| SYMBOLS USED IN THE TABLES ON LAND USE CLASSIFICATION | ||||||||||
| AND IRRIGATED AREA - 1998-99 & 1999-2000. | ||||||||||
| (a) | Below 500 hectares. | |||||||||
| (b) | Relates to the year 1953-54. | |||||||||
| (c) | Reporting area is worked out taking the Net Sown Area of 1993-94. | |||||||||
| (d) | Relates to the year 1985-86. | |||||||||
| (e) | Relates to the year 1993-94. | |||||||||
| (f) | Excludes area under the Municipality and Town Committee. | |||||||||
| (g) | Relates to the year 1984-85. | |||||||||
| (h) | Relates to the year 1992-93. | |||||||||
| (i) | Relates to the year 1987-88. | |||||||||
| (j) | As per 1972-73 ad-hoc estimates except Total Cropped Area. | |||||||||
| (k) | Includes forest area of 2089 thousand hectares reported by the Chief | |||||||||
| Conservator of Forests of the State in 1983-84. | ||||||||||
| (l) | Includes under the head 'Area put to non-agricultural uses'. | |||||||||
| (m) | Not available separately," included under culturable waste". | |||||||||
| (n) | Includes under the head"Land under miscellaneous tree crops and groves etc". | |||||||||
| (o) | Excludes area under the illegal occupation of China and Pakistan. | |||||||||
| (p) | Relates to the year 1996-97. | |||||||||
| (q) | Relates to the year 1988-89. | |||||||||
| (r) | As per Agricultural Census 1990-91. | |||||||||
| (s) | Relates to the year 1989-90. | |||||||||
| (t) | Relates to the year 1997-98. | |||||||||
| (u) | Relates to the year 1998-99. | |||||||||
| (v) | Relates to the year 1994-95. | |||||||||
| (w) | Relates to the year 1995-96. | |||||||||
| "@" Includes area prepared for sowing of sugarcane. | ||||||||||
| * Forecast data has been utilized in estimating Gross Cropped Area. | ||||||||||
| "+" Based on data of Office of the Director, Map Publication, Survey of India | ||||||||||
| and includes Geographical Area under illegal occupation by China and Pakistan. | ||||||||||
| $ Included under the head "Barren and Unculturable land". | ||||||||||
| Note: | Figures for the 1998-99 given out earlier have undergone revision due to changes | |||||||||
| reported by some of the States. | ||||||||||