| 3.2 LAND UTILISATION | |||||||||
| (Area in `00 Hectares) | |||||||||
| Sr. | Item | Year | |||||||
| No. | 1980-81 | 1990-91 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 1 | Forests ($) | 19655 | 18847 | 18872 | 18628 | 18612 | 18590 | 18647 | 18648 |
| 2 | Barren and | ||||||||
| Uncultivable Land | 25034 | 26092 | 26050 | 26008 | 26030 | 26043 | 26034 | 26038 | |
| 3 | Area under | ||||||||
| Non-Agricultural Uses | 10670 | 11221 | 11271 | 11371 | 11384 | 11401 | 11408 | 11414 | |
| 4 | Cultivable Waste | 19856 | 19700 | 19769 | 19711 | 19736 | 19802 | 19727 | 19818 |
| 5 | Permanent Pasture and | ||||||||
| other Grazing Land | 8483 | 8457 | 8485 | 8484 | 8490 | 8490 | 8489 | 8491 | |
| 6 | Land under | ||||||||
| Miscellaneous Tree | |||||||||
| Crops and Other | |||||||||
| Groves not included | |||||||||
| in Net Area Sown | 41 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |
| 7 | Current Fallows | 5394 | 10379 | 7372 | 7485 | 7590 | 6756 | 6855 | 9109 |
| 8 | Other Fallows | 3322 | 521 | 275 | 275 | 241 | 255 | 244 | 131 |
| 9 | Net Area Sown (@) | 95765 | 92962 | 96087 | 96116 | 95995 | 96741 | 96674 | 94429 |
| 10 | Total Reporting Area | 188220 | 188219 | 188221 | 188118 | 188118 | 188118 | 188118 | 188118 |
| 11 | Area under Food Crops | 54871 | 52553 | 55025 | 51677 | 52316 | 52239 | 50749 | 47420 |
| 12 | Area under Non-food | ||||||||
| Crops | 52588 | 53795 | 57426 | 58278 | 58244 | 59891 | 61252 | 59597 | |
| 13 | Gross Cropped Area | 107459 | 106348 | 112451 | 109955 | 110560 | 112130 | 112001 | 107017 |
| ($) Cropped areas of Dangs has been included in forest areas. | |||||||||
| (@) Excluding the figures of Dangs district. | |||||||||
| Source:- Directorate of Agriculture, Gujarat State, Gandhinagar. | |||||||||