54 14.69 10.18 -4.51
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 0.44 0.44 -- 2.95 2.95 -- 3.39 3.39 --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 14.31 11.38 -2.94 16.63 11.48 -5.15 30.95 22.86 -8.09
21 -- -- -- 0.35 0.35 -- 0.35 0.35 --
22 30.67 23.24 -7.44 33.65 28.55 -5.10 64.33 51.79 -12.53
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 273.08 266.00 -7.08 223.18 223.08 -0.10 496.27 489.08 -7.18
TGA 1733.00 1969.00 3702.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Gujarat
Legend
RAJASTHAN Deg. pastures and
Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1)
grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Patan Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Mahesana Waterlogged and marshy
Bhuj - Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Gandhidham Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Mandvi Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
AHMADABAD Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Jamnagar Dahod Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
Rajkot Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Porbandar
Bhavanagar Under utilised deg. noti.
Amreli forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area
Junagadh Bharuch
Arabian Union State boundary Railway line
District Boundary Major roads

Surat
MAHARASHTRA
Navsari

Valsad
Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 and Geo-informatics (BISAG)
1% Indulal Yagnik Marg, Near Ch ‘0’ Circle
7% 1% 2% 9% 1% 2%
3% 22
12 6% 12 Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382007
7 11 1 1
7 11

Sponsored by
4 3 3 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
49%
4 Total Geog. Area (TGA): 196024 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
31% 55% National Remote Sensing Centre
33% Total wasteland area :20108.06 sq. km.
Wasteland area: 10.26 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 15a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
RAJASTHAN
Gujarat

LEGENG

Patan
Wastelands to Non Wastelands
(2858.99 sq. km.)
Mahesana
Bhuj Wastelands to another Wasteland
(2447.62 sq. km.)
Gandhidham
Mandvi Non Wasteland to Wasteland
AHMADABAD (1616.67 sq. km.)

State boundary
Jamnagar Dahod
District Boundary

Rajkot Railway line

Major roads

Porbandar
Bhavanagar
Junagadh Amreli Bharuch
Arabian Union

Surat

Navsari MAHARASHTRA
Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Valsad Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications
and Geo-informatics (BISAG)
Indulal Yagnik Marg, Near Ch ‘0’ Circle
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382007

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 15b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-14 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Gujarat during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 22 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32
Total Total
1 316.22 -- 25.89 3.73 -- -- -- 1.80 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.47 -- 45.89 -- 2.31 1.15 -- -- 398.46
2 -- 0.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.78 -- -- -- -- -- 1.70
3 21.52 -- 8237.68 489.50 -- 2.14 241.41 622.82 76.42 0.05 31.39 -- -- 1.02 -- 40.25 10.86 830.49 7.97 52.98 909.61 0.06 21.75 11597.91
4 -- -- 354.37 5469.24 0.15 -- 196.17 36.66 -- -- -- 0.06 -- 0.79 -- 33.42 9.09 490.65 8.15 1.79 63.81 -- 6.50 6670.86
6 -- -- 47.68 -- -- 20.46 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.43 12.04 -- -- 3.27 -- 0.10 83.98
7 -- -- 4.04 25.28 -- -- 614.82 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.66 2.56 70.27 0.11 -- -- -- 0.61 718.36
11 -- -- 28.12 112.62 -- -- -- 1080.43 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.06 -- 20.08 1.16 -- 149.51 -- 0.15 1392.12
21350.38
12 -- -- -- 0.71 -- -- -- -- 124.90 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.98 -- -- 24.23 -- -- 150.82
13 -- -- 2.73 12.18 0.07 -- 0.38 0.21 -- 14.86 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13.19 -- 0.04 -- -- 1.22 44.88
14 -- -- 17.63 0.40 -- -- -- 0.60 -- -- 16.01 -- -- -- -- 0.22 -- 14.19 0.11 1.67 -- -- 0.15 50.97
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- 8.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 66.82 -- -- 0.24 -- 0.60 -- -- -- -- 0.01 75.69
20 -- -- 5.35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.92 -- -- 0.25 -- -- -- -- -- -- 16.52
22 -- -- 71.75 3.96 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 70.48 -- -- 1.65 -- -- 0.25 -- -- 148.09
999 -- -- 1014.10 421.74 -- 1.06 76.96 53.91 43.30 0.29 0.65 0.84 -- 1.39 2.43 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 337.74 0.93 9817.36 6539.36 0.21 23.67 1129.73 1796.44 244.63 15.20 48.04 0.90 66.82 14.13 72.92 76.33 23.19 1500.81 17.49 58.79 1151.83 0.06 30.49
(2008-09)
Grand Total
20108.06
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 2858.99 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
WL
Category
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 1616.67 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
No of No of
Area
polygons
Area
polygons NET Decrease (-) 1242.32 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
1 50.82 111 -- 0 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
2 0.78 3 -- 0
3 1873.97 4463 1014.10 953
4 613.42 3270 421.74 815 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
6 15.83 17 1.06 5 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
7 74.21 282 76.96 40 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 170.96 141 53.91 11
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
12 25.21 16 43.30 11
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
13 14.45 51 0.29 1 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
14 16.33 86 0.65 1 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
15 -- 0 0.84 1 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
16 0.86 7 -- 0 32. Waterbodies
20 0.25 1 1.39 4
22 1.90 18 2.43 7
Total 2858.99 8483 1616.67 1849

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Table-14 (b): Gujarat
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Ahmadabad Amreli Anand Banas-Kantha Bharuch Bhavnagar
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 3.49 15.95 12.46 -- -- -- 23.22 12.91 -10.31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 204.76 144.54 -60.21 291.42 170.80 -120.62 47.54 46.39 -1.15 467.18 272.35 -194.82 346.34 238.62 -107.72 839.82 542.64 -297.18
4 152.26 135.75 -16.50 182.65 231.78 49.13 4.83 4.96 0.13 282.31 222.72 -59.59 26.83 40.20 13.37 477.48 443.24 -34.24
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 15.36 4.96 -10.40 -- -- -- -- 0.16 0.16 4.43 5.08 0.65 -- 2.16 2.16 -- -- --
7 199.38 159.92 -39.46 72.27 51.81 -20.46 16.83 22.80 5.97 42.69 7.99 -34.70 63.91 51.13 -12.78 120.22 120.26 0.04
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- 4.62 4.62 67.28 105.65 38.36 -- -- -- 109.81 108.12 -1.69 5.23 24.73 19.50 0.17 59.46 59.29
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.47 0.58 0.11 -- -- --
13 6.84 3.14 -3.70 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.63 2.59 -0.04 3.40 0.45 -2.95 4.06 0.39 -3.67
14 0.82 0.41 -0.41 -- -- -- 0.43 0.48 0.05 0.07 0.09 0.02 1.10 1.05 -0.05 -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.84 0.84 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- 0.49 0.56 0.07 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.64 0.61 -0.03 1.54 1.51 -0.03
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 0.89 0.84 -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.45 0.45 -- -- -- 1.99 1.51 -0.48
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 582.90 469.30 -113.61 614.12 560.61 -53.51 92.85 87.70 -5.15 909.12 619.39 -289.73 447.97 361.27 -86.70 1445.28 1169.02 -276.26
TGA 8707.00 6760.00 3044.00 12703.00 6244.00 11155.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-14 (b): Gujarat contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Dohad Gandhinagar Jamnagar Junagadh Kachchh Kheda

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 13.67 6.77 -6.90 -- -- -- -- -- -- 54.51 38.75 -15.76 25.71 9.60 -16.11
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.70 -- -0.70
3 97.37 77.61 -19.76 24.91 13.02 -11.89 436.91 251.75 -185.16 219.65 222.47 2.82 4525.39 4632.26 106.87 89.99 108.42 18.43
4 54.52 50.19 -4.33 5.23 3.09 -2.14 625.77 700.37 74.60 198.23 191.99 -6.24 2831.38 2687.49 -143.89 39.28 35.25 -4.03
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 0.45 -- -0.45 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.99 1.18 0.20 22.07 19.02 -3.05 86.33 499.22 412.89 1.13 -- -1.13
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 431.10 462.11 31.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- 86.44 109.95 23.51 28.41 28.41 -- 1.21 1.26 0.05
12 0.17 -- -0.17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.80 0.69 -0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- 11.59 10.71 -0.88 -- -- -- 0.59 0.18 -0.41 1.13 0.56 -0.57
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 16.88 17.46 0.58 4.49 4.76 0.27 49.93 36.51 -13.42 -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.28 0.28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 57.03 59.65 2.62 -- -- -- 0.09 0.09 -- -- -- -- 74.55 3.34 -71.21 -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 640.64 649.57 8.93 43.81 22.88 -20.93 1093.31 982.54 -110.77 530.88 548.19 17.31 7651.10 7926.16 275.06 159.15 155.08 -4.07
TGA 3609.00 649.00 14125.00 8306.00 45652.00 4150.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-14 (b): Gujarat contd... Area in sq.km.
WL Mahesana Narmada Navsari Panch Mahals Patan Porbandar
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 39.53 43.88 4.35 18.87 9.50 -9.37 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 79.84 125.83 45.99 310.62 37.64 -272.98 257.44 105.96 -151.48 139.76 110.19 -29.57 197.87 192.58 -5.29 101.03 121.89 20.86
4 31.86 47.40 15.54 76.83 26.53 -50.30 14.96 14.08 -0.88 43.45 29.45 -14.00 42.93 36.79 -6.14 50.05 63.02 12.97
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.29 -- -14.29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38.03 143.92 105.89 -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 2.33 3.30 0.97 17.00 82.03 65.03 12.31 130.53 118.22 89.01 63.18 -25.83 -- -- -- 7.48 7.71 0.23
12 -- -- -- 119.35 179.81 60.46 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.93 0.18 -2.75 -- 0.05 0.05 0.05 -- -0.05 -- -- --
14 1.29 0.19 -1.10 15.83 2.25 -13.58 0.31 -- -0.31 -- -- -- 1.69 31.39 29.70 -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.06 0.06 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.72 5.27 3.55
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 0.11 0.42 0.31 6.35 5.07 -1.28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- 0.03 0.04 0.01 -- -- -- 8.29 6.75 -1.54 -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 154.85 220.60 65.75 558.64 338.21 -220.43 308.59 255.83 -52.76 280.51 209.62 -70.89 280.57 404.74 124.17 160.28 197.89 37.61
TGA 3343.00 2794.00 2211.00 5257.00 5684.00 2301.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-14 (b): Gujarat contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Rajkot Sabar Kantha Surat Surendranagar The Dangs Vadodara

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 73.59 74.65 1.06 2.68 -- -2.68 -- -- -- -- -- -- 143.18 125.73 -17.45
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.00 0.93 -0.08
3 567.80 621.23 53.44 355.50 345.24 -10.26 210.20 143.13 -67.07 573.51 801.56 228.06 0.50 0.34 -0.17 425.93 438.97 13.04
4 710.30 802.53 92.23 184.35 335.44 151.09 43.76 71.58 27.82 531.53 179.16 -352.37 0.20 100.07 99.87 42.12 63.21 21.09
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.15 0.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 0.69 0.01 -0.68 -- -- -- 48.58 11.10 -37.48 0.13 -- -0.13 -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- 1.17 0.41 -0.76 -- 0.76 0.76 51.88 49.89 -1.99 -- -- -- 0.86 0.62 -0.24
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 1.40 3.00 1.60 65.87 74.58 8.70 177.55 84.74 -92.81 -- -- -- 228.79 103.99 -124.79 14.88 78.49 63.61
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04 0.99 0.95 -- -- -- -- -- -- 30.80 11.17 -19.63
13 9.39 0.56 -8.83 -- -- -- 2.79 -- -2.79 8.49 7.11 -1.38 -- -- -- 0.37 -- -0.37
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.75 -- -1.75 -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.09 0.59 -13.51
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.73 7.47 -2.27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- 0.19 0.19 4.60 0.21 -4.39 -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.03 1.03 0.57 -0.46
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 1289.58 1427.34 137.76 680.48 830.51 150.03 501.69 320.12 -181.57 1165.53 1037.72 -127.81 229.49 204.43 -25.06 674.27 720.26 46.00
TGA 11203.00 7390.00 7657.00 10489.00 1764.00 7794.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-14 (b): Gujarat contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Valsad Total
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 398.46 337.74 -60.72
2 -- -- -- 1.70 0.93 -0.78
3 786.63 51.91 -734.72 11597.91 9817.36 -1780.55
4 17.75 23.04 5.29 6670.86 6539.36 -131.50
5 -- 0.07 0.07 -- 0.21 0.21
6 0.05 0.20 0.15 83.98 23.67 -60.31
7 0.60 0.81 0.21 718.36 1129.73 411.38
8 -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- --
11 45.85 260.58 214.73 1392.12 1796.44 404.32
12 -- 52.07 52.07 150.82 244.63 93.80
13 3.13 0.04 -3.09 44.88 15.20 -29.69
14 0.28 0.14 -0.14 50.97 48.04 -2.93
15 -- -- -- -- 0.90 0.90
16 -- 0.14 0.14 75.69 66.82 -8.87
17 -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 16.52 14.13 -2.40
21 -- -- -- -- -- --
22 0.47 0.09 -0.38 148.09 72.92 -75.17
23 -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 854.76 389.08 -465.68 21350.38 20108.06 -1242.32
TGA 3033.00 196024.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Haryana
Kalka
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
CHANDIGARH Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
PUNJAB Ambala Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Yamunanagar Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Kaithal Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Karnal Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Sirsa Land affected by salinity
UTTAR PRADESH /alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
Panipat
Jind
Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
Hisar
Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Sonepat Under utilised deg. noti.
RAJASTHAN forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area
Rohtak
Bhiwani State boundary Railway line
District Boundary Major roads
DELHI
Jhajjar

Gurgaon
Faridabad

Rewari Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check
Palwal

Coordination Partner Inst.

Haryana Remote Sensing Application Centre (HARSAC)
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 Estate office building
2%2%
4% 2%5%1% HAU Campus
1%
3% 19 1
20
2% 1920 3
Hissar, Haryana, 125 004
14 14
36%
36%

Sponsored by
4 4
13 13 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
39% 40% Total Geog. Area (TGA): 44212 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
7 6 5 1% National Remote Sensing Centre
11 8 11 7 6 5 1% Total wasteland area :2145.98 sq. km.
3% 2% 8 1%
Wasteland area: 4.85 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
7% 1% 6% 1%
3%
Figure - 16a GOI, New Delhi - 110 011
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Haryana

LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(232.20 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(67.46 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

(31.92 sq. km.)

State boundary

District Boundary

Railway line

Major roads

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Haryana Remote Sensing Application Centre (HARSAC)
Estate office building
HAU Campus
Hissar, Haryana, 125 004

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 16b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-15 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Haryana during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL Cat-
Categories 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 13 14 15 17 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 egory Grand Total
Total
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- 0.96 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.96
3 -- -- 2.89 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.09 -- -- 2.98
4 -- -- 26.26 738.52 0.07 0.51 1.52 -- -- 1.27 0.23 -- -- 0.48 1.64 0.11 0.05 11.79 7.50 34.44 3.70 2.42 4.47 0.39 1.13 1.40 837.95
5 -- -- -- 0.35 16.77 0.79 1.20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.37 0.01 0.34 -- -- -- 0.03 21.07
6 -- -- -- 0.07 0.57 26.19 2.18 -- -- 0.64 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.29 -- 20.96 0.09 -- -- -- -- 0.15 51.14

7 -- -- 0.03 0.99 0.50 0.22 55.89 -- -- 0.27 -- -- -- 0.62 0.81 -- -- 0.39 -- 9.28 0.25 0.01 -- -- -- 0.35 69.61

8 -- -- -- 0.06 0.19 -- 1.08 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.29 -- -- 0.29 -- 2.29 -- -- -- -- -- 0.03 23.30

11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 134.54 10.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04 -- 0.04 26.16 -- -- 0.10 171.02 2346.25

13 -- -- -- 0.48 -- 0.58 0.07 -- -- 850.56 0.07 -- -- -- 0.03 -- -- 24.13 1.18 20.99 2.39 1.39 -- -- 0.53 12.17 914.58
14 -- -- 0.58 2.40 -- -- -- -- -- 0.21 51.81 -- -- 0.01 -- -- -- 0.70 0.46 1.69 0.26 4.10 11.17 1.93 0.19 0.11 75.63
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.35 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.38
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- 0.29 8.11 -- -- -- -- -- 0.03 -- -- -- 20.27 -- -- -- 0.43 -- 3.60 7.87 -- -- -- -- 0.02 40.62
20 -- -- -- 0.37 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.14 -- -- -- 29.11 -- -- 0.95 -- 4.61 0.11 -- -- -- -- 0.06 35.36
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.51 -- -- 0.96 0.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.51
22 -- -- -- 0.68 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 97.45 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 98.13
999 1.22 -- -- 10.86 0.27 2.19 4.27 0.53 -- 6.97 -- -- 0.63 0.75 1.30 -- 2.51 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 1.22 0.96 30.06 762.90 18.37 30.48 66.21 135.07 10.13 859.95 52.26 1.03 0.63 22.13 33.18 1.62 100.01 38.97 10.11 99.65 14.68 8.31 41.80 2.40 1.85 14.43
(2008-09)
Grand Total
2145.98
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 232.20 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 31.92 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Decrease (-) 200.28 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
1 -- 0 1.22 15
Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
2 -- 0 -- 0
3 0.09 1 -- 0
4 67.24 1008 10.86 67
5 1.74 40 0.27 6 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
6 21.49 229 2.19 28 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
7 10.28 254 4.27 20 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
8 2.61 70 0.41 6 3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 26.34 38 0.53 4 4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
13 62.78 2407 6.97 113 5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
14 20.62 109 -- 0 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
15 0.35 6 -- 0 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
17 -- 0 0.63 4 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
19 11.92 109 0.75 4 32. Waterbodies
20 5.74 167 1.30 49
21 1.00 5 -- 0
22 -- 0 2.51 5
Total 232.20 4443 31.92 321

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Table-15 (b): Haryana
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Ambala Panchkula Bhiwani Faridabad Gurgaon Hisar
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- 0.96 0.96 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- 9.26 9.26 -- 5.77 5.77 -- 0.86 0.86 -- -- -- -- 2.36 2.36 -- 0.28 0.28
4 32.02 18.95 -13.07 27.76 20.40 -7.36 76.92 73.25 -3.67 105.78 88.34 -17.44 106.03 99.06 -6.97 16.38 16.33 -0.05
5 0.16 0.11 -0.05 -- -- -- 0.81 0.69 -0.12 -- 0.14 0.14 0.23 0.23 -- 0.61 0.72 0.11
6 0.12 0.08 -0.04 -- -- -- 9.22 4.69 -4.53 -- 0.01 0.01 0.10 0.09 -0.01 3.80 2.78 -1.02
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.48 2.41 1.93 1.77 1.41 -0.36 0.34 0.22 -0.12 0.37 0.42 0.05
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.17 -- -0.17 -- -- -- 0.04 0.06 0.02 -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 0.12 0.06 -0.06 109.85 78.50 -31.35 0.36 0.28 -0.08 -- -- -- 6.98 6.54 -0.44 -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- 9.95 9.95 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 19.70 16.66 -3.04 0.88 0.85 -0.03 100.09 95.49 -4.60 9.72 9.26 -0.46 21.56 19.64 -1.92 110.51 107.57 -2.94
14 0.98 -- -0.98 -- -- -- 2.21 1.55 -0.66 1.65 1.18 -0.47 6.08 2.07 -4.01 1.81 1.52 -0.29
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.34 0.31 -0.03 -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.07 0.07 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.78 4.66 -1.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.89 2.70 -2.19
20 1.21 1.16 -0.05 1.66 1.93 0.27 0.56 0.45 -0.11 8.37 8.97 0.60 0.43 0.40 -0.03 0.54 0.57 0.03
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.01 -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- 16.38 16.63 0.25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 54.31 46.28 -8.03 140.15 118.36 -21.79 212.98 201.04 -11.94 127.63 109.63 -18.00 141.80 130.67 -11.13 138.91 132.89 -6.02
TGA 1574.00 898.00 4778.00 764.00 1254.00 3983.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-15 (b): Haryana contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Fatehabad Jind Karnal Panipat Kurukshetra Kaithal

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.09 0.09 -- -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.03 -- 0.16 0.16
4 7.14 5.94 -1.20 2.32 1.61 -0.71 23.25 21.66 -1.59 17.28 12.62 -4.66 10.51 8.97 -1.54 8.06 6.36 -1.70
5 0.06 -- -0.06 -- -- -- 0.13 0.13 -- 0.44 0.40 -0.04 0.47 0.19 -0.28 0.16 0.17 0.01
6 0.53 0.63 0.10 0.26 0.23 -0.03 0.02 -- -0.02 2.68 1.41 -1.27 0.01 -- -0.01 0.09 0.13 0.04
7 0.26 0.40 0.14 2.03 2.52 0.49 0.22 0.18 -0.04 14.53 10.62 -3.91 -- -- -- 1.19 0.98 -0.21
8 -- -- -- 0.11 0.07 -0.04 -- -- -- 2.48 1.56 -0.92 -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 59.30 53.19 -6.11 87.81 83.02 -4.79 22.38 17.74 -4.64 19.06 14.25 -4.81 10.10 9.76 -0.34 33.97 31.41 -2.56
14 0.05 0.09 0.04 0.61 0.23 -0.38 2.94 0.50 -2.44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.42 0.09 -0.33 0.25 0.17 -0.08 -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.06 0.06
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 0.34 0.30 -0.04 3.30 0.76 -2.54 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 1.96 1.51 -0.45 0.29 0.22 -0.07 2.61 2.54 -0.07 1.48 0.79 -0.69 0.54 0.55 0.01 0.36 0.35 -0.01
21 -- -- -- 0.46 -- -0.46 -- -- -- 0.89 0.47 -0.42 -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 69.64 62.06 -7.58 97.19 88.66 -8.53 52.06 42.94 -9.12 59.09 42.30 -16.79 21.63 19.49 -2.14 43.83 39.63 -4.20
TGA 2538.00 2702.00 2520.00 1268.00 1530.00 2317.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-15 (b): Haryana contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Mahendragarh Rewari Rohtak Jhajjar Sirsa Sonipat

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- 2.55 2.55 -- 1.81 1.81 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
4 108.96 106.17 -2.79 37.62 39.29 1.67 5.56 3.57 -1.99 19.89 25.47 5.58 12.02 9.30 -2.72 16.14 15.53 -0.61
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.90 0.67 -0.23 4.36 3.22 -1.14 0.12 -- -0.12 0.81 1.37 0.56
6 -- -- -- -- 0.22 0.22 4.14 2.29 -1.85 11.22 5.92 -5.30 2.76 3.25 0.49 8.66 6.75 -1.91
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.90 1.50 -2.40 1.29 6.83 5.54 2.23 2.96 0.73 17.70 14.87 -2.83
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.14 1.83 -1.31 1.92 1.72 -0.20 0.28 0.28 -- 11.58 10.93 -0.65
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 6.98 6.51 -0.47 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 41.97 41.03 -0.94 35.73 34.29 -1.44 62.96 53.93 -9.03 55.98 57.99 2.01 71.90 70.24 -1.66 72.20 68.00 -4.20
14 32.12 25.62 -6.50 15.60 13.86 -1.74 2.66 1.91 -0.75 3.67 2.12 -1.55 1.16 -- -1.16 -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.26 0.10 -0.16
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.50 0.50 -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 7.39 3.60 -3.79 0.40 0.20 -0.20 11.04 8.82 -2.22 6.53 0.46 -6.07 1.52 0.63 -0.89 -- -- --
20 0.09 0.06 -0.03 0.40 0.20 -0.20 0.62 0.51 -0.11 4.52 3.51 -1.01 0.69 0.88 0.19 6.88 6.12 -0.76
21 -- -- -- 1.12 1.10 -0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 52.15 53.47 1.32 16.40 15.17 -1.23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 249.66 239.02 -10.64 107.27 106.14 -1.13 94.92 75.03 -19.89 109.38 107.26 -2.12 92.68 88.03 -4.65 134.23 123.67 -10.56
TGA 1899.00 1594.00 1745.00 1834.00 4277.00 2122.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-15 (b): Haryana contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Yamunanagar Mewat Palwal Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- 0.26 0.26 -- -- -- -- 1.22 1.22
2 -- -- -- 0.96 0.96 -- -- -- -- 0.96 0.96 --
3 0.38 2.69 2.31 2.38 4.16 1.78 0.13 0.04 -0.09 2.98 30.06 27.08
4 34.21 28.36 -5.85 139.18 135.09 -4.09 30.92 26.64 -4.28 837.95 762.90 -75.05
5 0.75 0.16 -0.59 8.57 8.38 -0.19 2.28 1.77 -0.51 20.86 18.37 -2.49
6 0.47 0.12 -0.35 6.79 1.01 -5.78 0.35 0.85 0.50 51.22 30.48 -20.74
7 -- -- -- 16.07 15.57 -0.50 7.23 5.31 -1.92 69.61 66.21 -3.40
8 -- -- -- 2.99 2.99 -- 0.55 0.32 -0.23 23.26 19.77 -3.49
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 16.86 13.64 -3.22 29.87 29.54 -0.33 -- -- -- 171.02 135.07 -35.95
12 -- 0.19 0.19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.13 10.13
13 10.78 10.11 -0.67 34.49 33.54 -0.95 33.49 31.97 -1.52 914.58 859.95 -54.63
14 -- -- -- 2.13 0.62 -1.51 1.96 0.99 -0.97 75.63 52.26 -23.37
15 0.10 0.04 -0.06 -- -- -- 0.42 0.32 -0.10 1.79 1.03 -0.76
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.63 0.63
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41.19 22.13 -19.06
20 0.47 0.45 -0.02 0.76 0.52 -0.24 0.92 1.50 0.58 35.36 33.18 -2.18
21 0.03 0.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.51 1.62 -0.89
22 -- -- -- 13.20 14.73 1.53 -- -- -- 98.13 100.01 1.88
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 64.05 55.79 -8.26 257.39 247.38 -10.01 78.25 69.71 -8.54 2347.05 2145.98 -201.07
TGA 1768.00 1628.00 1219.00 44212.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
90
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
 WASTELAND MAP
JAMMU & KASHMIR
2008 - 09
Himachal Pradesh
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Hinsa Sands - Riverine (15)
Chamba Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
DHARMSALA Kibar Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Palampur Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
Hurling /alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Kulu
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
PUNJAB
Shifting cultivation
MANDI - abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
CHINA
Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
Oling Non wasteland area
forest - Agriculture (12)
BILASPUR State boundary Railway line
District Boundary Major roads

SIMLA

UTTARAKHAND
Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

RRSC - North
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 Nahan IIRS campus, Dehradun &
5% 1% 5% HP State Remote Sensing Centre
10% 10%
3
1
3 Shimla
4 6% 4 6%

Sponsored by
11 13 1% 11 1%
13
54%
23
22
23 22
12% Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 55673 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
Figure - 17a National Remote Sensing Centre
24% 66% Total wasteland area :22347.88 sq. km.
Wasteland area: 40.14 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 JAMMU & KASHMIR
WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Himachal Pradesh

Hinsa
LEGEND
Chamba
Wastelands to Non Wastelands
(197.25 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(2941.23 sq. km.)
DHARMSALA Kibar
Non Wasteland to Wasteland
Palampur (75.57 sq. km.)

Hurling State boundary

Kulu
District Boundary

PUNJAB Railway line

MANDI Major roads

CHINA

Oling

BILASPUR

SIMLA

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

UTTARAKHAND RRSC - North
IIRS campus, Dehradun &
HP State Remote Sensing Centre
Shimla

Sponsored by
Nahan Dept. of Land Resources
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 17b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-16 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Himachal Pradesh during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 6 11 13 15 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32
Total Total
1 167.74 -- 0.77 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.68 -- -- 0.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- 170.23
2 -- 4.52 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.52
3 -- -- 1020.15 63.03 -- -- -- -- 0.25 6.84 6.90 -- 0.93 -- -- -- -- 5.57 -- 1103.65
4 -- -- 13.85 2235.79 -- 0.16 -- -- 2.31 -- 10.90 0.05 0.57 0.75 0.12 1.06 2.62 -- -- 2268.19
6 -- -- -- -- 6.17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.96 -- -- -- -- -- 10.13
11 -- -- 0.04 0.02 -- 1272.12 -- -- 1.32 -- 3.86 -- 0.41 -- -- -- 12.67 -- -- 1290.43 22469.57
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- 164.20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 164.20
15 -- -- 0.10 0.80 -- -- -- 39.36 0.46 -- -- -- -- 1.12 -- -- -- -- 7.53 49.38
20 -- -- -- 1.29 -- -- -- -- 3.23 -- -- 0.25 2.69 -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.46
22 -- 9.85 1.46 17.53 -- -- -- -- 0.06 2535.05 2741.59 -- 0.44 -- -- -- -- 8.20 -- 5314.17
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 56.16 11882.75 -- -- -- -- -- 32.42 115.87 -- 12087.20
999 0.04 -- -- 0.64 -- -- -- -- 0.35 20.44 54.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 167.79 14.37 1036.37 2319.10 6.17 1272.29 164.20 39.36 7.98 2620.17 14700.10 0.30 5.06 5.83 0.12 1.06 47.71 129.64 7.53
(2008-09)
Grand Total
22347.88
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 197.25 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
WL Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 75.57 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Category No of No of
Area
polygons
Area
polygons NET Decrease (-) 121.69 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
1 0.04 1 0.04 1 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
2 -- 0 -- 0
3 6.49 3 -- 0
4 5.17 18 0.64 3 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
6 3.96 1 -- 0 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
11 13.08 39 -- 0
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
13 -- 0 -- 0
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
15 8.65 36 -- 0 5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
20 2.93 11 0.35 5 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
22 8.64 6 20.44 6 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
23 148.29 22 54.10 34 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
Total 197.25 137 75.57 49
32. Waterbodies

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 Table-16 (b): Himachal Pradesh
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Bilaspur Chamba Hamirpur Kangra Kinnaur
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 64.80 63.80 -1.00 -- -- -- 17.14 17.26 0.12 2.61 2.78 0.16 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.08 3.08 -- 1.44 1.44 -- -- -- --
3 11.98 14.16 2.17 212.21 153.16 -59.05 64.27 63.92 -0.35 315.24 308.96 -6.28 89.45 87.61 -1.84
4 136.49 119.62 -16.87 189.88 216.40 26.52 267.40 267.69 0.28 421.18 421.06 -0.12 68.84 70.30 1.46
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.99 3.71 -4.28 -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 34.96 34.92 -0.05 301.28 300.60 -0.68 19.07 18.71 -0.36 138.48 137.72 -0.76 18.98 18.98 --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 9.97 9.97 -- 20.92 20.92 -- 4.26 4.26 -- 0.18 0.18 -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 3.90 0.57 -3.32 -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.01 5.08 -0.94 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 3.09 1.92 -1.17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.37 4.37 -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 12.38 12.32 -0.06 569.86 308.88 -260.98 -- -- -- 45.77 2.48 -43.29 497.42 366.35 -131.06
23 -- -- -- 737.36 1050.93 313.56 -- -- -- 369.69 412.75 43.06 2598.31 2736.01 137.70
Total WL 277.57 257.29 -20.29 2031.51 2050.89 19.38 375.23 374.92 -0.30 1308.60 1300.52 -8.08 3273.01 3279.26 6.25
TGA 1167.00 6528.00 1118.00 5739.00 6401.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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Table-16 (b): Himachal Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Kullu Lahul & Spiti Mandi Shimla Sirmaur

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 13.47 13.25 -0.22 -- -- -- 5.01 4.97 -0.04
2 -- -- -- -- 9.85 9.85 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 72.33 84.63 12.30 33.97 35.71 1.74 26.55 25.24 -1.31 157.76 141.17 -16.59 33.35 29.46 -3.89
4 83.08 87.39 4.31 49.65 66.98 17.33 328.68 370.39 41.71 282.58 262.27 -20.31 129.35 129.16 -0.19
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 58.34 59.35 1.01 37.50 33.86 -3.64 202.87 201.20 -1.67 134.62 133.62 -1.00 173.35 168.33 -5.02
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 10.12 33.88 23.76 -- -- -- 15.91 16.99 1.08 49.77 24.99 -24.78 32.17 31.97 -0.20
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.14 0.14 -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.01 -0.01
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.68 0.59 -0.09 -- -- -- 2.32 -- -2.32
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 79.30 79.30 -- 4002.36 1748.01 -2254.35 23.84 26.02 2.18 27.47 21.36 -6.11 20.83 20.43 -0.40
23 1774.61 1671.69 -102.92 6403.47 8702.55 2299.08 -- 0.40 0.40 201.46 123.58 -77.88 2.30 2.18 -0.12
Total WL 2077.78 2016.25 -61.53 10526.95 10596.95 70.01 612.14 654.22 42.08 853.66 706.98 -146.68 398.70 386.51 -12.19
TGA 5503.00 13835.00 3950.00 5131.00 2825.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-16 (b): Himachal Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Solan Una Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 19.65 18.76 -0.89 47.55 46.96 -0.59 170.23 167.79 -2.45
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.52 14.37 9.85
3 36.18 40.01 3.84 50.36 52.33 1.97 1103.65 1036.37 -67.28
4 212.81 209.65 -3.16 98.25 98.19 -0.05 2268.19 2319.10 50.90
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- 2.46 2.46 -- 10.45 6.17 -4.28
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 115.02 109.12 -5.90 55.97 55.89 -0.08 1290.43 1272.29 -18.15
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 21.06 21.03 -0.02 -- -- -- 164.36 164.20 -0.16
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 0.49 0.49 -- 38.81 33.07 -5.75 49.38 39.36 -10.02
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 1.37 1.10 -0.27 -- -- -- 7.46 7.98 0.52
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 16.09 16.19 0.10 18.84 18.82 -0.02 5314.17 2620.17 -2694.00
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- 12087.20 14700.10 2612.90
Total WL 422.66 416.35 -6.31 312.24 307.72 -4.51 22470.05 22347.88 -122.17
TGA 1936.00 1540.00 55673.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Jammu & Kashmir
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
CHINA - Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
PAKISTAN /alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
Baramulla Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
SRINAGAR forest - scrub domin. (11)
Leh Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
Punch Non wasteland area
Anantnag forest - Agriculture (12)

State boundary Railway line

District Boundary Major roads

Udhampur
JAMMU

Kathua Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
HIMACHAL PRADESH LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Directorate of Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09
SDA Housing Colony
1%1%2% 1%2%3% Bemina
3% 7%
22% 1 3
2 4
5% 2
34 2% Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, 190 018
11 152% 30%
11 15
23

Sponsored by
23

22
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 101387 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
22 National Remote Sensing Centre
Total wasteland area :75435.77 sq. km.
64% 55% Figure - 18a Wasteland area: 74.40 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Jammu & Kashmir

LEGEND
CHINA

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(1191.48 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(10295.86 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

PAKISTAN (2872.78 sq. km.)

State boundary

District Boundary

Railway line
Baramulla
Major roads
SRINAGAR
Leh
Punch
Anantnag

Udhampur
JAMMU
Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check
Kathua

Coordination Partner Inst.

HIMACHAL PRADESH Directorate of Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing
SDA Housing Colony
Bemina
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, 190 018

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 18b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-17 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Jammu Kashmir during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 17 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 31 32
Total Total
1 226.24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.07 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.84 -- -- 189.55 -- 4.43 -- -- 423.14
2 -- 503.09 0.44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.12 18.78 9.24 21.56 -- -- -- -- 553.24
3 -- -- 1311.42 49.11 -- -- -- -- 65.46 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.46 2.13 -- 186.02 -- -- -- 0.64 1617.25
4 -- -- 14.60 1925.48 -- -- -- -- 234.59 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.09 53.98 -- 43.32 -- -- -- 8.65 2280.70
5 -- -- -- -- 74.67 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 74.67
6 -- -- -- -- -- 0.95 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.95
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.47 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.18 -- -- -- -- 16.65
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 52.66 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.02 -- -- -- -- 56.68
11 -- -- 35.97 2.32 -- -- -- -- 3842.70 0.25 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 75.87 -- 58.13 -- 3.97 -- -- 4019.26
73754.47
12 -- -- -- 3.52 -- -- -- -- -- 215.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 19.54 -- -- -- -- 238.29
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 123.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.20 2.31 -- 125.55
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41.61 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41.61
15 -- -- 44.89 41.18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1459.33 -- -- -- 0.77 0.49 -- -- -- -- -- 124.36 1671.02
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 209.51 -- -- -- 0.57 -- -- -- -- -- 15.98 226.07
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.70 -- -- -- 0.18 -- -- -- -- -- 3.88
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.64 -- -- 0.34 -- -- -- -- -- 4.98
22 -- -- 3.13 87.27 -- -- -- -- 14.80 6.00 -- -- 6.19 -- -- -- 39241.61 6924.82 1.46 52.44 0.56 1.52 2.08 37.57 46379.45
23 -- -- 1.22 7.04 -- -- -- -- 1007.19 -- -- 1.41 -- -- -- -- 1586.22 13015.79 -- -- -- 401.68 -- 0.54 16021.09
999 -- -- -- 1.30 10.12 -- -- -- 0.66 0.52 -- 5.89 3.07 -- -- -- 480.45 2370.78 -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 226.24 503.09 1411.66 2117.23 84.79 0.95 15.47 52.66 5165.47 221.99 123.04 48.91 1468.58 209.51 3.70 4.64 41314.61 22463.22 11.22 575.76 0.56 411.81 4.39 187.74
(2008-09)
Grand Total
75435.77
(2008-09)

Reduction from 0506 to

Increase from 0506 to 0809
WL 0809
Category No of No of
Area Area
polygons polygons
1 193.99 30 -- 0
2 30.81 5 -- 0 Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 1191.48 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
3 186.66 66 -- 0
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 2872.78 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
4 51.97 44 1.30 1
5 -- 0 10.12 4 NET Increase (+) 1681.30 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
6 -- 0 -- 0 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
7 1.18 1 -- 0
8 4.02 3 -- 0
11 62.10 39 0.66 3 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
12 19.54 4 0.52 3
1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
13 2.51 5 -- 0
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
14 -- 0 5.89 6
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
15 124.36 72 3.07 4
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
17 15.98 5 -- 0
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
20 0.18 1 -- 0
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
21 0.34 1 -- 0
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
22 95.63 149 480.45 16
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
23 402.22 45 2370.78 116
32. Waterbodies
Total 1191.48 470 2872.78 153

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 Table-17 (b): Jammu Kashmir
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Anantnag Badgam Baramula Doda Jammu Kargil
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 5.16 5.13 -0.03 132.95 2.82 -130.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- 19.45 18.82 -0.63 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- 7.41 6.82 -0.59 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.73 3.61 -0.12 -- -- --
3 47.61 47.36 -0.25 9.17 7.80 -1.37 145.43 109.33 -36.10 640.36 514.09 -126.27 10.93 11.93 1.00 30.33 35.84 5.51
4 82.19 81.75 -0.44 14.91 13.73 -1.18 86.27 110.23 23.96 704.91 432.88 -272.03 53.39 49.25 -4.14 175.41 220.61 45.20
5 2.97 3.76 0.79 6.32 20.83 14.51 15.80 17.96 2.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- 0.19 0.17 -0.02 0.58 0.66 0.08 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 539.19 637.44 98.25 35.80 208.20 172.40 352.51 616.03 263.52 1552.46 1684.00 131.54 180.47 175.30 -5.17 -- -- --
12 -- -- -- 0.47 -- -0.47 -- -- -- 175.01 156.94 -18.07 12.43 12.03 -0.40 -- -- --
13 50.62 50.37 -0.25 18.59 17.11 -1.48 7.32 8.01 0.69 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 0.45 0.45 -- 3.93 3.62 -0.31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.82 7.76 1.94 87.71 109.95 22.24
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.01 --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.35 0.35 -- 1.54 1.42 -0.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- 3.81 3.51 -0.30 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.17 1.14 -0.03 -- -- --
22 243.86 406.43 162.57 1.57 19.05 17.48 74.17 307.91 233.74 1692.54 1427.59 -264.95 49.20 18.70 -30.50 11003.53 13368.00 2364.47
23 750.26 512.08 -238.18 284.40 97.09 -187.31 828.72 204.16 -624.56 2029.54 2916.37 886.83 -- -- -- 2559.41 4037.52 1478.11
Total 1722.66 1745.11 22.45 521.06 402.16 -118.90 1510.80 1374.30 -136.49 6794.82 7131.86 337.04 336.59 298.54 -38.05 13856.40 17771.93 3915.53
TGA 3984.00 1371.00 4588.00 11691.00 3097.00 14036.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
100
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-17 (b): Jammu Kashmir contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Kathua Kupwara Leh Pulwama Punch Rajouri

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 40.15 39.60 -0.55 -- -- -- 17.38 13.30 -4.08 81.56 20.30 -61.26 -- -- -- 104.81 104.51 -0.30
2 70.86 69.87 -0.99 -- -- -- 410.37 361.99 -48.38 1.02 1.06 0.04 -- -- -- 59.29 59.17 -0.12
3 90.69 92.68 1.99 59.55 71.25 11.70 47.92 47.70 -0.22 4.76 4.98 0.22 83.01 78.71 -4.30 240.18 199.44 -40.74
4 107.84 113.91 6.07 36.98 67.41 30.43 518.38 451.04 -67.34 7.40 7.56 0.16 115.29 140.89 25.60 175.60 211.70 36.10
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.58 0.60 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- 0.09 0.11 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 16.65 15.47 -1.18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 56.68 52.66 -4.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 191.46 188.05 -3.41 151.61 330.40 178.79 -- -- -- 135.51 162.39 26.88 56.40 127.13 70.73 295.60 308.05 12.45
12 -- 0.52 0.52 0.92 -- -0.92 -- -- -- 0.05 -- -0.05 -- -- -- 22.92 27.86 4.94
13 -- -- -- 32.95 32.23 -0.72 -- -- -- 2.54 2.65 0.11 3.93 4.58 0.65 9.60 -- -9.60
14 -- -- -- 29.64 37.48 7.84 -- -- -- 0.71 0.74 0.03 6.88 5.23 -1.65 -- 1.40 1.40
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1568.54 1347.30 -221.24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- 226.06 209.50 -16.56 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.29 1.35 0.06 -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 23.86 20.73 -3.13 51.97 30.99 -20.98 32929.02 25273.01 -7656.01 60.06 76.65 16.59 59.75 60.09 0.34 25.54 6.09 -19.45
23 0.96 6.10 5.14 237.30 98.42 -138.88 8360.87 14131.59 5770.72 59.49 33.71 -25.78 114.63 74.97 -39.66 43.06 81.41 38.35
Total 525.82 531.46 5.64 601.01 668.29 67.28 44151.87 41903.59 -2248.28 354.97 311.99 -42.98 439.89 491.60 51.71 976.60 999.63 23.03
TGA 2651.00 2379.00 45110.00 1398.00 1674.00 2630.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-17 (b): Jammu Kashmir contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Srinagar Udhampur Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 21.68 21.76 0.08 423.14 226.24 -196.90
2 -- -- -- 0.56 0.56 -- 553.24 503.09 -50.15
3 21.62 17.33 -4.29 185.69 173.23 -12.46 1617.25 1411.66 -205.59
4 27.02 21.93 -5.09 175.11 194.33 19.22 2280.70 2117.23 -163.47
5 49.00 41.64 -7.36 -- -- -- 74.67 84.79 10.12
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.86 0.95 0.09
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 16.65 15.47 -1.18
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 56.68 52.66 -4.02
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 395.97 561.42 165.45 132.28 167.07 34.79 4019.26 5165.47 1146.21
12 -- -- -- 26.49 24.65 -1.84 238.29 221.99 -16.30
13 -- 8.08 8.08 -- -- -- 125.55 123.04 -2.51
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- 41.61 48.91 7.30
15 4.05 3.41 -0.64 4.90 0.16 -4.74 1671.02 1468.58 -202.44
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- 226.07 209.51 -16.56
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.70 0.59 -0.11 -- -- -- 3.88 3.70 -0.18
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.98 4.64 -0.34
22 116.18 260.96 144.78 48.20 38.40 -9.80 46379.45 41314.61 -5064.84
23 607.94 131.96 -475.98 144.51 137.83 -6.68 16021.09 22463.22 6442.13
Total 1222.48 1047.32 -175.16 739.42 757.99 18.57 73754.38 75435.77 1681.39
TGA 2228.00 4550.00 101387.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
102
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin)
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture)
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land
14. Degraded land under plantation crop
15. Sands-Riverine
16. Sands-Coastal
17. Sands-Desertic
18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
20. Mining Wastelands
21. Industrial wastelands
22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
23. Snow covered /Glacial area
 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Jharkhand
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Godda Sahibganj Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
Pakur - Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Koderma Waterlogged and marshy
Giridih Deoghar Dumka - Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Palamu Land affected by salinity
Chatra /alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Garhwa
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Hazaribag Land affected by salinity
Jamtara
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Dhanbad
Shifting cultivation
Latehar Bokaro - current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
Lohardaga
Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Gumla Ranchi Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

State boundary Railway line

District Boundary Major roads
Saraikela Kharsawan

Purba Singhbhum
Simdega

Pashchim Singhbhum

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Jharkhand Space Application Centre
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 Dept. of IT, Govt. of Jharkhand
4%
8% 1%
1 18%
6% 3% 2%
1
Engineer's Hostel-2, Dhurva
12 22 12
22 26% Ranchi - 834 004, Jharkhand
3 3

Sponsored by
11
11 4 41%
4
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
38%
31% Total Geog. Area (TGA): 79706 sq. km. National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
23% Figure - 19a Total wasteland area :11017.38 sq. km. ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Wasteland area: 13.82 % Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

103
 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Jharkhand

Godda Sahibganj

LEGEND
Pakur
Wastelands to Non Wastelands
Koderma
Giridih (1183.50 sq. km.)
Deoghar Dumka
Palamu Wastelands to another Wasteland
(1861.86 sq. km.)
Chatra
Garhwa
Hazaribag Non Wasteland to Wasteland
Jamtara
(531.16 sq. km.)
Dhanbad
State boundary
Latehar Bokaro
District Boundary
Lohardaga Railway line

Major roads
Gumla Ranchi

Saraikela Kharsawan

Purba Singhbhum
Simdega

Pashchim Singhbhum

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Jharkhand Space Application Centre
Dept. of IT, Govt. of Jharkhand
Engineer's Hostel-2, Dhurva
Ranchi - 834 004, Jharkhand

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 19b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-18 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Jharkhand during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 5 6 11 12 15 20 21 22 24 25 26 28 29 30 32
Total Total
1 81.35 -- 9.63 2.93 -- -- 6.96 0.17 -- -- -- -- 0.49 -- 4.53 -- -- -- 0.08 106.14
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 1.70 -- 1682.10 50.29 -- 0.02 14.55 7.69 -- 1.79 -- 9.79 16.36 -- 287.88 -- 0.46 -- 1.43 2074.06
4 19.08 -- 713.35 2138.15 0.10 -- 53.55 3.70 -- 6.85 0.20 10.17 23.75 -- 620.58 0.60 8.16 -- 2.09 3600.33
5 -- -- -- -- 0.30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.30
6 -- -- -- -- -- 0.29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.29
11669.72
11 14.29 -- 57.72 46.47 -- -- 4039.00 86.73 -- 0.33 -- 10.18 4.02 -- 78.13 -- 62.38 1.29 0.04 4400.59
12 -- -- 1.63 1.16 -- -- 99.18 412.38 -- 0.04 -- -- 0.55 -- 2.18 -- 1.20 -- -- 518.32
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.34 -- -- 7.44 -- -- -- -- 0.04 -- -- -- -- 7.82
21 -- -- 0.02 0.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.11 -- 0.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.30
22 61.79 -- 100.96 96.47 -- -- 326.97 41.14 -- 3.80 -- 263.22 3.41 -- 43.03 -- 20.57 -- 0.21 961.56
999 13.25 -- 246.28 180.15 -- -- 14.90 69.13 -- 7.14 0.31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 191.47 -- 2811.69 2515.75 0.41 0.31 4555.44 620.94 0.02 27.37 0.62 293.35 48.63 -- 1036.37 0.60 92.77 1.29 3.86
(2008-09)
Grand Total
11017.38
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 1183.50 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
WL
Category
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 531.16 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
No of No of
Area
polygons
Area
polygons NET Decrease (-) 652.34 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
1 5.09 28 13.25 76 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
2 -- 0 -- 0
3 306.14 1198 246.28 583
4 655.18 2799 180.15 769 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
5 -- 0 -- 0 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
6 -- 0 -- 0 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 145.86 473 14.90 217
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
12 3.93 42 69.13 101
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
15 -- 0 -- 0 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
20 0.04 1 7.14 10 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
21 0.03 2 0.31 2 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
22 67.22 440 -- 0 32. Waterbodies
Total 1183.50 4983 531.16 1758

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 Table-18 (b): Jharkhand
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Bokaro Chatra Deoghar Dhanbad Dumka
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- 2.14 2.14 2.12 58.21 56.09 2.40 8.84 6.44 -- 2.00 2.00 7.37 2.64 -4.73
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 19.95 60.16 40.21 16.42 19.54 3.12 48.93 100.01 51.09 6.76 62.25 55.50 16.12 53.12 37.00
4 146.23 115.02 -31.21 138.41 140.38 1.97 226.10 339.94 113.85 109.45 51.47 -57.98 146.11 128.44 -17.67
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.10 0.10 -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 115.44 134.79 19.35 388.97 432.60 43.63 67.67 105.47 37.80 68.18 60.31 -7.87 97.20 85.10 -12.10
12 82.65 57.66 -24.99 37.37 63.93 26.56 49.65 53.65 4.00 5.30 6.67 1.37 5.34 6.30 0.97
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.26 2.74 2.49 0.08 0.34 0.25 0.17 1.21 1.05 -- 0.34 0.34 -- -- --
21 0.07 0.07 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 16.91 3.40 -13.51 119.37 4.04 -115.33 48.63 1.05 -47.58 20.81 2.95 -17.86 35.64 2.01 -33.63
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 381.50 375.97 -5.53 702.75 719.04 16.29 443.53 610.18 166.65 210.50 186.10 -24.40 307.78 277.63 -30.15
TGA 2861.00 3706.00 2476.00 2996.00 4412.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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Table-18 (b): Jharkhand contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Purbi Singhbhum Garhwa Giridih Godda Gumla

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 6.43 7.53 1.10 0.14 7.87 7.74 -- 0.22 0.22 17.53 21.98 4.44
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 81.85 148.39 66.53 76.74 165.74 89.00 12.93 30.98 18.05 9.90 142.03 132.13 165.97 254.54 88.56
4 204.67 92.36 -112.31 220.85 74.86 -145.99 318.51 362.42 43.90 46.85 51.28 4.43 104.13 73.60 -30.53
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 198.89 175.07 -23.82 385.90 387.46 1.56 398.72 472.96 74.24 32.94 37.77 4.82 136.38 169.87 33.49
12 5.55 4.91 -0.64 14.16 17.27 3.11 175.58 159.64 -15.94 5.32 5.32 -- 21.02 45.29 24.27
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.65 0.65 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.99 3.34 2.35 -- -- --
21 -- 0.26 0.26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.06 -- -0.06
22 32.88 9.00 -23.88 38.52 23.42 -15.11 199.51 6.54 -192.97 6.05 2.57 -3.48 149.46 90.61 -58.85
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 524.50 430.64 -93.86 742.60 676.28 -66.32 1105.39 1040.41 -64.98 102.05 242.52 140.46 594.56 655.88 61.32
TGA 3533.00 4044.00 4029.00 2108.00 5321.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-18 (b): Jharkhand contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Hazaribagh Jamtara Kodarma Khunti Latehar

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 38.01 40.42 2.41 0.75 1.82 1.07 2.45 13.23 10.79 9.57 0.34 -9.23 6.59 10.64 4.05
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 52.19 83.59 31.40 13.17 21.87 8.70 16.21 37.21 20.99 164.04 113.96 -50.08 252.86 237.09 -15.78
4 201.20 146.28 -54.92 118.88 113.02 -5.86 184.98 64.35 -120.63 74.54 57.60 -16.94 209.39 136.15 -73.24
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 440.97 432.74 -8.23 48.46 50.41 1.95 67.91 67.55 -0.36 98.14 70.04 -28.10 398.55 390.54 -8.01
12 11.63 16.41 4.78 0.24 0.66 0.42 3.61 5.87 2.26 4.00 27.97 23.96 2.29 3.59 1.30
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 3.43 3.60 0.17 -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 29.26 9.92 -19.34 18.61 8.55 -10.06 1.31 1.24 -0.07 9.32 4.52 -4.80 3.21 0.32 -2.89
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 776.69 732.96 -43.73 200.11 196.33 -3.78 276.47 189.47 -87.00 359.61 274.43 -85.19 872.90 778.33 -94.57
TGA 3513.00 1800.00 2545.00 2630.00 4250.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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Table-18 (b): Jharkhand contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Lohardaga Pakur Palamu Ramgarh Ranchi

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 4.94 6.14 1.20 0.68 0.55 -0.13 3.55 5.19 1.64 2.17 1.51 -0.66 0.82 0.16 -0.66
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 3.03 8.00 4.97 12.82 42.28 29.46 19.62 80.21 60.59 96.75 86.31 -10.44 193.97 162.29 -31.68
4 64.32 35.63 -28.70 44.33 6.16 -38.18 169.89 91.55 -78.34 105.28 70.36 -34.92 88.55 80.58 -7.97
5 -- -- -- 0.06 0.04 -0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 25.27 28.95 3.68 11.35 3.96 -7.39 399.62 435.21 35.59 88.97 81.62 -7.35 227.49 223.89 -3.60
12 4.81 3.68 -1.13 2.59 3.46 0.87 23.77 28.94 5.17 8.00 8.15 0.15 25.42 31.74 6.32
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- 0.04 0.04 0.32 0.32 -- 0.07 0.07 -- 0.87 4.51 3.64 0.63 4.31 3.67
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.17 0.09 -0.08 -- -- --
22 8.98 4.19 -4.79 30.33 0.48 -29.85 47.72 28.81 -18.91 11.18 6.24 -4.94 33.91 37.65 3.74
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 111.36 86.62 -24.74 102.48 57.23 -45.24 664.24 669.98 5.74 313.40 258.80 -54.60 570.79 540.62 -30.17
TGA 1491.00 1805.00 4455.00 1400.00 5068.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-18 (b): Jharkhand contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Sahibganj Saraikela kharswan Simdega Pashchimi Singhbhum Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.63 0.04 -0.59 -- -- -- 106.14 191.47 85.34
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 31.88 38.13 6.26 91.13 87.43 -3.70 292.72 460.09 167.36 378.08 316.50 -61.58 2074.06 2811.69 737.63
4 78.54 22.12 -56.43 148.28 110.42 -37.86 318.39 41.68 -276.71 132.43 110.07 -22.36 3600.33 2515.75 -1084.58
5 0.30 0.26 -0.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.36 0.41 0.05
6 -- 0.29 0.29 -- 0.02 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.31 0.31
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 36.88 34.72 -2.16 74.96 91.12 16.16 384.67 383.11 -1.56 207.05 200.16 -6.88 4400.59 4555.44 154.85
12 4.13 6.41 2.28 5.48 4.49 -0.99 5.95 29.41 23.45 15.12 29.53 14.41 518.99 620.94 101.95
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.34 -- -0.34 -- -- -- -- 0.76 0.76 -- 5.11 5.11 7.82 27.37 19.56
21 -- 0.20 0.20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.01 0.29 0.62 0.33
22 3.61 2.61 -1.00 20.25 3.79 -16.46 49.38 25.45 -23.93 26.70 13.99 -12.70 961.56 293.35 -668.21
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 155.68 104.75 -50.93 340.11 297.27 -42.84 1051.75 940.54 -111.21 759.38 675.38 -84.00 11670.14 11017.38 -652.76
TGA 1600.00 2640.00 3756.00 7267.00 79706.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Karnataka
Legend
Bidar Deg. pastures and
Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1)
grazing land (13)
MAHARASHTRA
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
Gulbarga plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Bijapur Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Raichur
Stab > 40 m (18)
Belgaun Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Hubli
Koppal
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
Bellary
Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
ANDHRA PRADESH
Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

State boundary Railway line

ARABIAN SEA
District Boundary Major roads

Chikmagalur
Tumkur

Kolar
BENGALURU

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Mysore TAMILNADU Karnataka State Remote Sensing Application Centre
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09
Dept. of IT & Biotechnology, No.610, 4th Stage, 6th floor
10% 1% 8% 1%
Multi Storey Building, Dr Ambedkar Veedhi
4% 1 6% 1
24% KERALA chamrajnagar Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560 001
12 22 33% 22
12 3

Sponsored by
3
11 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
4 11 4 Total Geog. Area (TGA): 191791 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
National Remote Sensing Centre
36% 7 39% Total wasteland area :13030.62 sq. km.
12%
7
19%
Wasteland area: 6.79 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
4% 3% Figure - 20a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Bidar
Karnataka
MAHARASHTRA

Gulbarga

Bijapur LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(1477.98 sq. km.)
Raichur
Wastelands to another Wasteland
Belgaun (2268.98 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

(70.82 sq. km.)
Hubli
Koppal
State boundary
Bellary
District Boundary

ANDHRA PRADESH Railway line

Major roads

ARABIAN SEA

Chikmagalur
Tumkur

Kolar
BENGALURU

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Mysore TAMILNADU Karnataka State Remote Sensing Application Centre
Dept. of IT & Biotechnology, No.610, 4th Stage, 6th floor
Multi Storey Building, Dr Ambedkar Veedhi
KERALA chamrajnagar Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560 001

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 20b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-19 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Karnataka during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL Cat-
Categories Grand
1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 egory
Total
Total
1 65.94 4.00 15.89 -- -- 1.57 -- -- 0.32 0.15 -- -- -- -- -- 0.10 0.06 -- 17.80 20.58 0.34 0.13 -- -- 0.23 127.11
3 0.24 2892.26 1012.66 -- -- 2.83 -- -- 187.58 12.31 -- 0.47 -- -- 0.60 38.01 12.45 4.66 276.53 144.50 98.01 42.19 10.62 5.43 3.78 4745.13
4 0.40 74.61 1113.14 -- 0.05 1.77 0.12 -- 91.07 2.76 -- -- 0.31 -- 0.54 18.21 11.00 4.45 235.35 76.68 19.80 0.37 2.29 3.13 0.47 1656.52
5 -- -- -- 8.85 4.29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.03 -- -- -- -- -- 0.06 13.23
6 -- -- -- -- 4.62 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.62
7 0.25 9.15 24.09 -- -- 339.60 -- -- 0.12 -- -- -- 0.03 -- -- 1.33 0.90 0.31 97.05 37.19 0.07 -- -- -- 2.90 512.97
8 -- -- -- -- -- 0.27 0.07 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.35
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14437.78
11 -- 91.26 39.54 -- -- -- -- -- 4745.99 178.55 -- 1.22 0.30 -- -- 11.22 1.55 0.92 35.64 5.77 21.64 35.26 74.94 -- 1.51 5245.32
12 -- 7.27 2.75 -- -- -- -- -- 10.47 549.49 -- 0.26 -- -- -- 7.64 -- 0.91 41.06 6.85 -- 0.99 5.34 11.81 -- 644.85
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.36 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.36
14 -- 0.53 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04 -- 6.37 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.56 1.53 -- -- -- -- 9.04
15 -- 0.13 0.05 -- -- -- -- -- 0.09 -- -- -- 6.52 -- -- -- -- -- 1.31 -- -- -- -- -- 3.52 11.62
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.58 -- -- 0.24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.40 9.22
20 -- 0.06 0.28 0.72 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 25.02 -- -- 1.71 0.22 0.05 -- -- -- -- 0.31 28.36
22 1.13 80.96 218.17 -- 0.01 0.12 -- -- 97.85 11.08 -- -- 0.86 -- 0.34 918.01 4.33 16.68 33.59 31.34 3.56 0.64 1.58 2.10 0.76 1423.09
999 -- 18.75 26.39 -- -- 0.41 -- 0.24 0.47 10.06 0.09 -- 1.78 0.05 1.12 11.45 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 67.97 3178.98 2452.96 9.57 8.97 346.58 0.20 0.24 5133.94 764.44 6.45 8.32 9.80 8.63 27.62 1005.95 30.52 29.65 738.58 323.53 144.94 79.59 94.77 22.47 13.93
(2008-09)
Grand Total
13030.62
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from

WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809 Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-)1477.98 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
Category No of No of
Area
polygons
Area
polygons Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 70.82 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
1 39.15 165 -- 0 NET Decrease (-) 1407.16 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
3 598.16 2864 18.75 75
Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
4 353.55 1432 26.39 120
5 0.09 2 -- 0
6 -- 0 -- 0
7 138.41 882 0.41 3 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
8 -- 0 -- 0 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
9 -- 0 0.24 2 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
11 177.24 523 0.47 37 3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
12 66.96 33 10.06 3 4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
13 -- 0 0.09 1 5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
14 2.09 3 -- 0 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
15 4.83 41 1.78 13 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
16 0.64 12 0.05 2 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
20 2.29 17 1.12 3 32. Waterbodies
22 94.57 620 11.45 58
Total 1477.98 6594 70.82 317

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 Table-19 (b): Karnataka
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Bagalkot Bangalore Rural Bangalore Urban Belgaum Bellary Bidar
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 1.04 2.18 1.15 9.98 6.23 -3.75 1.62 1.69 0.06 0.36 0.49 0.14 6.14 4.75 -1.38 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 112.92 53.72 -59.20 207.15 96.31 -110.84 60.59 22.19 -38.40 420.74 379.73 -41.01 258.79 193.25 -65.55 222.32 104.58 -117.74
4 57.58 50.80 -6.78 42.64 127.97 85.33 46.05 50.94 4.90 117.49 150.78 33.30 42.72 94.46 51.75 169.76 212.41 42.65
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 4.63 4.62 -0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 1.73 1.02 -0.71 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.32 2.20 -0.12 72.30 28.95 -43.36 -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 502.61 574.00 71.38 259.34 264.59 5.25 20.93 12.55 -8.38 459.08 483.33 24.24 936.33 920.38 -15.96 59.54 54.14 -5.41
12 10.64 16.98 6.33 15.38 7.90 -7.49 1.47 1.25 -0.22 119.56 89.72 -29.84 13.09 16.10 3.01 2.65 10.58 7.93
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 0.68 0.64 -0.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.74 0.21 -0.53 -- -- --
15 -- 0.86 0.86 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.10 3.30 -3.80 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- 1.00 1.00 0.51 0.49 -0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.84 0.91 0.07 -- 0.12 0.12
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 114.39 81.75 -32.64 87.35 84.77 -2.58 1.84 1.68 -0.16 17.63 2.12 -15.50 124.68 74.50 -50.18 1.90 1.19 -0.71
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 806.22 787.55 -18.68 622.36 588.27 -34.08 132.50 90.30 -42.19 1137.18 1108.38 -28.80 1462.73 1336.80 -125.93 456.18 383.01 -73.17
TGA 6575.00 5815.00 2190.00 13415.00 8419.00 5448.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-19 (b): Karnataka contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Bijapur Chamarajanagar Chikmagalur Chitradurga Dakshina Kannada Davanagere

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 8.04 4.66 -3.39 0.95 0.96 0.01 6.49 4.92 -1.57 21.31 8.56 -12.75 -- -- -- 1.49 1.36 -0.12
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 11.58 9.39 -2.19 206.06 173.07 -32.99 131.87 74.12 -57.76 511.93 346.34 -165.59 127.13 85.89 -41.23 63.76 64.76 1.00
4 146.16 122.05 -24.11 62.78 56.61 -6.17 13.64 27.44 13.80 188.80 233.32 44.52 66.90 18.85 -48.05 101.88 83.55 -18.33
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.51 0.51 -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.04 4.04 -- -- --
7 2.90 2.46 -0.45 11.23 9.94 -1.28 1.54 1.49 -0.06 80.51 66.32 -14.19 -- -- -- 28.49 17.32 -11.17
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.27 -- -0.27 -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 15.36 11.65 -3.70 106.30 109.15 2.85 63.43 52.38 -11.05 161.11 178.38 17.27 301.40 31.51 -269.89 314.38 282.65 -31.73
12 0.05 3.51 3.46 13.25 18.07 4.82 89.02 109.05 20.02 23.54 21.94 -1.60 83.83 1.41 -82.42 0.17 29.17 29.00
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.41 0.33 -0.07 3.33 3.33 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.35 0.35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.30 0.14 -0.16
15 -- -- -- 0.59 0.73 0.14 -- 0.25 0.25 -- -- -- -- 1.53 1.53 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.16 2.16 -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- 0.09 0.09 0.15 0.15 -- 8.32 8.48 0.17 2.29 2.27 -0.01 0.04 0.03 -0.01 0.16 0.17 0.01
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 71.60 44.62 -26.98 5.22 5.26 0.04 5.40 6.17 0.76 70.88 75.52 4.64 4.02 26.96 22.94 4.91 4.70 -0.22
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 255.69 198.43 -57.27 406.52 373.94 -32.58 320.47 284.96 -35.50 1063.97 935.97 -128.00 583.31 172.88 -410.43 515.54 483.81 -31.73
TGA 10494.00 5685.00 7201.00 8440.00 4843.00 5966.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-19 (b): Karnataka contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Dharwad Gadag Gulbarga Hassan Haveri Kodagu

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 1.12 1.12 -- 2.50 2.75 0.25 15.26 1.84 -13.42 3.78 3.31 -0.48 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 37.65 22.39 -15.26 39.73 26.04 -13.69 332.99 200.68 -132.31 220.64 136.18 -84.46 75.96 73.76 -2.20 3.01 1.92 -1.09
4 23.52 29.13 5.62 47.91 32.05 -15.86 125.63 253.52 127.89 101.70 140.37 38.66 20.61 17.52 -3.10 3.88 3.31 -0.57
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 0.05 -- -- --
7 0.06 -- -0.06 6.70 5.05 -1.65 124.14 98.34 -25.81 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.07 0.07 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 69.01 52.73 -16.29 196.06 221.15 25.09 332.29 323.67 -8.62 67.73 34.85 -32.87 43.80 29.01 -14.79 86.51 85.95 -0.56
12 -- 7.53 7.53 0.75 4.20 3.45 0.04 8.12 8.08 -- 9.75 9.75 -- 11.01 11.01 11.33 11.75 0.42
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.80 1.34 -1.46 -- 1.22 1.22
15 -- -- -- 0.32 -- -0.32 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.08 0.08 -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.03 0.02 -0.01 -- -- -- 2.97 3.67 0.70 -- -- -- 0.31 0.31 0.01 -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 0.89 0.58 -0.32 22.31 16.13 -6.18 113.82 103.52 -10.30 13.34 5.49 -7.85 1.04 0.75 -0.30 5.88 3.25 -2.63
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 131.16 112.38 -18.79 314.89 305.75 -9.15 1034.45 994.35 -40.10 418.67 328.48 -90.19 148.39 137.14 -11.26 110.61 107.40 -3.22
TGA 4230.00 4657.00 16224.00 6814.00 4851.00 4102.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-19 (b): Karnataka contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Kolar Koppal Mandya Mysore Raichur Shimoga

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 25.97 19.08 -6.89 -- -- -- 12.13 1.46 -10.67 1.51 1.02 -0.49 -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 488.48 195.47 -293.01 204.80 130.60 -74.20 125.65 161.83 36.19 75.37 61.08 -14.28 227.50 140.57 -86.93 89.63 110.80 21.17
4 50.35 201.96 151.62 54.98 154.21 99.23 62.24 71.85 9.61 7.73 8.14 0.41 55.94 119.83 63.89 13.07 63.78 50.71
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.57 0.16 -4.42
6 -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 0.14 2.43 2.29 84.76 36.97 -47.79 0.09 0.09 -- 3.61 2.46 -1.15 72.75 54.72 -18.02 -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.12 0.12
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.24 0.24
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 171.30 181.86 10.55 85.02 95.89 10.88 159.77 102.12 -57.66 27.70 17.84 -9.86 228.49 233.71 5.22 28.28 224.16 195.88
12 19.39 22.88 3.49 2.03 1.67 -0.36 0.11 0.69 0.58 15.66 22.56 6.91 -- 0.82 0.82 1.18 78.53 77.35
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.16 0.16
15 -- -- -- 0.03 -- -0.03 2.08 1.08 -1.00 1.29 0.78 -0.51 -- 0.47 0.47 0.12 0.61 0.48
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.96 -- -1.96
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.05 -- -0.05 4.92 3.26 -1.66 5.89 5.69 -0.19 0.05 0.05 -- -- -- -- 0.35 0.04 -0.31
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 174.91 129.11 -45.80 119.43 49.80 -69.63 66.87 29.60 -37.27 6.01 1.77 -4.24 108.29 108.14 -0.15 41.23 2.94 -38.29
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 930.59 752.80 -177.79 555.98 472.42 -83.56 434.82 374.41 -60.41 138.93 115.71 -23.22 692.96 658.25 -34.71 180.39 481.53 301.14
TGA 8223.00 7189.00 4961.00 6269.00 6828.00 8465.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-19 (b): Karnataka contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Tumkur Udupi Uttara Kannada Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 7.22 1.36 -5.86 -- -- -- 0.23 0.23 -- 127.11 67.97 -59.14
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 422.89 258.49 -164.40 30.31 31.84 1.53 36.01 23.98 -12.03 4745.46 3178.98 -1566.48
4 7.66 107.09 99.43 14.82 13.30 -1.52 10.09 7.73 -2.36 1656.52 2452.96 796.44
5 0.04 0.04 -- 1.37 1.37 -- 7.25 7.50 0.24 13.23 9.57 -3.67
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.25 0.25 4.63 8.97 4.34
7 19.69 16.76 -2.93 -- 0.08 0.08 0.02 -- -0.02 512.97 346.58 -166.39
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.35 0.20 -0.15
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.24 0.24
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 145.27 131.46 -13.80 50.83 49.00 -1.83 353.44 375.84 22.40 5245.32 5133.94 -111.38
12 0.26 6.30 6.03 36.12 36.57 0.46 185.32 216.40 31.08 644.85 764.44 119.59
13 -- -- -- 2.62 2.78 0.17 -- -- -- 6.36 6.45 0.09
14 -- -- -- 4.16 4.27 0.10 -- -- -- 9.04 8.32 -0.72
15 -- 0.11 0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 11.62 9.80 -1.82
16 -- -- -- 6.08 5.50 -0.58 1.17 0.97 -0.20 9.22 8.63 -0.58
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 0.51 0.59 0.08 0.98 0.27 -0.72 28.36 27.62 -0.74
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 135.87 102.16 -33.71 38.70 36.16 -2.54 64.67 7.32 -57.35 1423.09 1005.95 -417.14
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 738.89 623.77 -115.12 185.51 181.45 -4.06 659.19 640.48 -18.70 14438.12 13030.62 -1407.50
TGA 10598.00 3598.00 10291.00 191791.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Perdala Kerala
Legend
KARNATAKA
Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and
grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Cannanore Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
Kozhikode - Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
ARABIAN SEA Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Palghat Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
Trichur TAMIL NADU Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
Cochin Devikolam Non wasteland area
forest - Agriculture (12)

State boundary Railway line

District Boundary Major roads
Kottayam
Alleppy

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check
Quilon

Coordination Partner Inst.

Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment Centre
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09
1st Floor
12% 12%
Vikas Bhavan
1%
1%
1%
30%
1%
1%
25%
TRIVANDRUM
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695 033
1716 22 17
9% 16 22
3

Sponsored by
3 13
23% 11 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
11 Total Geog. Area (TGA): 38863 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
4 National Remote Sensing Centre
6 23% 4 Total wasteland area :2445.62 sq. km.
1% 29% Wasteland area: 6.29 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
32% Figure - 21a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
Perdala
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Kerala
KARNATAKA

Cannanore
LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(247.55 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

Kozhikode (89.78 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

(234.44 sq. km.)
ARABIAN SEA
State boundary
Palghat
District Boundary

Trichur TAMIL NADU Railway line

Major roads

Cochin Devikolam

Kottayam
Alleppy

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment Centre
Quilon 1st Floor
Vikas Bhavan
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695 033

Sponsored by
TRIVANDRUM Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 21b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-20 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Kerala during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
3 4 5 6 11 13 14 15 16 20 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32
Total Total
3 570.56 36.95 -- -- -- -- 0.03 -- -- 3.18 -- 1.82 0.19 1.03 -- 66.20 -- 44.21 1.44 725.62
4 20.90 681.26 -- -- 0.36 -- -- -- -- 7.82 0.06 4.67 0.09 1.33 0.23 69.34 0.11 1.47 0.13 787.78
5 0.09 -- 2.05 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.44 1.48 -- -- -- -- 5.06
6 0.09 0.04 -- 6.18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.13 -- -- -- -- 7.48 14.91
11 -- -- -- -- 541.88 -- -- -- -- 0.05 0.58 -- 0.82 -- -- 3.92 2.60 22.37 0.04 572.25
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2458.73
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.34 16.48
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20.03 -- -- 8.59 -- 0.02 -- -- -- -- 0.02 28.66
20 -- 0.06 -- -- -- 0.02 -- -- -- 0.05 0.03 0.01 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.20
22 17.87 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.65 283.26 0.03 0.09 0.37 -- 3.49 1.00 -- -- 307.76
999 -- -- -- -- 17.82 208.08 0.15 -- 5.97 0.16 2.27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 609.50 718.32 2.05 6.18 560.05 208.10 0.18 16.14 25.99 12.91 286.20 15.13 1.22 5.33 1.71 142.95 3.70 68.06 9.46
(2008-09)
Grand Total
2445.62
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 247.55 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 234.44 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Category No of No of
Area
polygons
Area
polygons NET Decrease (-) 13.11 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
3 114.90 1539 -- 0 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
4 77.38 883 -- 0
5 2.92 6 -- 0
6 8.61 108 -- 0 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
11 29.74 186 17.82 7 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
13 -- -- 208.08 6 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
14 -- 0 0.15 3
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
15 0.34 6 -- 0
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
16 8.63 24 5.97 7 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
20 0.05 3 0.16 1 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
22 4.98 55 2.27 24 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
Total 247.55 2810 234.44 48 32. Waterbodies

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 Table-20 (b): Kerala
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Alappuzha Kannur Ernakulam Idukki Kasaragod
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- 8.91 11.96 3.05 21.15 14.01 -7.14 259.60 217.32 -42.28 10.14 16.33 6.19
4 0.02 0.04 0.02 157.25 128.49 -28.75 10.81 11.58 0.78 48.11 53.04 4.93 290.88 259.77 -31.11
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.42 0.52 -2.90 -- 2.90 2.90 -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- 17.07 7.63 -9.44 52.03 22.34 -29.68 29.33 57.17 27.84 0.42 0.42 --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- 2.75 2.75 -- -- -- -- 169.11 169.11 -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 1.30 1.66 0.36 2.31 2.41 0.10 1.42 1.59 0.17 -- -- -- 5.25 5.15 -0.10
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- 10.64 10.64 -- 0.68 0.68 -- -- -- -- 0.75 0.75
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- 0.02 0.02 15.70 5.96 -9.74 15.13 6.13 -9.00 112.53 120.12 7.59 15.85 9.73 -6.12
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 1.32 1.72 0.40 201.24 169.85 -31.39 103.95 56.84 -47.11 449.57 619.66 170.09 322.54 292.13 -30.40
TGA 1414.00 2997.00 2408.00 5019.00 1961.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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Table-20 (b): Kerala contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Kollam Kottayam Kozhikode Malappuram Palakkad

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 23.46 13.61 -9.85 63.08 61.02 -2.06 1.20 6.58 5.39 116.65 107.81 -8.84 33.64 31.86 -1.78
4 8.37 5.59 -2.78 47.55 46.40 -1.15 38.97 25.73 -13.24 1.85 1.93 0.09 131.79 128.77 -3.02
5 -- -- -- 3.58 2.05 -1.53 1.48 -- -1.48 -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- 1.16 0.03 -1.13 0.16 0.03 -0.13 -- -- -- 2.64 2.64 --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 13.36 12.01 -1.36 4.46 5.80 1.35 33.21 28.91 -4.30 56.92 64.43 7.51 190.69 189.62 -1.07
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- 2.83 2.83 -- 0.59 0.59 -- 2.46 2.46 -- 9.06 9.06
14 -- 0.15 0.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.52 2.61 0.09 9.47 7.05 -2.42
16 0.10 3.93 3.83 -- -- -- 3.23 3.19 -0.04 3.56 3.53 -0.03 -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- 0.16 0.16 0.12 0.15 0.03 -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 0.47 0.48 0.01 0.68 0.60 -0.08 14.38 10.23 -4.15 21.66 21.96 0.30 89.64 90.09 0.46
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 45.77 35.77 -10.00 120.50 118.90 -1.61 92.76 75.43 -17.33 203.16 204.74 1.58 457.86 459.10 1.23
TGA 2583.00 2204.00 2345.00 3548.00 4392.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-20 (b): Kerala contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Pathanamthitta Thiruvananthapuram Thrissur Wayanad Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 101.06 66.51 -34.55 14.30 8.31 -5.99 29.83 25.86 -3.98 42.61 28.33 -14.27 725.62 609.50 -116.12
4 7.44 12.69 5.25 4.96 3.18 -1.78 14.35 18.19 3.83 25.44 22.91 -2.53 787.78 718.32 -69.46
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.06 2.05 -3.01
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.29 -- -7.29 0.24 0.05 -0.18 14.91 6.18 -8.73
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 0.45 0.45 -- 145.43 145.63 0.20 14.69 14.47 -0.22 14.19 11.15 -3.04 572.25 560.05 -12.21
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- 13.23 13.23 -- 0.30 0.30 -- 3.74 3.74 -- 4.02 4.02 -- 208.10 208.10
14 -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.18 0.18
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.49 6.48 1.99 -- -- -- 16.48 16.14 -0.34
16 -- -- -- 8.65 1.81 -6.84 2.88 2.72 -0.16 -- -- -- 28.70 25.99 -2.71
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 0.06 0.43 0.37 0.02 0.12 0.10 -- -- -- 0.20 12.91 12.71
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 2.40 3.03 0.63 9.59 8.12 -1.48 7.16 7.08 -0.08 2.49 2.65 0.16 307.68 286.20 -21.49
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 111.36 95.92 -15.44 182.99 167.81 -15.18 80.72 78.65 -2.07 84.96 69.11 -15.85 2458.69 2445.62 -13.07
TGA 2642.00 2186.00 3032.00 2132.00 38863.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Madhya Pradesh
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Gwalior
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
UTTAR PRADESH Waterlogged and marshy
RAJASTHAN - Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Datia
Shivpuri Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Chhatarpur Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Nimach Guna Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Satna
Shifting cultivation
Bina - current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
GUJARAT
Shifting cultivation
Sagar Damoh Barren Rocky Area (22)
- abandoned (10)
Ratlam Under utilised deg. noti.
Umaria Snow Covered/
Ujjain forest - scrub domin. (11)
BHOPAL Glacial Area (23)
Jabalpur Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area
Indore
Itarsi State boundary Railway line
Mandla District Boundary Major roads

Seoni CHHATTISHGARH
Khandwa Betul
Balaghat

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

MAHARASHTRA LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

MP Council of Science & Technology
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09
Vigyan Bhavan, Pandit Nehru Complex
1% 4% Near MACT Campus
8% 1% 4% 8%
22 16% 22 17% Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462 003
12 1 12 1
3

Sponsored by
3
31% 11 31% 11
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
4 Total Geog. Area (TGA): 308252 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
4
National Remote Sensing Centre
Total wasteland area :40113.27 sq. km.
Wasteland area: 6.29 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
40%
40%
Figure - 22a
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Madhya Pradesh

Gwalior

LEGEND
UTTAR PRADESH
RAJASTHAN Datia
Wastelands to Non Wastelands
Shivpuri (258.95 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(727.23 sq. km.)
Chhatarpur
Nimach Guna Non Wasteland to Wasteland
(329.25 sq. km.)
Satna

Bina State boundary

GUJARAT
District Boundary
Sagar Damoh
Railway line
Ratlam
Umaria Major roads
Ujjain BHOPAL
Jabalpur
Indore
Itarsi
Mandla

Seoni CHHATTISHGARH
Khandwa Betul
Balaghat

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check
MAHARASHTRA

Coordination Partner Inst.

MP Council of Science & Technology
Vigyan Bhavan, Pandit Nehru Complex
Near MACT Campus
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462 003

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 22b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-21 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Madhya Pradesh during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 11 12 13 15 20 21 22 24 26 27 28 29 32
Total Total
1 1443.67 -- 16.27 20.29 10.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.06 3.30 -- -- -- -- 1493.69
2 -- 8.34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.34
3 -- -- 6234.93 21.64 46.18 -- -- -- 0.26 -- 1.83 1.30 31.93 -- 22.57 -- 0.44 6361.08
4 -- -- 415.55 15654.99 50.33 -- -- -- 3.18 -- 1.18 7.79 79.74 0.17 -- 0.53 18.00 16231.47
11 -- -- 0.02 10.94 12190.31 6.35 -- -- 0.09 -- -- -- 21.53 -- -- 13.60 13.38 12256.23
12 -- -- 1.14 0.09 18.22 3075.54 -- -- 3.84 -- -- -- 1.08 -- -- 0.63 36.02 3136.55 40042.97
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- 20.05 -- -- -- -- -- 0.16 -- -- -- -- 20.22
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 1.01 -- -- -- -- 70.00 -- -- -- 1.55 -- -- -- 3.17 75.72
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.48 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.48
22 -- -- 4.53 92.31 -- -- -- -- 1.86 -- 357.49 -- 1.77 -- -- -- 0.23 458.19
999 1.13 0.13 113.07 84.78 102.06 2.76 0.17 3.26 19.45 -- 2.45 -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 1444.79 8.47 6785.52 15886.04 12417.22 3084.65 20.23 3.26 98.68 1.48 362.95 9.15 141.06 0.17 22.57 14.76 71.24
(2008-09)
Grand Total
40113.27
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 258.95 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 329.25 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Increase (+) 70.30 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
1 3.36 49 1.13 16
Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
2 -- 0 0.13 1
3 56.24 334 113.07 115
4 106.23 780 84.78 161 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
11 48.50 217 102.06 242 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
12 37.73 37 2.76 18 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
13 0.16 3 0.17 1
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
15 -- 0 3.26 15
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
20 4.72 12 19.45 72
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
21 -- 0 -- 0 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
22 2.00 39 2.45 3 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
Total 258.95 1471 329.25 644 32. Waterbodies

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 Table-21 (b): Madhya Pradesh
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Balaghat Barwani Betul Bhind Bhopal Chhatarpur
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 0.23 0.24 0.01 47.67 24.81 -22.86 0.71 0.24 -0.47 399.12 422.57 23.45 3.14 0.24 -2.90 34.87 33.44 -1.43
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.21 1.13 0.92 -- -- -- -- -- --
3 277.22 299.51 22.29 5.16 8.40 3.24 139.14 135.21 -3.93 2.71 4.25 1.54 113.32 115.03 1.71 147.77 174.16 26.39
4 296.29 269.00 -27.29 355.78 350.68 -5.10 194.86 177.28 -17.58 68.07 34.72 -33.35 144.45 144.33 -0.12 688.95 642.19 -46.76
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 236.34 229.41 -6.93 897.15 910.97 13.82 176.94 157.44 -19.50 19.20 9.83 -9.37 69.57 49.25 -20.32 153.29 139.46 -13.83
12 247.69 237.23 -10.46 -- 2.01 2.01 -- 0.01 0.01 10.01 7.66 -2.35 0.02 0.09 0.07 155.12 149.79 -5.33
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.17 0.17 -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.34 0.34 -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 9.78 10.57 0.79 -- -- -- 0.60 0.62 0.02 -- -- -- 0.59 0.11 -0.48 -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 0.27 0.28 0.01 2.50 2.60 0.10 0.24 0.25 0.01 4.84 5.39 0.55 0.63 -- -0.63 4.89 5.09 0.20
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 1067.82 1046.24 -21.59 1308.26 1299.47 -8.79 512.48 471.05 -41.43 504.16 485.90 -18.26 331.71 309.22 -22.49 1184.89 1144.12 -40.77
TGA 9229.00 5422.00 10043.00 4459.00 2772.00 8687.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-21 (b): Madhya Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Chhindwara Damoh Datia Dewas Dhar Dindori

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 0.44 0.53 0.09 6.14 9.22 3.08 19.75 11.58 -8.17 11.53 10.36 -1.17 30.72 30.74 0.02 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.86 3.81 -0.05 -- -- --
3 126.93 120.94 -5.99 172.86 226.77 53.91 18.81 13.42 -5.39 66.34 62.03 -4.31 144.99 144.40 -0.59 168.38 214.17 45.79
4 156.05 148.54 -7.51 559.07 589.74 30.67 80.66 58.86 -21.80 291.25 257.61 -33.64 535.63 531.23 -4.40 215.09 219.53 4.44
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 307.19 294.94 -12.25 127.25 145.43 18.18 73.03 53.25 -19.78 470.95 467.46 -3.49 278.06 279.45 1.39 231.68 248.24 16.56
12 -- -- -- 90.42 89.18 -1.24 19.05 11.72 -7.33 -- -- -- -- -- -- 283.19 300.40 17.21
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.12 6.22 0.10 -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 9.55 11.15 1.60 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.09 0.09
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 1.05 1.09 0.04 2.01 10.03 8.02 0.40 0.41 0.02 3.50 3.17 -0.33 20.91 21.86 0.95 -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 601.21 577.19 -24.02 957.75 1070.39 112.64 211.70 149.25 -62.45 843.57 800.63 -42.94 1020.29 1017.71 -2.59 898.34 982.43 84.09
TGA 11815.00 7306.00 2038.00 7020.00 8153.00 4068.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-21 (b): Madhya Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL East Nimar Guna Gwalior Harda Hoshangabad Indore

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 4.68 4.97 0.29 12.53 13.03 0.50 38.91 43.98 5.07 1.87 1.35 -0.52 3.82 4.37 0.55 2.18 0.77 -1.41
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 102.92 97.59 -5.33 26.30 73.17 46.87 33.14 33.96 0.82 51.37 41.27 -10.10 53.08 45.68 -7.40 103.07 103.75 0.68
4 381.92 359.77 -22.15 556.65 674.63 117.98 352.15 344.93 -7.22 79.42 59.47 -19.95 112.67 85.58 -27.09 206.38 195.47 -10.91
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 509.08 739.68 230.60 197.79 328.04 130.25 458.82 421.79 -37.03 38.08 25.88 -12.20 39.30 26.13 -13.17 121.99 114.22 -7.77
12 -- 4.07 4.07 427.43 513.02 85.59 67.94 71.38 3.44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 0.46 0.48 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.48 1.52 0.04
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 0.38 0.83 0.45 0.15 0.48 0.33 0.16 0.17 0.01 -- -- -- 1.29 1.34 0.05
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 11.43 11.88 0.44 -- -- -- 2.17 1.88 -0.29 -- -- -- 0.83 0.86 0.03 13.79 9.99 -3.80
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 1010.50 1218.43 207.94 1221.08 1602.73 381.65 953.28 918.41 -34.87 170.90 128.14 -42.76 209.70 162.62 -47.07 450.17 427.06 -23.12
TGA 10779.00 11065.00 5214.00 3330.00 6707.00 3898.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
130
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-21 (b): Madhya Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Jabalpur Jhabua Katni Mandla Mandsaur Morena

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 45.31 44.66 -0.65 -- -- -- 2.49 4.17 1.68 2.05 2.13 0.08 16.83 13.98 -2.85 495.82 498.25 2.43
2 3.46 2.88 -0.58 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.35 0.37 0.01
3 203.62 273.16 69.54 46.11 40.62 -5.49 499.65 487.98 -11.67 363.54 252.69 -110.85 74.08 68.61 -5.47 28.28 35.76 7.48
4 303.33 332.26 28.93 339.94 324.93 -15.01 576.11 416.87 -159.24 404.05 232.96 -171.09 505.66 574.82 69.16 305.88 255.09 -50.79
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 39.22 36.87 -2.35 571.98 567.61 -4.37 59.65 43.44 -16.21 376.65 266.17 -110.48 123.57 118.58 -4.99 549.46 557.39 7.93
12 41.73 32.94 -8.79 -- -- -- 35.40 17.64 -17.76 275.20 164.45 -110.75 -- -- -- 22.53 11.68 -10.85
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 1.51 4.00 2.49 0.56 0.59 0.02 12.23 15.94 3.71 0.79 0.73 -0.06 3.09 3.21 0.12 0.28 -- -0.28
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 1.28 3.79 2.51 19.97 20.44 0.47 4.98 3.16 -1.82 3.61 3.75 0.14 67.52 0.40 -67.12 2.78 2.89 0.11
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 639.46 730.57 91.11 978.56 954.19 -24.37 1190.51 989.21 -201.30 1425.89 922.89 -503.00 790.75 779.60 -11.15 1405.38 1361.43 -43.96
TGA 4026.00 6782.00 6134.00 9201.00 5535.00 4988.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
131
 Table-21 (b): Madhya Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Narsimhapur Neemuch Panna Raisen Rajgarh Ratlam

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 11.12 8.96 -2.16 4.34 2.59 -1.75 4.31 3.19 -1.12 -- -- -- 9.88 9.43 -0.45 65.85 53.02 -12.83
2 0.49 0.27 -0.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 56.36 48.63 -7.73 65.64 65.64 -- 296.25 285.00 -11.25 175.54 255.30 79.76 98.68 106.38 7.70 183.12 183.96 0.84
4 86.87 58.00 -28.87 375.75 415.01 39.26 466.51 468.71 2.20 135.86 124.90 -10.96 451.77 472.44 20.67 281.31 301.05 19.74
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 63.00 53.19 -9.81 662.20 715.07 52.87 335.42 325.43 -9.99 143.79 135.55 -8.24 77.80 69.20 -8.60 154.24 131.71 -22.53
12 0.14 -- -0.14 -- -- -- 215.51 215.09 -0.42 0.02 -- -0.02 -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.88 1.61 -0.27
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- 0.18 0.18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 5.42 4.59 -0.83 0.31 -- -0.31 1.67 -- -1.67 0.29 0.30 0.01 0.26 0.27 0.01
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 1.36 1.42 0.05 11.06 11.48 0.42 0.39 0.02 -0.37 11.00 10.72 -0.28 18.10 0.07 -18.03 10.51 10.55 0.04
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 219.34 170.65 -48.69 1124.41 1214.39 89.98 1318.70 1297.45 -21.25 467.88 526.48 58.60 656.52 657.83 1.31 697.17 682.18 -14.99
TGA 5133.00 4256.00 7135.00 8466.00 6154.00 4861.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
132
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-21 (b): Madhya Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Rewa Sagar Satna Sehore Seoni Shahdol

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 9.36 7.58 -1.78 7.73 3.54 -4.19 5.51 2.85 -2.66 2.82 1.54 -1.28 0.26 0.27 0.01 2.06 2.88 0.82
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 38.74 82.79 44.05 322.68 326.80 4.12 108.51 154.83 46.32 68.22 75.02 6.80 62.28 67.42 5.14 248.86 268.28 19.42
4 286.23 237.36 -48.87 977.98 1001.85 23.87 405.50 353.80 -51.70 159.75 157.82 -1.93 99.57 94.11 -5.46 533.45 565.28 31.83
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 129.26 114.68 -14.58 204.07 191.60 -12.47 219.39 210.29 -9.10 188.18 178.29 -9.89 162.91 157.57 -5.34 229.13 266.17 37.04
12 48.80 42.97 -5.83 41.87 42.98 1.11 178.13 157.04 -21.09 -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.01 257.12 303.51 46.39
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.01
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 3.44 3.58 0.13 -- -- -- 10.38 11.05 0.67 0.17 0.18 0.01 0.18 0.20 0.02 -- 14.69 14.69
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.48 1.04 -0.44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.45 0.45
22 96.81 99.54 2.73 5.01 4.91 -0.10 16.43 15.11 -1.32 0.43 0.45 0.02 0.99 1.03 0.04 33.66 24.70 -8.96
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 612.64 588.50 -24.15 1559.34 1571.68 12.34 945.33 906.01 -39.32 419.57 413.30 -6.27 326.19 320.62 -5.57 1304.28 1445.96 141.68
TGA 6314.00 10252.00 7502.00 6578.00 8758.00 10349.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
133
 Table-21 (b): Madhya Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Shajapur Shivpuri Sheopur & Kalan Sidhi Tikamgarh Ujjain

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 3.02 3.13 0.12 9.46 6.35 -3.11 99.74 103.74 4.00 17.13 11.56 -5.57 2.72 2.76 0.04 17.89 16.26 -1.63
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 314.04 318.12 4.08 62.53 76.16 13.63 83.54 86.60 3.06 446.91 490.89 43.98 18.28 27.88 9.60 372.98 375.68 2.70
4 477.27 496.81 19.54 955.23 940.44 -14.79 461.04 471.66 10.62 746.03 720.34 -25.69 338.26 330.13 -8.13 188.21 185.32 -2.89
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 38.37 38.15 -0.22 887.50 905.14 17.64 1155.69 1217.10 61.41 437.25 443.38 6.13 155.27 144.59 -10.68 4.50 5.71 1.21
12 -- -- -- 185.90 185.97 0.07 78.06 82.63 4.57 227.77 186.44 -41.33 126.94 123.16 -3.78 -- -- --
13 -- -- -- 1.33 1.39 0.05 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.91 8.84 -0.07
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.29 2.29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.09 0.09 -- 0.02 0.02 -- 0.02 0.29 0.27 11.27 11.45 0.18 0.12 0.83 0.71 0.35 0.18 -0.17
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 9.96 6.60 -3.36 8.86 6.09 -2.77 0.37 0.55 0.18 9.91 7.85 -2.06 1.03 1.09 0.07 1.38 1.53 0.15
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 842.74 862.91 20.16 2110.84 2121.55 10.72 1878.46 1964.86 86.40 1896.27 1871.91 -24.36 642.62 630.44 -12.17 594.22 593.52 -0.70
TGA 6196.00 10278.00 6606.00 10526.00 5048.00 6091.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
134
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-21 (b): Madhya Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Umaria Vidisha West Nimar Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 9.08 4.94 -4.14 4.06 2.12 -1.94 26.55 22.44 -4.11 1493.69 1444.79 -48.90
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.37 8.47 0.09
3 180.46 230.05 49.59 157.02 154.80 -2.22 31.65 32.72 1.07 6361.08 6785.52 424.44
4 288.14 288.13 -0.01 108.22 237.25 129.03 698.21 685.12 -13.09 16231.47 15886.04 -345.43
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 86.43 105.46 19.03 126.91 118.69 -8.22 668.68 659.32 -9.36 12256.23 12417.22 160.99
12 94.52 130.23 35.71 6.04 1.05 -4.99 -- 0.28 0.28 3136.55 3084.65 -51.90
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20.19 20.23 0.04
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- 0.42 0.42 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.26 3.26
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.47 0.80 0.33 0.32 0.33 0.01 -- -- -- 75.72 98.68 22.95
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.48 1.48 --
22 -- 5.43 5.43 3.88 4.65 0.77 47.44 39.92 -7.52 458.19 362.95 -95.24
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 659.10 765.45 106.35 406.45 518.89 112.44 1472.53 1439.82 -32.71 40042.98 40113.27 70.29
TGA 3679.00 7371.00 8028.00 308252.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Maharashtra
Legend
MADHYA PRADESH
Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and
grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
GUJARAT plantation crop (14)
Gondia Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Dhule Jalgaon Nagpur Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Akola Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Manmad
Yavatmal CHATTISHGARH Waterlogged and marshy
Nashik - Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Washim Stab > 40 m (18)
Aurangabad Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Balharsah Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Bhiwandi Land affected by salinity
MUMBAI /alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Ahmadnagar Parbhani
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Pune Shifting cultivation

- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
Latur ANDHRA PRADESH Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
Satara forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area
Sholapur
State boundary Railway line
Karad
District Boundary Major roads
Ratnagiri
Sangli

KARNATAKA

Savantwadi Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Centre (MRSAC)
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09
Visveswaraya Regional College of Engg. Campus
3% 4% 1%
South Ambazari Road
3%4% 1%
12
22
1
12 1 Nagpur, Maharashtra, 440 011
30% 22 29%

Sponsored by
27% 3 3
11 26% 11
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 307690 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
4 4
National Remote Sensing Centre
Total wasteland area :37830.82 sq. km.
.
Wasteland area: 12.30 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
35%
35%
Figure - 23a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Maharashtra
MADHYA PRADESH

GUJARAT
Gondia
Jalgaon LEGEND
Dhule Nagpur

Akola Wastelands to Non Wastelands

CHATTISHGARH
(469.93 sq. km.)
Manmad
Yavatmal Wastelands to another Wasteland
Nashik (328.44 sq. km.)
Washim
Aurangabad
Non Wasteland to Wasteland
Balharsah (38.22 sq. km.)
Bhiwandi
MUMBAI State boundary
Ahmadnagar Parbhani
District Boundary

Railway line
Pune
Major roads
Latur ANDHRA PRADESH

Satara
Sholapur

Karad
Ratnagiri
Sangli

KARNATAKA Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Centre (MRSAC)
Savantwadi
Visveswaraya Regional College of Engg. Campus
South Ambazari Road
Nagpur, Maharashtra, 440 011

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 23b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-22 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Maharashtra during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09
WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 22 26 29
Total Total
1 505.94 4.13 27.95 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.02 -- 547.03
3 3.29 10895.10 124.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.53 0.20 54.48 173.74 11251.44
4 0.11 136.01 12945.98 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.13 1.73 157.18 -- 13242.14
5 -- -- -- 59.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 59.00
6 -- -- -- -- 1.74 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.74
7 -- -- -- -- -- 41.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41.00
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 26.36 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 26.36
38262.53
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9951.01 0.04 -- -- -- -- 0.61 -- -- 75.29 10026.96
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.42 1188.77 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1189.18
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 148.95 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 148.95
14 -- 0.47 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20.67 -- -- -- -- 0.11 -- 21.25
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.61 -- -- -- 0.04 -- 3.65
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29.99 -- -- -- -- 29.99
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30.45 -- -- -- 30.45
22 -- 5.91 20.17 -- -- -- -- 0.06 -- -- -- -- -- 1.60 1615.56 0.07 -- 1643.37
999 1.54 -- -- 0.30 -- 0.06 -- 4.97 17.35 -- -- -- -- 6.31 7.70 -- --
Category
Total 510.89 11041.61 13118.20 59.30 1.74 41.06 26.36 9956.45 1206.16 148.95 20.67 3.61 29.99 40.62 1625.19 220.90 249.03
(2008-09)
Grand Total
37830.82
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from

WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Area Area
polygons polygons
1 9.02 4 1.54 9
3 228.22 11 -- 0 Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 469.93 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
4 157.18 5 -- 0 Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 38.22 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
5 -- 0 0.30 1 NET Decrease (-) 431.70 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
6 -- 0 -- 0 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
7 -- 0 0.06 1
8 -- 0 -- 0
11 75.29 4 4.97 167 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
12 -- 0 17.35 56 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
13 -- 0 -- 0
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
14 0.11 1 -- 0
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
15 0.04 1 -- 0 5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
16 -- 0 -- 0 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
20 -- 0 6.31 19 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
22 0.07 1 7.70 86 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
Total 469.93 27 38.22 339
32. Waterbodies

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Table-22 (b): Maharashtra
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Ahmadnagar Akola Amravati Aurangabad Bhandara Bid
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 7.98 8.11 0.13 132.00 122.56 -9.44 53.56 56.08 2.52 -- -- -- 0.57 0.47 -0.10 0.13 -- -0.13
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 157.37 208.93 51.56 50.01 46.06 -3.95 133.04 133.75 0.71 274.04 248.83 -25.21 142.26 103.43 -38.83 321.87 322.13 0.26
4 1194.65 1207.00 12.35 156.02 153.04 -2.98 97.90 99.85 1.95 176.99 176.79 -0.19 89.59 64.33 -25.26 1045.62 990.06 -55.56
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.59 0.59 -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 584.69 627.11 42.42 73.97 66.43 -7.54 823.08 825.89 2.81 327.43 328.44 1.01 66.84 47.87 -18.97 152.43 108.73 -43.70
12 5.06 5.88 0.82 1.04 0.33 -0.71 105.21 107.14 1.93 3.76 3.63 -0.12 1.24 1.35 0.11 1.82 1.10 -0.72
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 10.57 11.75 1.18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.41 0.47 -0.94
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.97 2.97 -- -- -- -- 0.04 -- -0.04 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.18 0.18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.09 1.09 -- 1.18 1.59 0.40 -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 281.53 280.65 -0.88 -- -- -- 0.38 0.38 -- 19.10 18.48 -0.62 3.58 2.75 -0.83 50.79 48.95 -1.84
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 2242.03 2349.61 107.58 413.04 388.42 -24.62 1216.13 1226.05 9.92 802.41 777.28 -25.13 305.89 222.38 -83.51 1574.07 1471.46 -102.61
TGA 17048.00 5456.00 12212.00 10213.00 3951.00 10760.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-22 (b): Maharashtra contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Mumbai Mumbai Suburban Buldana Chandrapur Dhule Gadchiroli

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 2.86 3.16 0.30 36.60 15.10 -21.50 -- -- -- 73.95 73.88 -0.07 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- 39.24 18.20 -21.04 136.90 135.31 -1.59 419.17 412.65 -6.52 31.59 34.53 2.94 97.81 94.92 -2.89
4 -- -- -- 9.28 0.47 -8.81 279.24 306.34 27.10 390.89 395.00 4.11 706.85 705.15 -1.70 67.05 67.78 0.73
5 0.01 -- -0.01 12.21 0.09 -12.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 -- -0.01 -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- 3.02 0.15 -2.87 396.23 393.76 -2.47 474.16 479.40 5.24 1602.57 1601.93 -0.64 497.96 501.46 3.50
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.61 3.04 2.43 246.12 246.89 0.77 181.11 196.10 14.99 305.07 306.12 1.05
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.30 0.30 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 0.66 0.14 -0.52 2.24 1.51 -0.73 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 0.13 0.13 -- -- -- -- 12.70 12.31 -0.39 -- 0.02 0.02 -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 0.43 0.42 -- 0.76 1.09 0.33 1.03 1.03 -- 14.74 14.74 -- 74.59 74.51 -0.08 2.43 2.41 -0.02
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 1.10 0.57 -0.53 69.75 24.81 -44.94 850.62 854.58 3.96 1558.07 1561.30 3.22 2670.67 2686.14 15.47 970.32 972.69 2.37
TGA 157.00 446.00 9661.00 10490.00 13150.00 15433.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
140
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-22 (b): Maharashtra contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Gondiya Jalgaon Jalna Kolhapur Latur Nagpur

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 0.15 0.15 -- 155.34 154.62 -0.72 0.02 0.01 -0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.15 5.46 -2.69
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 94.88 119.59 24.71 51.46 54.15 2.69 33.00 31.77 -1.23 520.27 547.13 26.86 143.98 119.07 -24.91 304.26 293.23 -11.03
4 108.35 129.23 20.88 349.92 348.69 -1.23 240.12 235.89 -4.23 708.59 706.32 -2.27 224.31 220.66 -3.65 194.92 187.11 -7.81
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 55.17 67.06 11.89 514.27 509.57 -4.70 104.05 104.69 0.64 145.98 147.64 1.66 -- -- -- 91.76 90.73 -1.03
12 17.04 20.33 3.29 24.21 24.25 0.04 23.11 22.99 -0.12 41.24 38.74 -2.50 -- -- -- 17.67 17.08 -0.59
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- 0.17 0.17 -- -- -- -- 2.70 2.12 -0.58 -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.85 0.85 -- -- -- 6.32 6.32 --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 2.46 3.23 0.77 27.73 28.62 0.89 63.79 61.61 -2.18 17.00 15.64 -1.36 14.45 13.11 -1.34 9.69 7.87 -1.82
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 278.05 339.58 61.53 1123.10 1120.07 -3.03 464.09 456.96 -7.12 1435.78 1458.43 22.65 382.74 352.84 -29.90 632.77 607.79 -24.98
TGA 5262.00 11765.00 6417.00 8047.00 6725.00 9931.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
141
 Table-22 (b): Maharashtra contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Nanded Nashik Osmanabad Parbhani Pune Ratnagiri

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 2.62 2.10 -0.52 25.25 25.26 0.01 0.75 0.51 -0.24 12.33 12.26 -0.07 -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 246.00 247.92 1.92 323.68 330.73 7.05 294.39 245.44 -48.95 319.99 289.71 -30.28 1886.79 1895.82 9.03 813.76 797.22 -16.54
4 413.06 407.91 -5.15 619.50 614.42 -5.08 116.27 116.87 0.60 343.26 351.58 8.32 1011.01 1004.27 -6.74 642.33 632.61 -9.72
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 260.71 257.24 -3.47 1201.71 1185.99 -15.72 3.49 3.43 -0.06 200.98 201.53 0.55 383.32 392.38 9.06 30.02 27.76 -2.26
12 1.33 2.76 1.43 46.46 43.09 -3.37 -- -- -- 10.47 10.77 0.30 6.41 6.59 0.18 -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 149.72 148.95 -0.77 -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.16 2.92 -0.24 -- -- --
15 0.34 0.34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.91 7.76 2.85
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.11 3.11 -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 84.76 82.62 -2.14 145.98 144.94 -1.04 72.97 73.88 0.92 34.43 34.46 0.03 82.58 77.66 -4.92 62.28 60.68 -1.60
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 1008.83 1000.89 -7.94 2362.58 2344.42 -18.16 487.87 440.15 -47.72 921.45 900.31 -21.14 3522.99 3531.70 8.71 1553.30 1526.03 -27.27
TGA 10502.00 15530.00 7485.00 12561.00 15642.00 8391.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
142
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-22 (b): Maharashtra contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Raigarh Sangli Satara Sindhudurg Solapur Thane

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 12.56 12.58 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.44 1.60 0.16 0.03 -- -0.03
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 1256.95 1209.42 -47.53 267.87 263.28 -4.59 195.88 198.72 2.84 495.57 491.12 -4.45 518.16 470.22 -47.94 1121.15 1121.79 0.64
4 469.82 469.33 -0.49 519.94 518.73 -1.21 1285.47 1270.10 -15.37 337.41 291.15 -46.26 591.31 600.97 9.66 46.47 47.36 0.89
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.30 0.30 -- -- -- 46.22 58.32 12.10
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.74 1.74 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- 3.78 3.78 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37.22 37.28 0.06
8 -- -- -- 10.84 10.84 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.52 15.52 --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 396.07 374.24 -21.83 153.27 155.51 2.24 256.20 243.17 -13.03 2.60 0.90 -1.70 90.10 96.07 5.97 444.62 435.31 -9.31
12 -- -- -- 65.20 66.21 1.01 0.50 0.73 0.23 1.76 0.37 -1.39 0.14 0.53 0.39 55.71 53.45 -2.26
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.24 3.24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 2.89 3.00 0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.87 9.09 0.22 -- -- -- 9.91 8.48 -1.43
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 2.21 2.21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 11.01 11.30 0.29 210.59 213.09 2.50 40.71 57.50 16.79 139.59 137.85 -1.74 121.77 118.86 -2.91 0.45 0.01 -0.44
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 2138.95 2069.50 -69.45 1244.05 1244.03 -0.02 1782.00 1773.47 -8.53 987.54 932.54 -55.01 1322.92 1288.25 -34.67 1777.30 1777.51 0.21
TGA 7148.00 8572.00 10484.00 4663.43 15017.00 9558.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
143
 Table-22 (b): Maharashtra contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Wardha Washim Yavatmal Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 11.45 7.69 -3.76 0.02 0.02 -- 9.28 9.27 -0.01 547.03 510.89 -36.15
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 159.31 158.20 -1.11 59.08 64.27 5.19 341.71 334.07 -7.64 11251.44 11041.61 -209.83
4 142.86 143.36 0.50 369.22 353.08 -16.14 293.92 302.74 8.82 13242.14 13118.20 -123.93
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 59.03 59.30 0.28
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.76 1.74 -0.01
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41.00 41.06 0.06
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 26.36 26.36 --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 78.39 80.15 1.76 54.86 53.95 -0.91 557.01 547.96 -9.05 10026.96 9956.45 -70.51
12 0.11 0.32 0.21 1.66 1.72 0.06 25.13 24.63 -0.50 1189.18 1206.16 16.98
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 149.72 148.95 -0.77
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 21.25 20.67 -0.58
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.65 3.61 -0.04
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29.48 29.99 0.51
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.62 12.80 6.18 30.45 40.62 10.18
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- 3.29 3.23 -0.06 48.49 33.62 -14.87 1643.37 1625.19 -18.18
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 392.12 389.72 -2.40 488.13 476.27 -11.86 1282.16 1265.08 -17.08 38262.81 37830.82 -431.99
TGA 6310.00 5119.00 13584.00 307690.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
144
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
 WASTELAND MAP
NAGALAND
2008 - 09
Manipur
Sochumei Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Kalapahar Waterlogged and marshy
Taloulong - Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
Chattrik - Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
ASSAM Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
IMPHAL
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Teikhang Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
MYANMAR forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area
Saibom
State boundary Railway line
District Boundary Major roads

Parbung
Jun

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

North- Eastern Space Application Centre (NE-SAC)
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09
NESAC, Dept. of Space
MIZORAM Govt. of India, Umiam
22%
4%
9%
Shillong, Meghalaya, 793 103
11 5%
9 10 11

Sponsored by
1% 10 40%
3
9
3
53% Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
11% Total Geog. Area (TGA): 22327 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
4
4
National Remote Sensing Centre
Total wasteland area :5648.53 sq. km.
Wasteland area: 25.30 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
13% 43%
Figure - 24a GOI, New Delhi - 110 011
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625

145
 NAGALAND
WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Manipur
Sochumei

LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(2391.10 sq. km.)

Kalapahar Wastelands to another Wasteland

Taloulong
(1749.52 sq. km.)

Chattrik Non Wasteland to Wasteland

ASSAM (1012.14 sq. km.)

State boundary

District Boundary
IMPHAL
Railway line

Major roads

Teikhang

MYANMAR
Saibom

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

Parbung LISS-III data & limited field check
Jun

Coordination Partner Inst.

North- Eastern Space Application Centre (NE-SAC)
NESAC, Dept. of Space
Govt. of India, Umiam
Shillong, Meghalaya, 793 103

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
MIZORAM
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 24b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-23 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Manipur during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
3 4 9 10 11 12 24 26 27 29 30 31 32
Total Total
1 1715.23 321.69 30.57 -- -- -- 16.43 4.02 -- 1628.96 0.26 0.26 1.45 3718.87
3 62.01 701.07 3.68 0.13 -- -- 13.93 2.70 -- 117.00 -- -- 0.01 900.54
4 38.23 133.78 110.32 194.63 -- -- 31.85 3.36 2.51 237.35 -- -- 0.07 752.10
7027.49
5 34.04 33.21 1.61 5.46 0.46 -- 3.56 2.53 -- 19.23 -- -- -- 100.10
6 258.34 627.09 7.64 -- 354.79 2.37 6.85 84.54 -- 183.63 30.60 -- -- 1555.86
7 -- -- -- -- 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02
999 159.15 595.16 116.49 1.09 140.17 0.07 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 2267.01 2412.01 270.31 201.32 495.45 2.44 72.61 97.16 2.51 2186.17 30.86 0.26 1.52
(2008-09)
Grand Total
5648.53
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 2391.10 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 1012.14 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Decrease (-) 1378.96 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
3 1651.38 1473 159.15 340
Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
4 133.64 800 595.16 1091
9 275.14 1221 116.49 830
10 25.32 163 1.09 5 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
11 305.62 649 140.17 156 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
12 0.00 0 0.07 2 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
Total 2391.10 4306 1012.14 2424
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
32. Waterbodies

147
 Table-23 (b): Manipur
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Bishnupur Chandel Churachandpur Imphal (East) Senapati
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 0.41 1.26 0.85 289.78 255.34 -34.44 1556.29 617.50 -938.79 3.55 15.36 11.81 249.33 394.86 145.53
4 1.43 6.67 5.24 108.69 108.24 -0.45 279.58 739.41 459.83 3.28 16.70 13.42 266.38 712.46 446.08
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- 0.04 0.04 456.34 67.35 -388.99 159.32 61.23 -98.09 0.11 0.18 0.07 11.19 19.39 8.20
10 -- -- -- 5.04 174.13 169.09 -- 0.08 0.08 -- -- -- 18.62 0.27 -18.35
11 11.57 8.79 -2.78 157.26 116.64 -40.62 322.74 127.28 -195.46 69.93 88.68 18.75 602.44 110.55 -491.89
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04 0.04 -- 2.27 2.27
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 13.41 16.77 3.36 1017.11 721.71 -295.40 2317.93 1545.49 -772.44 76.87 120.95 44.08 1147.96 1239.78 91.82
TGA 496.00 3313.00 4570.00 709.00 3271.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
148
Table-23 (b): Manipur contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Tamanglong Thoubal Ukhrul Imphal (West) Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 935.07 301.11 -633.96 8.88 21.68 12.80 667.57 652.04 -15.53 7.99 7.86 -0.13 3718.87 2267.01 -1451.86
4 9.35 570.44 561.09 14.02 68.30 54.28 214.59 183.75 -30.84 3.22 6.04 2.82 900.54 2412.01 1511.47
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 23.89 30.09 6.20 1.49 2.31 0.82 99.06 89.06 -1-- 0.70 0.66 -0.04 752.10 270.31 -481.79
10 75.51 1.28 -74.23 -- 1.39 1.39 -- 24.18 24.18 0.93 -- -0.93 100.10 201.32 101.22
11 316.73 12.08 -304.65 27.27 21.20 -6.07 26.99 0.07 -26.92 20.93 10.17 -10.76 1555.86 495.45 -1060.41
12 -- 0.13 0.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.44 2.44
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 1360.55 915.12 -445.43 51.66 114.88 63.22 1008.21 949.09 -59.12 33.77 24.73 -9.04 7027.47 5648.53 -1378.94
TGA 4391.00 514.00 4544.00 519.00 22327.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
149
 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Meghalaya
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Pomahi
Waterlogged and marshy
ASSAM - Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Dommati Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Mutah Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
SHILLONG
Shifting cultivation
Turra - abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Nongnem Glacial Area (23)
Cherrapunji
Pdengshakap Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

State boundary Railway line

BANGLADESH District Boundary Major roads

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

North- Eastern Space Application Centre (NE-SAC)
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09
NESAC, Dept. of Space
Govt. of India, Umiam
2%7% 12% 2% 6% 14%
4%
11 6% 11 Shillong, Meghalaya, 793 103
7% 22 22
10 3 7% 10 3

9 9
4 4
68%
Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 22429 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
National Remote Sensing Centre
Total wasteland area :4127.43 sq. km.
Wasteland area: 18.40 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
65% Figure - 25a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Meghalaya

LEGEND

Pomahi
Wastelands to Non Wastelands
ASSAM (93.86 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(428.73 sq. km.)
Dommati
Non Wasteland to Wasteland
(355.13 sq. km.)
Mutah
State boundary
SHILLONG
District Boundary
Turra
Railway line

Major roads
Nongnem
Cherrapunji
Pdengshakap

BANGLADESH

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

North- Eastern Space Application Centre (NE-SAC)
NESAC, Dept. of Space
Govt. of India, Umiam
Shillong, Meghalaya, 793 103

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 25b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

151
 Table-24 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Meghalaya during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
3 4 6 9 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 26 27 29
Total Total
3 433.02 10.79 -- 7.58 -- -- -- -- -- 0.20 -- -- -- 2.83 454.43
4 70.70 2505.86 -- 8.58 4.22 1.24 -- -- -- 1.02 5.16 1.71 1.59 40.04 2640.10
6 -- -- 0.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04

9 26.73 8.52 -- 40.72 205.39 -- -- -- -- -- 1.29 0.06 0.20 8.95 291.87

10 41.00 34.89 -- 3.13 52.62 -- -- -- -- -- 3.50 0.51 0.14 21.25 157.04 3866.16

11 0.82 0.27 -- -- -- 60.72 -- -- -- -- 0.48 0.26 -- 4.56 67.11

12 -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 0.40 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.45

15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 0.59 3.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 250.19 0.67 0.67 -- -- 255.13
999 6.23 120.13 0.37 212.51 5.88 6.87 -- 0.16 0.04 2.93 -- -- -- --
Category
Total 2267.01 2412.01 270.31 201.32 495.45 2.44 2.44 2.44 2.44 2.44 72.61 97.16 2.51 2186.17
(2008-09)
Grand Total
4127.43
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 93.86 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 355.13 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Decrease (-) 261.27 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
3 2.83 12 6.23 26
Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
4 48.49 149 120.13 309
6 -- 0 0.37 2
9 10.50 59 212.51 1591 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
10 25.40 126 5.88 62 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
11 5.30 24 6.87 22 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
12 -- 0 -- 0
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
15 -- 0 0.16 1
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
22 1.33 5 2.93 9 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
Total 93.86 375 355.13 2023 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
32. Waterbodies

152
Table-24 (b): Meghalaya
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL East Garo Hills East Khasi Hills Jaintia Hills Ribhoi South Garo Hills
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 9.56 72.69 63.13 6.58 6.70 0.12 -- 0.48 0.48 139.68 139.98 0.30 36.06 70.07 34.01
4 223.81 175.10 -48.71 199.61 215.67 16.06 898.37 927.72 29.35 273.99 283.81 9.82 8.46 30.85 22.39
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- 0.41 0.41 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 39.90 27.23 -12.67 -- -- -- 10.52 14.53 4.01 9.67 5-- 40.33 76.35 38.51 -37.84
10 77.23 44.34 -32.89 -- -- -- 0.09 0.09 -- -- 9.14 9.14 52.06 73.30 21.24
11 13.90 8.63 -5.27 2.69 2.18 -0.51 27.86 29.32 1.46 6.27 11.96 5.69 14.09 14.99 0.90
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.40 0.40 -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- 0.16 0.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- 0.04 0.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 0.02 0.04 0.02 179.23 182.25 3.02 31.48 27.36 -4.12 -- -- -- 0.08 0.17 0.09
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 364.42 328.44 -35.98 388.11 407.00 18.89 968.32 999.51 31.19 429.61 495.29 65.68 187.10 227.88 40.78
TGA 2603.00 2748.00 3819.00 2448.00 1850.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
153
 Table-24 (b): Meghalaya contd... Area in sq.km.

WL West Garo Hills West Khasi Hills Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 11.66 24.00 12.34 250.89 265.17 14.28 454.43 579.08 124.65
4 372.22 352.30 -19.92 663.64 698.04 34.40 2640.10 2683.48 43.38
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.41 0.41
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 123.38 114.68 -8.70 32.05 27.57 -4.48 291.87 272.52 -19.35
10 13.52 111.13 97.61 14.22 30.11 15.89 157.12 268.11 110.99
11 2.30 1.80 -0.50 -- -- -- 67.11 68.88 1.77
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.40 0.40
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.16 0.16
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04 0.04
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- 44.32 44.52 0.20 255.13 254.34 -0.79
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 523.08 603.90 80.82 1005.12 1065.41 60.29 3865.76 4127.43 261.67
TGA 3714.00 5247.00 22429.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
154
 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
ASSAM Mizoram
Chhimluang
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
TRIPURA plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Tukkalh Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
AIZAWAL - Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
Kanghmun /alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Khawbung Shifting cultivation

- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Hruizam Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area
MYANMAR
State boundary Railway line
District Boundary Major roads
Lunglian

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

Bungtlang LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Mizoram State Remote Sensing Application Centre
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09
Science, Tech. & Envn. Cell, Planning Dept.
1% Government of Mizoram, Chaltlang
17% 11%
4 Aizwal, Mizoram, 796 012
9 11

Sponsored by
21% 46%
10 3
56%
11
10 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
9 Total Geog. Area (TGA): 21081 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
26% 4 National Remote Sensing Centre
Total wasteland area :4958.64 sq. km.
12%
Wasteland area: 23.52 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
10% Figure - 26a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

155
 ASSAM WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
Chhimluang
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Mizoram

TRIPURA

LEGEND
Tukkalh

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

AIZAWAL
(2669.27 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(2495.64 sq. km.)
Kanghmun
Non Wasteland to Wasteland
(1606.71 sq. km.)

State boundary

Figure - 9b District Boundary

Khawbung Railway line

Major roads

Hruizam

MYANMAR

Lunglian

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check
Bungtlang

Coordination Partner Inst.

Mizoram State Remote Sensing Application Centre
Science, Tech. & Envn. Cell, Planning Dept.
Government of Mizoram, Chaltlang
Aizwal, Mizoram, 796 012

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 26b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

156
 Table-25 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Mizoram
during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
3 4 9 10 11 12 24 26 29 30 32
Total Total
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 1.53 14.49 0.06 -- 6.10 -- -- 0.09 14.06 -- -- 36.32
4 139.90 19.21 31.66 437.06 50.76 -- 0.18 -- 349.76 -- -- 1028.53
6021.19
5 301.41 118.66 83.36 607.24 93.51 -- -- 2.88 381.97 0.01 -- 1589.03
6 996.43 141.76 100.50 5.08 202.85 0.32 0.50 0.18 1919.63 -- -- 3367.26
7 -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 -- -- -- -- -- 0.05
999 826.54 178.13 397.13 -- 204.91 -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 2265.82 472.25 612.71 1049.37 558.12 0.37 0.68 3.15 2665.43 0.01 --
(2008-09)
Grand Total
4958.64
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 2669.27 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 1606.71 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Decrease (-) 1062.55 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
3 -- -- 826.54 1012
Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
4 14.16 40 178.13 309
9 349.94 804 397.13 1415
10 384.86 1583 -- -- Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
11 1920.31 4346 204.91 752 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
12 -- -- -- -- 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
Total 2669.27 6773 1606.71 3488
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
32. Waterbodies

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 Table-25 (b): Mizoram
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Aizawl Champhai Kolasib Lawngtlai Lunglei
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- 294.25 294.25 -- 370.27 370.27 -- 78.35 78.35 -- 206.32 206.32 -- 496.30 496.30
4 6.88 95.58 88.70 1.94 135.52 133.58 0.61 2.54 1.93 7.24 25.44 18.20 16.99 42.50 25.51
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 198.35 111.37 -86.98 196.21 201.05 4.84 13.62 2.51 -11.11 116.98 53.94 -63.04 195.07 83.15 -111.92
10 311.57 261.61 -49.96 448.83 298.20 -150.63 59.85 42.86 -16.99 96.56 73.20 -23.36 239.75 79.54 -160.21
11 488.09 173.81 -314.28 729.36 21.48 -707.88 365.06 61.01 -304.05 259.43 83.42 -176.01 597.88 112.88 -485.00
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.37 0.37 -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 1004.89 936.62 -68.27 1376.34 1026.52 -349.82 439.14 187.65 -251.49 480.21 442.32 -37.89 1049.69 814.37 -235.32
TGA 3576.00 3185.00 1382.00 1991.00 4536.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
158
Table-25 (b): Mizoram contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Mamit Saiha Serchhip Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- 261.42 261.42 -- 381.35 381.35 -- 177.57 177.57 -- 2265.82 2265.82
4 -- 52.91 52.91 2.66 69.66 67.00 -- 48.10 48.10 36.32 472.25 435.93
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 125.04 59.88 -65.16 98.25 30.18 -68.07 85.01 70.62 -14.39 1028.53 612.71 -415.82
10 165.21 86.11 -79.10 128.05 96.37 -31.68 139.21 111.46 -27.75 1589.03 1049.37 -539.66
11 389.44 77.82 -311.62 329.57 26.31 -303.26 208.43 1.39 -207.04 3367.26 558.12 -2809.14
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.37 0.37
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 679.69 538.14 -141.55 558.53 603.87 45.34 432.65 409.15 -23.50 6021.14 4958.64 -1062.50
TGA 3025.00 1965.00 1421.00 21081.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Nagaland
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
Mon
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
ASSAM Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
Mongseyimti Sands - Semi Stab. -
- Seasonal (6)
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
Noklak /alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
Yezami - abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
MYANMAR Under utilised deg. noti.
Chashinya Non wasteland area
forest - Agriculture (12)
Tsutuho State boundary Railway line
District Boundary Major roads

Laluri
KOHIMA

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

MANIPUR LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

North- Eastern Space Application Centre (NE-SAC)
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 NESAC, Dept. of Space
11% 16%
Govt. of India, Umiam
18%
Shillong, Meghalaya, 793 103
11 11 3

Sponsored by
21% 46%
10 3
9 29%
9 4 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 16579 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
4 National Remote Sensing Centre
37% Total wasteland area :5266.72 sq. km.
12%
10% Wasteland area: 31.77 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 27a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Nagaland

Mon

LEGEND
ASSAM

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(721.37 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

Mongseyimti
(2561.64 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

(1172.60 sq. km.)

Noklak State boundary

District Boundary

Railway line
Yezami
Major roads

MYANMAR
Chashinya

Tsutuho

Laluri
KOHIMA

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

MANIPUR North- Eastern Space Application Centre (NE-SAC)
NESAC, Dept. of Space
Govt. of India, Umiam
Shillong, Meghalaya, 793 103

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 27b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

161
 Table-26 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Nagaland
during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
3 4 6 9 10 11 12 22 24 26 29 30 32
Total Total
3 390.35 121.72 -- 88.95 30.24 -- -- -- 0.16 15.12 325.60 0.42 -- 972.55
4 93.89 592.49 -- 109.07 41.28 -- 0.05 -- 0.34 3.46 170.38 0.05 -- 1011.02
6 -- -- 0.02 -- -- -- 0.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.06
9 192.20 435.48 -- 156.30 372.19 -- -- -- 8.03 2.45 72.21 0.24 -- 1239.09
4815.49
10 211.12 639.36 -- 224.36 391.18 -- -- -- 0.05 1.45 120.80 -- -- 1588.33
11 0.08 0.06 -- -- -- 0.07 -- -- -- 0.05 -- -- -- 0.26
12 0.20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.10 -- -- -- 0.30
22 0.35 0.89 -- 0.10 -- -- -- 2.09 -- -- 0.47 -- -- 3.90
999 56.60 158.90 -- 936.16 7.58 0.06 13.29 -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 944.79 1948.90 0.02 1514.95 842.47 0.12 13.39 2.09 8.57 22.62 689.46 0.71 --
(2008-09)
Grand Total
5266.72
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 721.37 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 1172.60 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Increase (+) 451.23 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
3 341.29 692 56.60 118 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
4 174.23 610 158.90 425
6 -- -- -- --
9 82.92 443 936.16 2892 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
10 122.30 469 7.58 6 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
11 0.06 3 0.06 6 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
12 0.10 1 13.29 11
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
22 0.47 2 -- --
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
Total 721.37 2220 1172.60 3458 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
32. Waterbodies

162
Table-26 (b): Nagaland
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Kohima Mokokchung Mon Phek Tuensang
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 268.04 231.73 -36.31 126.52 124.56 -1.96 189.44 90.44 -99.00 138.18 86.08 -52.10 126.89 253.80 126.91
4 234.69 322.57 87.88 178.26 171.84 -6.42 228.67 426.36 197.69 148.34 336.73 188.39 139.86 364.07 224.22
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 169.25 250.64 81.39 92.12 123.36 31.24 253.65 257.89 4.24 121.33 64.72 -56.62 384.46 631.44 246.98
10 151.34 111.94 -39.40 215.91 180.94 -34.97 375.92 137.33 -238.59 146.95 93.00 -53.95 415.43 267.40 -148.03
11 -- 0.05 0.05 -- 0.02 0.02 -- 0.06 0.06 -- -- -- -- -- --
12 -- 12.51 12.51 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 3.38 1.58 -1.80 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.01 -- 0.48 0.49 0.02
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 826.70 931.03 104.33 612.81 600.73 -12.08 1047.68 912.08 -135.60 554.82 580.54 25.72 1067.12 1517.22 450.10
TGA 4041.00 1615.00 1786.00 2026.00 4228.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
163
 Table-26 (b): Nagaland contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Wokha Zunheboto Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 73.72 89.32 15.60 49.76 68.86 19.10 972.55 944.79 -27.77
4 21.92 137.88 115.96 59.28 189.43 130.15 1011.02 1948.90 937.88
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- 0.02 0.02 -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 94.83 75.42 -19.41 123.44 111.47 -11.97 1239.09 1514.95 275.86
10 107.24 6.07 -101.17 175.86 45.78 -130.08 1588.65 842.47 -746.18
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.12 0.12
12 -- 0.88 0.88 -- -- -- -- 13.39 13.39
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.87 2.09 -1.78
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 297.71 309.59 11.88 408.34 415.53 7.19 4815.18 5266.72 451.55
TGA 1628.00 1255.00 16579.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
164
 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Orissa
JHARKHAND Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Baripada Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
CHHATTISGARH Balasore Waterlogged and marshy
Sambalpur
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Bhadrak Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Angul Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
Dhenkenal
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Cuttak Shifting cultivation
Titlagarh - current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
BHUBANESHWAR
Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
Bhawanipatnam
Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area
BAY OF BENGAL
BerhampurChatarpur State boundary Railway line
District Boundary Major roads

Parklakimidi

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Orissa Remote Sensing Application Centre (ORSAC)
ANDHRA PRADESH Plot no.45/48 (Part), Jayadev Vihar
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09
3% 4% 3% 3%
Unit 16, Mythri Vihar PO
11%
22
10%
221 Bhubaneswar, Orissa, 751 023
1
12 12 31%

Sponsored by
33% 3
3
11 11 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
29% 31% Total Geog. Area (TGA): 155707 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
4
4
National Remote Sensing Centre
10 9 5 Total wasteland area :16425.76 sq. km.
10 9 5 10%
Wasteland area: 10.55 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 28a 3% 6% 3% 8%
3% 5% 2%
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

165
 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
JHARKHAND From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Orissa

Baripada

LEGEND

CHHATTISGARH Balasore
Sambalpur Wastelands to Non Wastelands
(271.75 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

Bhadrak (1079.99 sq. km.)

Angul Non Wasteland to Wasteland

(48.69 sq. km.)
Dhenkenal

Cuttak State boundary

Titlagarh District Boundary

BHUBANESHWAR
Railway line

Bhawanipatnam Major roads

BAY OF BENGAL
BerhampurChatarpur

Parklakimidi

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Orissa Remote Sensing Application Centre (ORSAC)
Plot no.45/48 (Part), Jayadev Vihar
Unit 16, Mythri Vihar PO
ANDHRA PRADESH Bhubaneswar, Orissa, 751 023

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 28b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

166
 Table-27 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Orissa during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 30 32
Total Total
1 431.02 7.66 1.19 -- -- -- -- -- -- 218.50 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11.86 -- -- 0.55 0.37 0.05 671.19
3 -- 5076.35 294.08 0.39 0.26 -- -- 0.92 -- 0.57 -- -- 0.70 -- -- -- -- -- 53.19 -- 6.27 8.73 0.21 3.41 5445.08
4 -- 59.66 1287.03 0.35 0.04 -- -- 1.81 -- 0.01 -- -- 0.44 -- -- -- -- 0.09 32.75 0.74 0.36 -- -- -- 1383.29
5 -- 0.27 1.06 330.77 36.32 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 56.23 -- 0.08 -- -- 0.11 424.83
6 -- -- -- 1.19 30.76 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.45 -- -- -- -- 0.16 35.56
7 -- -- -- -- -- 5.36 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.95 -- -- -- -- 0.17 8.47
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 20.76 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.08 -- -- -- -- -- 22.84
9 -- 0.25 0.42 -- -- -- -- 832.77 183.09 0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.11 -- 4.49 -- -- 2.58 -- -- 1023.83
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36.14 380.28 2.80 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.40 -- -- 421.61
16648.52
11 -- -- 0.24 -- 0.74 -- -- -- -- 4698.44 28.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.08 0.14 0.05 47.06 0.47 -- 4781.34
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 -- 199.01 1637.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.25 -- 0.12 0.56 0.08 -- 1842.28
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.88 -- -- -- -- -- 1.88
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.79 2.79
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.12 -- -- -- 20.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.91 -- 0.14 12.87 34.15
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.90 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.90
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.66 -- 0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.67
22 -- 2.53 0.49 -- -- -- -- 0.31 -- 0.06 -- -- -- -- -- -- 527.65 -- -- -- -- 0.07 -- -- 531.11
999 0.27 11.47 6.89 0.77 0.84 -- -- 2.71 0.07 2.91 12.22 1.42 1.39 3.04 0.06 0.09 4.55 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 431.29 5158.18 1591.41 333.46 68.95 5.36 20.76 874.70 563.44 5122.53 1677.57 1.42 2.53 23.14 7.96 10.75 532.31 0.10 180.22 0.88 7.79 61.94 1.27 19.55
(2008-09)
Grand Total
16425.76
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 271.75 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 48.69 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Decrease (-) 223.06
1 12.82 57 0.27 1
Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
3 71.81 349 11.47 89
4 33.95 158 6.89 41 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
5 56.42 179 0.77 6
6 3.61 26 0.84 7
Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
7 3.11 22 -- --
1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
8 2.08 12 -- --
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
9 7.08 10 2.71 32
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
10 2.40 17 0.07 1
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
11 53.80 217 2.91 83
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
12 6.01 16 12.22 21 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
13 -- -- 1.42 7 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
14 1.88 4 -- -- 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
15 2.79 -- 1.39 2 32. Waterbodies
16 13.92 14 3.04 73
20 -- -- 0.06 1
21 0.01 1 0.09 1
22 0.07 1 4.55 4
Total 271.75 1083 48.69 369

167
 Table-27 (b): Orissa
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Anugul Baleshwar Bargarh Bhadrak Balangir Baudh
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 123.68 62.44 -61.24 2.04 1.74 -0.30 8.18 7.44 -0.74 -- -- -- 9.79 3.12 -6.67 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 98.77 89.66 -9.11 41.94 37.62 -4.32 87.70 80.59 -7.11 0.06 -- -0.06 190.12 174.07 -16.05 135.01 131.56 -3.45
4 84.85 93.72 8.87 3.31 5.04 1.73 22.48 25.09 2.61 6.44 0.99 -5.45 45.59 59.58 13.99 61.46 61.60 0.14
5 2.24 2.24 -- 9.26 6.82 -2.44 0.60 0.65 0.05 27.31 16.26 -11.05 1.32 1.32 -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- 5.78 2.76 -3.01 -- -- -- -- 2.64 2.64 -- 0.09 0.09 -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.31 0.42 -0.89
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.60 0.28 -1.32
11 326.00 363.93 37.93 37.67 27.80 -9.87 317.20 309.84 -7.36 -- -- -- 161.00 161.60 0.60 147.50 141.11 -6.39
12 26.28 26.03 -0.26 5.75 6.00 0.25 10.02 8.88 -1.14 -- -- -- 89.85 89.62 -0.23 6.28 8.01 1.73
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 0.84 -- -0.84 -- -- -- 0.03 -- -0.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- 0.32 0.41 0.08 -- -- -- 0.50 -- -0.50 -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- 2.92 4.25 1.33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 0.82 0.58 -0.24 1.79 1.70 -0.09 8.04 9.92 1.88 -- -- -- 42.61 41.31 -1.30 6.35 6.38 0.03
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 663.48 638.60 -24.89 110.78 94.14 -16.65 454.25 442.41 -11.84 34.31 19.88 -14.42 540.28 530.72 -9.56 359.51 349.37 -10.14
TGA 6375.00 3806.00 5837.00 2505.00 6575.00 3098.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
168
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-27 (b): Orissa contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Cuttack Debagarh Dhenkanal Gajapati Ganjam Jagatsinghapur

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 3.31 1.19 -2.12 30.57 25.87 -4.70 34.58 17.15 -17.43 21.83 19.94 -1.89 75.67 16.32 -59.35 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 117.57 115.25 -2.32 68.72 55.70 -13.02 138.56 138.93 0.37 159.07 159.85 0.78 342.59 297.39 -45.20 0.82 1.60 0.78
4 36.46 35.64 -0.82 19.88 31.42 11.54 1.52 1.27 -0.25 334.60 340.70 6.10 76.28 117.09 40.81 0.07 0.02 -0.05
5 41.99 39.76 -2.23 0.22 0.22 -- 0.43 0.43 -- 0.30 0.11 -0.19 27.16 34.67 7.51 14.23 6.12 -8.11
6 2.71 3.45 0.74 -- -- -- 0.07 0.07 -- 1.71 1.55 -0.16 -- -- -- -- 0.50 0.50
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.47 5.36 -3.11
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.99 13.03 -1.96
9 0.05 0.05 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 318.77 305.17 -13.60 88.05 19.27 -68.78 -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 130.07 156.56 26.49 33.77 90.20 56.43 -- -- --
11 121.49 128.98 7.49 89.41 96.80 7.39 46.25 78.82 32.57 62.92 71.29 8.37 298.27 457.77 159.50 0.74 0.04 -0.70
12 12.13 13.22 1.09 80.21 74.12 -6.09 126.80 111.11 -15.69 26.87 30.57 3.70 152.89 62.42 -90.47 0.10 0.80 0.70
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- 0.06 -- -0.06 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 -- -0.01
15 0.16 0.27 0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.08 -- -0.08
16 -- 0.44 0.44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.15 4.46 -9.69 1.66 4.55 2.89
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 2.11 2.13 0.02 9.77 10.10 0.33 8.41 9.80 1.39 25.94 27.15 1.21 37.54 35.81 -1.73 -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 337.98 340.40 2.42 298.84 294.23 -4.61 356.62 357.57 0.95 1082.08 1112.88 30.81 1146.37 1135.41 -10.96 41.16 32.01 -9.15
TGA 3932.00 2940.00 4452.00 4325.00 8206.00 1668.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
169
 Table-27 (b): Orissa contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Jajapur Jharsuguda Kalahandi Kandhamal Kendrapara Kendujhar

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 0.15 -- -0.15 1.05 0.45 -0.60 20.87 19.28 -1.59 2.73 1.82 -0.91 -- -- -- 66.46 56.86 -9.60
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 49.51 39.76 -9.75 90.52 87.17 -3.35 198.42 186.43 -11.99 525.35 514.44 -10.91 7.25 5.54 -1.71 251.06 253.81 2.75
4 52.19 56.22 4.03 89.44 85.05 -4.39 84.61 83.65 -0.96 9.48 19.23 9.75 -- 0.72 0.72 48.48 39.92 -8.56
5 39.25 25.47 -13.78 0.28 1.16 0.88 0.44 0.34 -0.10 -- -- -- 21.67 15.47 -6.20 11.53 9.99 -1.54
6 14.10 28.43 14.33 -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.03 -- -- -- 1.70 3.54 1.84 -- 1.34 1.34
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.10 7.74 -0.36 -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- 92.70 87.78 -4.92 167.09 138.49 -28.60 -- -- -- 6.43 1.26 -5.17
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- 55.63 62.46 6.83 48.78 70.16 21.38 -- -- -- 3.75 9.04 5.29
11 65.98 64.32 -1.66 38.41 39.44 1.03 261.50 262.93 1.43 199.98 208.57 8.59 5.52 5.52 -- 141.62 159.97 18.35
12 20.70 17.56 -3.14 2.70 1.96 -0.74 97.35 95.41 -1.94 118.73 113.78 -4.95 15.62 15.64 0.02 101.04 86.35 -14.69
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 0.01 -- -0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 -- -0.02 -- -- --
15 0.05 -- -0.05 -- -- -- -- 1.83 1.83 -- -- -- 1.56 -- -1.56 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.12 1.32 -1.80 -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 5.66 5.66 -- 1.53 1.53 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.27 0.33 0.06
21 0.85 0.85 -- 0.19 0.19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.81 7.73 -0.08
22 1.87 1.82 -0.05 0.47 0.56 0.09 76.91 77.15 0.24 13.22 13.41 0.20 -- -- -- 23.17 23.19 0.02
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 250.32 240.08 -10.24 224.60 217.51 -7.09 888.43 877.30 -11.13 1085.36 1079.91 -5.45 64.55 55.49 -9.06 661.62 649.79 -11.83
TGA 2899.00 2081.00 7920.00 8021.00 2644.00 8303.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
170
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-27 (b): Orissa contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Khordha Koraput Malkangiri Mayurbhanj Nabarangapur

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 0.02 -- -0.02 63.12 57.26 -5.86 1.36 0.52 -0.84 0.42 0.18 -0.24 7.28 3.69 -3.59
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 167.43 167.48 0.05 810.69 828.55 17.86 399.95 389.97 -9.99 117.22 57.50 -59.72 197.92 157.48 -40.45
4 114.92 114.40 -0.52 15.46 19.02 3.56 24.33 40.17 15.84 5.58 50.99 45.41 39.68 68.01 28.33
5 37.03 33.13 -3.89 2.70 2.37 -0.33 -- -- -- 0.44 0.30 -0.14 1.09 0.93 -0.16
6 1.22 0.31 -0.91 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.01 -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 0.11 -- -0.11 117.97 112.60 -5.37 179.03 164.96 -14.07 -- -- -- 12.90 11.86 -1.04
10 -- -- -- 30.88 32.79 1.91 107.79 128.71 20.92 -- -- -- 0.36 1.79 1.43
11 144.14 147.02 2.88 107.70 110.02 2.33 337.85 343.66 5.81 102.90 117.39 14.49 309.65 308.16 -1.48
12 2.73 3.22 0.48 36.50 37.59 1.09 190.55 189.45 -1.10 145.56 135.22 -10.34 281.26 297.84 16.58
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.42 1.42 -- -- -- -- -- --
14 0.30 -- -0.30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 4.00 4.04 0.05 27.83 28.37 0.54 39.93 40.02 0.09 91.66 90.49 -1.17 6.23 6.67 0.44
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 471.90 469.59 -2.31 1212.85 1228.58 15.74 1280.79 1298.88 18.09 463.78 452.10 -11.68 856.37 856.43 0.07
TGA 2813.00 8807.00 5791.00 10418.00 5291.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
171
 Table-27 (b): Orissa contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Nayagarh Nuapada Puri Rayagada Sambalpur

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 40.79 22.01 -18.78 0.34 0.24 -0.10 -- -- -- 102.58 84.13 -18.45 32.95 17.21 -15.74
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 313.27 307.11 -6.16 203.76 186.42 -17.34 15.67 13.07 -2.60 314.24 299.68 -14.56 143.46 131.62 -11.84
4 67.16 65.92 -1.24 19.91 37.56 17.65 1.81 1.35 -0.46 8.22 15.83 7.61 88.95 98.64 9.69
5 1.13 1.08 -0.05 0.04 0.04 -- 181.86 133.37 -48.49 -- -- -- 1.34 1.03 -0.31
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.21 24.22 16.01 -- -- -- 0.07 0.01 -0.06
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 39.42 32.83 -6.59 -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.98 11.40 2.42 -- -- --
11 455.90 464.77 8.87 217.40 227.80 10.40 10.49 6.28 -4.21 114.95 134.78 19.83 289.31 294.84 5.53
12 28.16 27.99 -0.17 61.03 23.35 -37.68 1.27 2.05 0.78 8-- 83.27 3.27 19.69 24.93 5.24
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 0.60 -- -0.60 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.12 -- -0.12 -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 12.30 8.13 -4.17 -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 48.77 48.55 -0.22 15.00 15.55 0.55 -- -- -- 10.81 9.62 -1.19 1.91 2.01 0.10
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 955.78 937.43 -18.35 517.48 490.95 -26.53 231.73 188.48 -43.25 679.20 671.53 -7.67 577.67 570.29 -7.39
TGA 3890.00 3852.00 3479.00 7073.00 6657.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
172
Table-27 (b): Orissa contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Subarnapur* Sundargarh Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 13.83 4.66 -9.17 7.59 7.77 0.17 671.19 431.29 -239.91
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 72.68 71.84 -0.84 185.75 178.07 -7.68 5445.08 5158.18 -286.90
4 15.90 15.20 -0.70 4.23 7.39 3.16 1383.29 1591.41 208.12
5 -- -- -- 0.20 0.20 -- 424.04 333.46 -90.58
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 35.56 68.95 33.39
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.47 5.36 -3.11
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 23.09 20.76 -2.32
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1023.83 874.70 -149.13
10 -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.03 421.61 563.44 141.83
11 148.35 160.35 12.00 221.25 228.73 7.49 4781.34 5122.53 341.19
12 5.11 6.47 1.36 97.11 84.73 -12.38 1842.28 1677.57 -164.71
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.42 1.42
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.88 -- -1.88
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.79 2.53 -0.26
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 34.15 23.14 -11.01
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 0.43 0.43 -- 7.90 7.96 0.06
21 -- -- -- 1.82 1.98 0.16 10.67 10.75 0.08
22 18.07 17.24 -0.83 7.87 8.74 0.87 531.11 532.31 1.21
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 273.95 275.76 1.81 526.24 518.05 -8.19 16648.27 16425.76 -222.51
TGA 2337.00 9712.00 155707.00
* Earlier Sonepur

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Punjab
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

Pathankot grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Gurdaspur Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
HIMACHAL PRADESH
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Amritsar
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Hoshiarpur Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Kapurthala Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
Jallandhar
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
PAKISTAN
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
Firozpur - abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Ludhiana Under utilised deg. noti.

Moga Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Faridkot Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

State boundary Railway line

Muktsar
District Boundary Major roads

Patiala
Sangrur

Mansa Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
RAJASTHAN LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

HARYANA
Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC)
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 Punjab Agricultural University Campus
8% 8% Ludhiana, Punjab, 141 004
11%
1 1 14%
34%

Sponsored by
39% 3 3
17
17 4 9%
4 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
5 9% Total Geog. Area (TGA): 50362 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
15 11
6 15
11
5 National Remote Sensing Centre
87 8%
6 Total wasteland area :936.83 sq. km.
3% 9% 87
8%
Wasteland area: 1.86 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
3% 4%
9% 7% 3% 6% 3% 3%
Figure - 29a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Punjab
Pathankot

Gurdaspur

LEGEND
HIMACHAL PRADESH
Wastelands to Non Wastelands
Amritsar (112.70 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(49.48 sq. km.)
Hoshiarpur

Kapurthala Non Wasteland to Wasteland

(30.56 sq. km.)
Jallandhar
PAKISTAN State boundary

District Boundary

Railway line
Firozpur
Major roads
Ludhiana
Moga

Faridkot

Muktsar

Patiala
Sangrur
Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Mansa
RAJASTHAN Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC)
HARYANA Punjab Agricultural University Campus
Ludhiana, Punjab, 141 004

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 29b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-28 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Punjab during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 15 17 24 26 27 28 29 32
Total Total
1 78.92 1.60 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.08 1.09 0.43 -- -- -- 82.12
3 -- 103.46 2.05 0.26 0.18 -- -- -- -- 0.36 -- 0.07 1.31 0.07 2.14 -- 0.04 109.94
4 -- 14.13 77.97 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.11 -- 0.12 2.51 -- -- -- 0.45 95.29
5 -- 0.20 0.02 61.10 8.42 0.89 0.36 -- -- 0.18 -- 0.45 4.77 0.89 -- -- 0.23 77.51
6 -- 1.11 0.11 4.77 21.67 0.04 -- -- -- 2.91 -- -- 3.63 0.16 -- -- -- 34.39
1018.97
7 -- -- -- 0.34 0.13 26.23 0.13 -- -- -- 0.01 -- 3.25 -- 0.03 -- -- 30.14
8 -- -- -- 0.01 0.24 0.19 23.03 -- -- -- -- -- 4.33 -- 0.04 -- -- 27.84
11 -- 1.41 0.08 -- 0.18 -- -- 59.67 0.28 0.29 -- 0.15 -- -- 0.50 6.78 0.13 69.47
15 -- 6.83 1.10 -- 0.28 -- -- -- -- 82.62 -- -- 6.43 -- 0.06 -- 0.60 97.92
17 -- -- 0.05 0.23 -- -- -- -- -- -- 322.13 0.45 69.54 1.28 0.56 -- 0.12 394.35
999 0.58 2.61 3.71 9.78 10.60 1.28 -- 1.11 -- 0.47 0.42 -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 79.49 131.35 85.08 76.49 41.70 28.63 23.52 60.78 0.28 86.94 322.57 1.32 96.86 2.83 3.34 6.78 1.57
(2008-09)
Grand Total
936.87
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 112.70 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 30.56 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Decrease (-) 82.14 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
1 1.60 14 0.58 6
Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
3 3.63 29 2.61 37
4 3.08 76 3.71 30
5 6.34 73 9.78 49 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
6 3.78 47 10.60 39 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
7 3.28 65 1.28 15 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
8 4.37 154 -- --
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
11 7.56 42 1.11 18
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
15 7.10 83 0.47 61 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
17 71.95 2676 0.42 9 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
Total 112.70 3259 30.56 264 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
32. Waterbodies

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Table-28 (b): Punjab
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Amritsar Barnala Bathinda Faridkot Fatehgarh Sahib Firozpur
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 1.27 0.90 -0.37 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 9.76 8.94 -0.82 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02 7.09 6.72 -0.37
4 0.53 0.51 -0.02 -- 0.05 0.05 0.17 0.17 -- 1.52 1.50 -0.02 0.43 0.30 -0.13 5.38 4.83 -0.55
5 0.84 0.99 0.15 -- 0.06 0.06 0.04 -- -0.04 3.22 0.56 -2.66 -- -- -- 1.28 4.09 2.81
6 2.02 1.53 -0.49 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.41 1.41 -- -- -- 0.59 2.50 1.91
7 0.97 0.79 -0.18 -- -- -- 1.85 1.60 -0.25 0.82 0.66 -0.16 -- -- -- 5.41 4.83 -0.58
8 0.24 0.19 -0.05 -- -- -- 0.21 0.20 -0.01 0.19 0.49 0.30 -- -- -- 17.17 13.88 -3.29
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.47 7.47 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 6.25 3.02 -3.23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.31 14.42 -0.89
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 0.01 -- -0.01 16.81 11.20 -5.61 133.50 114.86 -18.64 7.16 5.41 -1.75 -- -- -- 73.02 66.68 -6.34
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 21.89 16.89 -5.00 16.81 11.31 -5.50 135.77 116.84 -18.93 20.38 17.50 -2.88 0.43 0.32 -0.11 125.25 117.96 -7.29
TGA 2671.00 1410.00 3375.00 1472.00 1142.00 5853.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-28 (b): Punjab contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Gurdaspur Hoshiarpur Jalandhar Kapurthala Ludhiana Mansa

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 18.72 17.66 -1.06 4.44 4.67 0.23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 6.19 6.89 0.70 34.80 42.33 7.53 0.46 -- -0.46 5.87 6.04 0.17 0.35 1.41 1.06 -- -- --
4 0.37 2.08 1.71 9.59 9.88 0.29 1.04 0.98 -0.06 1.63 1.59 -0.04 0.91 0.45 -0.46 -- -- --
5 31.86 27.45 -4.41 4.30 3.39 -0.91 0.08 0.11 0.03 5.26 4.39 -0.87 0.77 0.84 0.07 -- -- --
6 13.74 12.62 -1.12 6.58 5.84 -0.74 -- -- -- 0.81 1.64 0.83 0.49 0.62 0.13 1.14 0.72 -0.42
7 0.11 0.20 0.09 -- 0.11 0.11 0.01 0.01 -- 0.30 0.24 -0.06 -- -- -- -- 0.04 0.04
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.11 0.11 -- 1.02 0.94 -0.08 -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 8.93 8.34 -0.59 28.98 24.93 -4.05 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- 0.11 0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 12.22 11.30 -0.92 25.77 21.30 -4.47 2.78 2.35 -0.43 0.99 0.66 -0.33 8.88 7.65 -1.23 0.39 0.25 -0.14
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.11 1.03 -0.08 0.58 0.48 -0.10 3.91 3.00 -0.91 71.15 52.81 -18.34
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 92.14 86.54 -5.60 114.46 112.57 -1.89 5.59 4.59 -1.00 16.46 15.99 -0.47 15.31 13.97 -1.34 72.68 53.82 -18.86
TGA 3566.00 3310.00 2643.00 1633.00 3762.00 2150.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
178
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-28 (b): Punjab contd... Area in sq.km.

Shahid Bhagat
WL Moga Muktsar Patiala Rupnagar Sangrur
Singh Nagar*
class
2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 22.49 22.05 -0.44 -- -- -- 12.99 13.03 0.04 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.16 3.93 1.77 2.62 3.99 1.37 24.16 28.52 4.36 -- -- --
4 0.92 0.88 -0.04 4.68 4.11 -0.57 4.66 4.92 0.26 4.50 3.10 -1.40 33.77 31.75 -2.02 -- -- --
5 -- -- -- 27.98 32.17 4.19 0.02 0.02 -- -- -- -- 2.02 2.07 0.05 -- -- --
6 -- -- -- 8.83 14.14 5.31 -- -- -- 0.08 0.08 -- -- -- -- 0.11 0.04 -0.07
7 0.14 0.12 -0.02 7.34 6.81 -0.53 -- -- -- 3.83 3.83 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- 8.44 7.28 -1.16 -- -- -- 0.01 -- -0.01 -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.97 2.48 -1.49 1.05 1.02 -0.03 14.47 13.57 -0.90 -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.03 -- 0.14 0.14 -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 0.25 0.76 0.51 -- -- -- 3.87 4.38 0.51 0.05 0.05 -- 10.06 9.85 -0.21 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 2.25 1.45 -0.80 52.50 46.37 -6.13 -- -- -- 6.34 3.98 -2.36 -- -- -- 25.88 15.28 -10.60
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 3.56 3.22 -0.34 109.77 110.89 1.12 37.17 37.79 0.62 18.48 16.09 -2.39 97.47 98.93 1.46 25.99 15.32 -10.67
TGA 1672.00 2635.00 1260.00 3318.00 1376.00 3603.00
* Earlier Nawan Shahr
1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-28 (b): Punjab contd... Area in sq.km.

WL SAS Nagar Tarn Taran Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 11.17 10.74 -0.43 11.04 10.43 -0.61 82.12 79.49 -2.63
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 9.90 16.14 6.24 6.58 6.41 -0.17 109.94 131.35 21.41
4 24.28 17.25 -7.03 0.91 0.73 -0.18 95.29 85.08 -10.21
5 -- -- -- 0.34 0.34 -- 78.01 76.49 -1.52
6 -- 0.55 0.55 -- -- -- 34.39 41.70 7.31
7 9.07 9.12 0.05 0.29 0.24 -0.05 30.14 28.63 -1.51
8 0.01 0.01 -- 0.47 0.43 -0.04 27.87 23.52 -4.34
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 4.41 2.78 -1.63 0.19 0.19 -- 69.47 60.78 -8.69
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.28 0.28
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 0.25 0.24 -0.01 10.85 10.71 -0.14 97.92 86.94 -10.98
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- 0.13 -- -0.13 394.35 322.57 -71.78
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 59.09 56.83 -2.26 30.80 29.48 -1.32 1019.50 936.83 -82.67
TGA 1093.00 2418.00 50362.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
180
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin)
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture)
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land
14. Degraded land under plantation crop
15. Sands-Riverine
16. Sands-Coastal
17. Sands-Desertic
18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
20. Mining Wastelands
21. Industrial wastelands
22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
23. Snow covered /Glacial area
 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Rajasthan
Legend
PUNJAB Deg. pastures and
Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1)
grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
PAKISTAN
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
HARYANA - Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Churu
Waterlogged and marshy
Bikaner Sands - Semi Stab. -
- Seasonal (6)
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Sikar Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Alwar Land affected by salinity
Jaisalmer Nagaur /alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Bharatpur Shifting cultivation
JAIPUR Dausa - current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
Ajmer - abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
Jodhpur Gangapur
Under utilised deg. noti.
Tonk Snow Covered/
Barmer forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Pali
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area
MADHYA PRADESH
Jalor
Bhilwara State boundary Railway line
District Boundary Major roads
Kota
Baran

Bhindar

GUJARAT

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Regional Centre - West
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 National Remote Sensing Centre
5% 1%1% 5% 1% 1% Near ITI, LIA, CAZRI Campus
17% 22
12
26% 17%
221 2
25% Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 342 003

Sponsored by
19 3 19 3

18 18 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources

12% 4 11% Total Geog. Area (TGA): 342239 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
17
13 11
17
4
National Remote Sensing Centre
13 11 Total wasteland area :84929.10 sq. km.
5% 12 16% 4% 18%
Wasteland area: 24.82 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
4%
4%
1% 12% 13% Figure - 30a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
PUNJAB
Rajasthan

PAKISTAN
LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

HARYANA
(10264.60 sq. km.)
Churu
Bikaner Wastelands to another Wasteland
(7348.81 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

Sikar (1503.37 sq. km.)
Alwar
Jaisalmer Nagaur State boundary
Bharatpur District Boundary
JAIPUR Dausa
Railway line

Ajmer Major roads

Jodhpur Gangapur
Tonk
Barmer
Pali

MADHYA PRADESH
Jalor
Bhilwara
Kota
Baran

Bhindar Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check
GUJARAT

Coordination Partner Inst.

Regional Centre - West
National Remote Sensing Centre
Near ITI, LIA, CAZRI Campus
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 342 003

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
Figure - 30b ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-29 (a):Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Rajasthan during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Total Total
1 253.53 5.07 551.56 117.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.10 -- -- 1.25 -- -- 0.23 -- -- 0.41 0.16 46.61 42.42 -- 0.53 0.24 -- 0.90 1020.17
2 26.89 431.66 315.33 54.20 -- -- -- -- 0.03 -- 0.45 -- -- 0.81 -- -- -- -- -- 0.06 -- 18.87 13.76 -- 0.57 1.78 -- 0.64 865.03
3 5.06 0.04 18331.94 1552.92 0.71 -- 1.07 -- -- -- 11.99 -- 0.32 4.08 -- 39.35 6.17 -- 85.46 12.06 1.82 983.88 2576.10 23.16 1.90 13.92 0.06 9.67 23661.70
4 0.34 -- 522.21 12596.79 -- -- 0.42 -- 0.94 -- 0.49 -- 2.27 0.81 58.30 28.93 2.05 0.87 43.62 6.49 7.15 562.51 758.94 13.97 0.22 1.21 -- 10.88 14619.38
5 -- -- 1.80 -- 34.56 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.76 2.48 -- -- -- -- 25.28 64.88
6 -- -- 0.58 0.05 -- 43.84 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.73 8.06 -- -- -- -- 0.67 54.94
7 -- -- 18.74 14.81 -- -- 284.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.70 -- -- -- 1.79 17.54 9.09 -- -- -- -- 0.34 347.12
8 -- -- 3.07 0.61 1.34 -- -- 224.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.84 12.90 -- -- -- -- 21.62 269.39
11 -- -- 2.89 6.89 -- -- -- -- 10934.90 38.44 0.46 0.22 -- -- -- -- 0.24 0.04 1.07 0.60 2.43 1.17 2.20 1.73 239.66 126.10 -- 7.04 11366.10
12 702.30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.10 114.52 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.61 -- 21.58 -- -- 0.20 854.34 93690.33
13 -- 0.48 112.32 117.11 -- -- 0.47 0.30 8.96 0.90 3274.54 -- 0.96 7.99 0.83 4.05 0.96 0.13 0.20 5.16 0.06 181.77 191.04 4.09 -- 0.44 -- 5.70 3918.42
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 0.35 -- 35.06 28.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.68 -- 105.81 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04 0.33 8.80 13.19 0.10 -- -- -- 3.29 196.69
17 -- -- 111.58 83.57 -- -- -- 0.06 0.03 -- 2.59 -- 1.05 3030.81 0.08 111.66 -- 0.05 1.57 0.52 0.49 805.52 503.30 -- 0.13 2.78 -- 0.09 4655.88
18 -- -- 179.15 59.48 0.43 5.34 -- -- -- -- 0.90 -- -- 70.93 9151.68 1147.19 -- -- -- -- -- 357.73 211.88 2.27 -- 0.29 0.94 -- 11188.21
19 -- -- 303.56 61.76 -- 0.14 -- -- -- -- 2.45 -- 0.18 89.16 66.99 12751.96 -- -- 3.19 -- -- 1663.52 609.07 6.63 -- 27.83 -- -- 15586.44
20 -- -- 1.46 1.71 -- -- 0.14 -- 0.91 -- -- -- 0.04 -- -- -- 101.74 -- 0.04 0.07 0.43 0.11 0.20 -- -- -- -- -- 106.86
21 -- -- -- 0.07 -- -- -- -- 0.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.86 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.06
22 0.72 -- 278.02 190.30 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.13 -- -- -- -- -- 0.41 -- 4401.69 0.81 1.71 10.18 19.49 1.19 -- 0.96 -- 0.10 4905.72
999 98.33 0.24 316.78 473.93 10.95 21.04 37.64 2.21 1.96 5.82 142.62 0.67 2.15 191.92 1.88 167.41 3.68 3.72 20.44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 1087.52 437.49 21086.05 15359.37 48.00 70.36 323.84 226.57 10962.97 159.68 3438.40 0.89 112.78 3397.75 9279.75 14250.55 116.18 13.67 4557.27 26.24 16.38 4666.57 4974.71 53.15 264.59 175.55 1.01 86.42
(2008-09)
Grand Total
84929.10
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from

WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809 Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 10264.60 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
Category
Area
No of
polygons
Area
No of
polygons
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 1503.37 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
1 91.27 672 98.33 46 NET Decrease (-) 8761.23 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
2 35.67 149 0.24 3 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
3 3622.59 8655 316.78 749
4 1361.36 6731 473.93 768
5 28.52 23 10.95 7
Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
6 10.46 24 21.04 8
1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
7 28.76 69 37.64 12
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
8 40.36 49 2.21 12
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 380.93 1998 1.96 23
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
12 22.42 433 5.82 17
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
13 388.25 1390 142.62 185
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
14 -- -- 0.67 1
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
15 25.76 129 2.15 3
17 1312.84 3140 191.92 186
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
18 573.11 679 1.88 10
32. Waterbodies
19 2307.05 3192 167.41 250
20 0.81 13 3.68 28
21 -- -- 3.72 7
22 34.45 233 20.44 135
Total 10264.60 27579 1503.37 2450

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 Table-29 (b): Rajasthan
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Ajmer Alwar Barmer Banswara Baran Bharatpur
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 0.09 33.97 33.88 56.69 44.98 -11.72 -- 0.53 0.53 -- -- -- 78.30 73.22 -5.07 59.41 2.69 -56.72
2 -- -- -- 67.94 39.75 -28.19 20.22 19.47 -0.75 -- -- -- 100.47 39.22 -61.25 -- 0.16 0.16
3 654.08 558.86 -95.22 449.93 496.08 46.15 1032.84 619.49 -413.34 169.50 171.89 2.40 191.44 290.52 99.08 193.16 277.02 83.85
4 910.43 1076.74 166.31 83.24 51.27 -31.96 384.68 719.52 334.84 164.26 176.66 12.40 131.87 165.89 34.01 58.70 134.84 76.14
5 8.31 8.63 0.31 -- -- -- -- 0.17 0.17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 21.31 21.31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.61 7.61
7 11.98 10.82 -1.15 0.20 0.30 0.10 123.12 105.29 -17.83 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.25 0.26 0.01
8 19.90 17.63 -2.27 -- -- -- 9.93 3.49 -6.44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 210.79 200.39 -10.40 111.10 97.69 -13.41 124.69 113.15 -11.54 629.12 628.11 -1.01 1197.68 1160.31 -37.38 57.07 39.92 -17.15
12 -- -- -- 40.59 10.33 -30.25 0.75 -- -0.75 25.97 15.03 -10.94 130.61 7.34 -123.27 0.19 0.21 0.02
13 128.01 87.74 -40.27 -- 0.05 0.05 279.09 156.45 -122.64 23.57 19.39 -4.18 106.82 95.55 -11.27 -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 0.08 -- -0.08 0.35 0.05 -0.29 -- 2.30 2.30 -- -- -- 46.52 39.71 -6.81 6.94 -- -6.94
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 19.14 13.19 -5.95 0.08 -- -0.08 402.27 160.04 -242.23 -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.04 0.77 -5.27
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1728.70 1313.17 -415.53 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2598.27 1387.10 -1211.17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 3.37 5.27 1.91 0.75 0.64 -0.11 1.95 3.09 1.14 3.71 2.80 -0.91 -- -- -- 1.41 0.99 -0.42
21 -- 1.05 1.05 -- -- -- -- 0.15 0.15 0.34 0.19 -0.15 -- -- -- -- -- --
22 182.53 143.93 -38.59 273.70 228.05 -45.65 299.06 394.79 95.73 102.90 91.01 -11.89 35.27 27.51 -7.75 196.08 91.06 -105.02
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 2148.69 2158.22 9.53 1084.56 969.20 -115.37 7005.56 5019.52 -1986.04 1119.37 1105.09 -14.28 2018.97 1899.26 -119.71 579.25 555.51 -23.74
TGA 8481.00 8380.00 28387.00 5037.00 6955.00 5092.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
184
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-29 (b): Rajasthan contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Bhilwara Bikaner Bundi Chittaurgarh Churu Dausa

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 12.32 11.61 -0.71 59.16 57.71 -1.45 99.29 80.99 -18.29 -- 0.09 0.09 -- 4.13 4.13 73.49 9.47 -64.01
2 -- -- -- 37.25 35.47 -1.78 210.29 191.08 -19.21 -- -- -- -- -- -- 33.23 2.80 -30.43
3 1618.22 1406.31 -211.91 1430.39 132.49 -1297.90 247.19 255.08 7.89 866.63 771.24 -95.39 52.82 150.47 97.65 129.78 191.60 61.81
4 768.28 814.28 46.00 265.73 398.29 132.56 37.20 82.93 45.73 442.76 388.50 -54.26 343.38 240.95 -102.43 93.33 63.95 -29.37
5 -- -- -- 0.37 0.37 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.32 1.32 -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.54 2.54 -- 14.71 14.53 -0.18 0.17 -- -0.17
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.39 0.01 -0.38 0.15 0.06 -0.09
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 363.48 351.70 -11.77 70.87 70.06 -0.81 770.48 717.47 -53.00 892.10 901.72 9.62 -- -- -- 75.97 63.51 -12.46
12 9.11 3.24 -5.87 -- 0.81 0.81 -- 1.05 1.05 183.16 5.05 -178.11 -- -- -- 1.24 0.75 -0.48
13 324.26 313.52 -10.74 485.71 466.05 -19.66 27.20 26.45 -0.74 50.57 49.28 -1.29 128.12 130.00 1.89 15.10 11.04 -4.06
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.90 0.48 -0.43
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 0.08 -- -0.08 1111.56 951.66 -159.90 0.35 0.35 -- -- -- -- 58.42 14.36 -44.05 0.48 0.25 -0.23
18 -- -- -- 1278.94 1013.70 -265.24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- 5907.50 5301.61 -605.89 -- -- -- -- -- -- 109.99 30.79 -79.20 -- -- --
20 2.65 2.58 -0.07 -- -- -- 0.41 0.53 0.12 4.99 5.80 0.81 0.04 0.04 -- 0.72 0.25 -0.47
21 -- -- -- -- 2.62 2.62 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 0.05
22 206.16 205.17 -0.98 19.63 20.06 0.43 88.81 56.88 -31.94 98.87 88.62 -10.25 4.94 2.64 -2.30 26.70 7.70 -19.01
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 3304.55 3108.42 -196.13 10667.12 8450.91 -2216.21 1481.21 1412.80 -68.40 2541.62 2212.84 -328.78 714.14 589.25 -124.88 451.25 351.93 -99.33
TGA 10455.00 27244.00 5550.00 10856.00 16830.00 3432.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
185
 Table-29 (b): Rajasthan contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Dhaulpur Dungarpur Ganganagar Hanumangarh Jaipur Jaisalmer

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 68.06 74.67 6.61 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.31 199.23 195.92 -- -- --
2 120.08 30.94 -89.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 17.89 17.86 -0.04 -- -- --
3 315.96 343.94 27.98 371.09 399.55 28.47 21.95 76.29 54.35 13.66 24.01 10.35 181.24 215.81 34.56 8352.40 7748.97 -603.42
4 83.08 95.94 12.85 552.60 551.04 -1.56 89.39 81.19 -8.20 33.61 41.32 7.71 874.92 816.74 -58.18 3870.31 3565.04 -305.27
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.49 7.49 5.00 7.18 2.18 10.10 -- -10.10 -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.97 7.41 4.44 1.40 1.04 -0.36 -- -- -- 15.33 4.76 -10.57
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 19.12 15.40 -3.72 11.36 11.76 0.40
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 39.87 32.33 -7.54 40.67 38.77 -1.89
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 297.98 294.25 -3.73 324.88 311.04 -13.84 -- -- -- 23.12 23.12 -- 385.51 380.31 -5.20 145.87 110.99 -34.87
12 56.96 1.44 -55.52 18.22 18.03 -0.20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04 0.04 --
13 -- -- -- 27.97 26.01 -1.96 -- -- -- 21.46 10.95 -10.52 55.98 42.09 -13.89 85.98 86.74 0.76
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 0.15 -- -0.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 23.23 12.86 -10.36 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- 154.59 169.79 15.20 330.54 102.84 -227.70 97.69 7.63 -90.06 528.99 546.69 17.70
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1088.21 -- -1088.21 20.44 -- -20.44 -- -- -- 6905.69 6815.99 -89.70
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- 171.83 926.54 754.72 -- 118.69 118.69 -- -- -- 5058.99 4902.85 -156.14
20 0.22 0.15 -0.07 2.23 2.40 0.17 -- -- -- -- 0.16 0.16 3.20 2.60 -0.60 0.84 0.65 -0.19
21 -- -- -- 0.14 0.14 -- 2.57 2.57 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 20.50 20.31 -0.20 52.80 43.33 -9.47 -- -- -- -- -- -- 80.79 70.80 -9.98 1228.13 1226.28 -1.85
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 963.00 861.64 -101.36 1349.93 1351.54 1.61 1531.49 1271.27 -260.22 449.23 329.30 -119.93 1792.85 1813.66 20.82 26244.58 25059.53 -1185.05
TGA 3008.00 3770.00 10978.00 9656.00 10636.00 38401.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
186
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-29 (b): Rajasthan contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Jalor Jhalawar Jhunjhunun Jodhpur Karauli Kota

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 51.89 47.83 -4.07 19.71 4.98 -14.72 1.42 18.75 17.33 11.72 10.02 -1.70 134.53 33.28 -101.25 96.61 13.38 -83.23
2 20.42 7.14 -13.28 0.26 -- -0.26 27.46 22.12 -5.34 -- -- -- 26.95 1.92 -25.03 156.24 17.61 -138.63
3 233.51 279.12 45.61 731.81 782.93 51.12 30.23 70.42 40.19 439.60 364.84 -74.76 310.24 316.28 6.04 238.47 401.63 163.16
4 80.84 91.67 10.83 374.63 297.80 -76.83 324.37 291.17 -33.20 945.42 910.64 -34.78 60.69 87.94 27.25 19.84 96.08 76.24
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- 0.67 0.67 -- -- -- -- -- -- 27.57 27.57 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 11.91 11.60 -0.31 -- -- -- -- -- -- 48.97 49.77 0.80 -- 0.06 0.06 -- -- --
8 36.66 34.26 -2.39 -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.18 5.98 -0.20 -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 161.06 152.02 -9.04 604.36 532.07 -72.30 169.99 168.40 -1.59 57.53 59.90 2.37 1121.07 1096.01 -25.06 521.43 533.84 12.41
12 -- 0.13 0.13 12.83 0.73 -12.10 -- 0.22 0.22 -- 0.49 0.49 243.21 7.09 -236.12 -- -- --
13 286.88 270.22 -16.67 16.15 15.74 -0.41 56.71 50.68 -6.03 661.95 643.43 -18.51 1.38 2.09 0.70 6.08 5.15 -0.93
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.89 0.89 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 0.03 0.13 0.10 -- -- -- 15.48 11.38 -4.10 4.10 0.24 -3.86 -- -- -- 0.34 0.36 0.02
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 285.73 239.58 -46.15 -- -- -- 19.21 14.18 -5.03 1084.12 1002.53 -81.58 0.05 0.10 0.05 -- -- --
18 20.57 16.30 -4.27 -- -- -- -- -- -- 145.66 120.59 -25.07 -- -- -- -- -- --
19 132.30 112.70 -19.60 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1349.97 1375.47 25.50 -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.91 0.91 -- 3.30 3.57 0.27 -- 0.31 0.31 20.59 20.19 -0.41 0.56 0.51 -0.06 0.53 0.36 -0.17
21 0.61 0.65 0.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.99 1.12 0.13 -- -- -- -- -- --
22 173.30 173.70 0.41 13.90 11.99 -1.92 32.69 27.03 -5.67 500.21 502.12 1.91 55.44 34.61 -20.82 11.32 5.98 -5.34
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 1496.61 1438.64 -57.97 1776.94 1649.81 -127.14 677.56 675.54 -2.02 5304.56 5094.87 -209.69 1954.13 1579.89 -374.24 1050.85 1074.38 23.53
TGA 10640.00 6219.00 5928.00 22850.00 5524.00 5481.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
187
 Table-29 (b): Rajasthan contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Nagaur Pali Rajsamand Sikar Sirohi Sawai Madhopur

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- 33.70 33.70 14.35 9.17 -5.18 -- -- -- 21.43 87.06 65.64 42.62 42.08 -0.54 114.95 128.83 13.89
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.64 1.87 -0.77 10.74 7.86 -2.88 9.36 -- -9.36
3 291.82 288.26 -3.56 1188.03 1203.95 15.92 1478.24 779.53 -698.70 50.38 112.71 62.33 526.85 523.03 -3.83 163.49 165.68 2.19
4 289.53 477.90 188.36 361.50 412.79 51.29 328.08 669.65 341.56 392.10 312.84 -79.26 400.07 408.39 8.32 156.77 126.13 -30.64
5 38.05 22.74 -15.31 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.09 0.09 -- 1.62 -- -1.62 -- -- --
6 -- -- -- 7.01 -- -7.01 -- -- -- 0.67 -- -0.67 -- -- -- -- -- --
7 18.09 9.69 -8.40 77.78 73.39 -4.39 -- -- -- 6.93 9.31 2.38 -- 9.11 9.11 -- -- --
8 102.56 85.76 -16.80 7.72 6.59 -1.13 -- -- -- 4.48 1.24 -3.24 -- -- -- 0.62 0.45 -0.17
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 127.64 126.85 -0.79 197.16 188.91 -8.24 41.21 26.60 -14.61 309.74 287.94 -21.80 504.43 504.73 0.31 388.69 341.39 -47.29
12 -- -- -- 4.16 2.87 -1.29 10.66 -- -10.66 -- 0.10 0.10 14.84 9.35 -5.48 15.14 3.93 -11.21
13 528.26 419.44 -108.82 395.64 338.81 -56.83 30.73 26.47 -4.26 68.08 46.20 -21.88 50.28 44.78 -5.51 11.68 10.84 -0.84
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- 69.59 36.53 -33.06 0.09 0.04 -0.05 19.85 1.56 -18.29 4.51 3.51 -1.00 2.59 1.94 -0.65
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 327.84 90.32 -237.52 8.87 3.03 -5.84 -- -- -- 178.00 41.65 -136.35 33.16 30.36 -2.80 8.54 8.08 -0.45
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 248.36 85.74 -162.62 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.24 9.07 -0.17 -- -- --
20 4.27 6.50 2.24 5.85 6.25 0.40 12.52 18.17 5.66 0.12 0.35 0.23 4.97 4.81 -0.16 0.36 0.37 0.01
21 -- -- -- 1.37 1.37 -- -- 0.72 0.72 -- -- -- 2.08 2.08 -- -- -- --
22 92.67 63.70 -28.97 289.24 265.71 -23.53 392.05 337.81 -54.24 28.33 26.38 -1.94 117.27 102.02 -15.25 12.33 21.45 9.12
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 2069.09 1710.60 -358.50 2628.27 2549.39 -78.88 2293.56 1858.98 -434.58 1082.84 929.31 -153.53 1722.69 1701.17 -21.52 884.51 809.10 -75.41
TGA 17718.00 12387.00 4689.00 7732.00 5136.00 5003.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
188
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-29 (b): Rajasthan contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Tonk Udaipur Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 0.83 65.12 64.29 -- -- -- 1020.17 1087.52 67.35
2 3.32 2.22 -1.10 -- -- -- 864.75 437.49 -427.27
3 324.15 324.88 0.73 1362.60 1343.16 -19.44 23661.70 21086.05 -2575.65
4 269.22 269.72 0.50 1428.55 1441.58 13.02 14619.38 15359.37 739.99
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 64.88 48.00 -16.88
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 54.94 70.36 15.42
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 347.12 323.84 -23.28
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 269.12 226.57 -42.55
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 102.92 104.56 1.64 1377.87 1376.00 -1.87 11365.78 10962.97 -402.81
12 -- -- -- 86.67 71.46 -15.21 854.34 159.68 -694.66
13 4.18 2.44 -1.75 40.60 40.81 0.21 3918.42 3438.40 -480.03
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.89 0.89
15 1.94 1.69 -0.25 -- -- -- 196.69 112.78 -83.90
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 0.16 0.36 0.21 -- -- -- 4655.88 3397.75 -1258.13
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- 11188.21 9279.75 -1908.46
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- 15586.44 14250.55 -1335.89
20 0.17 0.17 -- 26.21 25.75 -0.46 106.86 116.18 9.32
21 -- -- -- 0.97 0.97 -- 9.06 13.67 4.61
22 22.49 15.47 -7.02 247.63 251.18 3.55 4905.72 4557.27 -348.45
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 729.38 786.63 57.25 4571.11 4550.91 -20.20 93689.47 84929.10 -8760.37
TGA 7194.00 12590.00 342239.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin)
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture)
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land
14. Degraded land under plantation crop
15. Sands-Riverine
16. Sands-Coastal
17. Sands-Desertic
18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
20. Mining Wastelands
21. Industrial wastelands
22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
23. Snow covered /Glacial area
189
 WASTELAND MAP
CHINA 2008 - 09
Sikkim
Legend
Kerang Deg. pastures and
Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1)
grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
NEPAL Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Lachung Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
BHUTAN - abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
Mangan forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

State boundary Railway line

District Boundary Major roads

Wastelands - 2005-06
2%
18%
11
GANGTOK
22

23

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

80% LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Regional Centre - East
Wastelands - 2008-09 National Remote Sensing Centre
1%2%
11% IIT Campus
4
11
22
Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721 301
WEST BENGAL

Sponsored by
23 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 7096 sq. km. National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
86% Total wasteland area :3273.15 sq. km. ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 31a Wasteland area: 46.13 % Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

190
 CHINA WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Sikkim
Kerang

LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(11.83 km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(249.35 sq. km.)
NEPAL
Non Wasteland to Wasteland
(4.29 sq. km.)
Lachung
State boundary

District Boundary

Railway line
BHUTAN
Major roads

Mangan

GANGTOK

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Regional Centre - East
National Remote Sensing Centre
IIT Campus
Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721 301

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
WEST BENGAL National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 31b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

191
 Table-30 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Sikkim during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL
WL WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
in 2008-09
Categories
4 11 22 23 26 Category Total Grand Total
1 5.26 0.45 0.47 0.17 0.02 6.37

3 -- 60.19 0.29 -- 0.29 60.77

3280.69
4 14.98 0.55 342.59 213.61 8.17 579.90
5 -- -- 18.84 2611.47 3.35 2633.66
999 -- -- 0.04 4.25 --
Category Total
20.23 61.18 362.22 2829.51 11.83
(2008-09)
Grand Total
3273.15
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 11.83 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 4.29 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Decrease (-) 7.54 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
4 0.02 1 -- --
Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
11 0.29 1 -- --
22 8.17 34 0.04 3
23 3.35 3 4.25 6 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
Total 11.83 39 4.29 9 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
32. Waterbodies

192
Table-30 (b): Sikkim
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands(sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL East Sikkim North Sikkim South Sikkim West Sikkim Total
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
4 1.03 10.57 9.54 2.54 7.43 4.89 2.26 1.68 -0.58 0.53 0.55 0.02 6.37 20.23 13.87
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 4.51 4.21 -0.30 24.45 24.93 0.48 15.05 14.95 -0.11 16.94 17.10 0.16 60.96 61.18 0.23
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 111.67 104.15 -7.52 351.15 145.17 -205.98 5.09 3.66 -1.43 111.99 109.24 -2.75 579.90 362.22 -217.67
23 5.12 2.52 -2.60 2474.07 2662.62 188.55 29.19 29.54 0.35 125.28 134.83 9.55 2633.66 2829.51 195.85
Total WL 122.34 121.45 -0.89 2852.21 2840.15 -12.05 51.58 49.82 -1.77 254.75 261.72 6.97 3280.88 3273.15 -7.73
TGA 954.00 4226.00 750.00 1166.00 7096.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
193
 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
ANDHRA PRADESH
Tamil Nadu
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Vellore
Kanchipuram Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
KARNATAKA Land with open scrub (4)
Tiruvannamalai Sands - Coastal (16)
Dharmapuri Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
PUDDUCHERRY Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Salem Stab > 40 m (18)
Cuddalore Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Erode Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
Perambalur /alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Coimbatore
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
KARAIKAL
Thanjavur Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
Nagappattinam
Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
Pudukkottai forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
KERALA forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

Madurai State boundary Railway line

BAY OF BENGAL District Boundary Major roads

Sivkasi

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check
Tuticorin

Coordination Partner Inst.

Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS)
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands
1
- 2008-09 College of Engineering
2% 1%
3% 1%
1 2%
3%
1% 1% Anna University, Guindy
1
12% 20 1
16 22
24%
11% 20
13 1622
24% Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600 025
13 Nagecoil 1%
12
3

Sponsored by
3

11 11 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources

4 Total Geog. Area (TGA): 130058 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
29%
4 National Remote Sensing Centre
30% 8 Total wasteland area :8721.79 sq. km.
8
7 23% 7 23%
Wasteland area: 6.71 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
3% 1% Figure - 32a 3% 1%1%
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

194
 ANDHRA PRADESH WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Tamil Nadu
Vellore
Kanchipuram

LEGEND
KARNATAKA
Tiruvannamalai
Dharmapuri
Wastelands to Non Wastelands
(426.78 sq. km.)
PUDDUCHERRY
Wastelands to another Wasteland
Salem (236.43 sq. km.)
Cuddalore
Non Wasteland to Wasteland
Erode (22.74 sq. km.)
Perambalur
State boundary
Coimbatore
District Boundary
KARAIKAL
Thanjavur Railway line

Nagappattinam Major roads

Pudukkottai

KERALA

Madurai
BAY OF BENGAL

Sivkasi

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS)
Tuticorin College of Engineering
Anna University, Guindy
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600 025

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
Nagecoil ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 32b GOI, New Delhi - 110 011
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625

195
 Table-31 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Tamil Nadu during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL Cat-
Categories Grand
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 egory
Total
Total
1 101.07 -- -- 2.81 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.27 -- -- -- -- -- 0.55 0.88 0.22 -- -- -- 0.16 107.97
2 -- 0.91 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.91
3 -- -- 2023.86 50.57 -- -- -- -- 0.05 -- 0.37 -- -- -- 0.39 -- -- 1.57 0.13 43.68 1.56 5.36 0.12 0.49 -- 2128.14
4 9.31 -- 7.65 1878.33 -- 0.05 0.55 -- -- -- 4.88 -- -- -- 5.01 -- -- 6.53 5.14 86.29 7.95 14.76 -- 0.28 0.69 2027.41
5 -- -- -- -- 50.23 1.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.86 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 55.31
6 -- -- -- -- 3.84 63.63 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.78 -- -- -- 68.25
7 12.34 -- -- 19.78 -- 0.04 232.57 -- -- -- -- -- 1.92 1.44 0.41 -- -- 2.66 -- 20.43 0.69 2.03 -- -- 1.69 296.00
8 0.06 -- -- 5.69 -- -- 1.05 28.02 0.26 -- -- -- 0.22 -- -- -- -- 5.74 -- 30.30 -- 12.48 -- -- -- 83.82
11 0.16 -- 48.59 0.18 -- -- -- -- 2513.85 21.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.21 0.22 -- 3.71 -- 0.20 5.78 5.70 -- 2600.55 9125.84
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.82 53.88 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- 60.92
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 928.83 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.31 1.90 89.34 0.14 20.23 -- -- 1.24 1041.99
14 -- -- -- 3.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31.39 -- 0.40 -- -- -- 3.13 -- 0.38 0.17 3.29 -- -- -- 41.88
15 1.62 -- -- 1.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 28.23 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.87 -- 2.27 -- -- -- 34.15
16 -- -- -- 8.83 -- 0.32 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.10 175.19 -- -- -- 1.30 -- 2.17 0.14 11.59 -- -- 0.73 200.38
20 -- -- -- 1.28 -- -- 0.21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 78.87 -- -- 0.08 3.93 0.19 -- 5.63 -- -- -- 90.18
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.95 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.95
22 -- -- 0.90 6.35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.19 -- 269.83 0.27 1.50 4.18 0.12 0.71 -- -- -- 284.04
999 0.72 -- 1.87 2.94 -- -- 5.21 0.16 0.77 -- -- 0.45 -- -- 10.09 0.13 0.39 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 125.29 0.91 2082.87 1981.04 54.06 65.27 239.59 28.19 2519.76 75.81 934.07 31.84 32.73 180.89 94.97 4.07 270.43 21.81 15.37 282.43 10.98 79.33 5.90 6.47 4.50
(2008-09)
Grand Total
8721.79
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from

WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809 Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 426.78 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
Category
Area
No of
polygons
Area
No of
polygons
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 22.74 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
1 1.81 32 0.72 5 NET Decrease (-) 404.04 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
2 -- -- -- -- Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
3 52.90 222 1.87 3
4 121.63 718 2.94 7
5 -- -- -- --
Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
6 0.78 1 -- --
1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
7 27.50 208 5.21 3
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
8 48.52 26 0.16 1
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 15.61 24 0.77 1
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
12 2.22 1 -- --
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
13 113.16 292 -- --
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
14 6.97 41 0.45 1
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
15 3.15 30 -- --
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
16 15.93 103 -- --
20 9.83 18 10.09 22
32. Waterbodies
21 -- -- 0.13 2
22 6.77 78 0.39 2
Total 426.78 1794 22.74 47

196
Table-31 (b): Tamil Nadu
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Chennai Coimbatore Cuddalore Dharmapuri Dindigul Erode
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.10 7.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 0.20 0.20 -- 22.97 22.83 -0.14 3.23 3.23 -- 134.43 133.96 -0.47 290.31 267.52 -22.79 34.19 29.51 -4.67
4 -- -- -- 165.53 154.64 -10.88 20.84 16.36 -4.48 145.67 145.03 -0.64 113.30 114.82 1.52 116.25 99.56 -16.69
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.07 3.07 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- 3.13 3.09 -0.04 19.56 13.26 -6.30 8.41 5.80 -2.61 0.28 -- -0.28 1.21 1.25 0.04
8 -- -- -- 1.06 1.06 -- 1.09 -- -1.09 0.70 0.19 -0.51 -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 0.69 0.69 -- 184.84 177.82 -7.03 19.68 17.48 -2.20 86.28 87.52 1.25 94.61 92.74 -1.86 400.28 396.15 -4.13
12 -- -- -- 2.21 6.04 3.83 0.14 0.05 -0.08 -- 0.09 0.09 1.03 -- -1.03 1.22 3.18 1.96
13 -- -- -- 1.84 1.11 -0.73 -- -- -- -- -- -- 66.11 53.47 -12.65 910.60 811.71 -98.89
14 -- -- -- 4.18 3.94 -0.25 6.11 2.92 -3.19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.58 0.42 -0.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.15 0.15 --
16 0.57 0.49 -0.09 -- -- -- 8.43 8.36 -0.07 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 4.00 3.16 -0.83 34.62 33.49 -1.13 -- -- -- 5.66 5.81 0.15 2.56 2.46 -0.11
21 0.69 0.82 0.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- 19.27 19.39 0.11 -- -- -- 11.12 11.12 -- 11.28 7.41 -3.87 8.03 8.45 0.42
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 2.15 2.19 0.04 409.04 393.09 -15.96 117.36 105.74 -11.62 386.60 383.72 -2.88 582.58 541.77 -40.81 1474.48 1352.43 -122.05
TGA 171.00 7468.00 3645.00 5177.00 6058.00 8165.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
197
 Table-31 (b): Tamil Nadu contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Kancheepuram Kanniyakumari Karur Krishnagiri Madurai Nagapattinam

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 1.26 1.38 0.12 -- -- -- 0.91 0.91 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 20.38 18.83 -1.55 45.79 45.57 -0.22 85.22 71.14 -14.08 198.20 194.84 -3.36 150.61 148.82 -1.79 -- -- --
4 93.54 90.93 -2.61 1.40 1.38 -0.02 59.74 69.30 9.56 183.56 181.08 -2.48 89.22 86.79 -2.43 0.53 0.53 --
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 28.14 24.28 -3.86
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 17.65 16.79 -0.86
7 29.35 25.78 -3.57 -- -- -- 0.31 0.15 -0.16 1.07 1.12 0.05 6.96 7.22 0.26 -- -- --
8 0.29 0.14 -0.15 -- -- -- 0.22 -- -0.22 1.75 1.36 -0.39 0.74 0.90 0.16 -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 67.96 65.52 -2.44 75.56 74.97 -0.59 2.78 1.10 -1.67 47.51 51.58 4.07 30.21 29.45 -0.76 -- -- --
12 3.01 1.41 -1.60 -- 0.32 0.32 -- 0.17 0.17 -- 0.03 0.03 6.32 6.13 -0.18 -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- 58.87 63.48 4.60 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 4.55 4.45 -0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.50 0.50 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 0.58 0.08 -0.50 -- -- -- 0.42 0.55 0.13 -- -- -- 3.42 3.42 -- -- -- --
16 30.27 27.67 -2.60 10.03 9.13 -0.90 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.52 5.17 -4.36
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.90 0.80 -0.10 -- -- -- 2.73 2.66 -0.07 -- -- -- 4.93 4.93 -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 2.95 2.74 -0.21 1.93 2.05 0.12 8.93 4.05 -4.88 12.49 12.54 0.05 22.93 22.95 0.02 -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 255.05 239.73 -15.32 134.71 133.43 -1.28 220.13 213.51 -6.62 445.09 443.06 -2.04 315.33 310.61 -4.72 55.84 46.78 -9.07
TGA 4433.00 1674.00 3004.00 4465.00 3774.00 2718.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
198
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-31 (b): Tamil Nadu contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Namakkal Perambalur Pudukkottai Ramanathapuram Salem Sivaganga

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 74.47 59.07 -15.40 -- 0.27 0.27 -- -- -- -- 0.34 0.34 7.33 1.99 -5.33
2 -- -- -- 0.91 0.70 -0.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 48.09 47.01 -1.08 7.70 7.40 -0.30 26.72 19.71 -7.01 5.38 1.89 -3.49 111.04 107.19 -3.85 28.65 18.55 -10.10
4 52.65 48.17 -4.48 35.63 19.07 -16.56 18.02 24.39 6.37 3.58 23.27 19.69 142.88 136.89 -5.99 37.59 54.81 17.22
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.24 0.24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.24 0.09 -0.15 0.78 -- -0.78 -- -- -- -- -- --
7 0.46 0.37 -0.10 13.42 4.02 -9.39 32.41 29.97 -2.44 12.13 5.84 -6.29 3.24 3.08 -0.17 22.40 11.88 -10.52
8 0.77 0.23 -0.53 0.06 -- -0.06 2.06 1.99 -0.07 1.08 0.25 -0.82 -- -- -- 7.57 2.16 -5.41
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 33.82 33.34 -0.48 67.25 52.03 -15.22 38.31 33.80 -4.51 -- -- -- 53.83 54.52 0.68 13.28 15.36 2.08
12 -- 0.20 0.20 6.42 6.01 -0.42 4.79 9.13 4.34 -- -- -- 0.32 0.37 0.05 10.30 7.33 -2.97
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.31 3.37 -0.94 -- -- --
14 -- -- -- 1.98 -- -1.98 1.65 1.61 -0.04 8.53 5.81 -2.72 -- -- -- 1.90 1.90 --
15 0.27 0.27 -- 0.79 0.06 -0.72 14.90 14.72 -0.18 0.58 0.08 -0.50 -- -- -- 1.13 3.40 2.27
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.89 1.24 -0.66 83.65 72.20 -11.45 -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 1.11 4.59 3.48 2.10 0.06 -2.04 0.93 2.15 1.22 -- -- -- 15.31 14.30 -1.01 -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 23.72 23.05 -0.67 4.57 3.95 -0.62 2.46 2.36 -0.11 -- -- -- 14.10 14.35 0.25 2.39 1.94 -0.45
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 160.90 157.22 -3.67 215.31 152.39 -62.93 144.38 141.66 -2.72 115.70 109.33 -6.36 345.04 334.40 -10.64 132.53 119.31 -13.21
TGA 3430.00 1751.00 4664.00 4061.00 5220.00 4189.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
199
 Table-31 (b): Tamil Nadu contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Thanjavur The Nilgiris Theni Thiruvallur Thiruvarur

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- 0.22 0.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.90 0.90 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 4.25 3.63 -0.63 56.24 53.12 -3.13 387.03 385.54 -1.50 71.10 67.54 -3.57 -- -- --
4 5.94 6.45 0.52 37.18 33.33 -3.85 64.94 60.98 -3.96 104.81 90.33 -14.48 0.25 -- -0.25
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 27.17 29.54 2.38
6 -- 0.03 0.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 46.51 45.28 -1.23
7 3.81 3.26 -0.55 -- -- -- -- -- -- 12.05 7.32 -4.73 -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.62 0.63 0.01 -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- 201.04 195.48 -5.56 50.96 0.10 -50.85 14.49 15.54 1.05 -- -- --
12 -- -- -- 1.66 3.72 2.06 0.31 0.52 0.21 1.34 1.90 0.56 -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 1.19 1.07 -0.12 1.36 0.80 -0.56 -- -- -- 6.77 5.02 -1.75 -- -- --
15 4.48 3.43 -1.05 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.28 0.07 -0.21 0.11 0.11 --
16 1.01 0.99 -0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.30 4.73 -0.57 0.03 4.05 4.01
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 0.04 0.04 -- -- -- -- 0.55 0.81 0.26 -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- 1.42 1.45 0.03 20.48 20.29 -0.20 -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 20.67 19.08 -1.59 298.94 287.94 -11.00 523.71 467.42 -56.29 217.32 194.79 -22.53 74.07 78.98 4.91
TGA 3397.00 2549.00 3067.00 3423.00 2098.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
200
Table-31 (b): Tamil Nadu contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Thoothukkudi Tiruchirappalli Tirunelveli Tiruvannamalai Vellore

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 22.03 51.19 29.15 0.63 0.63 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- 0.22 0.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 40.83 40.07 -0.76 40.16 39.49 -0.68 179.72 178.16 -1.56 -- 44.48 44.48 96.86 96.30 -0.56
4 33.16 32.39 -0.77 51.89 58.22 6.33 87.92 87.00 -0.92 74.50 70.26 -4.25 171.37 170.62 -0.75
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 7.72 5.53 -2.19 11.61 10.64 -0.97 23.47 23.00 -0.47 4.08 3.72 -0.37 6.24 5.47 -0.77
8 0.10 0.10 -- 0.39 0.19 -0.20 11.66 10.94 -0.72 46.53 1.24 -45.29 0.23 0.14 -0.09
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 40.39 40.03 -0.36 59.63 73.96 14.33 110.68 110.73 0.05 366.38 360.00 -6.38 303.89 302.73 -1.16
12 2.17 2.44 0.27 3.05 3.91 0.86 1.35 0.92 -0.42 3.01 7.84 4.83 7.33 8.82 1.48
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- 1.55 1.55 -- -- -- 0.59 0.18 -0.42 -- -- --
15 0.04 0.04 -- 2.43 2.28 -0.15 0.71 0.71 -- 1.75 1.06 -0.68 1.15 1.15 --
16 28.45 26.46 -1.99 -- -- -- 8.34 7.47 -0.87 -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 1.11 1.06 -0.05 2.09 7.17 5.08 5.83 5.83 -- -- 0.11 0.11 0.60 0.39 -0.21
21 3.25 3.25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 3.18 2.94 -0.24 17.71 17.69 -0.02 31.44 31.64 0.19 39.39 36.45 -2.95 11.17 11.17 --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 160.41 154.32 -6.09 211.01 266.49 55.49 461.75 457.03 -4.71 536.24 525.32 -10.92 598.83 596.79 -2.05
TGA 4591.00 6236.00 6824.00 6191.00 6077.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
201
 Table-31b): Tamil Nadu contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Viluppuram Virudhunagar Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 1.33 1.28 -0.05 -- -- -- 107.97 125.29 17.32
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.91 0.91 --
3 13.10 12.13 -0.97 25.73 24.24 -1.49 2128.14 2082.87 -45.26
4 82.88 74.91 -7.97 32.65 29.53 -3.11 2027.41 1981.04 -46.38
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 55.31 54.06 -1.24
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 68.25 65.27 -2.98
7 34.61 31.10 -3.51 38.07 36.72 -1.35 296.00 239.59 -56.41
8 1.74 1.60 -0.15 5.17 5.06 -0.10 83.82 28.19 -55.64
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 187.50 189.09 1.59 48.67 48.01 -0.66 2600.55 2519.76 -80.79
12 2.81 2.93 0.12 2.35 2.35 -- 61.13 75.81 14.68
13 -- 0.94 0.94 -- -- -- 1041.74 934.07 -107.67
14 2.57 2.09 -0.48 -- -- -- 41.88 31.84 -10.04
15 0.25 0.58 0.33 0.13 0.13 -- 34.15 32.73 -1.42
16 13.13 12.93 -0.20 -- -- -- 200.63 180.89 -19.75
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 5.12 5.17 0.05 90.18 94.97 4.79
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.94 4.07 0.13
22 7.75 7.40 -0.35 4.83 5.08 0.25 283.56 270.43 -13.12
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 347.67 336.98 -10.70 162.71 156.30 -6.42 9125.56 8721.79 -403.77
TGA 7255.00 4283.00 130058.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
202
 ASSAM
WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Tripura
Dharmanagar Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

BANGLADESH grazing land (13)

Radhakishorpur Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under

plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Khowai Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Khopaiyaoara
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Phuldungsei Land affected by salinity
AGARTALA /alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Metharaipara Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Bampurbari
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

State boundary Railway line

District Boundary Major roads

Kamalkrishnabari

MIZORAM

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Tripura Space Applications Centre
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09
Tripura State Council for Science & Tech., Vigyan Bhawan
1% 2% 1% Pandit Nehru Complex, Gorkhabasti, PO Kunjaban
17%
15
14 20%
Agartala, Tripura, 799 006
12
3 3

Sponsored by
40% 11 40% 11
4 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
23% 4 Total Geog. Area (TGA): 10486 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
10 9 National Remote Sensing Centre
10 26% Total wasteland area :964.64 sq. km.
96
Wasteland area: 9.20 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
12% 7% 7% 3%1%
Figure - 33a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

203
 ASSAM WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Dharmanagar
Tripura

BANGLADESH
Radhakishorpur

LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(486.15 sq. km.)
Khowai
Khopaiyaoara Wastelands to another Wasteland
(202.34 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

(135.07 sq. km.)

Phuldungsei State boundary

AGARTALA
District Boundary
Metharaipara
Railway line

Major roads

Bampurbari

Kamalkrishnabari

Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

MIZORAM LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Tripura Space Applications Centre
Tripura State Council for Science & Tech., Vigyan Bhawan
Pandit Nehru Complex, Gorkhabasti, PO Kunjaban
Agartala, Tripura, 799 006

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 33b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-32 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Tripura during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 14 15 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Total Total
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 0.02 120.03 35.76 0.02 0.31 -- -- 20.46 -- 0.83 0.01 -- 16.43 -- 6.29 0.21 11.06 10.49 6.80 -- 0.48 229.20
4 -- 28.65 182.94 -- 0.42 -- 0.06 5.57 0.37 0.55 -- 0.05 28.98 0.48 23.21 0.53 17.73 6.80 1.60 -- 0.49 298.41
5 -- -- -- -- 0.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.50 0.06 -- -- -- -- -- 0.68
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- 0.39 0.40 -- -- 5.01 8.22 6.10 0.55 -- -- -- 0.36 -- 0.60 0.07 0.07 65.91 1.59 -- -- 89.28 1315.72
10 -- 0.52 0.45 -- -- 1.00 18.52 30.64 0.07 -- -- -- 1.51 -- -- -- -- 92.53 20.20 -- 0.02 165.46
11 0.02 27.32 19.84 -- 0.41 0.59 1.88 297.65 8.97 1.30 -- -- 10.49 -- 17.45 0.26 12.30 110.98 12.67 0.12 0.24 522.52
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.16
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- 0.14 0.25 -- -- -- -- 0.07 -- -- 3.07 -- 0.34 -- 5.26 0.16 0.03 -- -- -- 0.69 10.01
999 0.55 16.53 10.59 1.20 4.64 26.59 40.31 24.00 6.72 2.85 0.92 0.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 0.60 193.59 250.23 1.22 5.90 33.20 68.99 384.50 16.67 5.53 4.00 0.20 58.12 0.48 53.46 1.29 41.17 286.72 42.86 0.12 1.92
(2008-09)
Grand Total
964.64
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 486.15 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 135.07 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Decrease (-) 351.08 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
1 -- -- 0.55 11
Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
3 51.76 363 16.53 59
4 79.81 684 10.59 86
5 0.56 4 1.20 3 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
6 -- -- 4.64 1 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
9 68.60 2244 26.59 727 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
10 114.27 1500 40.31 972
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
11 164.52 1081 24.00 401
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
12 0.16 2 6.72 24 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
14 -- -- 2.85 16 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
15 6.48 173 0.92 102 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
Total 486.15 6051 135.07 2405 32. Waterbodies

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 Table-32 (b): Tripura
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL North Tripura South Tripura West Tripura Dhalai Total
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- 0.14 0.14 -- -- -- -- 0.46 0.46 -- 0.60 0.60
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 26.77 23.23 -3.54 44.56 49.43 4.87 122.59 92.27 -30.32 35.52 28.66 -6.86 229.44 193.59 -35.85
4 40.77 35.14 -5.63 59.51 48.55 -10.96 178.56 153.60 -24.96 19.57 12.94 -6.63 298.41 250.23 -48.18
5 0.12 0.20 0.08 -- 0.36 0.36 0.56 0.46 -0.10 -- 0.20 0.20 0.68 1.22 0.54
6 -- 1.91 1.91 -- 2.54 2.54 -- 0.82 0.82 -- 0.62 0.62 -- 5.90 5.90
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 4.13 7.70 3.57 23.13 6.41 -16.72 12.64 4.02 -8.62 49.38 15.07 -34.31 89.28 33.20 -56.08
10 99.13 15.76 -83.37 7.86 11.74 3.88 19.81 7.17 -12.64 38.03 34.32 -3.71 164.83 68.99 -95.84
11 120.26 75.15 -45.11 127.14 82.60 -44.54 138.65 67.54 -71.11 136.47 159.22 22.75 522.52 384.50 -138.02
12 -- 1.38 1.38 -- 10.48 10.48 -- 0.47 0.47 -- 4.35 4.35 -- 16.67 16.67
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- 0.24 0.24 -- 4.72 4.72 -- 0.50 0.50 -- 0.06 0.06 -- 5.53 5.53
15 3.98 1.38 -2.60 0.66 0.24 -0.42 1.89 1.21 -0.68 3.48 1.18 -2.30 10.01 4.00 -6.01
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- 0.15 0.15 -- 0.04 0.04 -- 0.01 0.01 -- 0.20 0.20
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 295.16 162.09 -133.07 262.86 217.37 -45.49 474.70 328.10 -146.60 282.45 257.08 -25.37 1315.17 964.64 -350.53
TGA 2113.00 3013.00 3050.00 2310.00 10486.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Uttarakhand
Legend
HIMACHAL PRADESH
Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and
grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
Uttarkashi - Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Joshimath Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Dehradun Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
Rishikesh
Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Roorkee Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
Bageshwar forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Kotdwara
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

Almora State boundary Railway line

Pithoragarh
District Boundary Major roads
UTTAR PRADESH
Nainital

NEPAL
Kashipur Haldwani

Tanakpur Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Uttarkhand Space Application Centre
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 93, Phase-II
2% 8% 2% 8%
Vasant Vihar
3 6% 3 6% Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248 006
4 11 3% 4
11 4%

Sponsored by
13 13

23
22 9%
23
22 9%
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 53483 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
National Remote Sensing Centre
Total wasteland area :12859.53 sq. km.
72% 71%
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 34a Wasteland area: 24.04 %
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 HIMACHAL PRADESH
WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Uttarakhand

LEGEND
Uttarkashi
Wastelands to Non Wastelands
(440.35 sq. km.)

Joshimath Wastelands to another Wasteland

(346.26 sq. km.)

Dehradun Non Wasteland to Wasteland

(509.86 sq. km.)

State boundary

Rishikesh District Boundary

Railway line

Roorkee Major roads

Bageshwar
Kotdwara

Almora
Pithoragarh

UTTAR PRADESH
Nainital
NEPAL
Kashipur Haldwani Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Tanakpur Uttarkhand Space Application Centre
93, Phase-II
Vasant Vihar
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248 006

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 34b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-33 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Uttarakhand during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
3 4 6 11 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Total Total
3 186.28 7.73 -- 0.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.51 13.95 1.57 -- -- -- 0.12 211.28
4 19.97 777.47 0.24 4.30 -- 4.72 -- -- -- -- -- 1.14 0.48 0.73 97.53 142.82 14.10 0.77 8.55 -- 0.31 1073.12
11 10.04 4.89 1.68 529.76 37.56 -- -- 0.16 -- -- 0.20 -- 1.12 3.04 0.62 16.52 -- 81.39 26.09 -- 1.48 714.54
12 -- -- -- -- 14.81 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.14 -- -- -- 15.95
13 -- -- -- -- -- 392.47 -- -- -- -- -- 13.23 -- -- 4.07 -- -- 1.01 -- -- -- 410.78
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.54 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.44 -- -- -- -- 1.98 12790.02
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.31
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.60 -- -- -- -- 0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.61
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.48 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.48
22 0.36 1.20 -- 19.38 -- 12.32 -- -- -- -- 1081.67 26.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.22 -- 1142.16
23 -- -- -- 0.02 -- 97.41 -- -- -- -- 83.57 9017.03 -- -- -- -- -- 2.70 0.06 16.03 -- 9216.82
999 29.64 212.90 -- 235.73 2.06 5.48 -- -- -- 0.03 0.83 23.19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 246.29 1004.20 1.92 789.32 54.43 512.41 0.54 0.48 1.60 1.51 1166.26 9080.58 1.60 3.78 103.73 173.28 17.11 87.01 34.70 17.24 1.91
(2008-09)
Grand Total
12859.53
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 440.35 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809
Category No of No of
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 509.86 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
Area Area
polygons polygons NET Increase (+) 69.51 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
3 17.14 35 29.64 12
Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
4 265.28 170 212.90 402
11 130.26 267 235.73 5
12 1.14 1 2.06 2 Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
13 5.08 4 5.48 3 1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
14 1.44 2 -- -- 2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
15 -- -- -- --
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
20 0.01 1 -- --
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
21 -- -- 0.03 2 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
22 1.22 11 0.83 1 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
23 18.79 12 23.19 33 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
Total 440.35 503 509.86 460 32. Waterbodies

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 Table-33 (b): Uttarakhand
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Almora Bageshwar Chamoli Champawat Dehradun Garhwal
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 30.47 47.99 17.52 -- -- -- 5.62 4.66 -0.96 12.78 9.88 -2.90 39.26 36.61 -2.65 89.65 109.03 19.38
4 64.04 69.92 5.88 46.02 50.69 4.67 19.46 65.09 45.63 37.72 38.33 0.61 195.82 64.91 -130.91 98.25 93.70 -4.55
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 36.95 34.51 -2.44 61.32 59.31 -2.01 73.54 68.63 -4.91 65.94 63.64 -2.30 15.81 19.10 3.29 127.68 154.37 26.69
12 1.64 8.96 7.32 7.77 8.48 0.71 2.43 5.27 2.84 -- 0.36 0.36 -- 0.96 0.96 -- 5.08 5.08
13 -- -- -- 69.59 69.36 -0.23 95.66 131.29 35.63 5.59 1.52 -4.07 -- 4.72 4.72 0.86 0.62 -0.24
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.07 0.07 --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.54 0.54 -- 0.08 0.08 -- 0.11 0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.03 0.03 --
21 -- -- -- 1.38 1.41 0.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 2.66 1.82 -0.84 28.45 16.55 -11.90 367.70 433.97 66.27 1.67 1.67 -- 1.46 0.73 -0.73 1.21 1.21 --
23 -- -- -- 213.26 232.40 19.14 2672.30 2591.76 -80.54 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 136.30 163.74 27.44 427.87 438.27 10.40 3236.82 3300.78 63.96 123.70 115.41 -8.29 252.35 127.03 -125.32 317.75 364.10 46.35
TGA 3134.00 2250.00 8030.00 1766.00 3088.00 5327.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-33 (b): Uttarakhand contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Hardwar Nainital Pithoragarh Rudraprayag Tehri Garhwal

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- 11.78 11.95 0.17 7.85 8.01 0.16 -- -- -- 9.93 14.22 4.29
4 64.75 24.32 -40.43 40.95 27.49 -13.46 150.38 208.58 58.20 12.70 17.13 4.43 68.52 69.41 0.89
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- 1.92 1.92 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 7.43 13.85 6.42 63.45 58.70 -4.75 48.89 72.60 23.71 56.58 41.23 -15.35 92.80 99.19 6.39
12 -- 1.57 1.57 0.96 15.85 14.89 2.01 2.01 -- -- 0.41 0.41 -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- 23.27 23.27 -- 0.01 44.96 44.95 -- 16.78 16.78
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- 0.06 0.06 -- 0.10 0.10 -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 0.22 0.22 -- 0.63 0.63 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- 2.04 2.04 -- 576.62 553.81 -22.81 -- -- -- 0.77 0.77 --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2656.55 2660.16 3.61 335.11 287.60 -47.51 275.30 243.31 -31.99
Total WL 72.18 41.66 -30.52 119.40 116.30 -3.10 3466.20 3529.17 62.97 404.40 391.33 -13.07 447.32 443.67 -3.65
TGA 2360.00 4216.00 7091.00 1984.00 3642.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 Table-33 (b): Uttarakhand contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Udham Singh Nagar Uttarkashi Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- 3.94 3.94 -- 211.28 246.29 35.01
4 7.99 9.07 1.08 266.52 265.58 -0.94 1073.12 1004.20 -68.92
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.92 1.92
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 6.32 2.39 -3.93 57.83 101.80 43.97 714.54 789.32 74.78
12 -- 4.98 4.98 1.14 0.48 -0.66 15.95 54.43 38.48
13 -- -- -- 215.78 219.89 4.11 410.76 512.41 101.65
14 1.98 0.54 -1.44 -- -- -- 1.98 0.54 -1.44
15 0.24 0.24 -- -- -- -- 0.31 0.48 0.17
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.61 1.60 -0.01
21 0.10 0.10 -- -- -- -- 1.48 1.51 0.03
22 -- -- -- 159.58 153.69 -5.89 1142.16 1166.26 24.10
23 -- -- -- 3064.35 3065.36 1.01 9216.87 9080.58 -136.29
Total WL 16.63 17.32 0.69 3769.14 3810.74 41.60 12790.06 12859.53 69.47
TGA 2579.00 8016.00 53483.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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 UTTARAKHAND WASTELAND MAP
Saharanpur 2008 - 09
Uttar Pradesh
Legend
Muzaffarnagar
Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and
grazing land (13)
NEPAL Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
Meerut
plantation crop (14)
Moradabad Land with dense scrub (3)
Ghaziabad Sands - Riverine (15)
Pilibhit Land with open scrub (4)
HARYANA Chandausi Sands - Coastal (16)
Bareilly Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Budaun Waterlogged and marshy
Aligarh Lakhimpur Sands - Semi Stab. -
Shahjahanpur - Seasonal (6)
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
Mathura /alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Bharaich
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Hardoi Land affected by salinity
RAJASTHAN Agra Mainpuri /alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Gonda Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
Etawah LUCKNOW
Ayodhya Basti Shifting cultivation
Gorakhpur Barren Rocky Area (22)
- abandoned (10)
Kanpur
Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Jalaun Sultanpur Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
Azamgarh Non wasteland area
Fatehpur forest - Agriculture (12)

Jaunpur Ballia State boundary Railway line

Jhansi District Boundary Major roads
Banda
Allahabad
Varanasi
BIHAR
Mirzapur

Lalitpur
MADHYA PRADESH
Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Remote Sensing Application Centre (RSAC-UP)
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 Sector-G, Jankipuram
4% 2% 1% 3% 9%
Kursi road
11%
11%
22
2
19%
12
22 1 2
3% Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226 007
1%
15 1 10%
3

Sponsored by
11 3
17%
17% 11 4 5% 8
4 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 240928 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
8
7 6 5 3%
7
20% National Remote Sensing Centre
Total wasteland area :9881.24 sq. km.
7% 7% 21%
6 5
Wasteland area: 4.10 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
6% 2% Figure - 35a
20% Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 UTTARAKHAND WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
Saharanpur From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Uttar Pradesh
Muzaffarnagar

NEPAL
Meerut
LEGEND
Moradabad
Ghaziabad
Pilibhit Wastelands to Non Wastelands
HARYANA Chandausi (1269.71 sq. km.)
Bareilly
Wastelands to another Wasteland
(1065.24 sq. km.)
Budaun
Aligarh Lakhimpur
Shahjahanpur Non Wasteland to Wasteland
(163.08 sq. km.)

Mathura
Bharaich State boundary
Hardoi
RAJASTHAN Agra Mainpuri District Boundary

Gonda Railway line

Etawah LUCKNOW Major roads

Ayodhya Basti
Gorakhpur

Kanpur

Jalaun Sultanpur
Azamgarh
Fatehpur

Jaunpur Ballia
Jhansi Banda
Allahabad
Varanasi Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
BIHAR LISS-III data & limited field check
Mirzapur

Coordination Partner Inst.

Remote Sensing Application Centre (RSAC-UP)
Lalitpur Sector-G, Jankipuram
MADHYA PRADESH Kursi road
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226 007

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 35b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-34 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Uttar Pradesh during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Total Total
1 824.52 1.21 19.89 199.60 -- 0.35 5.36 0.10 3.39 -- -- -- 1.03 0.07 -- -- 5.14 -- 103.77 0.27 45.33 1.96 0.34 -- 4.17 1216.48
2 2.00 259.27 -- 1.24 -- -- -- -- 2.08 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- 264.63
3 21.55 -- 851.18 78.54 0.76 5.21 3.34 -- 23.25 0.39 -- -- 3.32 3.37 -- 10.44 2.62 0.02 65.69 0.75 1.18 2.00 0.14 -- 86.42 1160.19
4 0.68 9.18 49.74 1504.04 0.86 8.51 9.59 0.59 20.14 -- -- -- 0.73 0.54 -- 13.69 3.56 0.15 174.88 3.07 3.90 3.00 -- -- 28.26 1835.12
5 0.31 -- 1.80 9.69 195.19 75.67 2.96 -- -- -- -- -- 0.35 -- -- -- 3.30 -- 71.63 -- 1.22 -- -- -- 14.41 376.54
6 0.85 -- 4.29 24.02 7.75 508.88 6.04 0.18 1.44 -- -- -- 0.81 -- -- -- 6.88 0.64 150.57 0.88 3.30 -- -- -- 4.60 721.12
7 -- 0.05 7.66 53.54 3.66 13.42 1856.95 15.77 0.18 -- -- 5.31 -- 0.12 0.03 -- 16.79 4.70 203.11 8.25 2.65 0.18 0.12 -- 0.79 2193.28
8 0.08 0.01 0.25 18.15 1.07 1.63 144.69 482.72 0.27 -- -- 0.59 -- 0.24 -- 0.16 7.06 1.88 58.38 0.54 0.38 -- -- -- 0.34 718.46
10987.86
11 0.75 2.44 1.61 22.30 0.33 0.17 -- -- 1743.79 6.16 -- 4.15 -- -- -- 1.37 -- -- 12.44 -- 0.36 48.05 8.90 0.29 4.19 1857.31
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.72 48.08 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.50 1.51 -- 0.49 64.30
13 -- -- -- 11.89 -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.58 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- 21.49
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.48 -- 3.48
15 -- -- 0.05 9.53 0.86 0.21 0.63 0.06 -- -- -- -- 33.80 -- -- -- 1.38 1.42 21.84 1.75 -- -- -- -- 38.40 109.92
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.95 -- -- -- 0.21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16.16
21 -- -- -- 3.49 -- -- 0.28 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.05 10.08 -- 2.44 -- 0.74 -- -- -- -- -- -- 18.07
22 -- -- 2.54 39.45 -- -- -- -- 34.21 -- -- -- 7.74 4.43 -- 308.87 0.71 -- 6.09 -- 3.48 0.93 2.85 -- -- 411.30
999 73.24 2.42 -- -- 16.27 24.91 22.05 1.87 9.17 9.44 0.08 2.10 0.23 0.98 0.13 0.18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 923.99 274.59 939.01 1975.49 226.76 638.97 2051.89 501.29 1843.65 64.07 9.66 12.15 48.01 26.75 10.24 334.72 49.88 9.01 869.19 15.51 61.79 64.61 13.87 3.77 182.07
(2008-09)
Grand Total
9881.24
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from

WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809 Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 1269.71 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
Category
Area
No of
polygons
Area
No of
polygons
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 163.08 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
1 160.96 528 73.24 78 NET Decrease (-) 1106.62 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
2 0.04 1 2.42 5 Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
3 158.83 441 -- --
4 216.81 742 -- --
5 90.56 318 16.27 28
Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
6 166.86 785 24.91 57
1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
7 236.59 2727 22.05 229
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
8 68.59 816 1.87 7
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 74.24 120 9.17 23
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
12 10.50 11 9.44 38
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
13 0.02 1 0.08 1
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
14 3.48 6 2.10 3
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
15 64.78 243 0.23 2
20 0.21 1 0.98 2
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
21 3.18 3 0.13 2
32. Waterbodies
22 14.06 18 0.18 1
Total 1269.71 6761 163.08 476

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 Table-34 (b): Uttar Pradesh
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Agra Aligarh Allahabad Ambedkarnagar Auraiya Azamgarh
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 102.91 64.31 -38.60 -- -- -- 33.25 20.75 -12.50 4.10 0.01 -4.09 13.44 9.48 -3.96 33.76 0.27 -33.49
2 56.08 59.10 3.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 42.93 20.72 -22.21 -- -- --
3 12.85 10.13 -2.72 3.81 4.49 0.68 51.03 40.85 -10.18 1.81 0.06 -1.75 -- -- -- 7.96 3.53 -4.43
4 37.33 48.39 11.06 0.67 17.56 16.89 69.11 90.97 21.86 9.97 8.82 -1.15 -- -- -- 41.83 61.82 19.99
5 -- -- -- 17.77 19.50 1.73 23.07 4.03 -19.04 1.99 0.96 -1.03 -- -- -- 47.80 8.39 -39.41
6 0.03 0.24 0.21 5.91 9.87 3.96 19.76 4.03 -15.73 13.36 11.49 -1.87 7.26 3.30 -3.96 17.23 34.37 17.14
7 6.53 8.12 1.59 45.64 21.33 -24.31 17.49 11.56 -5.93 11.56 12.51 0.95 82.52 87.07 4.55 70.96 40.13 -30.83
8 2.04 1.89 -0.15 7.21 5.41 -1.80 15.68 11.36 -4.32 5.17 4.83 -0.34 14.17 13.79 -0.38 35.66 18.46 -17.20
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 191.69 193.48 1.79 0.03 -- -0.03 21.24 52.46 31.22 -- -- -- 66.43 32.55 -33.88 -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.18 0.18 -- -- -- --
13 0.40 0.40 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- 1.21 1.21 -- -- -- 1.56 1.46 -0.10 0.22 0.11 -0.11 -- -- -- 3.61 0.43 -3.18
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.37 10.37 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.78 0.03 -3.75 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 13.46 10.81 -2.65 -- 0.01 0.01 146.33 87.50 -58.83 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 423.32 398.08 -25.24 81.04 78.18 -2.86 402.30 335.37 -66.93 48.18 38.80 -9.38 226.93 167.11 -59.82 258.81 167.40 -91.41
TGA 4027.00 2881.00 5152.00 2310.00 2180.00 4234.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
216
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-34 (b): Uttar Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Budaun Baghpat Ballia Balrampur Banda Barabanki

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 0.71 0.71 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 102.86 134.49 31.63 18.60 20.81 2.21
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 96.75 71.03 -25.72 1.23 1.36 0.13 78.32 1.86 -76.46 15.84 24.18 8.34 2.91 4.97 2.06 49.85 46.83 -3.02
4 40.61 42.35 1.74 -- -- -- -- 12.36 12.36 64.24 46.03 -18.21 5.65 8.19 2.54 48.86 52.23 3.37
5 6.03 3.36 -2.67 -- -- -- 4.95 0.10 -4.85 11.28 1.30 -9.98 -- -- -- 11.28 13.81 2.53
6 3.87 3.34 -0.53 -- -- -- 1.98 2.66 0.68 20.37 20.73 0.36 -- -- -- 13.84 14.14 0.30
7 8.36 8.14 -0.22 -- -- -- 3.80 5.66 1.86 -- -- -- -- -- -- 27.99 32.43 4.44
8 14.94 13.11 -1.83 -- -- -- 3.76 1.42 -2.34 -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.85 17.00 2.15
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 24.11 23.53 -0.58 0.57 2.21 1.64 -- -- -- 46.63 48.09 1.46 1.65 2.30 0.65 3.28 3.56 0.28
12 0.27 0.27 -- 0.03 0.03 -- -- -- -- 1.04 0.51 -0.53 -- 0.06 0.06 -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.59 0.59 -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.48 -- -3.48 -- 2.10 2.10 -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 19.29 0.94 -18.35 -- 1.33 1.33 -- -- -- 0.36 0.37 0.01
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.42 5.02 1.60 -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 195.65 165.86 -29.79 1.83 3.60 1.77 112.10 24.99 -87.11 162.88 142.18 -20.70 117.08 157.72 40.64 188.91 201.19 12.28
TGA 5168.00 1244.00 2982.00 3078.00 4681.00 4401.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
217
 Table-34 (b): Uttar Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Bareilly Basti Bahraich Bijnor Bulandshahar Chandauli

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 3.02 2.51 -0.51 -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.59 7.06 -0.53 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 4.16 2.51 -1.65 8.50 9.13 0.63 57.46 33.06 -24.40 1.26 1.11 -0.15 10.15 6.47 -3.68 27.15 8.39 -18.76
4 26.30 20.81 -5.49 12.02 11.93 -0.09 72.03 77.99 5.96 1.45 1.01 -0.44 2.23 4.46 2.23 18.48 3.33 -15.15
5 1.18 0.45 -0.73 6.25 5.98 -0.27 3.36 0.26 -3.10 -- -- -- 5.38 3.95 -1.43 5.55 0.64 -4.91
6 0.66 0.58 -0.08 36.09 34.89 -1.20 2.27 5.62 3.35 0.78 0.54 -0.24 3.93 2.06 -1.87 1.74 -- -1.74
7 2.99 2.89 -0.10 0.64 0.72 0.08 -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.19 15.77 0.58 0.95 0.69 -0.26
8 2.13 3.14 1.01 0.44 0.45 0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.65 6.54 -1.11 2.43 0.99 -1.44
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 82.34 74.72 -7.62 0.75 0.92 0.17 6.45 6.90 0.45 14.59 33.64 19.05
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.51 16.32 1.81 -- -- -- 0.46 0.47 0.01 -- 0.66 0.66
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- 13.79 1.91 -11.88 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 13.08 9.99 -3.09 1.55 1.53 -0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.12 0.07 -0.05
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.98 -- -3.98
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 50.50 40.38 -10.12 68.51 67.13 -1.38 245.76 209.88 -35.88 4.24 3.59 -0.65 59.03 53.68 -5.35 74.99 48.41 -26.58
TGA 4120.00 3733.00 4396.00 4561.00 1776.00 2632.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
218
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-34 (b): Uttar Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Chitrakoot Deoria Etah Etawah Faizabad Farrukhabad

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 8.63 3.54 -5.09 -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.40 20.47 5.07 7.05 2.23 -4.82 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20.63 47.57 26.94 -- -- -- -- -- --
3 40.50 34.76 -5.74 15.54 14.61 -0.93 0.73 0.39 -0.34 -- -- -- 18.42 10.35 -8.07 1.28 0.36 -0.92
4 112.27 109.78 -2.49 3.72 2.34 -1.38 3.80 3.76 -0.04 0.21 0.30 0.09 16.75 9.23 -7.52 19.57 16.94 -2.63
5 -- -- -- 3.40 0.51 -2.89 2.13 2.41 0.28 -- -- -- 0.51 -- -0.51 0.66 0.80 0.14
6 -- -- -- 2.12 1.97 -0.15 9.71 6.22 -3.49 1.38 1.17 -0.21 9.47 9.01 -0.46 32.44 32.95 0.51
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 108.35 93.53 -14.82 49.44 59.91 10.47 12.97 8.16 -4.81 51.58 48.76 -2.82
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 17.01 20.84 3.83 4.23 4.81 0.58 7.04 5.39 -1.65 0.20 0.20 --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 34.37 39.86 5.49 -- -- -- -- -- -- 196.83 249.32 52.49 -- -- -- -- -- --
12 -- 0.03 0.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- 0.07 0.12 0.05 -- -- -- 0.65 0.66 0.01 0.06 0.33 0.27 0.82 0.81 -0.01
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- 0.06 0.06 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 17.94 8.71 -9.23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 213.71 196.69 -17.02 24.85 19.60 -5.25 141.73 127.14 -14.59 288.77 384.22 95.45 72.27 44.71 -27.56 106.55 100.82 -5.73
TGA 2943.00 2574.00 2488.00 2146.00 2201.00 2177.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
219
 Table-34 (b): Uttar Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Fatehpur Firozabad Ghaziabad Ghazipur Gonda Gorakhpur

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 80.99 91.45 10.46 31.47 29.16 -2.31 2.14 1.31 -0.83 3.28 0.02 -3.26 -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- 68.34 71.18 2.84 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 4.19 4.84 0.65 0.10 5.92 5.82 8.47 4.25 -4.22 0.65 0.10 -0.55 30.89 46.87 15.98 13.68 10.69 -2.99
4 1.90 5.84 3.94 -- 14.14 14.14 0.23 1.23 1.00 11.66 9.04 -2.62 91.07 61.09 -29.98 0.01 14.71 14.70
5 4.39 4.26 -0.13 -- 0.12 0.12 12.61 1.61 -11.00 8.35 1.45 -6.90 4.47 0.16 -4.31 9.33 3.24 -6.09
6 11.11 10.61 -0.50 0.83 3.57 2.74 3.51 0.62 -2.89 4.23 6.77 2.54 9.82 10.07 0.25 30.56 9.53 -21.03
7 112.76 119.85 7.09 67.83 47.39 -20.44 0.50 0.76 0.26 40.85 31.31 -9.54 -- -- -- 2.01 1.44 -0.57
8 14.33 4.03 -10.30 12.18 10.49 -1.69 -- -- -- 2.52 1.44 -1.08 -- -- -- 0.98 0.44 -0.54
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- 50.93 49.60 -1.33 1.76 1.28 -0.48 -- -- -- 21.96 13.18 -8.78 -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.68 1.61 -1.07 -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.15 0.15
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.17 -- -5.17 1.33 3.47 2.14 26.24 7.17 -19.07
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.21 0.21
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.07 0.07
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 229.67 240.88 11.21 231.68 231.58 -0.10 29.22 11.08 -18.14 76.71 50.12 -26.59 162.22 136.45 -25.77 82.81 47.64 -35.17
TGA 4152.00 2361.00 2590.00 3377.00 4274.00 3324.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
220
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-34 (b): Uttar Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

Gautambuddha
WL Hamirpur Hardoi Jalaun Jaunpur Jhansi
nagar
class
2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 0.54 0.93 0.39 90.30 88.99 -1.31 3.12 1.99 -1.13 166.78 154.02 -12.76 33.04 -- -33.04 112.96 111.67 -1.29
2 -- -- -- 14.44 14.43 -0.01 -- -- -- 34.10 33.32 -0.78 -- -- -- 8.08 8.21 0.13
3 5.75 6.67 0.92 2.82 2.81 -0.01 1.73 1.88 0.15 1.90 1.74 -0.16 1.65 -- -1.65 50.60 52.91 2.31
4 4.48 4.47 -0.01 2.75 3.68 0.93 43.67 43.32 -0.35 1.79 9.91 8.12 17.06 34.71 17.65 235.18 240.47 5.29
5 1.67 3.49 1.82 -- -- -- 4.53 4.66 0.13 -- -- -- 10.98 5.32 -5.66 -- -- --
6 0.47 1.22 0.75 -- -- -- 27.44 28.74 1.30 -- -- -- 44.52 42.10 -2.42 -- -- --
7 2.78 1.49 -1.29 1.25 1.24 -0.01 131.33 132.77 1.44 -- -- -- 76.42 64.17 -12.25 -- -- --
8 1.75 0.35 -1.40 -- -- -- 27.99 28.21 0.22 -- -- -- 48.31 30.11 -18.20 -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 0.86 0.87 0.01 97.04 98.83 1.79 0.12 0.13 0.01 141.17 139.03 -2.14 -- -- -- 63.04 62.38 -0.66
12 -- -- -- 0.15 0.16 0.01 -- -- -- 1.81 1.82 0.01 -- -- -- 1.81 2.80 0.99
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 3.27 0.92 -2.35 -- -- -- 0.34 0.34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.01 5.91 -0.10
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 61.53 54.26 -7.27
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 21.57 20.39 -1.18 208.75 210.13 1.38 240.27 242.03 1.76 347.55 339.84 -7.71 231.98 176.41 -55.57 539.21 538.60 -0.61
TGA 2576.00 4097.00 5986.00 4565.00 4038.00 5024.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
221
 Table-34 (b): Uttar Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

Jyotiba
WL Kannauj Kanpur Rural Kanpur Urban KanshiramNagar Kaushambi
Phule Nagar
class
2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- 1.00 1.00 -- -- -- 82.13 103.84 21.71 23.92 -- -23.92 -- -- -- 2.57 3.69 1.12
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 20.03 19.99 -0.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 9.04 12.47 3.43 0.45 0.46 0.01 -- 2.36 2.36 4.69 2.25 -2.44 25.58 29.73 4.15 -- -- --
4 6.20 16.90 10.70 15.12 13.95 -1.17 5.63 24.56 18.93 26.63 7.00 -19.63 9.60 6.01 -3.59 2.40 6.51 4.11
5 -- -- -- 0.49 6.84 6.35 0.66 0.94 0.28 0.27 -- -0.27 28.34 25.33 -3.01 1.34 1.04 -0.30
6 11.17 13.06 1.89 5.17 9.38 4.21 9.94 31.48 21.54 10.64 0.99 -9.65 4.14 4.26 0.12 3.76 3.40 -0.36
7 6.15 4.83 -1.32 123.45 113.63 -9.82 133.39 185.39 52.00 91.12 35.46 -55.66 19.56 19.78 0.22 8.08 39.12 31.04
8 -- -- -- 10.84 11.45 0.61 11.47 13.83 2.36 6.23 2.77 -3.46 0.32 0.22 -0.10 32.75 1.20 -31.55
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 18.61 0.78 -17.83 -- -- -- 41.68 51.92 10.24 9.81 -- -9.81 -- 1.09 1.09 -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 51.17 49.04 -2.13 155.52 155.72 0.20 304.93 434.31 129.38 173.31 48.46 -124.85 87.54 86.41 -1.13 50.90 54.96 4.06
TGA 2454.00 2097.00 5111.00 1065.00 1958.00 2109.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
222
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-34 (b): Uttar Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Kushinagar Lakhimpur Kheri Lalitpur Lucknow Mahamayanagar Mahrajganj

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 0.36 -- -0.36 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.07 0.02 -0.05 2.08 0.79 -1.29 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 0.05 -- -- -- -- -- --
3 8.57 3.61 -4.96 86.54 75.72 -10.82 116.21 105.21 -11.00 1.38 9.76 8.38 0.32 1.54 1.22 -- -- --
4 0.64 0.63 -0.01 31.73 30.81 -0.92 152.99 145.12 -7.87 8.05 16.24 8.19 0.13 15.91 15.78 1.60 -- -1.60
5 2.32 0.94 -1.38 32.77 32.24 -0.53 -- -- -- 0.60 0.28 -0.32 9.57 3.63 -5.94 0.71 -- -0.71
6 16.83 2.48 -14.35 14.08 13.97 -0.11 -- -- -- 15.54 5.75 -9.79 9.09 5.49 -3.60 5.23 0.20 -5.03
7 0.31 -- -0.31 10.97 10.65 -0.32 -- -- -- 89.20 53.77 -35.43 41.82 11.60 -30.22 0.14 -- -0.14
8 -- -- -- 1.73 1.74 0.01 -- -- -- 35.48 24.41 -11.07 25.21 6.18 -19.03 -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- 0.44 0.44 136.30 131.65 -4.65 76.90 76.64 -0.26 -- 0.96 0.96 0.82 -- -0.82 26.06 5.42 -20.64
12 0.49 -- -0.49 12.63 12.14 -0.49 -- 0.11 0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 12.41 13.20 0.79
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.76 5.76 -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- 6.99 5.08 -1.91 -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- 0.06 0.06 -- -- -- 1.04 1.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- 0.07 0.07 -- -- -- 1.24 1.25 0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- 62.33 57.78 -4.55 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 29.52 8.24 -21.28 333.74 314.02 -19.72 410.71 387.15 -23.56 150.32 117.01 -33.31 89.04 45.14 -43.90 46.15 18.81 -27.34
TGA 2871.00 7680.00 5039.00 2528.00 2138.00 2948.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
223
 Table-34 (b): Uttar Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Mahoba Mainpuri Mathura MauNath Bhanjan Meerut Mirzapur

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 5.81 6.14 0.33 -- -- -- 20.88 2.08 -18.80 2.03 1.25 -0.78 -- -- -- 5.96 0.13 -5.83
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 2.47 44.47 42.00 0.94 0.88 -0.06 27.20 10.87 -16.33 9.04 5.45 -3.59 4.47 4.46 -0.01 26.48 6.09 -20.39
4 36.11 35.30 -0.81 2.47 12.67 10.20 12.52 22.26 9.74 2.51 11.39 8.88 -- 9.64 9.64 157.36 102.69 -54.67
5 -- -- -- -- 0.28 0.28 15.95 3.08 -12.87 10.89 6.12 -4.77 -- 3.57 3.57 -- -- --
6 -- 0.77 0.77 12.08 20.27 8.19 2.29 18.60 16.31 4.02 4.88 0.86 29.44 27.78 -1.66 -- 0.13 0.13
7 -- -- -- 140.50 104.68 -35.82 4.64 5.54 0.90 12.95 11.02 -1.93 -- -- -- 1.12 1.27 0.15
8 -- -- -- 12.01 11.15 -0.86 0.31 0.60 0.29 15.47 6.62 -8.85 -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 10.23 8.99 -1.24 -- -- -- 1.54 1.54 -- -- 0.10 0.10 1.09 0.80 -0.29 117.02 117.84 0.82
12 -- 0.14 0.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.28 0.28
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.08 0.08 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 2.20 2.21 0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.37 0.37 -- -- -- 0.36 0.37 0.01
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.04 0.02 -0.02
22 16.79 16.00 -0.79 -- -- -- 0.23 1.39 1.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 85.74 82.58 -3.16
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 73.61 114.02 40.41 168.00 149.93 -18.07 85.56 66.05 -19.51 56.91 47.19 -9.72 35.00 46.24 11.24 394.08 311.40 -82.68
TGA 3068.00 2760.00 3811.00 1713.00 2667.00 4522.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
224
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-34 (b): Uttar Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Pilibhit Pratapgarh Raebareli Rampur

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 60.12 16.98 -43.14 22.92 8.77 -14.15 -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.01 0.01 -- -- -- -- -- --
3 1.91 0.95 -0.96 16.98 7.70 -9.28 76.89 70.48 -6.41 -- -- -- 9.97 16.16 6.19 2.99 2.95 -0.04
4 1.71 3.93 2.22 0.78 0.82 0.04 30.70 31.29 0.59 -- 32.47 32.47 18.65 21.86 3.21 4.32 2.63 -1.69
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.25 2.22 -0.03 7.72 6.75 -0.97 8.08 7.42 -0.66 -- 0.80 0.80
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.19 3.14 -0.05 33.06 21.77 -11.29 33.05 30.94 -2.11 1.84 -- -1.84
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 -- -0.02 94.07 82.86 -11.21 115.23 184.99 69.76 0.38 0.20 -0.18
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 65.89 63.19 -2.70 103.75 33.48 -70.27 -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- 11.75 17.00 5.25 57.29 48.18 -9.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.74 1.71 -4.03
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.36 5.91 -4.45 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 0.28 0.05 -0.23 -- -- -- 8.69 3.77 -4.92 -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.15 0.93 -7.22
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 2.01 -- -2.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 5.91 4.93 -0.98 29.51 25.52 -3.99 189.39 165.00 -24.39 260.86 224.02 -36.84 311.65 303.63 -8.02 23.42 9.22 -14.20
TGA 3513.00 4009.00 3499.00 3717.00 4609.00 2367.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
225
 Table-34 (b): Uttar Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Saharanpur Sant Kabirnagar Sant Ravidasnagar Shahjahanpur Shrawasti Siddarthnagar

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 0.50 0.50 -- 10.88 0.32 -10.56 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 1.42 1.37 -0.05 -- 0.03 0.03 -- -- -- 19.53 16.48 -3.05 16.64 10.15 -6.49 0.06 0.08 0.02
4 0.52 0.55 0.03 3.90 3.29 -0.61 -- 0.96 0.96 35.00 34.27 -0.73 26.40 22.39 -4.01 7.74 8.07 0.33
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.14 3.06 -1.08 9.23 7.28 -1.95 1.45 -- -1.45 0.84 -- -0.84
6 -- -- -- 7.62 6.34 -1.28 2.30 2.96 0.66 4.44 4.58 0.14 1.72 2.81 1.09 29.34 21.60 -7.74
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 13.95 11.43 -2.52 19.24 18.12 -1.12 -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 12.53 8.37 -4.16 1.46 1.39 -0.07 -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 1.13 1.14 0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.97 4.85 -0.12 7.88 7.73 -0.15 0.29 0.77 0.48
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.54 0.44 -0.10 -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.69 6.67 -0.02 -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- 0.04 0.04 -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.00 6.11 0.11 -- -- -- 0.43 0.65 0.22
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.29 0.29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.02 0.03 -0.99 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- 0.02 0.02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 3.07 3.12 0.05 12.02 10.16 -1.86 45.11 27.43 -17.68 100.41 93.53 -6.88 60.78 49.75 -11.03 38.70 31.17 -7.53
TGA 3689.00 551.00 1080.00 4575.00 2481.00 2944.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
226
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-34 (b): Uttar Pradesh contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Sitapur Sonbhadra Sultanpur Unnao Varanasi Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 1.61 1.61 -- -- -- -- 88.98 10.44 -78.54 -- -- -- 9.72 0.23 -9.49 1216.48 923.99 -292.49
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 264.63 274.59 9.96
3 12.16 10.13 -2.03 29.43 5.42 -24.01 0.58 0.43 -0.15 17.87 12.25 -5.62 0.44 -- -0.44 1160.19 939.01 -221.18
4 42.85 43.62 0.77 155.26 121.86 -33.40 6.37 55.30 48.93 10.80 12.04 1.24 1.53 9.34 7.81 1835.12 1975.49 140.37
5 18.24 17.13 -1.11 -- 0.22 0.22 7.58 4.15 -3.43 -- -- -- 4.18 2.66 -1.52 376.54 226.76 -149.78
6 13.27 13.25 -0.02 -- -- -- 81.20 38.40 -42.80 17.17 17.64 0.47 2.81 0.21 -2.60 721.12 638.97 -82.15
7 35.34 35.09 -0.25 -- -- -- 107.06 101.22 -5.84 162.48 157.68 -4.80 9.42 5.75 -3.67 2193.28 2051.89 -141.39
8 4.35 4.32 -0.03 -- -- -- 49.65 46.85 -2.80 59.20 56.18 -3.02 7.14 2.65 -4.49 718.46 501.29 -217.17
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 23.07 23.07 -- 236.40 212.20 -24.20 0.89 -- -0.89 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1857.31 1843.65 -13.66
12 3.12 3.13 0.01 2.12 3.80 1.68 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 64.61 64.07 -0.54
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 21.47 9.66 -11.81
14 -- -- -- -- 4.15 4.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.48 12.15 8.67
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.09 0.10 0.01 -- -- -- 1.55 -- -1.55 109.92 48.01 -61.91
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 6.26 5.87 -0.39 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16.16 26.75 10.59
21 -- -- -- 9.98 8.78 -1.20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 18.07 10.24 -7.83
22 -- -- -- -- 10.62 10.62 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 411.75 334.72 -77.03
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 154.01 151.34 -2.67 439.45 372.92 -66.53 342.40 256.89 -85.51 267.52 255.78 -11.74 36.79 20.84 -15.95 10988.59 9881.24 -1107.35
TGA 5743.00 6788.00 4436.00 4558.00 1381.00 240928.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
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 WASTELAND MAP
BHUTAN
DarjeelingKalimpong
2008 - 09
West Bengal
Siliguri Legend

BIHAR Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

Kanchanbari grazing land (13)
Cooch Behar Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Balurghat Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

WEST BENGAL BANGLADESH Shifting cultivation

- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
Rampur Hat
Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
Asansol forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

Adra State boundary Railway line

District Boundary Major roads
Puruliya
Bankura Barddhaman
Ranaghat

Kolkatta
Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
Medinipur LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Remote Sensing Cell
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 Department of Sc. & Techn. and NES Department
1%
1%1%3%
1%
2% 3% 1% Govt. of WB, Bikas Bhavan, Eastern Block (4th floor),
1621 16 1
22
25% 20
22
24% Bindhan Nagar, Kolkatta, West Bengal, 700 091
17
27% 3 26% 3

Sponsored by
11 11
ORISSA Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 88752 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
4
5 National Remote Sensing Centre
5 1% Total wasteland area :1929.20 sq. km.
1% 4
Wasteland area: 2.17 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
41% 41% Figure - 36a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 BHUTAN
DarjeelingKalimpong WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Siliguri West Bengal
BIHAR
Kanchanbari
Cooch Behar

LEGEND

Wastelands to Non Wastelands

(92.98 sq. km.)

Wastelands to another Wasteland

(80.91 sq. km.)
Balurghat
Non Wasteland to Wasteland
(28.46 sq. km.)

State boundary

District Boundary

WEST BENGAL BANGLADESH Railway line

Rampur Hat Major roads

Asansol

Adra
Puruliya
Bankura Barddhaman
Ranaghat

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check
Kolkatta

Coordination Partner Inst.

Medinipur Remote Sensing Cell
Department of Sc. & Techn. and NES Department
Govt. of WB, Bikas Bhavan, Eastern Block (4th floor),
Bindhan Nagar, Kolkatta, West Bengal, 700 091

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
ORISSA ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 36b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-35 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in West Bengal during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 5 6 11 12 14 15 16 20 22 24 25 26 28 29 30 32
Total Total
1 20.53 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.03 -- -- -- -- 20.57
2 -- 0.58 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.58
3 -- -- 433.08 29.83 -- -- 0.16 -- -- -- -- 1.17 0.91 0.55 0.40 19.66 11.34 -- 0.23 0.35 497.68
4 0.09 -- 32.87 749.86 -- -- 2.30 -- -- -- -- 1.33 0.14 1.58 0.59 5.17 7.51 -- 0.03 0.99 802.46
5 -- -- -- -- 12.25 0.29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12.55
6 -- -- -- -- -- 7.37 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.37
11 -- -- 0.78 2.76 -- -- 494.52 3.49 -- -- -- -- -- 0.27 -- 0.92 0.18 0.83 30.83 0.28 534.85
1993.73
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.00
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.40 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.40
15 -- -- 0.01 1.97 -- -- -- -- -- 8.27 -- -- -- -- -- 4.98 0.09 -- -- 0.77 16.10
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.48 -- -- -- -- 0.49 0.08 0.08 -- 0.73 7.87
20 -- -- 0.36 0.45 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 24.20 -- -- -- -- 0.08 -- -- -- 25.09
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.72 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.72
22 -- -- 1.13 0.67 -- -- 0.18 -- -- -- -- -- 60.29 0.08 0.09 0.39 0.65 -- -- 0.01 63.50
999 0.04 -- 3.58 3.65 -- 0.37 12.05 1.09 -- 0.42 3.41 2.95 0.91 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Category
Total 20.66 0.58 471.80 789.20 12.25 8.04 509.21 4.58 2.40 8.69 9.89 29.66 62.25 5.20 1.08 31.66 19.92 0.91 31.09 3.13
(2008-09)
Grand Total
1929.20
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from

WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809 Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 92.98 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
Category
Area
No of
polygons
Area
No of
polygons
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 28.46 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
1 0.03 1 0.04 1 NET Decrease (-) 64.52 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
2 -- -- -- -- Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
3 32.53 257 3.58 210
4 15.87 208 3.65 143
5 -- -- -- --
Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
6 -- -- 0.37 1
1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
11 33.30 225 12.05 118
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
12 -- -- 1.09 5
3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
14 -- -- -- --
4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
15 5.84 23 0.42 6
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
16 1.38 41 3.41 87
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
20 0.08 3 2.95 57
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
21 2.72 9 -- --
22 1.23 22 0.91 22
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
Total 92.98 789 28.46 650
32. Waterbodies

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Table-35 (b): West Bengal
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Bankura Barddhaman Birbhum Dakshin Dinajpur Darjiling
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 4.07 4.09 0.02 0.26 0.26 -- 0.61 0.61 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 91.07 87.06 -4.01 87.43 68.89 -18.54 25.66 24.89 -0.76 -- -- -- 2.45 6.07 3.62
4 212.75 208.84 -3.91 75.25 66.60 -8.65 76.81 76.63 -0.18 -- -- -- 5.77 3.07 -2.70
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.17 0.17 -- -- -- -- 0.66 0.66 --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.02
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 203.64 197.19 -6.45 20.34 18.59 -1.75 39.99 36.36 -3.63 -- -- -- 19.42 18.41 -1.01
12 -- 1.52 1.52 -- 0.47 0.47 -- 0.04 0.04 -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.40 2.40 --
15 3.03 2.74 -0.29 0.43 0.08 -0.36 2.41 2.30 -0.11 -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 0.59 3.32 2.72 22.01 23.81 1.80 0.70 0.71 0.01 -- -- -- -- -- --
21 2.72 -- -2.72 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 15.67 15.36 -0.31 0.25 0.25 -- 1.12 1.12 -- -- -- -- 4.27 3.82 -0.45
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 533.55 520.12 -13.43 205.98 178.95 -27.03 147.47 142.84 -4.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 34.97 34.45 -0.53
TGA 6882.00 7024.00 4545.00 2192.00 3149.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
231
 Table-35 (b): West Bengal contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Haora Hugli Jalpaiguri Kochbihar Kolkata

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.93 5.50 2.56 -- -- -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- -- -- -- 12.98 8.65 -4.33 0.10 0.46 0.36 -- -- --
5 0.47 0.17 -0.29 10.22 10.22 -- 1.03 1.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- 5.91 5.91 7.05 1.44 -5.61 0.32 0.32 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 23.32 11.24 -12.08 0.15 0.15 -- -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.24 0.24 -- 0.51 0.51 -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.35 0.76 -0.58 0.12 0.07 -0.05 -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 1.38 1.38 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 0.47 6.08 5.62 18.64 13.03 -5.61 41.93 27.73 -14.20 0.37 1.19 0.83 0.00 0.00 0.00
TGA 1467.00 3149.00 6227.00 3387.00 104.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
232
Table-35 (b): West Bengal contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Maldah Murshidabad Nadia North 24 Parganas Puruliya

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.84 7.93 0.09
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- 0.31 0.31 -- 0.11 0.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- 278.39 267.20 -11.19
4 -- 2.18 2.18 -- 0.40 0.40 -- -- -- -- -- -- 165.14 173.94 8.80
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- 0.35 0.35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- 1.57 1.14 -0.43 0.25 0.50 0.25 0.21 0.11 -0.10 114.29 112.58 -1.71
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.09 1.09
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 2.55 0.18 -2.37 3.88 0.39 -3.49 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.77 0.82 0.05 -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.02 0.05 0.03
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38.88 37.77 -1.11
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 2.55 3.03 0.48 5.45 2.04 -3.40 0.25 0.50 0.25 0.98 0.93 -0.05 604.55 600.55 -4.00
TGA 3733.00 5324.00 3927.00 3978.00 6259.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
233
 Table-35 (b): West Bengal contd... Area in sq.km.

WL South 24 Parganas Medinapore Uttar Dinajpur Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 7.78 7.77 -- -- -- -- 20.56 20.66 0.10
2 -- -- -- 0.58 0.58 -- -- -- -- 0.58 0.58 --
3 -- -- -- 9.75 11.77 2.02 -- 0.88 0.88 497.68 471.80 -25.88
4 -- -- -- 253.66 248.42 -5.24 -- 0.45 0.45 802.46 789.20 -13.26
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.23 0.23 12.55 12.25 -0.29
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.36 0.36 7.37 8.04 0.67
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 0.98 0.98 -- 110.70 111.97 1.28 -- -- -- 534.85 509.21 -25.64
12 -- -- -- -- 0.71 0.71 -- -- -- -- 4.58 4.58
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.40 2.40 --
15 -- -- -- 2.26 2.16 -0.10 0.06 -- -0.06 16.10 8.69 -7.40
16 3.73 5.50 1.77 3.45 3.57 0.13 -- -- -- 7.94 9.89 1.95
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- 0.39 0.39 -- -- -- -- 25.09 29.66 4.57
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.72 -- -2.72
22 -- -- -- 3.92 3.92 -- -- -- -- 64.12 62.25 -1.87
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 4.71 6.48 1.77 392.48 391.27 -1.20 0.06 1.92 1.86 1994.41 1929.20 -65.21
TGA 10158.00 14081.00 3166.00 88752.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
234
 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Diglipur Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Car Nicobar Is.
Andaman Island
Legend
Nicobar Islands Deg. pastures and
Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1)
grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Nancoury Waterlogged and marshy
Barren Island - Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Havelock Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
PORT BLAIR
Shifting cultivation
Little Nicobar - abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area
Great Nicobar
State boundary Railway line
District Boundary Major roads

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA
Wastelands - 2005-06 Wastelands - 2008-09 National Remote Sensing Centre
3% 1%
Dept. of Space, GOI, Balanagar
16
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500 625

Sponsored by
11 11
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 8249 sq. km. National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
97%
99%
Total wasteland area :238.42 sq. km. ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Figure - 37a Wasteland area: 2.89 % Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

235
 WASTELAND MAP
2008 - 09
Puducherry
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
plantation crop (14)
KARAIKAL
Land with dense scrub (3)
Sands - Riverine (15)
Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
Land affected by salinity
/alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
Shifting cultivation
- current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)

Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)

Under utilised deg. noti.

Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area

State boundary Railway line

YANAM
District Boundary Major roads

PUDDUCHERY

Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6

MAHE LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA
National Remote Sensing Centre
Wastelands - 2008-09
1%
Dept. of Space, GOI, Balanagar
26%
1 18%
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500 625
16 3

Sponsored by
4 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 492 sq. km. Min. of Rural Development
National Remote Sensing Centre
55%
Figure - 37a Total wasteland area :13.43 sq. km.
Wasteland area: 2.73 % ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Dadra & Nagar & Haveli Daman & Diu
WASTELAND MAP
GUJARAT 2008 - 09
Dadra Union Territories
Legend

Gullied/ravinous - Med. (1) Deg. pastures and

grazing land (13)
Silvassa Wastelands - 2008-09 Gullied/ravinous - Deep (2) Deg. land under
19%
31% plantation crop (14)
11
3 Marwad Land with dense scrub (3)
GUJARAT Sands - Riverine (15)
4
Daman
50%
GUJARAT Land with open scrub (4)
Sands - Coastal (16)
Nagoa Fudam Waterlogged and marshy
Chala DIU - Permanent (5) Sands - Desertic (17)
Waterlogged and marshy
- Seasonal (6) Sands - Semi Stab. -
Nagar Haveli Stab > 40 m (18)
Land affected by salinity
Wastelands - 2008-09 /alkalinity - Moderate (7) Sands - Semi Stab. -
2% 2% Stab 15 - 40 m (19)
7 Land affected by salinity
1
34% /alkalinity - Strong (8) Mining Wastelands (20)
3
MAHARASTRA 4
Total Geog. Area (TGA): 491 sq. km. Total Geog. Area (TGA): 112 sq. km. Shifting cultivation
Total wasteland area :52.33 sq. km.
62%
Total wasteland area :9.61 sq. km. - current (9) Industrial Wastelands (21)
Wasteland area: 10.65 % Wasteland area: 8.58 %
Shifting cultivation
- abandoned (10) Barren Rocky Area (22)
Chandigarh Lakshadweep
Under utilised deg. noti.
Snow Covered/
forest - scrub domin. (11)
Glacial Area (23)
PUNJAB Under utilised deg. noti.
forest - Agriculture (12) Non wasteland area
Secratariat
State boundary Railway line
Kavaratti District Boundary Major roads

Agati
ISBT Andrott
Sukhna Lake

PUNJAB
Kalpeni
Railway Stn. Source: Wasteland Maps -2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check

Coordination Partner Inst.

Haryana Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA
National Remote Sensing Centre
Dept. of Space, GOI, Balanagar
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500 625
Wastelands - 2008-09
1% 13%

Sponsored by
1
3
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
51% 11
4 Total Geog. Area (TGA): 114 sq. km. Total Geog. Area (TGA): 32 sq. km.
Minicoy National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
36%
Total wasteland area :0.61 sq. km. Total wasteland area :0.6 sq. km. ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
Wasteland area: 0.53 % Wasteland area: 1.87% Figure - 37a Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Andaman & Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra & Nagar & Haveli
WASTELAND CHANGE MAP
From 2005-06 to 2008-09
Union Territories
Diglipur Car Nicobar Is. GUJARAT
Dadra
PUNJAB
Secratariat

Barren Island Nancoury

Silvassa
Havelock ISBT Sukhna Lake LEGEND
PORT BLAIR
Little Nicobar
PUNJAB Wastelands to Non Wastelands
Great Nicobar Railway Stn. (27.33 sq. km.)
Haryana
Nagar Haveli Wastelands to another Wasteland
(28.25 sq. km.)

Non Wasteland to Wasteland

MAHARASTRA (5.28 sq. km.)

State boundary

District Boundary

Railway line

Major roads
Daman & Diu Lakshadweep Puducherry

Kavaratti KARAIKAL

Agati
Andrott
Marwad
GUJARAT
Daman GUJARAT
Nagoa Fudam
Chala DIU Kalpeni
YANAM Source: Wasteland Maps-2005-06 on 1:50,000 scale, three season IRS P6
LISS-III data & limited field check
PUDDUCHERY

Coordination Partner Inst.

MAHE Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA
National Remote Sensing Centre
Dept. of Space, GOI, Balanagar
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500 625

Sponsored by
Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources
National Remote Sensing Centre Min. of Rural Development
Minicoy G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan
ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI
Figure - 37b Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 625 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011

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 Table-36 (a): Change matrix showing inter-class area changes in different wasteland categories in Union Territories during 2005-06 and 2008-09
WL 2005-06 becoming non-WL in 2008-
WL during 2005-06 remaining as WL in 2008-09 (2005-06)
WL 09
Categories Category Grand
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 16 20 21 22 24 26 29 32
Total Total
1 0.26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.26
2 -- -- -- 3.58 -- -- -- 2.54 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.12
3 -- -- 2.04 1.26 -- -- -- -- 0.09 -- -- -- 0.10 0.09 -- -- 3.58
4 -- -- 13.76 30.24 -- -- -- -- 0.05 -- -- -- 1.35 3.95 -- 0.11 49.46
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.22 0.68 -- 0.11 1.01
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
337.64
7 -- -- -- 1.87 -- -- 0.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.63 -- -- 2.50
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 243.16 -- -- -- -- 0.35 -- 16.17 3.46 263.14
16 -- -- -- 0.16 -- -- -- 4.44 6.76 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.10 11.45
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.00
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 -- -- -- -- -- 0.05
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.06 -- 0.01 -- -- 0.06
999 0.09 -- -- 2.51 -- -- 0.19 1.68 0.21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Category
Total 0.35 -- 15.80 39.62 -- -- 0.20 251.81 7.11 -- 0.05 0.06 2.02 5.36 16.17 3.77
(2008-09)
Grand
Total 315.00
(2008-09)

Reduction from Increase from

WL 0506 to 0809 0506 to 0809 Wastelands becoming Non-wastelands (-) 27.33 Green denotes Change from wasteland to non-wasteland
Category
Area
No of
polygons
Area
No of
polygons
Non-wastelands becoming Wastelands (+) 4.68 Red denotes change from non-wasteland to wastelands
1 -- -- 0.09 2 NET Decrease (-) 22.64 Blue denotes no change in the wasteland category
2 -- -- -- -- Brown denotes class/ category change within wastelands
3 0.19 1 -- --
4 5.40 7 2.51 3
Wasteland Classes 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic Non-Wasteland Classes
5 1.01 4 -- --
1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 24. Built-up
6 -- -- -- --
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m 25. Industrial Area
7 0.63 1 0.19 1 3. Land with Dense Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands 26. Cropland
11 19.99 11 1.68 3 4. Land with Open Scrub 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands 27. Fallow Land
16 0.10 1 0.21 1 5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste 28. Plantation
20 -- -- -- -- 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area 29. Forest-Dense/Open
21 -- -- -- --
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 16. Sands-Coastal 999. Non-Wasteland Area 30. Forest Plantation
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 31. Grasslands
22 0.01 1 -- --
32. Waterbodies
Total 27.33 26 4.68 10

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 Table-36 (b): Union Territories
District-wise and category-wise distribution of wastelands (sq.km.) during 2008-09 vis-a-vis 2005-06
WL Andaman & Nicobar Chandigarh Dadra & Nagar haveli Daman Diu Karaikal
class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- 0.08 0.08 -- 0.01 0.01 -- 0.16 0.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 -- -- -- 6.12 -- -6.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- 0.21 0.22 -- 1.01 9.92 8.91 0.05 3.28 3.22 0.04 0.04 -- 0.57 1.14 0.57
4 -- -- -- 0.30 0.31 0.01 36.13 25.98 -10.15 6.04 4.07 -1.98 -- 1.87 1.87 3.16 4.65 1.50
5 -- -- -- 0.37 -- -0.37 0.37 -- -0.37 0.02 -- -0.02 -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.44 -- -0.44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.50 0.20 -2.30 -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 247.83 235.44 -12.39 0.01 -- -- 15.31 16.37 1.06 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 7.54 2.98 -4.56 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 0.05 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total 255.37 238.42 -16.95 7.08 0.61 -6.48 53.27 52.33 -0.94 6.28 7.51 1.22 2.54 2.10 -0.44 3.73 5.80 2.07
TGA 8249.00 114.00 491.00 72.00 40.00 160.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium)
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep)
3. Land with Dense Scrub
4. Land with Open Scrub
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent)
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal)
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium)
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong)
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9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
16. Sands-Coastal
Table-36 (b): Union Territories contd... Area in sq.km.

WL Lakshadweep Mahe Puducherry Yanam Total

class 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change 2005-06 2008-09 Change
1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.10 0.10 -- -- -- 0.26 0.35 0.10
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.12 -- -6.12
3 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.83 1.21 0.38 -- -- -- 2.72 15.80 13.08
4 -- -- -- 0.04 0.04 -- 3.24 1.63 -1.61 1.05 1.07 0.02 49.97 39.62 -10.35
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.77 -- -0.77
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.44 -- -0.44
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.50 0.20 -2.30
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 263.14 251.81 -11.33
12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 0.60 0.60 -- -- -- -- 3.25 3.53 0.28 -- -- -- 11.39 7.11 -4.28
17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.05 0.05
22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.06 0.06 -- -- -- -- 0.06 0.06
23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total WL 0.60 0.60 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.00 7.32 6.52 -0.80 1.05 1.07 0.02 337.30 315.00 -22.30
TGA 32.00 9.00 293.00 30.00 9490.00

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 17. Sands-Desertic
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m
3. Land with Dense Scrub 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m
4. Land with Open Scrub 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 20. Mining Wastelands
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 21. Industrial wastelands
6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 15. Sands-Riverine 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 16. Sands-Coastal
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Examples from a few States

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 Figure 38: Forest (Open/Dense) to Snow Cover Kameng (west) District, Arunachal Pradesh

(a) Dec 2005 (b) Dec 2008

The above images are acquired in the month of December 2005 and 2008 respectively for part of Kameng district (West), Arunachal
Pradesh.

Figure 38 (a) shows satellite image with an overlay of Wasteland Vector layer of 2005-06. The polygons in bright to dark red colour
represent ‘dense forest’ class, while those with dull brown colour represent ‘open forest’. Few small polygons in dull white colour
depict ‘barren rocky/stony waste’ patches, while the bigger polygon in bright white colour represents ‘snow’ class.

Fig 38 (b) shows the satellite image with an overlay of wasteland vector layer of 2008-09 for the same area. It can be seen from
the image that most part of the area is covered with snow during December 2008, leading to an overall increase of ‘snow’ class
and corresponding change of non wasteland classes (dense or open forest areas of 2005 underlying beneath snow cover of 2008)
into wastelands.

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 Figure 39: Forest (Open/Dense) to Shifting cultivation Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh

(a) Oct 2005 (b) Sept 2008

The above images are acquired in the month of February 2006 and 2009 with overlay of corresponding wastelands vector layers
respectively for part of Ladakh district, Jammu & Kashmir.

Figure 39 (a) The polygons in light to medium gray colour represent ‘barren/rocky’ class, while the polygons in bright white colour
represents ‘snow’ class.

Fig 38 (b) shows the satellite image with an overlay of wasteland vector layer of 2008-09 for the same area. It can be seen from
the image that most part of the area is covered with snow, appearing in bright white color during February 2009. A comparison of
the above images indicate category change within waste land classes from barren rocky area in 2006 to snow cover in 2009, due
to increased snow cover in 2009.

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 Figure 40: Increase in Snow cover Ladakh District, Jammu & Kashmir

(a) Feb 2006 (a) Feb 2009

The above images are acquired in the month of October 2005 and 2009 with overlay of corresponding wastelands vector layers
respectively for part of Srinagar district, Jammu & Kashmir.

Figure 40 (a) The polygons in bright red to dark red colour represent ‘forest’ areas, while the large polygons in bright white colour
represents ‘snow’ class.

Figure 40 (b) shows the satellite image with an overlay of wasteland vector layer of 2008-09 for the same area. There is a considerable
decrease in snow cover and a corresponding increase in degraded forest (scrub dominant) class, representing a category-change
from snow to degraded forest.

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 Figure 41: Increase in Degraded Forest Cover Srinagar District, Jammu & Kashmir

(a) Oct 2005 (b) Oct 2008

The above images are acquired in the month of October 2005 and September 2008 with corresponding wastelands vector layers
overlaid for part of Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh.

Figure 41 (a) The polygons in cyan to light bluish colour represent ‘Current Shifting Cultivation’ areas, the polygons in light red with
mottled texture represent “Abandoned Shifting Cultivation’ areas and bright red to drk red patches represent forest classes.

Figure 41 (b) represent the dynamics in the forest cover changing to shifting cultivation areas, current shifting cultivation areas in
2005 converted to abandoned shifting cultivation areas, which is a common phenomena prevailing in the North Eastern States of
India.

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 Figure 42: Desertic Sands to Cropland Jodhpur District, Rajasthan

(a) Oct 2006 (b) Oct 2009

The above images are acquired in the month of October 2006 and October 2009 with corresponding wastelands vector layers
overlaid for part of Jodhpur district, Rajasthan.

Figure 42 (a) The polygons in light to medium grey showing elongated trends in NE-SW directions represent desert sand areas.

Figure 42 (b) Some of the desert sand classes (coded as 17) in 2006 have been changed to crop land (labeled as 26) in 2009 in
October 2009 image.

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 Figure 43: Open Scrub to Cropland – Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan

(a) Jan 2006 (b) Jan 2009

The above images are acquired in the month of January 2006 and January 2009 with corresponding wastelands vector layers
overlaid for part of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan.

Figure 43 (a) The polygons in light grey tone showing elongated trends in N-S directions represent land with open scrub areas in
the year 2006.

Figure 43 (b) some of the polygons have been changed to crop land areas represented in bright red color as seen in January
2009 image.

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 Figure 44: Degraded Forest to Forest Plantation – Chittaurgarh District, Rajasthan

(a) Oct 2006 (a) Oct 2009

The above images are acquired in the month of October 2006 and October 2009 with corresponding wastelands vector layers
overlaid for part of Chittaurgarh district, Rajasthan.

Figure 44 (a) The polygons in cyan to bluish grey tone of part of Aravalli Hills represent degraded forest areas during 2006.

Figure 44 (b) Part of the polygon (marked in red) imaged during October 2009 indicate land transformation process to forest
plantation as evident in the image.

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 Figure 45: Cropland to Industrial Wasteland - Bikaner District, Rajasthan

(a) Feb 2006 (b) Feb 2009

The above images are acquired in the month of February 2006 and February 2009 with corresponding wastelands vector layers
overlaid for part of Bikaner district, Rajasthan.

Figure 45 (a) The polygons marked in cyan are cropped areas-harvested (coded as non-wasteland) with a clear field pattern
appearing in the image.

Figure 45 (b) The corresponding area has been transformed to mining dump – a change from non-wasteland to wasteland.

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 Figure 46: Cropland to Waterlogged Area – Seasonal Khagaria District, Bihar

(a) Oct 2005 (b) Oct 2008

The above images are acquired in the month of October 2005 and October 2008 with corresponding wastelands vector layers
overlaid for part of Khagaria district, Bihar.

Figure 46 (a) The features within the polygons indicate the presence of cropland during 2005.

Figure 46 (b) The corresponding area has been transformed to Waterlogged area – seasonal resulted because of higher rainfall
received in 2008. Several such areas have been marked resulting an increase in the wasteland area in the State.

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 Figure 47: Waterlogged Area – Seasonal and Riverine sand
due to Kosi breach. Supaul & Saharsa districts, Bihar

(a) Oct 2005 (b) Oct 2009

The above images are acquired in the month of October 2005 and October 2009 with corresponding wastelands vector layers
overlaid for part of Supaul and Saharsa districts, Bihar.

Figure 47 (a) The features within the polygons (drawn in yellow) show cropland associated with adjoining waterlogged areas along
the Kosi river course.

Figure 47 (b) The corresponding area is seen with riverine sand deposition in the cropland area because of breach in river embankment
and subsequent flooding which were mapped as riverine sands indicating an increase in wastelands area in the State.

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 Figure 48: Shifting Cultivation to Dense / Open Forest in Dhalai District, Tripura

(a) Jan 2006 (b) Jan 2009

The above images are acquired in the month of January 2006 and January 2009 with corresponding wastelands vector layers
overlaid for part of Dhalai district, Tripura.

Figure 48 (a) The features within the polygons (drawn in cyan) are Current Shifting Cultivation areas exhibited in light blue to cyan
as scattered patches amidst high hills.

Figure 48 (b) The corresponding area is seen transformed with vegetation cover indicating a positive change.

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 Figure 49: Non-Wasteland to Shifting Cultivation - South Tripura District, Tripura

(a) Jan 2006 (b) Jan 2009

The above images are acquired in the month of January 2006 and January 2009 with corresponding wastelands vector layers
overlaid for part of South district, Tripura.

Figure 49 (a) The features within the polygons (drawn in cyan) predominantly under dense forest cover and a few polygons under
are Current Shifting Cultivation areas scattered located amidst high hills.

Figure 49 (b) The corresponding area is seen transformed wherein some of the areas seen cleared to facilitate shifting
cultivation.

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 Figure 50: Land with open scrub to Industrial Area Dhar & Indore Districts, Madhya Pradesh

(a) Jan 2006 (b) Jan 2009

The above images are acquired in the month of January 2006 and January 2009 with corresponding wastelands vector layers
overlaid for part of Dhar and Indore districts, Madhya Pradesh.

Figure 50 (a) The features within the polygons (drawn in yellow) are classified under open scrubland.

Figure 50 (b) Part of the area (circled in red) has been changed to non-wasteland as the area has been transformed to industrial
use.

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 Figure 51: Land with open scrub to Waterbody Jhabua District, Madhya Pradesh

(a) Jan 2006 (b) Jan 2009

The above images are acquired in the month of January 2006 and January 2009 with corresponding wastelands vector layers
overlaid for part of Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh.

Figure 50 (a) The size of the waterbody is smaller with patches of scrubland and cropland surrounding the same.

Figure 50 (b) Extent of the waterbody including the river course has increased submerging the adjoining scrubland and cropland
areas.

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Definitions of wasteland classes adopted in the Project
Gullied / Ravine Land
Gullies are formed as a result of localized surface run-off affecting the
unconsolidated material resulting in the formation of perceptible channels
causing undulating terrain. Gullies develop from rills which are tiny water
channels with a few centimeters deep, formed as a resultant impact of
heavy rainfall and wearing action of run-off generated there from. These
are the first stage of excessive land dissection followed by their networking.
Ravines are basically a extensive systems of gullies developed along
river courses.
They are commonly found in sloping lands, developed as a result of
concentrated run-off. They appear in light yellow to bluish green in color
depending on the surface moisture and depth of erosion. They vary in size,
shape with irregular broken network pattern. Further classification of this
category is possible based on the depth, width, bed slope, frequency and
morphology of bed material of the ravines. Two categories are recognized
in ravine lands.
1. Gullied / Ravine Land - Medium
Medium ravines that have a depth ranging from 2.5 to 5.0 metres
2. Gullied / Ravine Land - Deep
Deep ravines that have a depth of more than 5 metres,
Annexure - 1
Land with scrub
These areas possess shallow and skeletal soils, at times chemically
degraded, extremes of slopes, severely eroded and lands subjected to
excessive aridity with scrubs dominating the landscape. They have a
tendency for intermixing with cropped areas. They appear in light yellow to
brown to greenish blue depending on the surface moisture cover and vary
in size from small to large having either contiguous or dispersed pattern.
Two sub-classes are possible to be delineated based on the presence of
vegetation cover on such lands.
3. Land with scrub – Dense
The vegetal cover is often more than 15 percent. Scrublands are associated
with moderate slopes in plains and foot- hills and are generally surrounded
by agricultural lands.
4. Land with scrub - Open
This category has a similar description as mentioned in the earlier class
excepting that they possess sparse vegetation, generally less than 15
percent or devoid of scrub. This land is generally prone to deterioration
due to erosion and has a thin soil cover.
Waterlogged / Marshy Land
Waterlogged land is that land where the water is at/or near the surface and
water stands for most of the year. Marsh is a land, which is permanently
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 or periodically inundated by water and is characterized by vegetation,
which includes water and reeds.
These lands are distinctly seen in light to dark blue tone of varying size
and shapes on satellite image. By virtue of their location in flood plains,
coastal tidal flats, lagoons and river plains, these can be delineated with
good accuracy. Subtle variations in tones depending on the presence of
aquatic vegetation, irregularity in shape, textural behavior of the vegetation
– smooth or mottled depending on the duration of waterlogging may
sometimes share common spectral properties with that of crops. Data
from other sources including ground data has to be used for its proper
delineation.
Depending on duration of water logging period/seasonality, two sub-
classes viz., seasonal waterlogged and permanent waterlogged areas
are possible to be delineated.
5. Waterlogged / Marshy Land -Permanent
The duration of water logging is for at least 6 months or more in a year.
6. Waterlogged / Marshy Land -Seasonal
The duration of water logging is for less than 6 months in a year.
Land affected by salinity/alkalinity
Lands that are affected by salinity/alkalinity portray the qualities that have
adverse effect on the growth of most plants due to action or presence of
excess soluble salts (saline) or high exchangeable sodium.
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Salt affected lands appear in different tones of dull white to white on the
satellite data in different geographical conditions. In the irrigated alluvial
plains of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and northeastern Rajasthan,
they appear in bright white to white tone, while in inland coastal areas,
like Gujarat, they appear in light blue tone. The size and shape of these
land units vary from small to big, contiguous to non-contiguous. In the
coastal belt like parts of Surat, Eastern part of Tamilnadu, they are seen
in small patches midst irrigated crop areas. Coastal saline soils may be
with or without ingress or inundation by sea water.
Considering the degree of salinity, two sub-classes are possible to be
delineated, which are given below.
7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity – Strong
These patches appear bright white in colour. These lands do not support
any kind of vegetation during any season. Chemically, their Electrical
Conductivity (EC) levels (dS/m) are more than 30, pH more than 9.8 and
Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (ESP) is more than 40.
8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity – Medium
They appear dull white to light red in tone and are often associated
with some scrub vegetation or salt-resistant crop during kharif season.
Chemically, their Electrical Conductivity (EC) levels (dS/m) are between
8 and 30, pH 9.0 and 9.8 and Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (ESP)
is between 15 and 40.
Shifting Cultivation underutilised. These lands are generally confined to the fringe areas. Such
lands appear in dark gray to light red tone during the maximum green
It is the traditional practice of growing crops on forested / vegetated period. The tonal variations are subject to change with the foliage cover
hill-slopes by ‘slash and burn’ method. Known by different names and the season of data acquisition.
in different regions like bush-fallow jhuming, podu cultivation etc, this is a
12. Agricultural land inside notified forest land
commonly observed practice in the North-Eastern states, parts of Orissa,
Andhra Pradesh and the tribal areas of Chattisgarh. They appear in light
These are the areas within Notified Forest boundaries, where regular
yellow or greenish tone in color in small, scattered patches, irregular in
agricultural activities are practiced with Kharif, Rabi or Zaid seasonal
shape, non-contiguous and dispersed and located on hill slopes. These
crops.
are associated with mountainous / hilly areas midst forest cover and forest-
cleared areas. Two sub-categories viz., current Jhum and abandoned
13. Degraded pastures/grazing land
Jhum are possible to be delineated under this class.

These are the areas in non-forest areas, whether or not they are permanent
9. Current Jhum
pastures or meadows, which have become degraded due to lack of proper
soil conservation and drainage measures. They appear in light brown to
These are the areas that are used for cultivation by the process mentioned
light red in tone, which may vary, depending on the amount of grass cover
above which are clearly perceptible on the current season satellite image
associated with the feature. At times they exhibit dull red tone and never
that are in pre-burnt /post-burnt condition.
reach the bright tone during any season. They are small in size, irregular
in shape, scattered and associated with village fringes and flood plains.
10. Abandoned Jhum

14. Degraded land under plantation crop

These are the areas that were under shifting cultivation, left idle for
more than one year but less than 5 years thereby giving a scope for the
These are the degraded areas that sustain the growth of plantation crops
regeneration of secondary vegetation, especially bamboo or grasses. This
located outside the notified forest areas. This category can be better
category has a tendency to get mixed with forested areas.
delineated using multi-season satellite data in conjunction with ground
data. They exhibit dark brown to light red tone, especially during peak
11. Under-utilized/degraded notified forest land
growing season; however, the tonal variation is controlled by the foliage
cover percentage vis-à-vis the season of satellite data acquisition. These
Lands within Notified Forest boundaries, with various types of forest cover,
are small in shape exhibiting a regular pattern and scattered.
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 Sand (desert / coastal / riverine)
These are the areas that have stabilized accumulation of sand in coastal
or inland areas that can be either desertic or riverine. They appear as
white to light yellow/bluish depending on moisture content and at times
light red when vegetation is associated with the class, vary in size, with
regular to irregular shape with contiguous to linear pattern Mostly they
are located in deserts, riverbeds and along the shores.
15. Coastal sand
Coastal sands are the sands that are accumulated as a strip along the
seacoast. Very high reflectance exhibited by this category especially
in the NIR region of the spectrum enable their separation with the salt
affected land.
16. Riverine sand
Riverine sands are those that are seen as accumulations outside the main
course of the river(outside the river banks), usually in the active flood plain
as sheets, which are the resultant phenomena of river flooding.These are
generally covered by either scrub or crops.
17. Desertic sand (dunes less than 15 m high and interdunal areas)
Desertic sands are those confined to arid environment where the rainfall is
scanty. These lands are characterized by accumulation of sand developed
in situ or transported by Aeolian processes.
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18. Desertic sand - moderately high dunes
These are essentially sandy areas with stabilized to semi-stabilised dunes
which are 15 - 40m high. Hardy and sparse vegetation is present in these
areas.
19. Desertic sand - high dunes
These are active dunal areas with semi-stabilised to shifting sand dunes
which are more than 40 m high. Their shapes and sizes vary, depending
upon the prevailing wind conditions. These areas rarely support any
vegetation.
Mining/industrial wasteland
These are the lands where large-scale mining operations bring about the
degradation of land and resultant mine dumps, industrial wastelands,
which are subject to degradation caused by large scale industrial effluent
discharges. The features exhibit dark gray ( coal mining areas) to light
bluish to back (iron ore waste) tone subject to the color of the mine dump,
small to medium in size, depending on the extent of mining area, irregular
in shape with mottled texture, located at or near active mining areas and
industrial complexes. These areas are generally associated with lines of
transportation especially railway and road. The features of this category
need detailed ground truth for better classification. These areas are
subjected to removal of different earth material (both surfacial and sub-
surfacial) by manual and mechanized operations. Large scale quarrying
and mechanization results in mining and mine dumps. It includes surface
rocks and stone quarries, sand and gravel pits, brick kilns, etc.
20. Industrial wasteland
These are areas of stockpile of storage dump of industrial raw material
or slag/effluents or waste material or quarried/mixed debris from earth’s
surface. These are the lands which have been deteriorated due to large
scale industrial effluent discharge. These areas are seen conspicuously
around urban areas and other areas where industrial activity is
prominent.
23. Snow Covered/Glacial Area
These are the areas under snow cover confined to the Himalayan region.
They appear in bright white to white in color depending on the moisture
and thickness of the snow spread in large areas. They possess irregular
shape with a contiguous pattern, located in mountain peaks and slopes
and high relief areas.

21. Mining wasteland

Mining wastelands are those areas where waste debris is accumulated

after extraction of required minerals. Generally these lands are confined
to the surroundings of the mining area.

22. Barren/Rocky/Stony Waste

These are rock exposures of varying lithology often barren and devoid
of soil and vegetation cover. They occur amidst hill-forests as openings
or as isolated exposures on plateau and plains. Such lands can be
easily discriminated from other categories of wastelands because of their
characteristic spectral response. They appear in greenish blue to yellow
to brownish in color depending on the rock type. They vary in size with
irregular to discontinuous shape with a linear to contiguous or dispersed
pattern. They are located in steep isolated hillocks/hill slopes, crests,
plateau and eroded plains associated with barren and exposed rocky/
stony wastes, lateritic out-crops, mining and quarrying sites
These areas appear in light gray to black tone due to hill shadow on one
side and light red on the other side due to vegetation, the tonal variation
is subject to degree of soil erosion.

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Andhra Pradesh Haryana Dr. B.P.Lakshmikantha, Mr. D.C.Lingadevaru
APSRAC, Hyderabad HARSAC, Hissar Mr .K.Srinath, Ms. R.Shilpa, Ms. R.Chitra
Dr. K. Mruthyunjaya Reddy Dr. R. S. Hooda Mr. B.C.Santosh Kumar, Mr. N.B.Harish
Mr. G. Mehar Baba, Mr. D V J Sastry Dr. V.S. Arya, Dr. Sandeep Arya, Mr. S.S.Khatri Ms. G.S.Ranjitha, Ms. K.L.Manasa, Ms. L.Suma
Mr. Ch. Tata Babu, Mr. G. Kumaraswamy Mr. Hardev Singh, Mr. Dushyant Kumar
Mr.R. Venkanna Mr. Sandeep, Mr. Prem Prakash Kerala
Ms. Heena Sharma KSREC, Thiruvananthapuram
Bihar Mr. R. P.Sharma
C-DAC, Pune Himachal Pradesh Dr. Suresh Francis
Dr. Medha Dhurandhar RRSC, Dehradun HPRSC, Shimla Mr. Shaiju Mannarakkal, Mr. V.Arun
Mr. Sandeep K. Srivastava, Mr. Sunil Londhe Dr. K P Sharma Dr. Rajendra Thapa Mr. A.Seath Anbu Selvan
Mr. Mudit Mankad, Mr. Swapnil A.Chaudhari Dr. M. Kudrat
Mr. Swapnil Awaghade, Mr. Satish N. Pardeshi Dr. Hitendra Padalia Madhya Pradesh
Mr. V. Sivakumar, Ms. Upasana Dutta RSAC, Bhopal
Dr. Rabindra K. Panigrahy Jammu & Kashmir Dr.P.K.Varma
DEERS, J & K Dr. Vivek Katare, Dr. Narendra Shivhare
Chattisgarh Dr. Ravi Kumar Kesar Mr. S. N. Rajak, Ms. Seema Khan,
LUCMD, NRSC, Hyderabad Dr.Tasneem Keng Mr. Kiran Kanungo, Ms.Sheilja Desai
Dr. Manoj Raj Saxena, Dr. G. Padma Rani Mr. Sheikh Tanveer, Mr. Majid Dr.Satish Chakraverty

Goa Jharkhand Maharashtra

EOS Office, ISRO HQ, Bangalore JSAC, Ranchi MRSAC, Nagpur
Dr. J.Krishnamurthy, Dr. A.T. Jeyaseelan Mr. Vinod M. Bothale
Dr. Rajeev Kumar Jaiswal, Mr.T.R.S.V.S. Sastry Mr. Najmul Hoda, Ms. Jyoti Bala Lamay Mr. Dilip Kolte, Dr.Vivek Kale
Mr. A. Arunachalam Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh, Ms. Nishi Jaya Kullu Mr. Sanjeev Verma, Ms. Tutu Sengupta
Ms. Pammi Nitin Sinha, Ms. Swetta Singh Dr. Ajay Deshpande, Ms. Sapna Deotale
Gujarat Ms. Nutan Ujjwala Toppo Ms. Neelima Srivastava, Ms. Archana Kolhe
BISAG, Gandhinagar Dr. Sanjay Patil, Mr. Arun Atkare,
Mr. Ajay Patel, Mr. Vijay Singh Karnataka Ms. Smitha Dhirde, Mr. Sanjay Apturkar
Mr. Khalid Mahmood, Dr. Mahesh Chodvaidya KSRSAC, Bangalore Mr. Indal Ramteke
Mr. Apurva Dalwadi Dr. D.K.Prabhuraj

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Orissa Dr. Kaushlendra Singh, Mr. P.P.S.Yadav, Assam
ORSAC, Bhubaneswar Ms. Poonam Varshney Mr. Arjun Singh Assam RSAC, Guwahati
Mr. A. K. Mohapatra Dr. S.K.Chaudhury
Mr. P.Mishra, Ms.Binitha Tripathy, Mr. S.K.Dash Uttarakhand Mr. Utpal Sarma, Ms. Bharati Sarania
Mr. K.S.Pattanaik, Mr. Arun K. Mohapatra USAC, Dehradun Mr. Ramen Sarma, Ms.Runjun Gagoi
Mr. P.K.Pagoda, Mr. A.Das Dr. M. M. Kimothi Ms. Runjun Baruah, Ms. Anindita Dutta
Ms. Asha Thapliyal, Ms. Asha Rawat
Punjab Manipur
PRSC, Ludhiana West Bengal NESAC, Umiam
Dr. P. K. Sharma RS Cell, WBCST, Kolkata Ms. H.Suchitra Devi, Mr. Victor Saikhom
Dr. D.C.Loshali, Mr. Narinder Singh Tur Dr. P. Chakrabarti Mr .Rocky Pebam
Dr. V.K.Verma, Mr. Deepak Mehra Ms. Subrata B.Dutta, Mr. Bimlesh Samanta
Ms. Susmita Dasgupta, Ms. Debashree Maitra Meghalaya
Rajasthan NESAC, Umiam
RRSC, Jodhpur Delhi & Union Territories Dr. K.K.Sarma
Dr. J. R. Sharma LUCMD, NRSC, Hyderabad Mr. Ranjit Das, Ms. Jenita Mary Nongkynrith
Dr. Rakesh Paliwal Mr. Rajiv Kumar Ms. Kasturi Chakraborthy, Ms. Tania Bhowmick
Mr. Mrinal Singha, Mr. Navneet Kumar Das
Tamil Nadu North Eastern States
IRS, Anna University, Chennai Mizoram
Dr. M. Ramalingam North Eastern Space Application Centre MIRSAC, Aizawl
Dr. R.Vidhya, Dr.A. Ravindran Dr. S. Sudhakar, Dr. P.P.Nageswara Rao Dr. R. K. Lallianthanga
Dr. V. Nagarathinam, Ms. R.Manomani Dr. K.K.Sarma Mr. Robert Lalchhanhima Sailo
Ms. N.J. Sangeethavani Mr. H. Lalhmachhuana, Ms. H Mingthangpuii
Arunachal Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ARSAC, Itanagar Nagaland
RSAC, Lucknow Mr.S. De Sarkar Nagaland Sc. & Tech. Council, Kohima
Dr. Alok Mathur Mr.Harekrishna Dutta, Mr.Chau ken Monglong Dr. Zavei Hiese
Ms. Manisha Mishra, Shri. Meghraj, Ms. Fakeha Dr.Swapna Acharjee, Mr.Liagi Tajo Dr. Nesatalu Hiese
Mr. A.R.Siddiqui, Mr. Vijay Rathore, Mr. Ditho Katiry, Mr. Krieliebizo Sekhose
Dr. Rajeev Kumar, Mr. Rohit Agarwal, Ms. Chotolu Vadeo Ms. Niheno Kire

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Sikkim Project Directors
RRSC, Kharagpur Sikkim Mr. G. Behera, Dr.P.S.Roy
Dr. A. Jeyaram, Dr. M.L.Arawatia
Dr. V.M.Chowdary Supervision & Guidance
Ms. Swati Dr. S. Sudhakar, Dr.R.S.Dwivedi
Tripura Technical Guidance & Coordination
TSAC, Agartala Dr. G. Ravi Shankar, Dr. S.V.C. Kameswara Rao,
Mr. B. Shyam Sunder
Er. N. Datta
Mr. Sujit Das, Mr. Abhisek Dasgupta
Technical Lead Team
Mr. Subrata Paul, Mr. Subrajyoti Choudhury
Dr. Manoj Raj Saxena, Dr. G. Padma Rani
Mr. Parthasarathi Goswami Mr. Rajiv Kumar
Ms. Banani Bhattacharjee
Satellite Data Geo-rectification & QC
Geodatabase Organisation & NE Mosaic Dr. G Ravi Shankar, Mr. B. Shyam Sunder
North Eastern Space Application Centre Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Dr. Manoj Raj Saxena
Dr. K.K. Sharma, Dr. G Padma Rani, Mr. P. Sampath Kumar
Mr. Victor Saikhom, Mr. Rocky Pebam Mr. T Shankar Prasad, Mr. T S Vishwanadham
Software development
Mr. S Subramaniam
Seamless Database Creation
Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Mr. B Shyam Sunder
Ms. R Binutha
Dr. Y V S Murthy, Ms. D V Ramani
Mr. N Seshadri Sekhar, Mr. P Nataraja Sekhar
Geodatabase Organisation & Analysis
Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Mr. B. Shyam Sunder
Ms. R. Binutha
Quality Assurance Team
NRSC, Hyderabad
Dr. S. V. C. Kameswara Rao, Dr. G. Ravi Shankar
Dr. Manoj Raj Saxena, Dr. G. Padma Rani
Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Mr. B. Shyam Sunder
Ms. R. Binutha, Mr. A. Lesslie
Mr. M. Sampath Kumar, Mr. T. Shankara Prasad
Mr. T.S. Viswanadham
External Experts
Dr. V. Tamilarasan, Dr. P.K. Guha
Dr. B.R.M. Rao, Dr. K.V. Ravindran
Dr. L. Venkataratnam
Atlas Compilation & Coordination
Mr. B Shyam Sunder,Mr. Rajiv Kumar
Ms. R Binutha
Printing Support
Mr.E.Vijayasekhar Reddy
Mr.K.Shankar Rao, Mr. N. Ganesh Kumar
Operations Support
Mr.S. Thirunavukkarasu
Mr.D.Janardhan Rao, Mr.P.G.Vijaya Kumar
Mr.P.Venugopal, Mr.Sanjay Kumar Rathod
Mr.O.S.N.Murthy, Mr.K.Sanathanan
Mr.K. Anjaneyulu, Mr.K.S.Vijaya Kumar
Mr.D.N.Rao, Mr.N.Raghunandan Reddy
Mrs. P.Revathi
Secretarial Support
Ms. Malini Raj Kumar, Mr. K. Narsing Rao
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