LAND USE CLASSIFICATION - ALL INDIA
									(Thousand Hectares)
					Not available for cultivation			Other uncultivated land excluding fallow land
Year		Geogra-	Reporting	Forests	Area	Barren	Total	Perma-	Land under	cultur-	Total
		phical	area for		under	and	(col.5+	nent	Misc. tree	able	Col 8+
		Area	land		non-	uncul-	col.6)	pastures	crops &	waste	9+10
			utilisation		agricul-	turable		& other	groves (not	land
			statistics		tural	land		grazing	incl. in net
			(col.4+7+		uses			lands	area sown)
			11+14+15)
(1)		(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
1950-51		328726	284315	40482	9357	38160	47517	6675	19828	22943	49446
1951-52			287827	48889	12690	37484	50174	8592	7881	23929	40402
1952-53			290787	51154	12321	37420	49741	8634	7757	23680	40071
1953-54			291901	51079	13283	36379	49662	10881	5800	22898	39579
1954-55			291378	50431	13784	34517	48301	11218	5770	22805	39793
1955-56			291917	51343	13921	34475	48396	11473	5885	21537	38895
1956-57			292179	51391	13981	33387	47368	12186	5784	21276	39246
1957-58			293435	52178	14105	33232	47337	12831	6087	20602	39520
1958-59			293667	51406	14300	33155	47455	13090	6000	20175	39265
1959-60			297254	54021	14899	33434	48333	13679	5818	19463	38960
1960-61			298458	54052	14840	35911	50751	13966	4459	19212	37637
1961-62			299151	54189	14795	35921	50716	14082	4500	18632	37214
1962-63			304977	60538	15111	35164	50275	14104	4558	17908	36570
1963-64			305169	60692	15270	34811	50081	14594	4378	17653	36625
1964-65			305252	60351	15442	34795	50237	14743	4113	17366	36222
1965-66			305535	61543	15170	34327	49497	14810	4076	16965	35851
1966-67			305487	63458	15357	32159	47516	14017	4018	16671	34706
1967-68			306120	64217	15474	31830	47304	13795	3969	16235	33999
1968-69			305885	64790	15648	31591	47239	13316	3878	16064	33258
1969-70			303896	63980	15868	30311	46179	12992	4379	15788	33159
1970-71			303758	63917	16478	28161	44639	13261	4299	17500	35060
1971-72			304141	63771	16972	27996	44968	12960	4284	17456	34700
1972-73			303992	65430	16658	25821	42479	12707	4531	17332	34570
1973-74			304093	65729	16799	25217	42016	12781	4138	17066	33985
1974-75			304141	65878	18377	23160	41537	12856	3771	17032	33659
1975-76			304329	66699	18660	21578	40238	12592	3630	17743	33965
1976-77			304680	67159	19834	21522	41356	12532	3628	17474	33634
1977-78			304179	67138	19047	20219	39266	12353	3691	17183	33227
1978-79			304681	67465	19201	20143	39344	12136	3627	17292	33055
1979-80			304130	67501	19543	20156	39699	12118	3527	16658	32303
1980-81			304159	67473	19656	19962	39618	11974	3610	16744	32328
1981-82			304272	67422	19686	20010	39696	12007	3715	16475	32197
1982-83			304084	67386	19914	20030	39944	11870	3655	16382	31907
1983-84			304180	66670	20340	20246	40586	11842	3720	15684	31246
1984-85			304338	66415	20551	20214	40765	11806	3661	15885	31352
1985-86			304698	67067	20631	20090	40721	11783	3563	15718	31064
1986-87			305009	66875	20879	20164	41043	11838	3632	15548	31018
1987-88			304837	66936	21168	20112	41280	11723	3509	15530	30762
1988-89			304826	66944	21299	19916	41215	11525	3514	15167	30206
1989-90			304878	67406	21258	19699	40957	11304	3803	15102	30209
1990-91			304862	67805	21087	19389	40476	11404	3818	14995	30217
1991-92			304900	67866	21465	19270	40735	11299	3761	14994	30054
1992-93			304845	67984	21870	19042	40912	11074	3755	14573	29402
1993-94	(p)		304864	68314	22213	18713	40926	10959	3708	14409	29076
1994-95	(p)		304829	68603	22556	18463	41019	11034	3732	14262	29028
1995-96	(p)		304875	68817	22362	19009	41371	11064	3481	14098	28643
1996-97	(p)		304878	68750	22448	19095	41543	11040	3567	13947	28554
1997-98	(p)		305786	69012	22695	19441	42136	11046	3616	13880	28542
1998-99	(p)		306053	68980	22803	19512	42315	11127	3629	13904	28659
1999-00	(p)		306054	69024	22967	19440	42407	11040	3618	13828	28486
(p)  :  Provisional